Welcome to

Mt Roskill Baptist

Kindergarten!

Providing quality, affordable

Christian pre-school education

for children aged 3-5 years

Enrol to​day

We offer 30 free ​hours of ECE!

Mt Roskill Baptist Kindergarten has been ​serving the Mt Roskill Community since 1982.

We are proud to be part of a multicultural ​community, and love the way we continue to ​learn and grow as a culturally rich centre.


Our day sessions run from 8:45am - 3:15pm ​during the school term.



Meet The Teachers

Meribha Dammala

Head Teacher

Graduate Diploma in Teaching (ECE)

The University of Auckland

Shalini Saldanha

Teacher

Bachelor of Teaching (ECE)

The University of Auckland

Annelisa Davis

Teacher

Bachelor of Teaching (ECE)

New Zealand Tertiary College

Hailey Yu

Teacher

Bachelor of Teaching (ECE)

The University of Auckland

Our Philosophy

  • We aim to provide quality education in an environment where ​Biblical truths are taught and lived.
  • We value children as unique individuals, and provide them with ​different opportunities to grow and develop into competent ​and confident learners.
  • We provide programmes based on the interests of the child to ​create a foundation for lifelong learning.
  • We believe quality education is achieved through relationship; ​in particular when adults and children learn together.
  • We embrace the idea of environment as the third teacher. This ​creates, inspires and supports children to think, to wonder, to ​be challenged, to investigate further and to research their ​working theories of the world around them.
  • We provide a nature rich environment to give the children ​every opportunity to develop life skills through interacting ​with nature.
  • We acknowledge Te Whariki as a frame work which guides ​and inspires our work with children and adults.
  • We believe Maori were the first people of Aotearoa, New ​Zealand. Te Reo and Tikanga Maori are woven into our daily ​practice.
  • We acknowledge we are a multicultural society, and value all ​cultures, religions, and beliefs within MRBK and beyond.


  • We value and respect the diversity within our centre ​regardless of ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status or ​gender differences.
  • We value our parents as the first educators of their child. We ​promote open and ongoing communication between parents, ​families, whanau and teachers, to ensure the individual and ​specific needs of each child are met. We are welcoming to all ​our parents and we strive to provide an equitable environment ​for everyone and encourage supportive links between families ​and the centre. We consult with parents, families and whanau ​to ensure their needs and aspirations for their child is being ​met. We provide a program that prepares children for a ​smooth transition to school.
  • We are committed to ongoing professional development and ​to maintaining a high level of trained and registered teachers ​thus ensuring we offer a high quality programme. Teacher ​professional development, teacher reflections, centre review ​and programme evaluation help us to continually monitor, ​assess, evaluate and improve our teaching and learning, thus ​enabling us to meet the learning and development aims of all ​our children and their parents, families and whanau.


Our Values

We aim to provide an environment that:


  • is caring and supportive, that ​reflects our multicultural diversity ​and where all families have a sense ​of belonging.
  • stimulates, encourages and supports ​children to develop their potential
  • is God honouring, teaching Biblical ​principles throughout the curriculum
  • assesses and records the progress ​and development of the children
  • prepares children for an easy ​transition to school
  • supports teaching staff and ​encourages ongoing professional ​development

Nature Education

We provide a nature rich environment; giving every ​opportunity for our kids to develop life skills through their ​interactions with nature.


Children are encouraged to be motivated by their curiosity, ​with teachers facilitating their learning through “wonder” ​conversations and skill demonstrations.


Allowing children the opportunity to build great memories ​through using a secure, challenging, nature rich environment ​supports them in becoming capable and competent learners.

They develop a range of skills including spatial awareness, ​understanding cause and effect, risk management, resilience, ​self-awareness and problem solving as an individual as well ​as within a group.


Our staff are inspired by the philosophies of Reggio Emilia, ​RIE, Pikler and Magda Gerber.

FAQs

Do you provide lunch for the children?

Parents are asked to provide their children with morning tea, ​afternoon tea, or lunch as appropriate for their booking. We ​have a Healthy Heart Award from the Heart Foundation so we ​would ask that food provided is consistent with our practice.


How many teachers do you have?

We have a ratio of 1 qualified teacher to 8 children.


What are your fees?

Children three to five years qualify for thirty free ECE hours.

There is an administration fee of $30 for a new enrolment.


How do you support transition to school?

At least ten weeks before a child is due to start school they ​join the Transition to School group.

This group follows the ten-week Transition to School plan.

During this time the child will be taken to May Road Primary ​school for a school visit twice a term as a part of school ​transition program.


We are excited at the ​prospect of your child ​joining us at Mt Roskill ​Baptist Kindergarten!

Complete the form and we will be in ​touch to complete the enrolment ​process.

Contact Us

We are located at 485 Richardson ​Road, Mt Roskill.

Entrance is via the church driveway.


For all enquiries please contact our

Head Teacher

Phone: 09 626 7250

Email: Supervisor@mrbk.org.nz