Learning Environments | Kiwi Kids Childcare

Our environments

Age-specific support for every stage

Variety of activities

We have a wide variety of activities to keep everyone enthusiastic and ready for the activity

Scheduled activities

We provide structure, balancing learning, play, and rest, so children can thrive in a well-rounded environment

Fun and enjoyable

We create a fun and enjoyable atmosphere where kids love to learn and play, fostering happiness

Collaborative

We encourage teamwork and social skills, helping children grow in a supportive and nurturing environment

Daily activities

Designed to help children realize their potential

Kiwi Kids is a purpose-built Early Childhood Education Centre

where children from four months to school age are cared for in a warm, stimulating learning environment, with a primary focus on positive social development and education.

The centre is open plan with large indoor areas and aesthetically pleasing outdoor areas, as we believe that children need to grow and learn!

Age Group

The infant area is from four months to 2 years.

The over 2 area is from 2 years to 3 years.The preschool area is from 4 years to 6 years.

The Preschool area will focus on becoming ready for school, with an emphasis on providing links to learning in school settings.

Our Team

Here at Kiwi Kids, we provide quality, qualified early childhood teachers and resources to enhance children’s learning, their development, and wellbeing. Staff are trained in First Aid and CPR alongside their Early Childhood Teaching qualifications. We have a cohesive team of enthusiastic, caring, and experienced educators.

Positive Guidance

Teachers will use their skills as professionals to observe, listen and discuss with children in setting positive behaviour guidelines and rules that are reinforced daily. Child management is a partnership between the parents, families, and centre for the benefit of the child.

Using our “inside voices”
Kindness to each other in actions and words
Sharing and taking turns
Asking for help
Using our manners
Looking after things
Listening carefully and being helpful
Acknowledge positive behaviour with praise
Intervene and explain inappropriate actions and providing acceptable options and solutions
Offering children choices and encouraging decision making
Encourage children to share their feelings

We encourage parents and whanau to actively use these values at home too.

Meals

Kiwi Kids promote healthy eating. We endeavour to provide freshly cooked nutritious healthy meals to all our children day in day out by our certificated Nutritionist Monday to Friday consisting of Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea. All our Meals Are Halal Certified and We also accomodate special requirements such vegetarian options and food allergies options as per childs needs.

Van Service

We provide Van Services for Children needing Pick Ups and Drops offs. We are able to provide pick up and Drop offs for your child in need at no cost (T&C’S Apply).

Pick up time: 9.00 am – 9.30 am

Drop off time: 3.00 pm – 3.30 pm

Enrolments

Feel free to make an appointment to come and view the centre upon enrolment and the centre manager would be happy to help you through this process.

We also offer a trial period of 2 1-hour time slots prior to starting date so that you and your child have the chance to get to know the teachers, explore the environment and ask any other questions you may have. This also gives the teachers a chance to establish a relationship with you and your child and observe what they are interested in so that it helps with the transition on their first day.

Policy Excerpts

Promoting Social and Emotional Development Policy

We aim to provide a warm and accepting environment where children are treated with respect and dignity and have a place as members of our inclusive centre community.

Our strategies are based on knowledge of children’s individual development and needs and includes parents’ insight.

We promote positive behaviour through warm relationships and expectations that are reasonable for a child and are guided by our centre philosophy.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi Policy

Kiwi Kids acknowledge and are committed to Māori as Tangata Whenua o Aotearoa and their language and culture are a living part of New Zealand society. Kiwi Kids has a commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi, recognizing and understanding that there is a dual cultural heritage for all to be enriched by.

Purpose

To provide an environment in which children, families/whanau and staff of the centre are exposed to and enriched by the dual culture of the Treaty partners
To enable our children to understand, respect and show sensitivity for tikanga Māori, i.e values, attitudes, behaviour and te reo Māori, through bicultural practices and through a range of activities, resources, and opportunities
To respect and demonstrate our obligations to the Treaty of Waitangi. 1.

Article 1 – Partnership. The Treaty guarantees to Māori, a share in the power over decision making to work towards common objectives at Kiwi Kids.
Article 2 – Protection. The Treaty guarantees to Māori, the power to define their treasures, methods of delivery, Māori involvement, and the provision of protection to those treasures.
Article 3 – Participation. The Treaty guarantees to Māori equality of opportunity for involvement and outcomes.

Transition to School Policy

Our centre recognizes that the primary school learning environments are quite different to early childhood settings. Our aim is to support children emotionally, socially, cognitively, and physically, for the transition to school.

We aim to empower children with a love of learning to make the transition from centre to primary school, as smooth as possible.