Little Hands Childcare & Early Learning Centre

We at Little Hands Childcare and Early Learning Centre believe: 

• That as a care and education institution, it is our mission to provide a safe, secure, happy and stimulating learning environment for the tamariki (children) to explore and learn. We believe that our tamariki are powerful, capable, confident and independent learners. Therefore we believe in providing a purposeful and responsive learning environment that enables the tamariki to enhance these lifelong skills.
• In the power and value of whānau (family), parents are the first Kaiako (teachers) of their tamariki, and therefore we aim to establish strong partnerships with parents and whānau based on mutual trust, respect and honest and open communication. We recognise how precious each individual tamariki is to their family and the amount of trust it takes whānau to leave their tamariki in our care, we, therefore, have very meaningful relationships with parents and whanau, and we try to be as supportive as possible. We strive to provide a quality childcare and education for all the tamariki in our care with a strong essence of family. Our motto at Little Hands Childcare is “We are family”. We enjoy a lot of cultural celebrations throughout the year to promote respect and tolerance of other cultures from a young age for our tamariki and for the Kaiako and whānau to connect by sharing what values are important to them.