A holistic approach to engaging with children.
Within our environment we value a holistic approach to engaging with children, ensuring that their emotional, physical, cognitive and spiritual beings are nurtured and cared for in a warm and respectful manner. The children are the reason that we have a fun, caring, loving team of well qualified and experienced teachers that love what they do. The teaching team acknowledges that parents and whānau are the first teachers, and thus want to work in collaboration with our families to create the best experience for the child.
We value child directed play, curiosity and independent enquiry.
Play is the child’s biggest and best teacher and thus our philosophy is based around the principle that play is the most important part of the day. The children are individuals that learn and play at their own pace and with their own agenda. Children need to direct a part of the journey that encompasses their learning and care, and so we value child directed play, curiosity and independent enquiry. We endeavour to listen to the child and create an environment that stimulates, continues or extends the learning path that they are following.
At Bumblebees, we follow The Treaty of Waitangi.
The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of partnership between the Māori and Pākehā cultures that were New Zealand’s first peoples, and we at Bumblebees follow this document. Although New Zealand is a nation founded on two cultures, it has evolved into a multi-cultural nation and thus we respect and enjoy all of the cultures that make up our Centre and our Country. We follow Te Whāriki, which is the curriculum for Early Childhood in New Zealand.
We guide our children to have a vested interest in nature and their environment.
It is also one of our aspirations to care for the environment. By teaching and guiding our children to have a vested interest in nature and their environment, we ensure that the next generation will look after the future of our planet. We encourage children to care for and respect all things in their environment, people, animal, resources, nature and our friends.
