Abacus Montessori provides a purpose built preschool (home away from home) with individual nursery and playground for children aged 0-2 years. A maximum of 15 babies with a teacher:child ratio of 1:3 ensures a quality caring environment and an ability to care for each little person's needs on an individual basis.
The Over 2 years old preschool environment has a team of 5 staff ensuring a 1:7/8 ratio of staff and a constant extra team member to cover holidays, professional development absences, sickness etc. An extensive indoor/outdoor environment provides areas for 4-5 year old extension classes, appropriate child sized indoor environment and a large gross motor development area outside including climbing frames, swings, slide, sandpit, play-hut, "life corner", hammering work bench, vegetable garden, wormery and native shrub walkway.

• Under 50 children on site (15 of these are in the Nursery) in a large, natural purposely constructed indoor/outdoor area


• Separate Nursery for 0-2 year olds with individual outdoor purpose deigned play area


• Separate Preschool for 2-5 year olds with extensive indoor/outdoor free flow play areas


• Purpose built 'extended day room' for 4 year old pre-primary preparation


• The children who are of mixed ages, races and abilities are encouraged to learn from each other and respect the rights of others.


• Teacher pupil ratio 1:3 for 0-2year olds and 1:7/8 for 2-5 year olds


• WINZ and Govt subsidised 20 hours


• Owner operated with supervisors and manager on site


• Open 52 weeks per annum (less statutory days)

Providing quality Montessori education/care since 1992.

HOURS

0-2 Nursery School
2-5+ Preschool

7.30am - 6.00pm
Monday - Friday
(Shut statutory days only)

FEES

$7.50 per hour

$225.00 per week

WINZ subsidies available

20 hours ECE

ECE

20 hours ECE

To uptake the 20 hours ECE you are required to sign a form which confirms that you agree to pay the optional charge. This optional charge is the cost involved in facilitating the total Montessori environment in our preschool of special character. The includes additional staff qualifications ie. a Diploma of Montessori Education over and above the NZ Dip.Tch or B.Tch ECE. Specialist equipment enables the children to learn in a sensorial environment with equipment designed and developed by Maria Montessori purchased from our provider in Holland.

An exceptional assessment of each child within the Montessori Philosophy curriculum ensures holistic learning is available and directed to every child as an individual. Exceptionally high teacher pupil ratios enable 1:1 support for the children as required.

A high involvement of activities within the community is enabled by the number of qualifies teachers working on a full time basis within the environment.

ERO REPORT

The centre provides good quality care and education particularly for the over two-year-old children. The education programme in the under two-year-old area could be improved in some aspects. The continued development of the programme planning and evaluation and child assessment practices should enable the staff to extend the quality of the curriculum further.

The licensee has appropriate management systems and practices. She has taken the initiative in working with an advisory support to enhance the quality of education delivery at the centre.

The next review is likely to be part of the regular schedule of reviews.

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