Typically responds within
A few hours
Vacancies
Limited availability
Little Pearls are not for profit community established childcare centres, delivering a warm, nurturing, safe and affordable home-like environment, striving for high quality care and education services for children aged 3 months to 5 years old in Owairaka / Mt Albert and Puketapapa / Mt Roskill.
Our Mt Albert centre is open each weekday, from 7.30am until 6.00pm
At Little Pearls, we are compassionate and passionate about children. We recognise the importance of play, using spontaneous and planned moments to build upon a child’s existing knowledge and skills to enhance their learning.
Our centre has a full time on-site chef who provides nutritious and delicious meals to satisfy any little taste buds. Children are provided with hot meals at lunch time and fresh baking in the mornings and afternoons, not to mention fresh and dried fruit. We are part of Heart Foundation reward programme and following their advice accordingly.
We value the partnership we have with the parent/whanau as we work together with you to care for, train, build character, and prepare children for life. We celebrate parent and Whanau involvement through Parent-Teacher Meetings, Family Whanau Days, Dinners, and Seminars.
We are proud of and have confidence in our dedicated and professional teachers, who enable us to provide excellent programs for your child here at Little Pearls.
Our Rooms
Infant Room
Adult Child Ratio no more than 1: 3 to 4
Our infant room caters for children 3 months to 2 years old providing the highest quality care in a nurturing “home-like” environment. Whilst in our care, children are stimulated with engaging activities as they learn through exploration and play.
Respect is the basis of Little Pearls Approach. We not only respect babies, we demonstrate our respect every time we interact with them. Respecting a child means treating even the youngest infant as a unique human being, not as an object.
Developmental goals and objectives for children in the infant room are supported by Little Pearls designed programs which includes Pikler, RIE philosophies, Schema concept, and Te Whāriki (ECE Curriculum of NZ).
Toddler Room
Adult Child Ratio no more than 1:6 to 7
Our toddlers’ room caters for children who are 2 years to 3.5 years old. At this age, children are meeting new challenges and learn best in a stimulating environment.
Our qualified Educators help facilitate learning and discovery through interest based activities which encourage investigation and exploration.
Developmental goals and objectives for children in the toddlers’ room are supported by Little Pearls designed programs and Te Whāriki (ECE Curriculum of NZ).
Preschooler Room
Adult Child Ratio no more than 1:7 to 8
Our preschool room caters for children who are 3.5 years to 5 years old. Our preschool program is conducted by qualified educators, maintaining the value of play and focus on learning as it best suits the individual child.
We take an enthusiastic approach designed to motivate the children in a fun and exciting way to learn some very important skills to assist each child to transition to school successfully.
Developmental goals and objectives for children in the preschool room are supported by Little Pearls designed programs and Te Whāriki (ECE Curriculum of NZ).
