Our Philosophy
Our teaching is based on the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum, TeWhariki. We aim to create welcoming, nurturing, home-like surroundings that have the potential to inspire children, where parents and whanau are treated as valued members of our community. At Brilliant Minds, we offer an environment where children understand the foundation of TeAoMaori, TeTiriti O Waitangi and acknowledge Maori as Tangata Whenua. We offer a rich bicultural experience that helps children value the New Zealand culture and its way of life. We apprize the diversity of cultures at our centre and aim to build respectful relationships between Whanau, Tamariki and our educators. We acknowledge all ethnic groups by respecting their cultural identity, heritage and language. We ensure that there is equitable learning opportunities for all children irrespective of age, ability, ethnicity and diversity. Children learn through respectful, nurturing and calm environments.
We derive inspiration from Te-Whariki (2017) where children are active participants in their own learning and develop reciprocal relationships with their teachers. We believe that children have multiple ways to express themselves. They are encouraged to foster critical thinking by exploration and observation.
We encourage our educators to respect a child’s choices and value child initiated experiences. They challenge and provoke ideas through open-ended questions and allow a child to make mistakes and learn from them.
The child’s learning and developmental progress is observed, documented, displayed, and shared with the parents. We aspire to build a place of encounter and connection, interaction and Dialogue.
To tatou Kaupapa whakaaro
Ko ta matou whakaakoranga kei runga i te Marautanga Kohungahunga o Aotearoa, Te Whariki. E whai ana matou ki te hanga i te manaaki, i te atawhai, i te ahua o te kainga taiao e whai kaha ana ki te whakahihiko i nga tamariki, kei reira nga matua me te whanau he mema nui o to tatou hapori. I Brilliant Minds, ka tukuna e matou he taiao e marama ai nga tamariki the foundation of Te Ao Maori, Te Tiriti O Waitangi and acknowledge Maori as Tangata Whenua. Ka tukuna e matou he wheako ahurea-rua ka awhina i nga tamariki ki te whakanui i te ahurea o Aotearoa me tona oranga. Ka arohia e matou te rereketanga o nga ahurea i to maatau pokapū me te whai ki te hanga hononga whakaute i waenganui i te Whanau, Tamariki me o tatou kaiako. Ka mihi matou ki nga iwi katoa ma te whakaute i to ratou tuakiri ahurea, taonga tuku iho me te reo. Ka whakarite maatau kia rite nga akoranga nga whai waahi mo nga tamariki katoa ahakoa te pakeke, te kaha, te matawaka me te kanorau. Ka ako ngā tamariki mā te whakaute, te poipoi me te mārie taiao
We derive inspiration from Te-Whariki (2017) where children are active ka whai wāhi atu ki ā rātou ake akoranga me te whakawhanake i ngā hononga tauutuutu me o ratou kaiako. E whakapono ana matou he maha nga huarahi a nga tamariki whakapuaki i a ratou ano. Ka akiakihia ratou ki te poipoi i te whakaaro arohaehae e te tūhura me te mātakitaki. Ka whakatenatena matou i o matou kaiwhakaako ki te whakaute i nga whiringa a te tamaiti me te whakanui i te tamaiti i timata wheako. Ka wero, ka whakapataritari hoki i nga whakaaro ma te tuwhera patapatai me te tuku i te tamaiti ki te pohehe me te ako mai ratou. Ka kitea te ako me te whanaketanga o te tamaiti, ka tuhia, ka whakaatuhia, ka tohatohahia ki nga matua. E wawata ana matou ki te hanga i tetahi waahi o te tutakitanga me te hononga, te taunekeneke me te Kōrerorero.
