Each child entering our preschool classroom is assigned a Lead-Carer. This assignment is considered based on the child’s personality, individual needs and their booked days/times to ensure consistency and to sustain positive relationships for the child.
A Lead-Carer is responsible for supporting the child’s sense of being and wellbeing along with their holistic learning and development – this includes noticing, recognising and responding to the child’s interests to support their progression of learning within our centre and beyond. The child’s experiences and learning within the centre are documented and revisited in the child’s individual Learning Journal. The Lead-Carer will share and encourage you to contribute to and celebrate this Learning Journal with your child and wider whānau. We believe it is essential to work in partnership with you to achieve your child’s learning priorities.
A Lead-Carer will especially form a close, responsive, reciprocal and respectful relationship with your child and ensure that your child’s emotional well-being is nurtured throughout the day. This will support your child to develop a strong sense of belonging at the centre, trusting that they are safe and that their individual needs will be met. A Lead-Carer is also responsible for communicating any individual needs to other teaching members in the teaching team.
A Lead-Carer will ensure that when the child approaches school age that he/she, to the best of their ability, has acquired skills, knowledge and learning attitudes that support the child’s readiness to achieve and be successful in a school environment. This also includes completing the B4 School Check when the child turns 4 to ensure that learning, behavioural or emotional concerns are supported alongside you before the child starts school at 5. When the child turns 5, the Lead-Carer will facilitate a special Korowai ceremony of wearing our ‘Graduation Korowai’ to celebrate the child’s time at preschool and to bless the child’s future learning.
Our team leaders and teachers are readily available to you during and beyond your child transitioning into the preschool room. Please feel free to approach them should you have any concerns or require support.