Our Philosophy
"Children who are positively nurtured 'Develop and Grow'"
The philosophy of Little Mascots is “To maximise the potential of every child.” We believe our role is to provide the essential ingredients within our "home away from home centre", enabling the children within our care to develop and grow to their fullest ability.
Our Vision
Our vision is that all parents and caregivers have access to an affordable, enjoyable, loving nurturing, safe, stimulating and high quality educational environment for their children.
Our Mission
To ensure that every child who attends out centre receives opportunities to extend and enhance their learning to reach their full potential.
We will support families/whanau and build communities that promote the development and learning of their children from an early age so that they are ready and prepared for primary school.
Our Values
We are a child centred, culturally inclusive centre that believes in partnership with parents, families/whanau and the community.
Our Environment
“We believe that a child’s needs are best met by providing them with a natural environment that reflects the age and stage of the individual child - staged to allow for choice and independence.”
Supporting practices within our centre:
- Our spaces are designed to reflect the cultural significances of the children within our care.
- Your child’s work is displayed with pride.
- A safe learning environment where your child can explore, have his/her senses stimulated and where there will be opportunities to challenge his/her thinking.
Our People
“Relationships, partnerships and collaboration are the key principles that we follow to build a successful foundation for learning.”
Supporting practices within our centre:
- We only employ highly experienced, qualified, trained and dedicated staff to follow our philosophy and to cater to the needs of all children attending our centre.
- Every child and person who is involved in our centre is recognised as unique in their skills, values and cultural beliefs that they bring to our programme.
- A collaborative approach to supporting your child’s development is encouraged between the centre and family/whanau.
- Professional development is encouraged to ensure our team are current in their learning and approach to education.
- Our partnership with the local community is fostered to ensure your child has access and
Our Programme
“Our Programme is centred on the individual child. We value and encourage independence, respectful interactions, and exploration of individual choices.”
Supporting practices within our centre:
- Individual interests are celebrated and extended through our programme planning.
- Teachers encourage children to find answers/investigate and find solutions whilst scaffolding the process.
- Our Multi cultural curriculum is utilised as the foundation for growing our children,
- Family and Whanau are included in planning for their child. We ensure that there will be opportunities available for all of the family to be involved.
