Hello and welcome to Sunbeams Private Kindergarten.
Our Auckland kindergarten is centrally located in Western Springs and provides childcare to the suburbs of Kingsland, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Mt Albert, Sandringham, Mt Eden, Pt Chevalier and Westmere.
Through this website, we wish to give prospective parents an opportunity to gain information about us, our philosophy and vision for our kindergarten.
Sunbeams Private Kindergarten opened on October 13th 2014.
We are licensed for 30 children over 2 years old and welcome your enquiries by email or phone regarding places on our roll or waiting list.
Our Mission
To nurture, inspire and challenge children in an environment that sustains independent thinking, creativity and respect.
Our Philosophy
The New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum, Te Whariki is the foundation on which our teaching and learning philosophy is based.
Our Programme
Our focus is on providing excellent childcare with the best educational resources, experienced teachers and a beautiful environment to challenge and stimulate your child. We believe children learn through play, by being emersed in an environment which is rich in opportunities for learning, experimenting and making discoveries.
As teachers we have a role of facilitator, guide and supporter. We believe it is our role to empower children, to foster their efforts and celebrate their contributions.
By giving children responsibility for their own work, and supporting their efforts along the way, we are building children’s self esteem, confidence and belief in their abilities.
At Sunbeams Kindergarten we are guided by the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum Te Whariki.
Through a process of assessment, planning and evaluation and information sharing with parents and whanau, we are able to implement a collaborative learning programme that is in depth and relevant.
Our programme is specially designed for 2 to 6 year olds and caters for their different stages of development.
We provide a stimulating, challenging, well resourced environment for learning in all areas of the curriculum.
Maths, Language, Science, Arts, Social Science, Technology and Health.
This includes opportunities for:
- In depth enquiry, including research.
- Long term art projects.
- Literacy; books, story telling, letter and word games, develop writing/drawing skills
- Maths; learning about geometry, colours, counting, seriation, numerals, classification.
- In depth exploration: science and the world around us.
- Transition to school skills – learn to be independent, to question and listen, develop social competence.
Sessions and Fees
Learn about our session times and fee arrangements to find out what’s best-suited for you and your child.
ERO Report
The Education Review Office visited Sunbeams Private Kindergarten in March 2017. We are excited and so pleased to share this wonderful report with you. This is our first review.