About
Talented Tots Childcare
Loving care and education since 1999
You want the very best for your child, and so do we!
Innovative learning environment
We know how important it is that your child receives both loving care and an innovative learning environment while they are away from you.
Talented Tots was founded in 1999 by mother-of-five Tina Kennedy, with the mission to provide high-quality education and care in safe innovative learning spaces.
Tina continues to lead us in delivering this mission.
Supporting children to become lifelong learners
Since we first opened all those years ago we have established two more centres and become skilled at creating learning programmes and care routines that successfully support children to become happy, secure lifelong learners.
We proudly employ teachers with whom we would entrust with the care of our own children and grandchildren, and we are hand-on-heart proud of the quality and commitment of our teaching and leadership teams.
Philosophy
Our philosophy is based on the principles and goals of Te Whariki, the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum.
Our staff and centres acknowledge and value the principles of The Treaty of Waitangi and ensure the success of all learners including the Ministry of Education identified priority learners: Maori, Pacifica, Infants, and Toddlers.
We aspire for 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.
We believe children learn and develop in an environment where they are happy, secure and that they enjoy themselves through being exposed to a wide range of learning opportunities, alongside warm caring staff.
This in turn will promote the holistic way that children learn.
We believe that early childhood experiences promote the well-being of the parents, family, and child, and will increase the opportunity for success throughout the child's life.
Five-step guide to transition
We value and acknowledge that every child, and each family, is unique.
We understand that every child requires an individual plan to best suit their transition into the centre.
Our caring staff feel it's importatant to take the time to get to know your child well before they start at Talented Tots.
Here is our five-step, flexible guide, which helps us support your child's transition into our centre:
They will then arrange a transition meeting with you where you will have the opportunity to discuss your child's interests, strengths, preferences, your aspirations for your child, and their individual routine.
At this meeting we discuss and agree upon how many transition visits your child needs and for what duration.
You are welcome to bring other family members to this meeting.
If your child has any special needs this is a good time for us together complete documentation to request additional support from Special Education.
On the last visit/s, you leave the centre for a short while just before a meal time, group time, or sleep time so your child gets to know teachers and the routine and learns that you always return.
More visits can be arranged if this is needed to best support the child's transition.
We recommend you wave goodbye to your child, let them know you will be back soon, and know that they will be nurtured and cuddled by teachers while you are gone if they need this.
