Porirua Montessori
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Porirua Montessori is a small community special character primary school kura for years 1-8 (ages 5-13)
We are not zoned. Enrolments are open for 2025 and 2026
At Porirua Montessori, every child is seen, heard, and valued.
We offer a unique educational experience where learning is tailored to your child’s needs, interests, and pace—because no two learners are the same.
Our thoughtfully prepared classroom empowers children to explore their curiosity, grow their confidence, and develop a deep love for learning.
With small class sizes and a dedicated team we create individualised programmes that support your child’s strengths while gently guiding them through challenges.
Beyond academics, we foster a culture of kindness, empathy, and community.
Children learn to care for themselves, others, and the world around them—building inner strength and the ability to navigate life with purpose, creativity, and compassion.
Seeing The Big Picture
First coined by Maria Montessori, the phrase “Cosmic Education” is the Montessori idea of showing how each part of the world is connected to other parts of the world. Our tamariki look at the Big Bang, the origins of life, the huge range of living forms, the emergence of people, and the progress of different communities.
Our curriculum centres on love and service. By teaching kids that their lives matter just as much as everyone else’s, we help them develop a sense of direction, responsibility and purpose in our community.
Community
We strongly believe in the importance of community involvement. All families contribute to our school community through termly volunteering and fundraising.
By working together as a community, parents, teachers, and students create a supportive environment where everyone has a role to play in the growth and development of each child.
Maria Montessori
Our creator was a doctor and schoolteacher from Italy who was a feminist. She came up with a way to teach that promotes independence, freedom within boundaries, and letting kids grow at their own pace.
Montessori was one of the first women to graduate from the medical school at the University of Rome La Sapienza.
After working with disabled tamariki she became interested in teaching.
What Montessori Values
In Montessori education, the whole child is valued, including their mental, social, academic, emotional, and physical growth.
Montessori education is rooted in respect—for the child, for others, and for the learning process. It prioritizes independence, self-direction, and a carefully prepared environment that encourages exploration. Rather than imposing rigid structure or competition, Montessori classrooms foster curiosity and intrinsic motivation. Children are encouraged to make choices, engage in hands-on learning, and move at their own pace following an internationally used curriculum. Our founder was a feminist who worked with disabled children. As such we actively seek to carry on her legacy by affirming a wide range of family types, neurotypes, economic, religious, gender and socio economic backgrounds. As an educational method centred around making peaceful citizens we openly talk about differences and look for common ground in the spirit of humility and justice.
With our small school with a permanent full time roll of 10. We get to know our learners really well enabling us to give close attention to your child's emotional, mental, social and academic growth.
Cultivating a passion for learning in your child is priceless. Having a low teacher to child ratio will allow your primary school aged tamariki to flourish.
Visit the best little Montessori school in Whitby, Porirua and Kapiti!
