Churton Park Kindergarten

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High Quality Early Childhood Education

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The Kindergarten programme celebrates the diversity of the community; the learning opportunities incorporate an introduction to different cultures through music, festivals, food and simple phrases. Children learn about New Zealand's bicultural heritage from teachers sharing their language knowledge, reading stories and singing waiata. Through this, the cultural backgrounds of teachers, children and their Whanau are acknowledged and valued. Our teaching team is motivated to provide a strong educational fun programme. The stimulating outdoor environment supports the teachers to achieve this.

Along with engaging with us about your child’s learning we invite you to become involved in our kindergarten community. You are welcome to stay during our sessions and spend time with the children. If you have skills and/or interests to share with the teachers/children, they are always welcomed and appreciated e.g.: cooking/baking/craft work/gardening. There is always tea and coffee available so feel free to help yourself. There is a roster for parents to help with tasks to support the programme such as preparing resources. Along with this we welcome your ideas and feedback.

We support the Before School Check health programme. Their coordinators work closely with the kindergarten and carry out their checks in the year prior to each child starting school. With our proximity to Churton Park Primary School, we have a close relationship with the school to help make the transition from kindy to school as smooth as possible.

TERM DATES 2014
Term 1: 22 January - 17 April
Term 2: 5 May - 4 July
Term 3: 21 July - 26 September
Term 4: 13 October - 19 December
Full Day Kindergartens:
6 January - 4 July
14 July - 19 December

"We provide quality, inclusive and accessible early childhood education delivered in environments that are warm, welcoming and where learning is fun.Our Vision: To provide a diverse range of options, to continuously improve access for children, their parents and whānau and to build communities of mutual respect."