Nestled in the heart of New Plymouth and surrounded by incredible natural beauty is Lollipops Aubrey Street, a warm and welcoming early childhood centre staffed by a team of experienced and passionate educators.
Well resourced, with excellent facilities, we offer three spacious indoor environments catering for each age and stage, plus extensively-planted playgrounds laden with sandpits, huts and other adventure-inspiring spaces. Our thoughtfully considered curriculum encourages children to tap into their own unique potential, in a fun and loving environment.
Help your little one unlock their love of learning.
Why choose us?
There are a host of reasons why families choose Lollipops Aubrey Street. Here are just a few of them:
- Strong commitment to Te Ao Maori
- Highly experienced and skilled Kaiako who have had over 10 years of ECE experience
- Large, natural outdoor environment
- Tamariki and whanau are at the heart of all we do
- Seasonally-inspired Healthy Heart meals provided by our dedicated onsite cook
- Regular excursions to Gymnastica Gym Club
- Playball
- Large covered area so kids can play outside even when it is wet
- Children tend our vegetable garden and care for our centre rabbits
- Strong community focus
- Kapa haka during term time
Our Rooms
Lollipops Aubrey Street has three separate rooms, enabling us to deliver safe, nurturing and age appropriate learning experiences for all our children.
Infant Room
Catering for our children aged 3 months to 2 years, our Infant Room is inspired by Rie- Pikler advocating for free movement, natural spaces, real life objects and unhurried times. Infants are fed by nurturing Kaiako who cradle them on their knees while older the tamariki are supported to sit at tables and chairs designed specifically for this age group. Strong whanaungatanga relationships between whanau and Kaiako are the key and are vital to tamariki as they learn through play and their senses exploring the taiao, environment around them.
Junior Room
For our tamariki within this ruma, it is all about developing social competence and learning through play to support lifelong skills such as turn taking, perspective taking, responsibility, and how to develop wakahoahoa friendships. Our nurturing kaiako work alongside of the tamariki mahi tahi, to enable them to grow into confident and competent young learners who are strong in their identity and secure in knowing who they are.
Preschool
Our Preschool is where our tamariki are becoming more independent with their thinking, looking after themselves, taking care of their belongings and fostering whakahoahoa friendships. With awhi, support from the kaiako the tamariki are getting ready to move onto their next pathway, transitioning to kura, primary school. School readiness, literacy, numeracy and whanaungatanga relationships are integrated in a holistic nature through play to support tamariki to leave here as responsible, confident, competent, respectful young learners who find value in developing strong whanaungatanga relationships.
