30H Huntsbury Avenue, Huntsbury, Christchurch 8022
HUNTSBURY PRESCHOOL VISION
To empower, nurture and grow each tamaiti/child’s unique self and capacity as a resilient, culturally aware, socially competent, happy and respected lifelong learner.
HIGH TEACHER TO CHILD RATIO
Huntsbury Community Preschool aims to provide an adult-to-child ratio that is above the minimum requirements. Our fundraising and funding allows us to have three – four registered teachers within our preschool.
The children up at Huntsbury Preschool are so incredibly lucky to have the most beautiful magical setting to play, learn and grow in!
Monday to Friday 8:30am – 12:45pm (morning session) or 8:30am – 2:30pm (extended day, with the afternoon session available for children from 2.5 years old)
We are currently licensed for up to 30 children aged 2-6 years old. We offer 30 spaces for children aged 2-6 years old for the morning sessions (8:30am to 12:45pm), and then offer up to 18 spaces for children aged 2.5-6 years old to stay on for the afternoon sessions (12:45pm to 2:30pm).
Our Community-Based Preschool offers your tamaiti/child a safe, happy, nurturing, inclusive and exploration-rich learning environment that engages and challenges nga tamariki/children’s individual interests, strengths and dispositions. Strong collaborative relationships between whānau/family, kaiako/teacher and tamariki/children are at the heart of our practice.
Whānau are respected as the first and most important teachers of their tamariki/children. Teachers/nga kaiako value prior knowledge, embrace all cultures, actively make connections between home and Preschool, which support open and reciprocal relationships.
Our community embraces and upholds the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and this is reflected through our culturally responsive environment and curriculum. Protecting and embracing the unique place of Māori as Tangata Whenua. The foundation of our programme is based on the New Zealand early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki. Embedded in our practice are quality partnerships between tamariki/children, whānau/family, teachers/nga kaiako, and the wider learning community, iwi and hapu. This partnership is woven together to create a local curriculum with learning priorities that meet the individual needs ensuring participation of each tamaiti and their whānau.
Teachers/nga kaiako are committed to growing confident, successful, culturally intelligent and unique individuals by guiding children/tamariki to expand their thinking, learning and to develop an intrinsic self-belief.
Tamariki/children are encouraged to be self-learners, with an appreciation and respect for themselves, the environment and others.
Kaiako are guided by the interests of tamariki and provide a range of experiences, opportunities and episodes of uninterrupted play that enhance and extend tamariki’s learning holistically, individually and in collaborative groups. We value and treasure reciprocal learning, take time to be present and listen to the funds of knowledge that each tamaiti/child brings, promoting the flow of learning between kaiako/teachers and nga akonga/learners.
As a reflection of our status as a Community Based Preschool, the Huntsbury Preschool Board undertakes the vital role of ensuring effective and efficient Governance and Management systems are in place. The Board is committed to employing trained, registered teachers and providing them with professional support, learning, opportunities and resources.
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