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Making quality early childhood education accessible to all is one of the cornerstones of the Ruahine Kindergartens Home-Based service. Caring for children aged 0 through to 5, from 7am - 6pm, Home-Based Educators work closely with families to provide nurturing care and stimulate young minds.

For Bulls Kindergarten, holding a healthy heart award contributes not only to the day to day programme, but to who they are and their journey as an enviroschool. Recently obtaining their healthy heart award through the renewal process at Pā Harakeke / gold level, teacher Kelsi Pratt says that the journey of obtaining and renewing their award has been very rewarding.

Discos are always a great time, even more so when they’re for a good cause. The children, teachers and community at West End Kindergarten all banded together for their Kiwi Boogie disco, raising $144 for the Wildbase Recovery Community Trust.

At the end of last term, Mill Street Kindergarten were planning how to utilise their patio area with the weather getting warmer. Perfectly set up as a hot house, they recruited their families to help shift and set up some planters in the space.At the start of Term 4, the kindergarten became the proud owners of 120 plants donated by Awapuni Nurseries.

Do you want to continue your child's Kindergarten experience with an exceptional educational programme during the holidays?  Campbell Street Kindergarten is hosting another succesful Holiday Programme for 3 - 5 year olds with a fully trained, vibrant teaching team.  Children may attend for all days or a selection of days at a minimum of 6 hours per day (8.30am - 2.

Sustainability and healthy choices are at the forefront of the agenda at Milson Kindergarten, with a new incentive supporting families to reduce waste and make good food choices. After taking part in a sustainability review, the kindergarten decided to take a look at how they could work with families to promote healthier lunches, using less packaged foods.

In early August, Makino Kindergarten and 16 other Kindergartens welcomed oral storyteller Tanya Batt. Tanya travelled from her home on Waiheke Island to share her incredible imagination with the children, teachers and a fair few grandparents who couldn’t quite pull themselves away.

For the second year in a row, children, teachers, and the Roslyn community have joined forces to give children the best start with literacy, by putting books in every home. In 2015, the Roslyn Kindergarten fundraiser successfully raised enough money to provide two books per term for each child to take home.

Milverton Kindergarten teamed up with Year 5 and 6 students from Hokowhitu School for a Mini Olympics. The event was a chance to build on children’s growing interests in gymnastics, movement and the Rio Olympics. The students from Hokowhitu did a fantastic job organising and running Olympic events, tailored to younger children.

Kaitiaki means guardianship, for the sky, the sea and the land. The children at West End Kindergarten are in training to become the future guardians of our land and planet; learning to preserve,conserve and protect our environment.