Lalaga Preschool - Addington, Christchurch

Afiomai Susu mai Maliu mai

Welcome to
Lalaga Preschool

Afiomai Susu mai Maliu mai

Welcome to
Lalaga Preschool

We look forward to being part of your family.

Our Aim Is to Help You Feel Part of Our Family

To provide a quality Christian early childhood education, based on Biblical principles, where children will be encouraged to grow up as competent and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body and spirit, secure in their sense of belonging and inthe knowledge that they make a valued contribution to society.

Lalaga Preschool

Our Classrooms

Our Nursery programme provides an environment that is predictable and calm, but also offers challenges and surprises. Toddlers thrive on being encouraged into exploration and creativity. Opportunities arise for individual interactions and individualised programmes that can adjust to the infants’ own rhythms. The Nursery has its own outdoor space, set up to be physically active and explore the outdoors.

Nursery 0.5-2 Years

Our Preschool daily programme and activities are based on the child’s interests and will provide active learning experiences and challenges to meet the needs of individual children. Four-year-old children are provided with activities to prepare them for school. Set activities include early numeracy and literacy games, movement, rhythm, drama, physical skills, opportunities to share their knowledge with their friends, and experiences that will challenge their thinking.

Preschool 3-5 Years

We provide the main activities

Christian Samoan Special Character

At Lalaga, your child will engage in interactive Bible stories, songs, prayers, and hands-on activities rooted in Christian values. As a multicultural preschool, we embrace and celebrate the language, ethnicity, and cultural identity of every child.

Lalaga is uniquely shaped by its Christian Samoan heritage, which influences our values, environment, and daily practices. Children are immersed in the Samoan language and cultural traditions through stories, songs, and activities that reflect our rich heritage. We ensure that all children feel welcomed and are encouraged to take part in these meaningful cultural and language experiences.

Our commitment to inclusivity is also grounded in the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and we strive to honour this partnership in all aspects of our teaching and community engagement.

TE WHĀRIKI – National Early Childhood Curriculum

This forms the basis for our planning and assessments, with Biblical principles and teaching interwoven into our daily programme. We endeavour to provide a rich daily curriculum that will assist children to become competent and confident lifelong learners developing to their fullest potential.

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Connecting Children to Jesus

We look forward to being part of your family and our aim is to help you feel part of ours.

Common Ownership

To ensure common ownership within the preschool community, as we share goals and priorities.
Stronger Future

Weaving a stronger future for every child, family and our community.
Lalagaina O

Lalagaina O lumanaimanuia O fanau.

LALAGA CHILDREN WILL EXPERIENCE:

Opportunities to participate in a wide range of learning activities and to participate in community situations in which Samoan is spoken.
Opportunities for Samoan children to develop and use their language as an integral part of their education.
Opportunities for non-Samoan to learn Samoan language.
A programme responsive to Samoan community needs and initiatives.
Stories and symbols of Samoan, Christian and other cultures represented.
New ways to be creative and expressive.
More understanding of fa‘asàmoa.
Control of their own learning.
Competency in thinking, using language, symbols, and texts, managing themselves, relating to others, participating and contributing.