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To give children the opportunity to learn in a safe, caring, stimulating and creative environment To support the parents/whanau of the kindy children To extend each childs individual and holistic abilities through planned experiences and daily activities To give each child an enriched environment that acknowledges and incorporates the dual heritage of the Treaty of Waitangi To teach children in an environment where positive behaviour is paramount To ensure that each child and their family/whanau feel they have a safe and friendly place to come and participate or share.
OUR PHILOSOPHY Our children are of paramount importance. All children here at Redhills Kindergarten are treated with respect, equally and without prejudice. We as teachers are committed to honouring the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi through our teaching practice, settings and beliefs. This sits alongside the early childhood curriculum, Te Wh?riki which guides us in our teaching. Every childs individual needs will be catered for giving them the opportunity to learn in a safe, caring, stimulating and creative environment. Everyone who comes into our kindergarten will be welcomed.
PROGRAMMES
We have a lot of exciting programmes to offer your child here at kindy. Our kindy children learn through exploration, fun, play and interactions with their peers. All children are given the opportunity to participate in all of our curriculum areas, these include music, science, books, literacy, dramatic play, physical activities, technology activities, and pre reading and writing. We have a separate room which is used for our transition to school children. The transition to school room encourages the children to become familiar with routines and structured learning by participating in activities as structured by the teachers. Children are encouraged to participate in group discussion, appropriate classroom behaviour such as turn taking and to develop listening skills while being respectful to others. Literacy skills are extended through the use of a fun initiative called ‘the homework bucket’. This is based around letterlinks.
HEALTHY HEART AWARD
We are very proud to have achieved the highest award P?-Harakeke award – Flourishing. We have achieved this through implementing a healthy lunch box policy and a water only policy as well as developing edible gardens in our kindy and promoting healthy living through physical activity and healthy nutrition. We are pro-active in implementing these in our daily programme.
