TLC The Learning Centre - Ponsonby

About TLC The Learning Centre is a early childhood centre catering for children from three months until they go to school. TLC The Learning Centre is a centre dedicated to the very highest quality of care, achieving this by having small group sizes, the best teacher to child ratios, and we have 100% qualified teachers for government ratios. TLC The Learning Centre has a strong philosophy which focuses upon respectful and responsive relationships between teachers and children.

 

Upstairs is our infant and toddler rooms, and has its own entrance and outdoor play space. While the whole centre is inspired by Magda Gerber's Educaring Approach, upstairs is particularly, and passionately so.

Kākano 

Our Kākano room is for infants from three months to around 18 months. We aim for a group size of 7 infants with two key teachers. Weka Our Weka room is for toddlers from 18 months to around 30 months. We aim for a group size of 8 toddlers with two key teachers. 

Downstairs is a mixed age environment and has two whānau groupings.

Kea

Our Kea children are from two years and three months to around three years old. We aim for a group size of 8 to 10 children, with a 1 to 5 ratio. 

Tui in a Kowhai Tree 

Our Tui in a Kowhai Tree children are from three years until they go to school. We aim for a group size of around 21-25 children, with three to four key teachers. 

A Natural Environment TLC The Learning Centre™'s location was chosen to provide a homely and natural environment with a big, natural outdoor area, surrounded by Vermont Street reserve. This value extends to the types of resources we choose (mostly wooden, heuristic and natural resources) to our food which is home cooked, healthy, and sometimes even grown at TLC!