Little Schools are private preschools for children aged 2 - 5 years at Kelburn, Khandallah and St Heliers and 16 months to 5 years at Churton Park. At Little School we have a strong educational focus. Our aim is to offer your child a learning environment which is planned with exciting and challenging activities. Their days will be fun and positive providing a great foundation for their success at school. Little School Values - As educators, we value and nurture relationships, ensuring that our core values are at the heart of what we do. Honesty – We encourage an environment where everyone is honest to themselves and others, creating a culture of openness and trust. Empowerment – We encourage individuals and groups to be confident making choices on what they define as being important. Respect - We show respect by speaking and acting with courtesy. We treat others with dignity and honor the rules of our family, school and community. Respect yourself, and others will respect you Little School's philosophy is to lay sound foundations for lifelong learning - to develop a 'love of learning' in each child. We aim to make children's transition to school as smooth as possible - preparing children both socially, emotionally and educationally for the next steps in their journey. We also aim to provide skills for life that will develop children's knowledge, independence and creativity. Every child at Little School will be assessed and have evaluative daily data and on-going records kept. Objectives pertaining to each child's goals, strengths and interests will be programmed into our planning and evaluated regularly.