Mount Roskill Baptist Kindergarten - Mount Roskill

Mt Roskill Baptist kindergarten provides quality education in an environment where Biblical truths are taught and lived.  We value children as unique individuals so we provide them with different opportunities to grow and develop into competent and confident learners.  We provide a program based on the interests of children.  Its aim is to encourage children to be self motivated by creating the foundation for lifelong learning.

We believe that relationships form the basis of quality education and when the teachers nurture the children’s interest with warmth and care, both adults and children learn together. We embrace the idea of environment as the third teacher which creates, inspires and supports children to think, to wonder, to be challenged, to investigate further and to research their working theories of the world around them. We provide a nature rich environment to give the children every opportunity to develop life skills through interacting with nature.

We acknowledge Te Whariki as a frame work which guides and inspires our work with children and adults.  We believe that Maori are the first people of Aotearoa, New Zealand.  Te Reo and Tikanga Maori are woven into our daily practice.  We also acknowledge that we are a multicultural society, and value all cultures, religions, and beliefs within MRBK and beyond.  We value and respect the diversity within our centre regardless of ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status or gender differences.

We value our parents as the first educators of their child.  We promote open and ongoing communication between parents, families, whanau and teachers, to ensure the individual and specific needs of each child are met. We are welcoming to all our parents and we strive to provide an equitable environment for everyone and encourage supportive links between families and the centre.  We consult with parents, families and whanau to ensure their needs and aspirations for their child is being met. We provide a program that prepares children for a smooth transition to school.

We are committed to ongoing professional development and to maintaining a high level of trained and registered teachers thus ensuring we offer a high quality programme.  Teacher professional development, teacher reflections, centre review and programme evaluation help us to continually monitor, assess, evaluate and improve our teaching and learning, thus enabling us to meet the learning and development aims of all our children and their parents, families and whanau.