Childcare options in Raumati Beach

Kia ora, Kapiti Children’s Centre (KCC) is a mixed age early childcare centre located in the heart of Raumati Beach Village - Right between Raumati Beach School and the Shops.

We are a small local family business.  We welcome children from 6 months to 6 years, and offer 20 hours ECE for 3 to 6 year olds.

We provide morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and a late snack. Our vegeterian menu is delicious, nutritious and  caters for any special dietary needs.

We practice respectful and peaceful care-giving, with a focus on following tamariki lead, and matchingeach child’s individual rhythms and routines as their day unfolds.

We aim to use natural and/or recycled resources that are open-ended so that tamariki can lead thier own learning with qualified and experienced kaiako alongside to support them.

We have a homelike environment which allows the children plenty of space and opportunity to create, explore, play and relax! We have three large indoor rooms which are surrounded by a covered deck and an extensive outdoor area with grass and large trees. 

We utilise our local community as much as possible, with regular walks to parks, the beach, the library or wherever our legs can carry us.  Every Monday our eight eldest tamariki venture out and Ranagtira Kaitiaki, with sustainability in mind to look after the out local facitlites. This is a role that they take very seriously.  

We have an amazing team of talented, passionate staff who make all this possible.

At Raumati Beach Kindergarten/Te Mara Tamariki o te Tatahi o Raumati we value the relationships we have with our tamariki, their whanau, our local community, our local schools, and our local environment - Raumati Beach.

Our bicultural practice is supported by weekly Kapa Haka sessions led by kaiako Matiu Te Huki.

We have a strong focus on supporting children to develop kind, caring and respectful relationships. We have kōhatu/stones which we use with the children to acknowledge their learning around relationship building and our philosophy.

We run a Beach Kindergarten Programme, taking our ten oldest children down to explore and learn about our local beach environment once a week

We value our relationships with the local schools and have a comprehensive research-based transition to school programme.

We have a team of five qualified, registered kaiako/teachers committed to providing the highest quality of education and care to the tamariki/children and whānau/families in our community.

Our vision statement:

“We respect and enhance the mana of every child in an environment of kind and caring relationships:

• with each other/nga hononga
• with our community/whanaungatanga
• with our environment/kaitiakitanga and with our place/tangata whenuatanga.”