Country Kids

Come and See Us!

Celebrating over 20 years as a community supported, licensed pre-school in the heart of the Moutere district. Google Map.

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Te Whāriki

We follow the early childhood curriculum - Te Whāriki of the Ministry of Education. Learn more about our curriculum planning...

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Community Owned and Managed

Country Kids is an Incorporated Society being non profit making means that all income is used for the benefit of the children and the centre.

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A Great Team

We are proud of our team of teachers and support staff, and we would love to meet you and show you around. Get in touch to arrange a time.

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  1. Playground development almost complete
    Date: July 31, 2010 | Category: News

    Today we landscaped around our new playground! With the help of John De Jong from Bay Nurseries Garden Centre we selected a nice variety of native plants to complete the landscaping and planting at the end of the carpark and against our new under two play ground. The grass inside the playground is just coming [...]

  2. Literacy in ECE by Clare Wells
    Date: July 29, 2010 | Category: News

    Clare Wells from the Kindergarten Association posted this blog the other day on Literacy in early Childhood. She writes “Quality ECE has a positive impact on literacy – The government is keen to improve literacy. In the blog this week, Clare reminds us that literacy is part of a child’s life from the start – [...]

  3. Phoebe Joins In
    Date: July 22, 2010 | Category: News, Pikopiko

    Today our Pikopiko family joined with the Nga Whetu children for a group time. They were doing music using the sticks. Phoebe and the sticks

  4. Painter and Paperhanger
    Date: July 22, 2010 | Category: News, Pikopiko

    We have recently bought a small house frame for all to work on and the children have delighted in adding to it, painting it, or covering it and changing it. paper hanger & painting

  5. Literacy Extended
    Date: July 21, 2010 | Category: News, Ngā Whetu

    During our literacy focus, it became evident that our children particularly enjoyed phonics. click here Literacy extended

  6. New PVC Blinds erected at Country Kids
    Date: July 20, 2010 | Category: News

    Thanks to the generosity of The Lion Foundation we have been able to erect blinds around the new veranda. This newsletter generated with Smilebox

  7. Welcome Kylie to the teaching team
    Date: July 17, 2010 | Category: News

    We welcome Kylie Binns to our team while Heather is away on practicum for five weeks. Kylie will be working in Ngā Whetu along side Lorraine, Aimee and Lindsay. Please introduce yourself to her.

  8. Lee Corlett
    Date: July 16, 2010 | Category: Combined activities

    This scrapbooking design made with Smilebox

  9. Teachers Play Too
    Date: July 13, 2010 | Category: Combined activities

    Teacher play too…..On the 12th July 2010 the teaching team at Country Kids went tenpin bowling. It was time for some more team fun…. click here to read more:Teachers Have Fun Too – 10 pin

  10. Newsletter -June 2010
    Date: July 5, 2010 | Category: Newsletter

    Newsletter -June 2010 click hereNewsletter June 2010