We offer a child-centred programme driven by children's strengths, interests, creativity and knowledge. Each child is encouraged to take responsibility for themselves and their actions, respecting their environment and the people in it.
Our experienced and enthusiastic teachers welcome parents, whanau and members of the wider community to participate and share their knowledge.
Electronic portfolios of children's learning are shared with whanau and children are encouraged to incorporate concepts of literacy, numeracy and science into their everyday kindergarten activities, making learning meaningful and relevant to them. We look forward to meeting you and your child as we journey into learning together.
"We love everything about our kindergarten experience. Amazing teachers. Amazing resources."
"Extremely satisfied with what we are receiving from Milson kindy. Both myself and my wife have done a ‘Triple P’ course which has helped us out with our children big time."
"Our daughter has improved heaps with the confidence, very important in providing a consistent routine and wide range of activities and regular friendly faces."
"Great staff and facilities and close to home too. My daughter loves it and has learnt a lot. Amazing experience and learning opportunity in our local community."
Lately the children at Milson kindergarten have been enjoying the many opportunities to get active in their local community. Our weekly excursions on the lollipops van allows us to get out into the community and explore. Over the past month we have visited Manawatu Gym and Flip City and also popped over to Milson School to join them for discovery.
Read More...The current focus across the association during term three has been the promotion of creativity and curiosity. So, what better time to set the team a challenge around creativity. Each of the teachers at Milson kindergarten have been set the task of getting their creative hats on.
Read More...On the 20th of September we held a walkathon to raise money and an awareness of the condition Cerebral Palsy. Sponsorship forms were sent home for families to ask their extended family, friends and neighbours to make a donation towards this worthy cause. Whanau were also offered the opportunity for their child to print their feet on tee-shirts as another means of raising money.
Read More...During week seven this term the teachers have been reinforcing our kete of mat time tikanga to support the children to engage at mat times and show respect for those taking mat times as well as their peers sitting beside them.
Read More...Term 2 we have been lucky to have one of our grandparents come in for parent help and make some reusable sandwich bags which we now gift to families when they start Milson Kindergarten. There was a lot of interest from the children watching and asking questions.
Read More...Milson Kindergarten have celebrated Matariki this term with a Movie Stars themed disco and shared kai. A fun night was had with some yummy hot soups made by our parent helpers to keep the families warmed up as they came in from the cold.
Read More...Building community relationships has been a focus for Milson Kindergarten this year. Visiting Julia Wallace Retirement Village in the lollipop van during term 3 has been the start of this journey. Julie Wallace is conveniently located not far from us and is a safe and welcoming place for our children to connect with the older generation.
Read More...Milson Kindergarten enjoys finding innovative ways to challenge children's physical skills; their monkey bar challenge is a well-established part of this culture. The challenge includes a great celebration where a certificate and a chocolate monkey are presented when a child persists and has shown the determination to independently move across the monkey bars.
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