Opening Hours

Open from 7.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

We are open all year round except for a two-week break over Christmas/New Year.

We are closed on public holidays and have one teacher only day a year for which we are closed.

Enrolment

Information packs can be picked up from the centre.

To put your child on our waitlist, click on the ‘Enrol’ link in the website menu and complete the online form. We will then be in touch.

There is a maximum number of children we enrol in each room. This is to ensure the children have a spacious environment to play and learn in. If there is not a place available for your child we can put them on our waiting list.  

Policies and Procedures

Coastlands Preschool has a Policies and Procedures manual which guides our practice. The manual can be found in the centre and is available to be downloaded here.

As part of our commitment to the Children’s Act 2014 we have a comprehensive Child Protection Policy. This can be found in the above manual or as a stand-alone document here.

Visiting

We run an open door policy - come along and see us any day, any time. No need to call up first.

Settling

We understand that it can be daunting for children (and their parents) when they begin in an unfamiliar environment. We work with you to ensure this transition is as smooth as possible. We require you to bring your child for settling visits before they begin. For our younger children we require that you do nine visits, for children in Rūma Kiwi and Pukeko we do six visits . Please read our settling policy (in your information pack) for more information about settling.

Meal Times

Each rūma has set times throughout the day where tamariki sit to eat their food. There is always at least one kaiako sitting with tamariki while they eat, and often more. We believe this encourages a healthy relationship with food and is a good time for our busy children to have some rest. Meal times are also when children participate in meal time rituals.

We encourage healthy eating at our centre and prefer you to send your child with plenty of suitable food such as sandwiches, fruit, vegetables and cheese and crackers. We are happy to heat up food in our microwave.

In order to reduce our ‘footprint’ on the Earth, we try to reduce our waste. As such, please limit packaging in your child’s lunchbox.

We encourage our children to drink water and we ask that a water bottle is brought to the centre each day. The water bottle can be refilled with the filtered, cooled water available at centre. Aside from bottles of milk, water is the only drink we allow in the centre.