Contact Little Pioneers
People
Owner/licensee: Emma Reichenbach
Manager: Donna
Address
28 Paparata Road,
Bombay 2675
About Little Pioneers
We believe children’s natural thirst for knowledge should be encouraged and supported in a fun, safe an engaging environment. This environment is extended through quality relationships, interactions and teaching between the child, teachers, parents, whanau and community.
How do we support transition to school?
- We support a sense of belonging for your child
- We encourage children’s relationships and the development of social competence skills
- We scaffold children’s literacy and numeracy learning to provide a solid foundation for going to school.
- We inspire children to be confident and self-competent to have the skills to go off to school
- We facilitate an environment that extends children’s fine and gross motor skills whist being aware of the importance of physical development play and its part in academic learning.
- We plan our programme for individual children’s needs, strengths, dispositions and learning.
- We promote learning through all areas of play.
- We extend children’s natural curiosity and support them to critique their own learning, take risks, problem solving and making logical guesses based on their own working theories.
- We have a close working relationship with Bombay School and our children becoming familiar with things such as urinals, water fountains and larger boundaries.
- Understanding and linking Te Whariki (the early childhood curriculum) and The New Zealand Curriculum (for schools).
- We use assessment based on children’s interests and ways of learning and we aim to share our knowledge with local schools as part of their transition.
- We know the child's culture, background, interests, strengths, dispositions and use this to tailor their learning.
- We strive for strong relationships with the children and their parents and whanau
