Awhi Early Learning Centre

Early Learning with Christian Values

Quality

We offer the highest quality early learning with a fabulous team of teachers, respectful relationships, a wonderful atmosphere, and carefully designed and responsive curriculum.

Outdoors

We are committed to offering regular excursions for a variety of experiences.

Easy Access

We are located conveniently in Whāngarei, close to the city and all its amenities and workplaces.

Inclusive

We have a genuine interest in welcoming people into our learning community and whānau.

Christian Values

We offer Christian values and blessings.

Why Choose Us?

A Faith Based Early Learning Centre

Aroha | Love

Our philosophy and character weaves through everything we do. The Māori word Awhi holds the meaning to embrace, nurture, support, and care for. To us this encapsulates love. It is our privilege to awhi precious children, who we consider to be a treasure and gift.

Our team creates an atmosphere of love. We teach with love from our hearts. We value peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). We provide an environment and education in the foundation of these fruits. You will find our friendly smiles to welcome you.

Whanaungatanga | Relationship

We embrace people as unique and valuable with strengths to be recognised and celebrated. We provide a sense of family connection and place to belong. We are committed to a focus of growing caring and loving relationships. The relationships we build with our community, each other as a team, you, and your child is the most important part of what we do.

We know the importance of you entrusting us with the care and education of your child/ren. We build respectful and reciprocal relationships, so children feel a sense of belonging and wellbeing. We know that when they are connected, secure, and settled they are ready to engage well in play, which creates quality learning.

Our teachers are our most valuable asset. We have an experienced, qualified and fabulous team.

Heaven On Earth

We believe in and acknowledge God as our creator and Jesus as his son and we welcome the holy spirit in prayer and blessing into our everyday.

Invitations

We invite you and your family to be part of Awhi. We provide beauty filled invitations. We partner with you as the most important people in your child/rens life. We celebrate who you are and invite you to share with us. We invite you to share our faith in God, hope, and love.

We prepare play invitations for engaged learning to educate and care for babies and children. We notice, recognise and respond to children’s strengths and interests in a well-planned curriculum.