Why Choose Us
We value manaakitanga (kindness)
Being kind to eachother
We believe that kindness is contagious, being kind to one another helps our children learn about empathy, compassion, and understanding.
Being kind to our environment
We will encourage our children to enjoy the outdoors and develop a connection with nature. Kirwee Tree House strives to use sustainable practices where possible.
Being kind to ourselves
Teaching our children self-kindness is critical for learning, development, and confidence. We want to inspire our little ones to be the best they can be to their own standards and arm them with resilience and positive mindsets for years to come.We aim to provide early childhood education as a foundation for lifelong learning. We create thisfoundation by respecting the uniqueness of each child and valuing their individual differences. Westrive to provide an environment where tamariki are supported to learn at their own pace.
We focus on the holistic development of each child - developing children academically, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We do this through encouraging and extending on imaginative play and promoting the environment as the third teacher.
Our team value each and every family, the cultural beliefs they hold and we strive to incorporate multi-culturalism and biculturalism within the centre to celebrate each child, their heritage, and the unique personality they bring to the centre.
Learning is hard work (even when it's fun) so we ensure our tamariki enjoy nourishing meals throughout the day and sleep when needed.
Our team are our work family and are cherished and supported always to create a workplace where our staff feel valued and appreciated.
Center philosophy
At the Little Ferns, we strive to promote a sense of belonging and a feeling of homeliness within a fun and interactive learning environment – Your family’s home away from home.
We value children's creativity, curiosity and exploration of the world around us. We encourage children to wonder, to question, and to embrace their learning journey therefore developing competent and confident learners free to discover at their own pace.
We aim to establish and enhance learning foundations through reciprocal relationships – relationships rich in trust, respect, and communication – between teachers, children, parents and whānau.
Our team are passionate, qualified staff who ensure a nurturing, kind and homely environment is at the forefront of our daily interactions.
Our Vision
- Provide early childhood education as a foundation for lifelong learning.
- Value each and every family and the cultural beliefs they hold
- Respect the uniqueness of each child and value their individual differences.
- Incorporate multi-culturalism and bi-culturalism within the centre that celebrates each child, their heritage and the unique personality they bring to the centre.
- Provide the right activities to ensure holistic development in children. Developing children academically, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
- Provide nourishing food and meals for our children in our family friendly environment.
- Provide extra-curricular activities to ensure a holistic development of a child.
- Allow children to learn at their own pace.
- Focus on sustainability, recycling and upcycling.
- Focus on promoting, stimulating and extending children’s creativity and imaginations.
- Focus on environment as a third teacher.
- Our team are our work family and are cherished and supported always.
- Create a workplace where our staff feel valued and appreciated.
- To lead the way with the best incentives and recognition programmes for our staff.