Newbies Early Learning Centre

Te Whāriki is the guiding document for early childhood education. One of its main strands is that of well-being. This strand seems very fitting at this time of uncertainty with what is going on in our world. Children need consistency and continuity in and out of the early childhood setting, and have the right to have their health and well-being protected. At Newbies we believe this encompasses reciprocal relationships with whanau, a good diet, good hygiene and making sure that our children’s emotional well-being is supported.

“The health and well-being of the child are protected and nurtured” Te Whāriki

The imagination is at its peak in early childhood. The human brain is the playground for imagination. The more children use their imagination the more creative, innovative, inventive and meaningful their play becomes. At Newbies we believe children need to be given the freedom to theorize and develop their own theories about the world around them. The imagination enables children brains to develop while they play.

“I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant” Ursula K. Le Guin.