Wonderland offers a caring, safe, homely environment for children

We believe that teaching is from the heart and all children are cared for in a safe, secure, stimulating, and challenging environment in an atmosphere conductive to the development of healthy and happy children.

At Wonderland, teaching and learning is a collaborative and holistic process engaged in through play. We encourage and nurture children’s learning through their interests and strengths. Learning environments are thoughtfully planned for to provoke imagination, creativity, exploration, and inquiry.

We respect children as unique and special individuals who are competent and confident learners and communicators. We encourage children to build responsive and reciprocal relationships with peers and adults, which show respect and care for each other.

We value and respect Maori and Pasifika cultures, and we provide an environment that promotes a sense of belonging, strong sense of cultural identity and teaching and learning that is holistic.

We value and respect tangata whenua, acknowledging the principles of Te tiriti o Waitangi in our daily practice. Te reo and tikanga is living and thriving and we encompass Pasifika values, identity, and languages. We embrace Te Whāriki and are committed to supporting all children ‘to grow up as competent and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body and spirit, secure in their sense of belonging and in the knowledge that they make a valued contribution to society’.

At Wonderland, we encourage talanoa, working collaboratively to ensure the wairua of our people and spaces remain healthy and nurtured. We are committed to support all children’s learning, working together with parents and whānau, we provide meaningful learning experiences which ensure independent children, who are healthy in mind (hinengaro), body (tinana) and spirit (wairua).