Childcare options in Point England

Kia ora and welcome to Pt England Kindergarten

Pt England Kindergarten provides a well-resourced environment that supports learning outcomes for children.

Here at Pt England Kindergarten we celebrate and acknowledge children’s cultural diversity.  Everyone is welcome!

Pt England Kindergarten maintains strong connections within our local community.  Our kindergarten is a special place within the neighbourhood where families and teachers come together to share in children’s early learning.

Our learning philosophy

For the past 110 years, the Auckland Kindergarten Association has been igniting young minds by encouraging them to explore their imaginations through play. For many of us, kindergarten was where we began our life of learning; it was where we started learning skills like sharing, tolerance, patience, respect and self-confidence.

We view children as capable, competent, life-long learners, and our philosophy encourages children to make their own learning choices, problem-solve and observe and explore at their own pace…with support from teachers, parents, wider whānau and their peers. We value the importance of child-initiated, play-based experiences. Our kindergarten teachers nurture your children’s interests and natural curiosity by working alongside them, expanding language and introducing mathematical and science concepts, as well as literacy, digital technology and sustainable practices.

Our centres have gardens and natural outdoor spaces where children can create, explore, be imaginative and expressive. There’s plenty of room to safely run about, being imaginative and physically active. In fact, the natural world is essential to free-range play. AKA encourages each kindergarten community to explore and enrich their diversity and uniqueness. Some have regular excursions into the local community; some are Enviroschool kindergartens that live and breathe sustainable practices; while others engage in long-term research on child interest-based programmes of learning.

As an organisation, we formally acknowledge the dual heritage of Aotearoa / New Zealand, and work to uphold the spirit and intent of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in each kindergarten. We are accessible, secular and welcoming to the wide diversity of tamariki and whānau who attend our centres, and value ongoing partnerships between teaching teams and leadership staff with families and whānau. We value ongoing learning for teachers, parents and whānau, and the sharing of knowledge, skills and attributes is fundamental to achieving the best learning outcomes for children. Teachers and staff can access collegial professional time to ensure that quality practice is enhanced so current theories of learning and development within New Zealand’s world-class Te Whāriki early childhood curriculum are shared and understood.

Children learn

Children in our kindergartens have the opportunity to:

• Feel confident, develop responsibility and a sense of independence
• Play meaningfully alongside other children and adults
• Develop effective communication skills
• Persevere, problem-solve and take risks
• Explore limits, boundaries, routines and conflict resolution strategies
• Practice fine motor skills such as threading, writing, cutting and grasping
• Develop gross motor play such as physical games like climbing, throwing, kicking, balancing and lifting
• Develop creative expressions through painting, music, collage, movement, dance, finger-painting, drawing, cutting, pasting and story sharing
• Develop early numeracy, literacy and science skills
• Learn techniques through trial and error
• Explore the world through experimenting, questioning and curiosity
• Develop confidence and celebrate both attempts and successes
• Develop a passion for learning and a love of life
• Have fun!

Older children will be supported in their transition to school to make this process as simple and seamless as possible. Book a visit here on Kindello today, we’d love to meet you.

Teuila KIDS Early Learning Centre is located at 35-37 Point England Road, Point England Auckland.

The centre is situated at the Tamaki Pacific Islander's Presbyterian Church in Glen Innes. We are licensed for 34 children (10 under-two years old).

Our dedicated team of teaching and support staff share in our philosophy of providing a high quality, culturally responsive early learning experience.

Teuila KIDS started in 1999 as The Aoga Ale Teuila Samoan Bilingual Preschool founded by the late Rev. Elder Leiite Setefano, QSM, JP, L.Th, and Mrs Lealofisa Setefano QSM, as part of their 36 year church ministry. After many years of service to the early childhood education sector, Rev. & Mrs Setefano retired and the service was reinvented as a mainstream service under the Community KIDS vision and philosophy.

The Teuila KIDS team are committed to ensuring that our tamaiti are able to keep growing in KNOWLEDGE, secure in their IDENTITY, undertaking a journey of DISCOVERY and experiencing SUCCESS everyday.

The Community KIDS Vision

We really believe in giving our Community KIDS a high quality, culturally responsive early learning experience.

Our vision is for kids from all communities to participate in early childhood education and to be ready for a successful life-long learning journey.

New Zealand is a naturally beautiful and wonderfully diverse place to live. Parents bringing up their children within our communities have the same aspirations of raising happy, healthy and positive Community KIDS.

We share these aspirations with parents, and provide a rich and diverse education and care programme based on Te Whāriki, the New Zealand curriculum.

Our hope is to make early learning accessible to everyone and we offer 20 ECE hours and assistance with WINZ subsidies with focused support for Community KIDS with special educational needs and other priority groups.

We also offer FREE SCHOOL TRANSPORT and our "WHĀNAU FIRST FEES POLICY" ensures that our service is accessible and affordable for everyone.

Pt England KIDS Early Learning Centre is located at 2 Erima Avenue, Point England, Auckland.

The centre is situated across from Pt England School and is licensed for 45 children (10 under-two years old).

Our dedicated team of teaching and support staff share in our philosophy of providing a high quality, culturally responsive early learning experience.

The purpose-built centre is a large open-plan space with separate area for Under-Twos. We aim to provide a learning environment conducive to delivering our philosophy of kids growing in KNOWLEDGE, secure in their IDENTITY, who undertake a journey of DISCOVERY and experience SUCCESS everyday.

The Community KIDS Vision

We really believe in giving our Community KIDS a high quality, culturally responsive early learning experience.

Our vision is for kids from all communities to participate in early childhood education and to be ready for a successful life-long learning journey.

New Zealand is a naturally beautiful and wonderfully diverse place to live. Parents bringing up their children within our communities have the same aspirations of raising happy, healthy and positive Community KIDS.

We share these aspirations with parents, and provide a rich and diverse education and care programme based on Te Whāriki, the New Zealand curriculum.

Our hope is to make early learning accessible to everyone and we offer 20 ECE hours and assistance with WINZ subsidies with focused support for Community KIDS with special educational needs and other priority groups.

We also offer FREE SCHOOL TRANSPORT and our "WHĀNAU FIRST FEES POLICY" ensures that our service is accessible and affordable for everyone.