Busy Bees Martinborough

At Busy Bees Early Learning Centre, we believe that as an Early Education Centre we have an important part to play in our community and a valuable opportunity to positively impact young children’s lives in the early stages.

With a safe and nurturing environment, we provide children with a range of experiences that inspire and excite them to become confident and capable learners, fostering their self-worth and discovery of their own identity. We deliver an engaging environment with both teacher initiated and child-led opportunities for children and kaiako to explore alongside each other.

Kaiako foster learning for children by engaging them in fun and exciting experiences to guide their development. Your child will love the thoughtfully created play areas, consisting of a whanau play area, a creative arts corner as well as spaces for construction, reading, reflection and more. We encourage the use of natural resources and provide a seamless indoor/outdoor flow to foster both child-led and intentional learning opportunities. We also take every opportunity to get out and about in our community, going for walks and other excursions.

Our team is made up of passionate, experienced kaiako who are naturally warm and welcoming. Our kaiako bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the centre and their special relationships with tamariki and partnership with whanau are cherished and supported.

Our rooms

Infants

0 – 2 years

In our Up-to-two’s Room, we provide a nurturing and caring ‘home away from home’ environment to ensure that our littlest ones feel safe and secure in their own space, as they begin to explore and discover the world around them.

Toddlers

1 – 2 years

Our Up-to-two’s transition to join our preschoolers. We support childhood learning with a curriculum that is developmentally appropriate and supportive of all children during this age of discovery and wonder.

Young Children

3 – 5 years

Our Preschool Room offers our older children opportunities throughout the day for children to be involved in contributing to the curriculum helping to make decisions about what is set up, and sharing their ideas. Teachers work alongside the children to set up an environment which is challenging, provides curiosity and active exploration.

Sustainability

We introduce sustainable habits and practices to our children by encouraging them to reduce, reuse and recycle.  We also grow our own vegetables in our centre garden, teaching our tamariki about the garden to table process.

Using Storypark significantly reduces the amount of paper used for forms and newsletters.

We use local suppliers and partners where possible, supporting the sustainability of businesses in our community.

We believe every little bit helps to ensure sustainability for our precious future generations!

Connecting Children with Nature

The natural world is a giant, open-ended learning laboratory. Children are innate scientists and love to experience the sights, scents, sounds, and textures of the outdoor environment. At Busy Bees, we are always looking for learning opportunities that embrace nature.

Through free play, children spontaneously connect with nature right here in our own playground and outdoor environment. For example, children are often busy building masterpieces with dirt or sand, searching for twigs and sticks, watching worms wriggle through the soil, gazing at clouds, jumping in puddles, or listening to the birds sing.

Our toddlers and pre-schoolers thrive on using their imagination as they become explorers in their own environment, doing this means they are encouraged to investigate and learn names of animals, insects, plants, and their purposes on our earth. We love seeing the children learn to care for their centre environment, their community, and the great big world we live in!