If you wish to express interest in enrolling your child at one of our centres, complete our registration form and a Head Teacher will be in touch to discuss your child’s enrolment further.

We encourage you to take your child to visit the centres you are thinking of attending to get a feel for the environment and see where your child is most settled.

All of our centres offer up to the full 30 hours free early childhood education for children aged   3 - 6 years old.  Our Kindergartens offer free ECE to under 3 year olds, our Early Learning Centre at Awatere charges for under 3 year olds. Some conditions apply, talk to us for more information. 

We offer a variety of hours and times to suit the needs of the community. All seven of our kindergartens offer full day (school hours) sessions during the school term.  Two of our kindergartens (Mayfield and Redwoodtown), and our Early Learning Centre (Awatere), operate a full year model and only close between Christmas and New year, or for teachers to engage in professional development. Check your local centre for their hours.

We offer a holiday programme for one week of the school holidays for children at those kindergartens that close over the school holiday period. It may not be at the kindergarten you are enrolled in, but another kindergarten in Marlborough.

All our teachers are qualified and registered teaching staff, with a minimum of a Diploma of Teaching in Early Childhood Education. We provide our teachers with regular, up-to-date and research driven professional development at teacher only days during the year.

We implement Te Whāriki, the New Zealand Childhood Curriculum, in all our services. Te Whāriki, has been developed to provide a framework based on how young children learn and is linked to the New Zealand School Curriculum, providing important preparation for school.

We believe children learn through play and so encourage all kinds of play - including the messy kind! So we encourage whānau to send tamariki along with a spare change of clothes in case they get wet or dirty.

Our centres are part of the community and tamariki are involved in their community through excursions, such as singing to local rest home residents and visiting nearby schools and parks. We will seek your permission for your child to go on these excursions at the time of enrolment and may sometimes require parent help.

No, your child does not need to be toilet trained to attend. We support tamariki with their toilet learning journey and have nappy changing facilities at each centre.