Neemo Childcare Centre Hillcrest

Neemo stands for – Nurturing Early Education Moppets Oranga.

Our purpose-built childcare centres are friendly, warm and bright places and we strive to provide an environment filled with laughter and fun for children aged 0-5 years. Our learning spaces are well thought out and designed to accommodate every child’s individual needs.

Infants and toddlers:

Our practices are focused on caring for and respecting infants and toddlers. This is aimed at trusting the child to be an initiator, an explorer, and a self-learner.

Infants typically set their own routines and rhythms. We aim, to the best of our abilities, to maintain routines that are consistent to home. We provide a rich, safe, unhurried and challenging learning environment that encompasses a wide range of curriculum areas including story time, music time, messy play, visual arts, dance, pretend play, sensory play, sand play, and water play for the children to engage in, explore, and learn with in their own unique way at their own pace.

Pre-schoolers:

Our preschool areas are set out with resources that challenge every child’s ability and interests. It promotes the independence of children and encourages them to develop individually and in group settings.

We continually evaluate and adapt  our environment based on our observations of how children are learning  and interacting  within the environment. Any modifications  to our spaces are focused  on children’s best  interest. In addition we believe in building strong relationships with parents. As such, we define ourselves learning from each other and from our children too (AKO –the sense of reciprocal learning).

Our approach:

Our approach is focused on observing the interests of children while also incorporating strands of TeWhāriki.

Our teachers

Our teachers will encourage children to think for themselves, make their own decisions and work towards their own solutions. Our children will be encouraged to celebrate each other’s uniqueness, culture and strengths.