MISSION STATEMENT
Changepoint Early Learning Centre is committed to providing Christ-centered holistic education and care for tamariki, while honouring whānau and the wider community.
PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT
Aroha – We will show love and respect for tamariki and whānau, while embracing each child’s unique God-given gifts.
Whanaungatanga – We will nurture a love for God, for people, and for the whenua, while celebrating each family’s unique cultural and ethnic identity.
Manaakitanga – We will teach our tamariki how to value, care for, and encourage others.
Kaitiakitanga – We will teach our tamariki how to honour, protect, and preserve God’s creation.
Tūrangawaewae – We will honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi which gives us all a sense of belonging and a place to stand.
Whanaungatanga – We will nurture a love for God, for people, and for the whenua, while celebrating each family’s unique cultural and ethnic identity.
Manaakitanga – We will teach our tamariki how to value, care for, and encourage others.
Kaitiakitanga – We will teach our tamariki how to honour, protect, and preserve God’s creation.
Tūrangawaewae – We will honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi which gives us all a sense of belonging and a place to stand.
Please follow the following link to view our latest ERO review:
ero.govt.nz/institution/45902/changepoint-early-learning-centre
ero.govt.nz/institution/45902/changepoint-early-learning-centre
ELC is a small, community based centre that hopes to be an extension of your whānau. The centre is run from 8:45am-3:15pm, for a maximum of 32 children - 5 of these children are under 2.
Daily Program
At ELC, we recognise that God made every child unique. While we operate as a mixed age centre we also understand that each age group comes with its own joys, strengths, and challenges. We see huge value in being one centre that supports whakawhanaungatanga in this way. We also know that is is hugely important to offer a program tailored to different age groups, cultures and characters.
We do this in a range of ways:
1. Care as curriculum:
Especially for our younger children, we focus on creating key care moments. Kaiako use nappy changes/toileting, sleep routines and kai times as moments of rich dialogue and relationship building. We spend time getting to know you and your whānau, including getting to know what life at home looks like. We then use this to develop key care moments that reflect home life, and put the child at the centre of these every day routines.
2. Role of the Key Kaiako:
All our children are assigned a key kaiako that gets to know them and their family really well. This kaiako is responsible for the planning, assessment and evaluation of the child's learning. Depending on the age of the child, the key kaiako may also be responsible for the bulk of the child's key care rituals. However, we still support a shared approach to care and so at times another kaiako may support - just like at home, children have 1 or 2 primary caregivers (like mum and dad) and then a selection of grandparents, siblings, aunties, uncles and other whānau that may change a nappy or give a bottle. We try to replicate this model (the whānau model) at ELC, as best we can.
3. Nature Exploration:
Being in nature; exploring and being still, is a massive part of what we do here at ELC. We believe in the notion that there is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. We try to get out into nature in some capacity, everyday. Sometimes this is for a quick run, sometimes it includes a meal time and even sleep time in the great outdoors. We have many areas on our expansive property and we use them all. When you come to visit, we look forward to showing you around.
4. Time:
We utilise not only our licensed space, but also our property, and the church building to ensure we are meeting and supporting each child's individual learning journey. This includes spending some time all together and also breaking up for periods of the day where we can have some tailored time for different age groups. Being a multi-purpose site means we have many opportunities for regular excursions and child led exploration.
What we believe about how children learn:
We believe that infants and toddlers thrive on relationship based care, and this is why we have adopted the whānau model, with rich key care moments and a key kaiako system. Together with the family, the kaiako advocates for and supports the child on the days they attend ELC. We hope that this relationship becomes an extension of the child's home life, building on who they already are and what they already know. Key care moments are slow, unhurried and rich in relationship, inviting a peaceful approach to learning and development.
As the tamariki begin to get a little older and are discovering their voice, finding increasing independence over themselves and the world around them, we invite them to delve into that innate curiosity and urge for adventure, while still providing a nurturing and loving approach that revolves around relationship.
Preschoolers are encouraged to take increasing responsibility for themselves and the world around them. They are empowered to be the adventurous and inquisitive little humans they are created to be. Tamariki are provided with many opportunities to take risks, problem solve, develop independence, work with others, and make sense of their world.
All children and their whānau are encouraged to be active participants in the curriculum.
All the kaiako talk about who Father God and Jesus are, and how the Holy Spirit helps and guides us. We encourage the children to pray for, and over, each other. We read bible stories and talk about the lessons they teach us. As children get older, they are empowered to own their relationship with Jesus, Holy Spirit and Father God. Children are encouraged to ask questions and make sense of the bible and their faith through the ELC program.
We focus on the virtues, fruits of the spirit, and other biblical values. At ELC, we have established 5 guiding principals "I am kind, creative, respectful, responsible and trustworthy". The children learn what these mean in action, and begin to take ownership of these ideas as they play with, and navigate relationships with others. These concepts combined, form the basis of our approach to supporting social and emotional competence in children.
Daily Program
At ELC, we recognise that God made every child unique. While we operate as a mixed age centre we also understand that each age group comes with its own joys, strengths, and challenges. We see huge value in being one centre that supports whakawhanaungatanga in this way. We also know that is is hugely important to offer a program tailored to different age groups, cultures and characters.
We do this in a range of ways:
1. Care as curriculum:
Especially for our younger children, we focus on creating key care moments. Kaiako use nappy changes/toileting, sleep routines and kai times as moments of rich dialogue and relationship building. We spend time getting to know you and your whānau, including getting to know what life at home looks like. We then use this to develop key care moments that reflect home life, and put the child at the centre of these every day routines.
2. Role of the Key Kaiako:
All our children are assigned a key kaiako that gets to know them and their family really well. This kaiako is responsible for the planning, assessment and evaluation of the child's learning. Depending on the age of the child, the key kaiako may also be responsible for the bulk of the child's key care rituals. However, we still support a shared approach to care and so at times another kaiako may support - just like at home, children have 1 or 2 primary caregivers (like mum and dad) and then a selection of grandparents, siblings, aunties, uncles and other whānau that may change a nappy or give a bottle. We try to replicate this model (the whānau model) at ELC, as best we can.
3. Nature Exploration:
Being in nature; exploring and being still, is a massive part of what we do here at ELC. We believe in the notion that there is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. We try to get out into nature in some capacity, everyday. Sometimes this is for a quick run, sometimes it includes a meal time and even sleep time in the great outdoors. We have many areas on our expansive property and we use them all. When you come to visit, we look forward to showing you around.
4. Time:
We utilise not only our licensed space, but also our property, and the church building to ensure we are meeting and supporting each child's individual learning journey. This includes spending some time all together and also breaking up for periods of the day where we can have some tailored time for different age groups. Being a multi-purpose site means we have many opportunities for regular excursions and child led exploration.
What we believe about how children learn:
We believe that infants and toddlers thrive on relationship based care, and this is why we have adopted the whānau model, with rich key care moments and a key kaiako system. Together with the family, the kaiako advocates for and supports the child on the days they attend ELC. We hope that this relationship becomes an extension of the child's home life, building on who they already are and what they already know. Key care moments are slow, unhurried and rich in relationship, inviting a peaceful approach to learning and development.
As the tamariki begin to get a little older and are discovering their voice, finding increasing independence over themselves and the world around them, we invite them to delve into that innate curiosity and urge for adventure, while still providing a nurturing and loving approach that revolves around relationship.
Preschoolers are encouraged to take increasing responsibility for themselves and the world around them. They are empowered to be the adventurous and inquisitive little humans they are created to be. Tamariki are provided with many opportunities to take risks, problem solve, develop independence, work with others, and make sense of their world.
All children and their whānau are encouraged to be active participants in the curriculum.
All the kaiako talk about who Father God and Jesus are, and how the Holy Spirit helps and guides us. We encourage the children to pray for, and over, each other. We read bible stories and talk about the lessons they teach us. As children get older, they are empowered to own their relationship with Jesus, Holy Spirit and Father God. Children are encouraged to ask questions and make sense of the bible and their faith through the ELC program.
We focus on the virtues, fruits of the spirit, and other biblical values. At ELC, we have established 5 guiding principals "I am kind, creative, respectful, responsible and trustworthy". The children learn what these mean in action, and begin to take ownership of these ideas as they play with, and navigate relationships with others. These concepts combined, form the basis of our approach to supporting social and emotional competence in children.
