Pupuke Early Education Centre

Welcome to Pupuke Early Education Centre.

We consider a child’s early years to be extremely important, and it is our role to provide you with professional and friendly support to assist with your child’s development.

We are a privately owned centre in the heart of Takapuna.

We have experienced, qualified staff to ensure your child receives the best education and care possible in an optimum learning environment.

Our philosophy 

Here at Pupuke, we welcome children and their whanau into a safe, trusting and respectful environment where they will be loved and acknowledged with warmth by friendly, professional staff. We want families to feel comfortable and experience a sense of belonging in a relaxed, caring environment.

Our families are valued; we are serious about what we do and our staff are competent and skilled. Children are active participants in their learning which, we believe, should happen daily and our parents are welcomed resources who deserve to be listened to. We acknowledge parents and whᾱnau as a child’s first teachers and we want to collaborate with them in decision making, providing regular feedback and encouraging them to be actively involved in what we do.

Children will be learning about solving problems, taking risks by trying new things, learning from their mistakes and developing knowledge and skills. We also believe children should be encouraged to be independent, confident, socially competent, empathetic, resilient and happy. We want them to be tolerant of others and considerate of their feelings. To achieve this and build a respectful relationship with both the child and family we will observe their behaviour, support them and extend their knowledge; at the same time we need to keep learning as fun as possible. We need to assess what children know and work together to co-construct and extend their learning. We will show children by example and ensure our behaviour mirrors what we want to see in children. We will encourage them to try to do things for themselves, help and support their efforts, encourage their natural learning, listen to and collaborate with them. This will be achieved through peer tutoring, learning alongside others and developing and encouraging teina-tuakana relationships. Our programme aims to provide for children’s needs holistically in a secure, safe and loving environment.