Little Rock Preschool, Brighton, Dunedin

About

We are a Christian based Preschool, operating Monday-Friday, from 7:30am-5:30pm. Children 0-5years and we offer up to 30 Free Hours for over 3 year olds.

Story

We are a Christian based Preschool, operating Monday-Friday, from 7am-6pm. We cater for children 0-6yrs and offer up to 30 Free Hours for over 3 year olds

Mission

Vision Statement:
To provide high quality education for the children of our community, through strong positive values and caring collaborative relationships with whānau.

Our beliefs and values:
The solid rock of Christian beliefs underpins everything at Little Rock Preschool. Relationships form the solid foundation on which Teaching and Learning is built.

Philosophy:
• We believe encouraging a spiritual faith is a crucial part of the holistic development of children – healthy in mind, body and spirit.
• We value peace, love, kindness, respect and helping others.
• We welcome all to Little Rock Preschool and believe in developing strong communication and partnerships with whānau. We value being accommodating and offering hospitality/manaakitanga as much as possible.
• Relationships extend to include a partnership with Big Rock School, community volunteers, and our wider world with nature and developing a programme that seeks to be sustainable.
• We are committed to honouring Te Tiriti O Waitangi and developing our bicultural journey. We also value the cultural diversity of our community.
• We believe that children are unique, and learn in different ways, and come with their own understanding, knowledge, and competence. To empower children to be lifelong learners, we value establishing nurturing, responsive and reciprocal relationships with them - this is fundamental to developing their sense of belonging and well-being, and allowing learning to take place.

Desired outcomes for Children:
• Children will develop nurturing, responsive and reciprocal relationships.
• Children will gain an understanding of themselves as competent and confident lifelong learners.
• Children will have basic understandings of Christian values, through stories, songs, prayer and helping others.


“…Be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.. the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock”. Matthew 7:24-25.

"Little Rock Preschool is a Community focused Early Childhood Education and care centre. Our vision is to provide high quality education for the children of our community, through strong positive values and caring collaborative relationships with whānau.The solid rock of Christian beliefs underpins everything at Little Rock Preschool. Relationships form the solid foundation on which Teaching and Learning is built.It is our desire that children:• develop nurturing, responsive and reciprocal relationships.• gain an understanding of themselves as lifelong learners.• have basic understandings of Christian values, through stories, songs, prayer and helping others."