Childcare options in Western Springs

Our children are supported to become confident, competent self-directed learners through play based around their interests. Our children gain knowledge through play, participation and positive guidance.

Our Children’s curiosity and creativity is nurtured through the fun range of experiences provided … no two days at Playcentre are the same.

Our children develop nurturing and social skills which have lifelong benefits. Siblings attend together, allowing older children to mentor younger children and practise empathy and caring.

Our parental relationships developed through Playcentre provide support from parents and help them develop new parenting and life skills.

Our parents are actively involved in providing our children’s learning programmes. The high adult to child ratio allows a good balance for group and individual support during each session.

There is no other organisation for early childhood education and family development quite like it in the world. Thousands of kiwi children, and their parents too, have grown up with Playcentre … book in for your three visits today and come and join the fun.

Our centre draw inspiration from the preschools of Reggio Emilia in Italy and are underpinned by the New Zealand early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki.

Our task is to help children communicate with the world using all their potential, strengths and languages and to overcome any obstacle presented by our culture

Peacocks is a purpose-built early learning centre that provides education and care for children aged 3 months and 5 years old. Although children are grouped according to age, there is flexibility in our programme that enables children to visit other classrooms during the day.

At Peacocks Early Learning Centre we strive for professional excellence in all that we do. We are committed to providing the highest standard of education and care for the children who attend our centre and we aim to offer the same standard of service to parents and Whānau. We acknowledge that our community of learners include children, teachers, parents, whānau and community members who are dedicated to promoting a life-long love of learning. We celebrate our multicultural learning community respecting the individual identity of each child and family and we endeavour to support each other, sharing the same vision and encouraging the same goals for our children.

Hello and welcome to Sunbeams Private Kindergarten.

Our Auckland kindergarten is centrally located in Western Springs and provides childcare to the suburbs of Kingsland, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Mt Albert, Sandringham, Mt Eden, Pt Chevalier and Westmere. 

Through this website, we wish to give prospective parents an opportunity to gain information about us, our philosophy and vision for our kindergarten. 

Sunbeams Private Kindergarten opened on October 13th 2014.

We are licensed for 30 children over 2 years old and welcome your enquiries by email or phone regarding places on our roll or waiting list.sed on the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum, Te Whãriki.

Our Programme

Our focus is on providing excellent childcare with the best educational resources, experienced teachers and a beautiful environment to challenge and stimulate your child. We believe children learn through play, by being emersed in an environment which is rich in opportunities for learning, experimenting and making discoveries.

As teachers we have a role of facilitator, guide and supporter. We believe it is our role to empower children, to foster their efforts and celebrate their contributions.

By giving children responsibility for their own work, and supporting their efforts along the way, we are building children’s self esteem, confidence and belief in their abilities.

At Sunbeams Kindergarten we are guided by the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum Te Whariki.

Through a process of assessment, planning and evaluation and information sharing with parents and whanau, we are able to implement a collaborative learning programme that is in depth and relevant.

Our programme is specially designed for 2 to 6 year olds and caters for their different stages of development.

We provide a stimulating, challenging, well resourced environment for learning in all areas of the curriculum.

Maths, Language, Science, Arts, Social Science, Technology and Health.

At Sunbeams Kindergarten we offer an extension programme for our children over 4 years old.

This includes opportunities for:

• In depth enquiry, including research.
• Long term art projects.
• Literacy in early childhood: extending and developing skills.
• Maths in early childhood: extending and developing skills.
• In depth exploration: science and the world around us.
• Transition to school skills.