Your local early learning centre in Takaanini

• Opening hours that meet the needs of your whānau, 7.30am – 5.30pm Mon – Fri 
• YES! We are open during the school holidays. 
• Children from 6 months to school age welcome 
• Up to 30 hours FREE* for children 3 years and over 
• Freshly cooked, nutritious meals provided 
• Experienced and passionate team of fully qualified and registered teachers 
• Attractive and spacious indoor and outdoor learning environment 
• We offer a variety of enrolment options
  *limited spaces, conditions apply 

 Takaanini Early Learning in Takaanini is a well-established, vibrant centre providing our local community with a fantastic and innovative opportunity for children’s development and learning during their preschool years.  

What makes us unique? 

The Takaanini Early Learning team is caring, inviting, open, and welcoming to our community’s children, whānau, and visitors. Our teaching team comprises of qualified, registered and in-training teachers (kaiako) as well as enthusiastic and caring support staff.  

Providing a healthy, safe, stimulating, and enriching environment for our children is so important for us; one in which we follow the children’s interests, extend their thinking and challenge their physical boundaries. We pride ourselves on having a well-resourced environmentally friendly early learning centre and surrounds, with an indoor/outdoor flow to generous natural play spaces and an environment that has a naturally appealing look and feel. 

We offer: 

• Acknowledgement and respect to every child’s identity and individuality. We are on your child’s learning journey with them.  
• A holistic approach that empowers children and is responsive and respectful to individual needs.  
• Mana tangata, strong reciprocal, responsive, and meaningful relationships with children, whānau, and our community.  
• Manaakitanga, a sense of belonging and Mana atua, a secure sense of well-being.  
• Whanaungatanga, relationships, where children and families/whānau feel welcomed, supported, and heard. Working in partnership and supporting children to reach their full potential.  
• Mana aotūroa, learning through play in an environment that is beautiful and has rich, enticing learning spaces. 

Children are at the heart of all we do. Our centre caters to the needs and aspirations of our whole community, building strong relationships, and nurturing confident and competent children. We provide flexible enrolment options to accommodate your family’s needs with six, eight, and ten hour enrolment options available. 

Our affordable hourly fee includes a nutritious morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and late snacks for children who attend full days. 

Our programme 

Our curriculum is tailored to the individual child’s age, stage, and interests. We are a play-based centre, inspired by a range of philosophies and approaches that include aspects of, RIE, Pikler, and Reggio Emilia. We promote and encourage inquiry-based learning and believe in utilising the environment as a third teacher. As part of Counties Manukau Kindergarten Association, our programme has a kindergarten character and feel that encompasses and weaves through our New Zealand Curriculum, Te Whāriki.  We embrace a bicultural approach, whilst valuing, respecting, and welcoming all families and cultures in our community. 

Through our curriculum we foster:  

• An alignment of bicultural thinking and positive dispositions that encourage a love of learning.  
• Whakapapa, our relationship to the world.  
• Kotahitanga, bringing people together.  
• Manaakitanga, our wellbeing.  
• Tikanga, the customs.  
• Ako, our teaching and learning relationships. 

Ko ngā tamariki te iho o ā mātau mahi katoa 
We respect children as the heart of all we do