Epsom North Kindergarten, Auckland

A place for everyone Epsom North Kindergarten provides a welcoming and inclusive environment, valuing and respecting all the diverse cultures, beliefs and languages of our community. Epsom North Kindergarten provides a welcoming and inclusive environment, valuing and respecting all the diverse cultures, beliefs and languages of our community. Independence and confidence With us children are supported to develop their individual mana through independent investigations, negotiation, goal setting, and problem solving. Questioning, mistake making, risk taking, and trial and error are all encouraged as valid and essential to their learning and development within the safety of our learning environment. With us children are supported to develop their individual mana through independent investigations, negotiation, goal setting, and problem solving. Questioning, mistake making, risk taking, and trial and error are all encouraged as valid and essential to their learning and development within the safety of our learning environment. Tikanga Values and Virtues Through modelling and communications, teachers support children in acquiring empathy, conscience, self-regulation, respect, kindness, tolerance, and fairness. Our own kindergarten treaty, known as Our Responsibilities, encourages the use of these values and respectful behaviours. Through modelling and communications, teachers support children in acquiring empathy, conscience, self-regulation, respect, kindness, tolerance, and fairness. Our own kindergarten treaty, known as Our Responsibilities, encourages the use of these values and respectful behaviours. Tino rangatiratanga, children lead their learning Our learning environment enables teachers to ‘step-back’, safely supporting and empowering children to build tino rangatiratanga in their exploration and learning. Children choose their own activities and learning resources and their interests and ideas lead our planning. Our learning environment enables teachers to ‘st…