Lollipops Green Bay

Located in the beautiful natural setting of the Motu Moana Scout Camp, Lollipops Green Bay provides high quality care and education to children from Green Bay, New Lynn and Titirangi. Warm and welcoming, our centre offers a stimulating and challenging environment where children are encouraged to make their own choices and extend their skills and interests. Our experienced, multicultural teaching team love what they do, and will help your little one tap into their own unique potential.

Help your child shine. Start their learning journey at Lollipops Green Bay.

Our Philosophy

We Will Create A Place Where Everyone Feels Welcomed and Happy

Teachers will:

• Be approachable and listen to you.
• Attend to children and families in a kind and caring manner.
• Design a place for discovery, where children can touch, look and listen try out their ideas, pursue their questions and theories and follow their curiosity.
• Build children’s strengths and character and their self esteem, and make them feel safe and secure, where children have fun and laughter, and hugs when they want them.
• Develop vital foundation skills for reading, writing and maths.
• Encourage children to stay connected to their families, by surrounding them with images that are familiar.
• Promote the historical backgrounds that recognizes our dual heritage.
• Portray a strong presence of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori
• Acknowledge and celebrate each child’s and family unique culture and individuality.
• Ensure children have the time and freedom to be what ever they want to be.

We Will Create A Place That Plants The Seeds For A Love For Learning

Our rooms

Lollipops Green Bay has three separate rooms, enabling us to deliver safe, nurturing and age appropriate learning experiences for all our children.  

Koru Room

Our Koru Room caters for our smallest people with a capacity for up to 20 under 2s. We have a large outdoor area just for this age and a very special sleep room that was built around our beautiful tree. Ashley is our wonderful chef extraordinaire (she is a qualified chef) for this age group and cooks a variety of delicious wholesome food.

Kowhai Room

Kowhai Room is our next age group for children aged 2 to 3.5 years. Our focus in this age group is on building social competency and increasing children’s confidence around independence whilst maintaining a high level of emotional support.  Kowhai Room shares a large natural outdoor space with Pohutukawa Room. There are connecting decks and doors enabling our children to have the benefit of experiencing tuakana/teina relationships with our older tamariki.

Pohutukawa Room

Our Pohutukawa Room is for children aged 3.5 to 6 years of age. In this room we are again building on concepts of social capability, empathy, contribution, friendship and an increasing level of independence and responsibility for their own wellbeing and that of others.

In both our Kowhai and Pohutukawa Room we have a lunchbox system where parents provide their children’s food with guidelines provided around healthy options, as well as plenty of ideas and support if needed.

All our age groups are approximate, as we look at the holistic development and readiness of each individual before transitioning between rooms.  This is done over an extended period of time with plenty of support, love and communication to ensure everyone is comfortable and confident with the change.

Why choose us?

There are a host of reasons why families choose Lollipops Green Bay. Here are just a few of them:

• Stunning location in the Motu Moana Scout grounds
• Extended hours convenient for busy parents (7:30am to 5:30pm)
• Free ECE hours
• We work closely with family and whanau
• Multicultural environment
• Stable, experienced teaching team
• Fabulous purpose built centre
• Lunch provided for under 2s
• Dance classes

Our team of dedicated teachers provide the  highest quality care and education,  delivering rich and inspiring learning experiences and environments that bring out the best in every child. Unlock your child’s unique potential.