Tui Early Learners

General information

Our operating hours are 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

We are closed only on public holidays.

We accept enrolment enquiries for all age groups,and for full time
or part time hours.

Children may attend for as little as 9 hours a week for under 3's
and 12 hours a week for over 3's.

'Full time' is five days a week for at least 6 hours per day.

We will endeavour to meet your particular needs for hours/days for your child or children.

We have 3 age groupings, in two buildings, at each address:

Twos & Tots Education Programme

You may think that “curriculum” is a strange word to use in a centre that is catering for babies and small children. Every educational setting will have a curriculum; a course of study or “subjects” that are taught. Many times this curriculum is not obvious to the children who experience it, or their parents, but will be to the teachers involved.

Twos & Tots have a special space for the babies, alongside the 2 year olds.

Babies have a ratio of 1 teacher to 3 children;
the 2 year olds have a ratio of 1 teacher to 6 children.

Three's & Up Educational Programme for 3 and 4 year olds

At Tui we value children’s strengths, interests and abilities. We recognize young children’s need to develop their abilities to become independent and their desire to begin to guide their own learning experiences and outcomes. To achieve this we include a variety of free play and planned structural events within the routine of the Tui day.

Play as a Teaching Tool.

At Tui, play is seen to be a meaningful learning experience which focuses on processes, roles and interactions between people and objects. Studies show the links between play and many foundation skills and complex cognitive activities such as memory, self regulation, oral language abilities, successful school adjustment and better social skills.

Threes & Up cater for the 3 and 4 year old children.

These children have a ratio of 1 teacher to 8 children.