Enrolment & Authorisation Forms

Please ensure that your Enrolment & Authorisation Form is kept up-to-date. It is essential that emergency contact people are current, and the details of new people authorised to pick up your children are on the form.

Leaving & Collecting your child

When leaving or collecting your child at the Centre, you must sign them in and out, and please also let a teacher know.

Ensure the gates are securely shut when entering and leaving the Centre. 

Parents are responsible for their child/ren when they are on the premises.

What to Bring

Please bring a bag for your child, clearly named, containing two complete changes of clothes, including a plastic bag. Plenty of disposables (a minimum of 5 per day) must be supplied and named if your child is still in nappies.

Please ensure all clothing, including socks, shoes, hats, etc., is clearly named. The Centre will not be responsible for unnamed clothing.

Please ensure your child has a named sunhat that must be brought daily. The Centre provides sunblock for the children.

Please send your child oldish clothes as we have some messy activities that can spoil good clothes.

Toys

We have plenty of toys here for everyone to share. If you allow children to bring their toys to the Centre, we can’t ensure that they won't get lost or broken. The exception to this is a special toy or blanket that would help your child/children settle—please let us know if your child has one.

Food

All food will be supplied for children, including morning and afternoon teas and lunch. The children will be given good, nourishing food for a balanced diet. Please note on your enrolment form if your child has special dietary needs. If you are an early starter and don’t have time to feed your child breakfast, please advise a staff member so we can give them some. However, please note that we are not in a position to provide breakfast after 8.00 am.

Parent's Library

Please be aware that we have several excellent books on childcare and parenting available to all parents/guardians to look at, borrow for one week at a time, or reserve for a further time if required.

We ask that you record your name and number in the library, sign out the book provided, and ask a teacher to co-sign. There is no charge for this service. If you care to suggest books for the Centre to purchase, please feel free to do so.

NZ's National Early Childhood Curriculum: Te Whāriki

Te Whāriki is New Zealand's (first) national curriculum policy statement, released in 1996. It is "a framework for providing tamariki/children's early learning and development within a sociocultural context. It emphasises the learning partnership between kaiako/teachers, parents, and whānau/families. Kaiako/teachers weave a holistic curriculum responding to tamariki/children's learning and development in the early childhood setting and the wider context of the child's world.” (MinEdu)