Early Education & Learning Centre (ECE) | Mangawhai Village Preschool

Our philosophy

“Care for our children, our community, and the world around us.”

Mā te pā te tamati e whakatipu

It takes a village to raise a child

Our centre has a close-knit team of Kaiako who live in our local community and place importance in whanaungatanga and manaakitanga, building a sense of family connections and relationships.

This occurs from the moment you make contact with us, showing you around, answering questions, listening to your aspirations for your child, and importantly working together to achieve these goals.

We start with what your child is already interested in, working within Te Whāriki, and we keep a learning story for every child.

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Our space

What shapes MVP?

Everyday rhythms

Days at Mangawhai Village follow a familiar, gentle rhythm, giving tamariki a secure foundation from which to explore, investigate and grow.

With a natural flow between indoor and outdoor spaces, each day offers opportunities for sandpit play, art, messy play, imaginative play, music and movement, stories and reading, nature walks, excursions, gardening, contributing to community, caring for our natural world and water play.

A thoughtfully designed environment

At Mangawhai Village, our spaces are warm, welcoming and thoughtfully created to feel like an extension of home.

Under Two offers a cosy indoor play space, dedicated mealtime area, two sleep rooms and an outdoor space with a sandpit, supporting our youngest tamariki to feel secure and nurtured.

Over Two enjoys a natural indoor-outdoor flow, with spaces for gardening, sand play, climbing, jumping and bike riding. Natural and open-ended resources encourage curiosity and independence, while our welcoming kitchen sits at the heart of the space, where morning and afternoon tea are prepared and shared.

At a glance

The numbers parents ask about first.

1:4

One teacher for every four children under two. The regulated minimum is one to five.
1:8

One teacher for every eight children aged two and over. The regulated minimum is one to ten.
50

Licensed places, up to fifteen of them for children under two.