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We are an independent community based Kindergarten with a long-standing reputation for providing quality early childhood education. Our aim is to work in partnership with you in nurturing and encouraging your child to develop a love of learning.
Licensed for thirty children and fifteen sessions a week, we welcome children from two and a half years of age and offer a programme of learning through play with both structured and free-play components to each session.
Our Philosophy
At Craighead Kindergarten we nurture and encourage one another as we grow a lifelong love of learning.
We nurture:
- mana atua – feeling and being safe
- a love of play and exploration
- manaakitanga – kindness and respect
We encourage:
- curiosity and confidence as learners
- self-awareness and self-worth
- whakaaro pākiki – critical and courageous thinking
We grow:
- whanaungatanga – relationships and teamwork
- an appreciation of diversity
- kaitiakitanga – care and protection
Kotahi te kākano, he nui ngā hua o te rākau
A tree comes from one seed but bears many fruit
This whakataukī emphasises that in our commonality we are all different. At Craighead Kindergarten we celebrate those differences while maintaining our relationship with each other.