For happy confident learners
Our quality childcare centre caters for children from 3 months to 5 years.
At Edukids Wairakei your child will be in the best hands. We have a separate age appropriate rooms because we believe it supports the different stages of children’s learning.
We have a beautiful nursery room which caters for children aged 3 month to 2 years, and our newly divided preschool room caters for children aged 2 to 5 years and this offers a variety of challenging and socially interactive activities for our preschoolers
Our centre is always welcoming, bright and interactive. Our dedicated and qualified team are musical, creative and dramatic. Our children are offered a variety of experiences each day which focus on their current interests. We have an engaging interactive environment for your child to learn, play and explore in.
We value parent contribution and this reflects our programme and parent evenings.
Our preschool children come together for their individual age group times – 2, 3, and 4 year old – with the four year olds participating in a ‘transition to school’ programme. This helps them develop vital skills to ensure they are ready for school.
We invite you to visit our welcoming centre and meet our wonderful staff to see for yourself how the exciting programmes we offer could help your child become a happy, confident learner.
Parent Feedback:
"To the truly Wonderful Nursery and Preschool team at Edukids Wairakei, Over the four years Taylor has been there we have watched him grow and change so much. We thank you all so very much for all your love and care all through his toddler and preschool years, helping prepare him for school and making him the lovely Taylor we have today. He is looking forward to visiting and sharing his school stories with you all. Love Sarah, Casey, Taylor, and Charlie" - May 2012
"We love to see what Armani has been doing while at the Nursery. He is
so happy when we drop him off and that's because he knows he's going to a
great team of people that care for him and have lots of fun playing!
Thank you to everyone for taking great care of our little man, the
skills he is learning are awesome. We couldn't be happier :) Thank you
to Badia for the wonderful job you have done to make this book and
keeping us up to date with Armani's learning. We really appreciate all
that the nursery team do :) We look forward to seeing the many stories
and adventures Armani will be having with you. Sarah and Rerewa." - April 2012
"We have been here at Edukids Wairakei for 2 months and have loved our
time here. The environment and staff are fantastic and have really
embraced Te Reo Maori. Nga mihi nui atu koutu xxx Marama and Tumanako" - March 2012
"Thanks for the wonderful care that Harriet has received. You girls
do an amazing job, Harriet is always happy to come to preschool and has
learnt lots of new skills. Thanks for such wonderful care she will miss
you all" - January 2012
What else you can expect from our childcare centre:
• A planned programme reflects children’s current interests.
• Nutritious snacks are prepared on site each day.
• A settled, experienced team that are warm, caring & nurturing
• Individual portfolios for each child.
• Quality teacher ratios of 1:4 for under two’s and 1:8 for over two’s.
• Affordable rate, 20 ECE hours programme.
Parent Voice:
"Just wanted to write a message to say how impressed I am so far with
Caitlyns care. The girls in the nursery are fantastic and I feel so
comfortable leaving her there. I hope she is not too much hard work for
them all. I also loved her wee book !! Its awesome to see what she gets
up too and how she develops as everything is new for her. Love the
newsletter as well. You guys should be very proud of what you run and
the people you have!!" - March 2012
"To
the wonderful ladies at Edukids Wairakei ... thanks so much for such
great care of Harriet and Catie over the years. They are going to
definately miss coming to preschool and I am going to miss working with
you all. To all the wonderful families that I have meet it has been so
wonderful getting to know you all and your beautiful children. We will
definately keep in touch and come and visit when we are in Christchurch.
Thanks so much I have absolutely loved my time at Edukids Wairakei xxx" - February 2012
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To All the Teachers at Edukids Wairakei, Thank you for everything
that you have taught me. I have loved coming to preschool and will miss
seeing everyone. I am off to Big School now! Love always Isaac (and the
Ritchie family)." - February 2012