Your child can attend Kindergarten from 3 months of age. Once attending Kindergarten, they can stay until their 6th birthday, though most children transition to school on their 5th birthday (or at the beginning of the new term).

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Prebbleton Kindergarten offers an Under 2's Room and an Over 2's room.

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Prebbleton Kindergarten staffs at 100% Registered ECE Teachers daily, ensuring the highest quality care and education.

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At Kindergarten, we believe children learn through play, and our teachers intentionally set up our environment to support and extend the learning and interests of children within our centre. We provide extended periods of play and various child-led and teacher-initiated experiences. Our Teachers’ personal philosophies connect us as a team, and together we provide a calm, caring and nurturing environment where children are respected and empowered through reciprocal and meaningful learning-focused relationships.

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Teachers view children as holistic learners with a natural sense of wonder and curiosity. We value children’s voices and encourage them to develop confidence in expressing themselves. We focus on teaching social and emotional competence through respectful relationships and problem-solving skills within our learning community. Our teachers also value developing their skills and knowledge through professional development and collaborative relationships with whanau and the wider educational community.

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We provide an environment that promotes your child’s health and well-being through connections to the natural world, experiences in growing and harvesting food in our garden, and caring for our guinea pigs and birds. Kaitiakitanga is one of our values, which means we see ourselves as guardians of the environment. We model sustainable practices to children and teach respect for our wider natural environment. We offer regular baking activities to promote healthy eating and sharing of kai at celebrations. Our enduring goal is to be the ‘next best place to home’.

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Prebbleton Kindergarten supports your child to become 'school ready'. Located next door to Prebbleton Primary school, we support children’s transition to school through weekly visits to the school grounds and our close relationship with the school teaching team. We also facilitate a termly visit to the new entrance class. In addition, we promote 'school-ready' skills throughout our curriculum, supporting your child to develop and gain confidence in a broad spectrum of areas. These areas include self-care, taking responsibility, building relationships with their peers, strengthening literacy and numeracy knowledge, and developing fine and gross motor skills.