Morningside Playcentre

"Using current theories and research, parents/whānau focus on providing challenging learning experiences for infants and toddlers. They align resources with children's current interests and encourage physically active and challenging play."

Intentional teaching with challenging experiences aligned to children's interests; strong Te Whāriki implementation evid

"Children settle quickly and demonstrate a strong sense of belonging. They are confident to approach adults and show positive social skills. Children develop friendships, play together for extended periods of time, and make choices about their learning."

Strong sense of belonging, positive relationships, confident children making learning choices.

"Parents/whānau appreciate and immerse themselves in the Playcentre philosophy of learning through play. Interactions with children are positive, respectful and challenging. They provoke active enjoyment of and engagement in learning."

Parents actively engaged, valued as educators, positive collaborative relationships evident.

"Centre members have adopted planned approaches to implementing the Playcentre Aotearoa policy framework. They manage the centre well and have developed strategic and annual planning to guide centre development. Leaders use self review to focus on improvement and continue to work at distributing centre and curriculum leadership roles."

Strategic planning established; self-review embedded; distributed leadership; continuous improvement focus.