Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay

Welcome to Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay, a fun and nurturing home away from home where kids play and learn alongside each other. Purpose built, with rich educational facilities, our professional team of educators offer the highest quality care and education.

With separate rooms catering for under 2s and over 2s, and a large and vibrant outdoor playground,  Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay will give your little one the best possible start.

Come and join the family at Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay.

Our philosophy - Tatou Kaupapa

Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay values an enriching, nurturing, safe and respectful learning environment for young children.

We believe that children are confident and competent learners and we encourage children to engage in play, experiences, activities, and events with support from teachers, whānau and their peers to foster their learning and development.

We value the importance of play to develop social and cognitive skills, mature emotionally, and gain the self-confidence required to engage in new experiences and environments.

Our teaching philosophy aims to support children’s learning by working alongside children. Our teachers aim to facilitate learning experiences based on children’s interests and dispositions to enhance their learning and build on their prior knowledge.

Our rooms

Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay has two separate rooms, enabling us to deliver age appropriate experiences for children at each different age and stage.

Teina/Little Buddies Room

Our Teina/Little buddies room provide a safe and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers. ‘It takes a village to raise a child’  and we believe that for children to learn and grow in a safe and healthy environment, all the teachers have the collective responsibility to interact with and nurture the children. This will encourage our little people to develop warm relationships with everyone in their environment and helps very young children to have smooth transition into the new environment. The atmosphere is calm and nurturing, and teachers set up a range of learning experiences for children to explore their skills, strengths and interests. We have a spacious outdoor area with a natural setting for our young children. Each child also has a daily communication book where teachers record about their day and routines.

Tuakana/Big Buddies Room

Set up for our 2 to 5 year olds, the concept of the tuakana-teina relationship is strongly implemented by encouraging and motivating our older tamariki to help and support the younger tamariki. Children are provided with various learning experiences in different curriculum areas based on their interests and strengths and we organise trips/excursions to extend their interests and learning.

Why choose us?

There are a host of reasons why so many families choose Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay. Here are just a few of them:

• Great facilities
• Educationally-rich equipment
• Professional teaching team
• Fun and nurturing environment
• We encourage healthy eating, exercise, hygiene and safety
• Morning tea, cooked lunch, afternoon tea and late snack provided
• Excellent transition to school programme
• Regular school visits to Glenavon School
• Regular visits from students at New Windsor School who come and have reading time with our tamariki
• Adventures to the nearby park for health and wellbeing
• Regular excursions to places of interest
• Lots of onsite parent functions and special treats for children
• Lunchbox Fridays for our 4 year olds
• Awesome playground offers challenges, choices and fun!
• Separate sleep rooms for under 2s and over 2s
• Weekly yoga and baking
• Playball
• Strong community focus
• We promote sustainability, teaching children how to reuse and recycle
• We take pride in celebrating different cultures