St John's Progressive Childcare Centre

About

Community-based childcare centre with highly qualified teaching staff, educational and purpose built premises at Kensington, Whangarei.

Story

St John’s Progressive Childcare is a non-profit, community-based childcare organisation run by a board of parent representatives. All profits go back into the centre, updating resources, equipment and play environments, for the benefit of our children’s learning education. As a community centre, our commitment is to be collaborative learners through respectful, reciprocal relationships.
This supports our mission to provide quality care and education for all.

VISION STATEMENT

Acknowledging the past, and future growth.

PHILOSOPHY

Our teacher practice is guided by Te Whāriki, and all our teachers are professionals, committed to reflection and lifelong growth and learning, and to constantly strive to offer the best possible care and education through...
Respectful, reciprocal relationships within the centre environment and with the entire learning community.
Respect for the child and their whanau values, beliefs, home languages and culture.
Respect for whanau hopes and aspirations for their children.
Respect for the child, their uniqueness, individual needs, strengths and interests.
Respect for the natural world, and environment.
Respect for the Treaty of Waitangi, and Maori as Tangata Whenua.
Respect for all diversity among our learning community.

WHAKATOKI

Together we grow and learn.