Aroha is reflected throughout our practice in Kotare room. Our Babies are loved and nurtured in a natural and peaceful environment. Our Babies are sensitively supported by our uniquely qualified and highly experienced staff. We provide the utmost care to our Pepe.  

We offer an unhurried curriculum for our busy babies where they have time to explore and discover at their own pace. We work with families to make the transition to centre life a smooth and happy time, creating a strong bond and a setting that feels like family.  We believe in building relationships with our babies, families, and our community through shared experiences and working together, which provides a sense of belonging, along with respect, safety and love, we offer a nurturing place for your child to foster daily development of infant minds and bodies. Our babies enjoy exploring heuristic baskets. These open-ended play and opportunities allow children to explore, learn, and develop in a completely natural way. natural resources create a safe and homely place to learn and grow. Our Pepe has the freedom to explore and unfold naturally. Babies feel very safe and secure in this beautiful environment. Our covered beautiful outdoor area provides children a safe and natural area to explore.

Our kiwi room sees dedicated staff working in partnership with families and children to develop programs to engage and support the development of every child. We pride ourselves on celebrating children’s milestones, learning journeys, and cultural heritage.

We take pride in providing an environment as a place that is welcoming, aesthetically pleasing, culturally representative of the community, embraces nature, and is filled with purposeful materials, that invite learning. , it is truly the third teacher. We provide open-ended resources such as loose parts to add to the complexity of play. children enjoy these unique resources which provide stimulation.  By using Loose parts children enhance their creativity and help them extend their ideas and questions.

our Kiwi room children love doing science experiments. We provide an area where children can explore science and our little scientists are so eager to explore the world around them. Children are at a curious stage of life where they want to know everything about nature, technology, space, transport, and many other things about the world around them. We have an amazing team of trained and qualified teachers who facilitate a range of hands-on science experiences and experiments based on exploring the world around us with the tamariki.

We believe in instilling a love for learning in our children. our program is designed to foster a love for learning. our highly skilled teachers support children by providing “scaffolding” for learning. teachers engaged in play Watch for “teachable moments,” and be ready to help children develop new skills that build on existing skills.

The relationship is all that matters to us. we believe in working as whanau and we take pride in having a strong relationship with our children, whanau, and the wider community. Our strong community involvement is what makes us the center of choice. We have regular visits from our local librarian and emergency services people, rest home visits, participation in physical education programs, and parent evenings. We offer a Be School Ready initiative that specializes in preparing children for school life and covers literacy skills, numeracy skills, understanding the world, creativity, arts and music, sharing and relating to others, and physical and gross motor skills. We have received feedback from our families that this initiative ensures smoother transitions to school for our graduating pre-schoolers. 

 This room is dedicated to our Be School Ready program. We have strong links to primary school and we support children to become confident and we do seamless transitions to our local primary schools. 

We value children’s individuality and their different cultural backgrounds. We believe children are active learners that learn best through role modeling, investigation, and observation.   Kotuku Room provides children the freedom to explore and unfold naturally, as nature intended, in a secure environment that allows them to develop into confident, sociable, and competent young children ready for the challenges of life.

We offer children natural resources where children develop an appreciation and understanding of the natural world such as vegetable gardens, flower beds, plants, and fruit trees. we believe that natural resources are gifts from Papa-tu-a-nuku(mother earth. We provide hands-on experiences with natural materials which stimulate creativity and problem-solving skills. We have created an inclusive and inviting place for children.

 We strive to meet all aspirations of our parents. Our passionate and dedicated teachers are professionally trained to design the Programme to meet the needs of all children.

Children are given the freedom to participate in a program that is safe and allows children to explore their different interests and challenge themselves. We also integrate numeracy and literacy skills through intentional teaching strategies to ensure children are well prepared for school. We feel parents play a vital role in the development of their children and welcome a collaborative partnership with all families.