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Welcome to Happy Hearts ❤️ – A Place of Discovery and Growth
At Happy Hearts, we believe the early years are a magical time of discovery 🌟 – a journey through surroundings, self-awareness, and choices. Our purpose-built centres are designed to provide a safe, nurturing, and inspiring environment for babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers.
Tailored Learning, Joyful Play
Each child enjoys their own age-appropriate room, led by a dedicated Head Teacher, ensuring a personalised learning experience. We make education fun and engaging through a focus on experimentation, exploration, and play. Every day, children follow their curiosity and interests as we guide them through activities that include 🎶 music, 🎨 art, drama, movement, and nature studies 🍃.
Outdoor Adventures, Rain or Shine
Our thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces are perfect for imaginative and physical play. Even on rainy days 🌧️, children can enjoy the fresh air in our sheltered play areas, allowing them to explore and thrive in any weather.
Transition-to-School Programme 🎓
As children grow and approach school age, we offer a specialised Transition-to-School programme. Room 3 focuses on building literacy, numeracy, and social skills to help prepare children for school-level expectations. We even arrange school visits, making the transition to "big school" smooth and exciting!
Nourishing Meals 🥗
Happy Hearts provides nutritious, in-house meals prepared by our Healthy Heart accredited chef 👨🍳, ensuring your child’s body and mind are well-nourished throughout the day.
Celebrating Milestones
We cherish every child's achievements, and when they graduate from Happy Hearts, we celebrate with a special ceremony 🎉, marking their transition to the next stage in life with joy and pride.
Family-Centred Learning Community
We are proudly family-owned and operated, fostering a strong connection between the centre and your home. At Happy Hearts, we value your involvement and believe in working together to support your child’s development.
Book a visit to come and see why we are Riverheads leading Early Learning Centre, offering spacious outdoor areas, customised learning programmes, and a passionate team of highly-qualified educators 👩🏫.
Join the Happy Hearts family, where every child is celebrated as a unique individual 💖, and their well-being is always our top priority.
At Happy Hearts we strive to ensure that all children truly are the heart of the matter. We are dedicated to quality care and positive outcomes for all children. We believe trust, compassion and respect is the foundation of our environment, with love and care at the core of all that we do.
We are a dedicated, reflective and knowledgeable team who are collectively committed to fostering the learner's approach. We are committed to providing an environment where all children are respected as individuals and all children’s contributions are valued.
We are committed to offering a learning environment that empowers children to be curious, courageous and to believe in themselves. An environment that values learning as a holistic journey. Children are encouraged to use initiative and creativity to foster wonder.
We support children to become confident learners through patience, understanding and giving them time and space to explore in our safe environment. Children can then freely develop the essential skills for lifelong learning such as independence, resilience, determination and perseverance.
Our core values and beliefs are strongly guided by Te Whãriki, our Early Childhood Curriculum. Children and whãnau are central to all of our planning and decision making. We take into consideration the ethnic diversity of every child and their family in order to enhance good communication between parents, whānau and community.
Relationships with family and community are held in high regard. This enables us to work collaboratively for the best outcomes for children and whanau. We ensure an awareness and appreciation of the bi-cultural heritage of our country, and that Te Reo is woven into our daily practice.
