Centre Philosophy

Teaching Team Philosophy

Lollipops Educare St Lukes aims to provide a child initiated programme in a stimulating environment to encourage each child’s physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual development. As a professional teaching team, we believe that children learn in an environment that is respectful and inclusive of culture, gender and ability. We recognize that each child is individual and unique and encourage all children to be involved with a wide range of challenging and enriching activities.

We support the cultural identity of all children, affirm and celebrate cultural differences. We acknowledge that children have the right to experience (by providing plenty of opportunities) the bicultural heritage of Atearoa/New Zealand and believe that our centre’s environment, resources and language used acknowledge the dual heritage of the ‘Treaty of Waitangi’ partners.

In this environment children are encouraged to make their own learning choices, problem solve, observe and explore at their own pace, with the support and guidance of teachers, parents/whanau and their peers.

At Lollipops Educare St Lukes children have the opportunity to:

Become enthusiastic and independent learners - curious and excited.
Feel confident about who they are and what they can do.
Develop respect – of themselves, others, other cultures and environment.
Develop early maths, literacy, thinking skills and dispositions.
Develop communication skills, both verbal and non verbal.
Work within acceptable limits, boundaries and routines.
Develop physical self – confidence and take risks.
Have fun.

We value the opportunities to work alongside children and make assessments for learning/teaching that positively contribute to evaluation, revision and development of our programme. We believe in promoting strong relationships and open communication with families/whanau to work together towards a shared journey of learning/teaching.

Mary, Daniel, Nikko, Jayshree, Dianna, Harpreet, Tayyaba & Tony