The Blue Cottage Otumoetai

Your home away from home where we nurture, love and educate.

The Blue Cottage is so much more than just a childcare centre. It’s a community where everyone respects, trusts and supports each other and works for the greater good. We also have lots of fun and laughter is our usual soundtrack! Open and honest communication is so important for this, as well as HEAPS of cuddles for the children.

Our Areas

We have re-created the feeling of home as closely as possible so that children and families have that sense of belonging from the beginning.

Our 3 different areas, depending on your child’s stage and development, allow for them to interact with others at a similar stage in a safe environment.  We are also big believers in tuakana teina where the older children teach and care for the younger children, so all 3 areas regularly interact with each other.

We have ensured that the environment enables the children to feel safe and secure so they can explore their surroundings and reach their individual potential.

Outside

We are lucky to boast one of the largest outside play spaces around. Our outside play area is available to the children always except in the most extreme weather. It is so important for their physical and spiritual development that children have the opportunity to be in nature, climb trees, scrape their knees, plant flowers, listen to the birds and run around as fast as their bodies will let them. Outside play can be messy, especially if your child takes a liking to our mud kitchen but luckily children are washable!

We are fortunate to be in a location which is close to the Brookfield shopping centre