Our Curriculum
New Shoots centres are about far more than child care. We’re here to partner with you on your child’s learning journey and ensure it’s a joyful, fruitful one. When children are secure and happy, they learn and flourish to their full potential.
Celebrate the magic of play
Our well-prepared, diverse curriculum, encompassing Te Whāriki (our New Zealand Early Childhood Education curriculum), blossoms in our beautiful, nature-rich environments under the guidance of well-trained kaiako and most importantly, plenty of play.
Learning comes to life through our carefully designed curriculum inspired by play, nature, and the diversity of our communities.
A life-long love of learning
Taking a unique, holistic approach to children’s learning and development is something we’re proud of. Problem-solving, determination, and empathy are interwoven with the essential building blocks of literacy and numeracy.
Meaningful experiences and relationships flourish within the context of children’s families, culture, and community. Effective assessment and evaluation practices inform our planning, which creates an environment that’s positive, inclusive, and responsive to each child.
Encourage a life-long love of learning
Our curriculum
Te Whāriki
The New Zealand Early Childhood Education curriculum. All children are born with immense potential. Quality early learning helps our children begin to realise that potential and build a strong foundation for later learning and for life.
Howard Gardner’s ‘Theory of Multiple Intelligences’.
Gardner theorises that people do not have just an intellectual capacity, but have many kinds of intelligence, including musical, interpersonal, spatial-visual, and linguistic intelligences
Pikler/ RIE
The principles of Pikler and RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Philosophies.
Children’s schema identification
Based on the work of Athey (1990) and researched in New Zealand by Meade and Cubey (1996), is used as a tool to extend and develop children’s thinking.
Building intellectual dispositions
Extended project work with older children is encouraged, based on the writings of Helm and Katz (2001) with the aim of identifying and building on children’s intellectual dispositions.
Our curriculum
Te Whāriki
The New Zealand Early Childhood Education curriculum. Foreword. All children are born with immense potential. Quality early learning helps our children begin.
Howard Gardner’s ‘Theory of Multiple Intelligences’.
Gardner theorizes that people do not have just an intellectual capacity, but have many kinds of intelligence, including musical, interpersonal, spatial-visual, and linguistic intelligences
Pikler/ RIE
The principles of Pikler and RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Philosophies.
Children’s schema identification
Based on the work of Athey (1990) and researched in New Zealand by Meade and Cubey (1996), is used as a tool to extend and develop children’s thinking.
Building intellectual dispositions
Extended project work with older children is encouraged, based on the writings of Helm and Katz (2001) with the aim of identifying and building on children’s intellectual dispositions.
Thinking of enrolling?
Contact the centre of your choice – email or give us a call. We can answer any questions you have, let you know availability for your child’s age group, and send you an enrolment form.
The best way to find out if we’re the right centre for you is by seeing it for yourself. Please come in for a visit, we’d love to meet you. If you want to read more about New Shoots, please download our parent handbook.
