Big Hugz Early Learning Centre

High-quality early childhood education in Hillcrest from birth to five years

Big Hugz Early Learning Centre offers a nurturing, safe and welcoming place where you child can experience high-quality early childhood education from qualified caring staff. Our team includes 90% qualified teachers and all of our team are well trained and truly enjoy working with children.

Currently licenced for just 39 children, Big Hugz has a warm and friendly feel and includes children and families from many different backgrounds and cultures.

Good food is of huge importance to us, and Big Hugz offers four homemade meals a day including morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and late snacks for your child. 

Environmentally friendly focus for early childhood education

At Big Hugz Early Learning Centre we want to protect the environment for the children we care for, so our centre is based on a number of eco-friendly principles.

The Hillcrest preschool has solar panels on the roof to provide electricity and eco-friendly cleaning products are used throughout the day. Rubbish is recycled wherever possible and new enrolments are given recycled reusable bags rather than plastic bags for storing dirty clothes.

Community and family centred early childhood education

It can be hard to leave your child in the care of others, but at Big Hugz Early Learning Centre you can rest assured that your child is in the best of hands. 

With just a small number of children, Big Hugz is a tight knit and friendly private daycare and we value the relationships with parents and whanau through day to day interactions, feedback about your child's learning and parenting courses to help you improve your own skills.

Children also get plenty of opportunities to interact with the local community as part of our community childcare focus which involves charity work, visits to nearby attractions and taking part in local events.