https://www.childrensark.co.nz/home daily 1.0 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3f87c897a9337e93d6c390/72d8ddf0-5d13-4773-96fa-ecf4b93cf37a/ERO+Front+page.jpg.png Home - 2025 Education Review Office Report: Excelling in all areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3f87c897a9337e93d6c390/1602462500202-JRLEKT5T8F58PHNLGX3H/DSCN1615.jpg Home - Learning through play Our professional teaching team believes that each child is unique and that young children learn best through play. The programme is based on Te Whāriki (NZ Early Childhood Curriculum), and builds on each child’s strengths and interests. Children are encouraged to make their own play choices and to actively experiment, explore and extend their thinking with support and guidance. Teachers work hard to ensure that learning opportunities are not limited by age, gender, ability or background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3f87c897a9337e93d6c390/64e5b2de-fd90-439c-8a29-c95a5db81488/2016-01-01%2B01.00.00-63%2Bcopy.jpg Home - As part of our preschool education programme, we encourage children to explore independently in a safe environment, learning through play, making choices, thus becoming empowered to be creative, imaginative and resourceful, solving problems, whilst having fun in the process. At the heart of our teaching practice, we value and share our Christian faith by upholding Christian values and beliefs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3f87c897a9337e93d6c390/1602462586558-I99OO1HA3R4ZGX2GNV8N/Gecko%252BRoom%252BOutdoors%252B2.jpg Home - Outside play is an important part of our curriculum and children are encouraged to engage with our extensive natural environment on a daily basis. “Kids who play outside are more adaptable, less likely to get sick and get along with each other better. It’s no surprise ‘nature prescriptions’ are being written by paediatricians to help children cope with a range of issues from difficulty concentrating to autism” - Swings & Roundabouts, Sept 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3f87c897a9337e93d6c390/1602462990349-7E8OGAXEVBXIJ0P45CRH/Kakapo%2BRoom%2BDetails.jpg Home - Caring for the environment As part of our zero waste journey we are using eco nappy services, collecting food scraps in worm farms and bokashi bins, and partnering with the Hibiscus Coast Zero Waste. In 2021, we were presented with a commendation award at the Auckland Zero Waste Awards. In 2022, we reached the milestone of more than 1 tonne of food scraps diverted from landfill. When selecting our play resources we are mindful of avoiding plastic items which will ultimately end up in a landfill. Most of our resources have been carefully selected using home-made, up-cycled loose parts that stretch rather than hinder a child’s imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e3f87c897a9337e93d6c390/1602469712838-RYAL7I86T756SZTVK08P/IMG_5729.jpg Home - “There are other bonuses when we use natural materials instead of bought plastic stuff. These natural items themselves are the epitome of the mathematical patterns nature employs in creation, affording our children the chance to 'down load' these patterns, as well as the subtleties of colour, texture, smell and sound” - Pennie Brownlee Children have a richer play experience when they interact with real and natural play resources. 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