Kidsfirst Kindergartens Lyttelton

"Teachers provide a purposeful curriculum that effectively stimulates children's curiosity. They actively use the natural environment to build children's understanding of sustainability. Teachers effectively use a range of resources to extend children's experiences and understanding of literacy and mathematical concepts."

Effective curriculum with purposeful teaching and resource use, though assessment strengthening noted.

"Children experience caring and respectful interactions with other children and their teachers. They happily learn alongside each other, often independent of teachers. They learn and play in calm, settled spaces for sustained periods of time."

Strong belonging, caring interactions, calm learning environment established.

"Parents confidently share their aspirations for their children's wellbeing and development. They are well informed about their children's learning experiences. Teachers are using online technologies to share information with their parents. Parents and members of the wider community are actively encouraged to contribute to the centre programme."

Good parent communication, sharing of information, and community engagement evident.

"The ESM and head teacher provide experienced leadership. This includes sharing professional advice to manage changes and actively sustain the positive learning environment for children. They have a useful internal evaluation process that is focused on further improving outcomes for children. This process could be further strengthened by evaluating the effectiveness of any changes to practices and systems on learning outcomes for children."

Experienced leadership with useful evaluation process; could strengthen impact assessment.