Welcome to Country Gate
Opening the gate to exploration, nurture & growth
Welcome to Country Gate, nestled in the serene beauty of a rural setting. Our passionate staff are dedicated to providing a warm and nurturing environment for your child's early years.
At Country Gate, we embrace the rich natural surroundings and integrate them into our educational approach.
We implement Te Whāriki curriculum, ensuring that each child's learning journey is tailored to their unique strengths, interests, and needs.
We understand the importance of strong partnerships with parents/whanau and actively collaborate with them to align our teaching practices with their aspirations for their children. Together, we create a supportive and inclusive community where every child thrives.
Join us at Country Gate, where our amazing staff, the beauty of rural living and a carefully crafted curriculum come together to create an exceptional early childhood experience for your little ones.
Our Curriculum
Our stunning rural surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for our early childhood education curriculum where our highly skilled Kaiako guide children through a diverse and carefully crafted curriculum that is underpinned by Te Whāriki, the National NZ Early Childhood Education Framework.
Te Whāriki is founded upon four principles:
Empowerment | Whakamana – Early childhood curriculum empowers the child to learn and grow
Holistic Development | Kotahitanga – Early childhood curriculum reflects the holistic way children learn and grow
Family and Community | Whānau Tangata – The wider world of family and community is an integral part of early childhood curriculum
Relationships | Ngā Hononga – Children learn through responsive and reciprocal relationships with people, places and things
We encourage and appreciate the awareness of the
multi-cultural heritages within New Zealand.
These multi-cultural values are interwoven and visible in our curriculum and environment.