NGA MIHI MAHANGA KI A KOE - WARM GREETINGS TO YOU

Our Aim is to Make Our Centres a Place Where Children:

• Are respected and valued.
• Feel happy, secure and confident in their environment.
• Gain confidence and self esteem through play.
• Explore and experiment.
• Are able to work at their own pace and level of development.
• Experience a multi-cultural perspective.
• Are encouraged to self reflect and analyse.

Our Environments Encourage:

• Healthy trusting relationships.
• Parents and staff to work in partnership.
• Each family's uniqueness, attitudes, culture, values and ideas to be respected.
• Respect for Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a living document.
• Consultation with families as an ongoing process in all areas of Centre life.

Our Centres provide a balance between; peacefulness, fun, predictability, flexibility, support, and nurturing, challenging, stimulating and achieving success.