Typically responds within
A couple of days
Vacancies
Limited availability
Sagata Ana Childcare is an aoga amata providing a Samoan language service for children aged six months to five years. The aoga opened in 1988 and is affiliated with the Samoan Catholic Association. It operates in an historic building owned by the Catholic Diocese in the grounds of St Anne's Catholic Primary School and next to Newtown Primary School.
The aoga provides full-day education and care for a maximum of 25 children, including up to five children under two years of age. Most of the children enrolled are Samoan. The aoga promotes mixed-age programmes and provides separate areas for babies and toddlers to play and sleep. Children of all ages access the outdoor space.
The supervisor, manager and many staff have a long association with the centre. All staff are Samoan, and all speak gagana Samoa fluently. A management committee consisting of parents and staff provides governance support for the centre. The centre's philosophy promotes values and practices that align with the Catholic and fa'a Samoa context. It also recognises the Treaty of Waitangi and the place of Maori as tangata whenua.