Private Kindy or public Kindy
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Topic: Private Kindy or public Kindy
Posted By: LovelyMummy
Subject: Private Kindy or public Kindy
Date Posted: 01 March 2009 at 4:59pm
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What are the difference?
I'm guessing with a Private Kindy you ahve to pay where as you don't with a public Kindy? Thanks 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 01 March 2009 at 6:57pm
Not sure, was wondering that myself as I was out at a lunch yesterday and someone mentioned something about a private kindy. This woman said something about a public kindy not being allowed to purposely teach the alphabet, that is was more about playtime. Whereas a private kindy could each the alphabet. Not quite sure about that 
Will be interested to see what others say ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 02 March 2009 at 8:25am
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Public and Private kindy's both must teach off a curriculum
Private - Owned by an individual, a family etc, run as a business. Public/State - Owned by the gvt -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 02 March 2009 at 8:26am
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Still got to pay for a public kindy :) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 02 March 2009 at 11:56am
I would assume that the private kindy would cost more though, is that correct? ------------- Lindsey
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Flake wrote:Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 07 March 2009 at 11:54pm
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i guess it would cost more,
most kindys do have the 20hrs free ece and i think its around $2 per hour after that. all kindys private or public teach the alphabet BUT . . . . all kindys have their own pholosophy (excuse my horrid spelling) i do know of 1 whos is "student lead teaching" which the teachers wont teach the kids the alphabet or much else, games etc unless it is first innitiated by the child which personally i think is rediculas. and my mum whos been a kindy teacher for 35yrs says is lazy teaching! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 08 March 2009 at 7:30pm
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I actually talked my Mum about this the other night and the kindy that my brothers and I went to was actually a community/private kindy, I had assumed that it was a public one.
Mum said that generally a private kindy requires you to do some mother help sessions or you are charged a bit more as the other mums will have to do more mornings. Private kindys often have a better adult:child ratio eg 2 teachers and 2 parent helps to 25 kids as opposed to 2 teachers and maybe some parent helps to 40 kids. Private kindys get some funding from the Govt but get most from fees and fundraising. Public kindys are Govt funded and run alot like schools. After my chat with Mum my view has changed and I might start looking for the local private kindys. ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 08 March 2009 at 7:55pm
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Public kindys are run by an orgainsation that looks after all the kindy's in the area such as the Auckland Kindergarten association or southland e.t.c
Public kindys ratio is 1:15 so a kindy with 45 children will have three teachers. Some public kindys do have more support with an extra float teacher or a teacher support plus parent helpers. The philosphy for public kindys is free play, child led discovery and learning. The teachers focus on emergent ideas that come from the children and this becomes the theme or focus. With projects being common.Therefore using play as a basis for teaching. Yes numbers, colours, shapes e.t.c are incorporated into play and mat times but do check each individual kindy's some do this better than others!. Private kindy's often have better child: adult ratios and some are more directly focused on the teaching of numbers, letters e.t.c both have advantages and disadvantages private costs a lot more per session. If you want to know about individual kindys go to www.ero.govt.nz this is the education review offices website all kindy's are reviewed every 3 years. I know a little bit as i am a kindy teacher and have worked in both private and public
Best advice i can give is go to both spend time in each kindy sit down and observe how the teachers interact with the children. Does it have a good feeling? Are Children happy, do they play together and are the teachers insteresed in them? Is there a routine, mat times? Try to talk to parents in the car park about how what they like/ dislike. Go with your gut feeling -------------  
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 2:49pm
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Private kindy ratios are generally better, as said above, but as for mothers help, thats not the case at our local private kindy.
Visits are the best bet, take your child, see how child and teachers interact and get a general feel for the place :) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 10 March 2009 at 7:54pm
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Does anyone know where I can get a list of the private/community kindys? I have found the AKL Kindy Assoc website which lists our public kindys but I want to know the local private ones as well. ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 7:50pm
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I'm not sure whereabouts in West Auckland you are but Maya went to one in New Lynn which was brilliant and the gremlins will start there when they are 3 too. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 22 March 2009 at 4:20pm
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Thanks but we just moved to Swanson. Have managed to find the only kindy (private) that we have out here, there are a few others close by but they do day care primarily with some kindy sessions. ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: Aquarius
Date Posted: 23 March 2009 at 5:33pm
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is the one at the start of Oneills rd private?? 0r have you looked at farm friends on..i think coulter rd...i dont know if they are still running or not but farm friends was awesome.....it may be a preschool i cant remember...been awhile as kids have grown and we in chch now but we used to live on oneills rd..in fact i grew up in swanson ------------- http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/timers/"> 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 23 March 2009 at 9:02pm
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Yeah I am going to check out the one on O'Neills Rd on Wednesday and it is private. Farm Friends is still running but seems to be primarily a day care ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: Aquarius
Date Posted: 24 March 2009 at 9:31am
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cool..my son went to the Oneills one and fron what i remember it was good...he didnt go there long as we moved into henderson and were only two houses away from a public kindy...which was also good....(this was like 6 years ago now) my oldest son went to farm friends for about a year....it had such a neat atmosphere but it got expensive.. ------------- http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/timers/">
mum to mr 16 & mr 10 |