Our Location > Crawshaw Kindergarten

Hours	Monday - Friday Extended Day: Any 6.5 - 7.5hrs between 8am - 3.30pm Morning: Any 4 - 4.5hrs between 8am - 12.30pm Afternoon: Any 3 - 3.5hrs between 12pm - 3.30pm 20 Hours free from 2 years old. $5.00 per hour for any additional hours* (*NOTE: $8 per hour if you have attested any of your 20 ECE Hours at another service)
Contact	P 07 849 5656 E crawshaw@kindergarten.org.nz 0800 CHILDREN (244 537)
Address	47a Crawshaw Drive, Hamilton
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Enrol from birth. 20 FREE Hours from 2 years of age.

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About Crawshaw Kindergarten

Crawshaw Kindergartens Waikato is well-respected for providing high quality, affordable education and childcare in Hamilton.

We provide a stimulating and exciting learning environment with a strong focus on Tikanga Maori, technology, literacy and numeracy and the development of sound social skills.

We endeavour to equip children with a curiosity for the world in which they live, which will stimulate them to be learners for life.

Warm & welcoming staff who are passionate about teaching and learning.
Safe, caring and stimulating environment.
Well resourced and huge outdoor play area.
Children develop social interaction and respect.
Learning based on the NZ Early Childhood Curriculum, Te Whāriki.
Value family/whānau and kindergarten partnership.
Located beside Crawshaw Primary School allowing easy transition to school.
An exclusive early childhood partnership with the Enviroschools Programme (eg. recycling, composting, gardening).
In Partnership with Sports Waikato Under5 Energize to eat healthy, be active & have fun!

"A very warm team of teachers that inform me every day of my sons progress."

- Family Survey

"The kindergarten provides an attractive, richly resourced and inviting learning environment."

- ERO Report

"As a parent I am impressed with the variety of indoor and outdoor activities."

- Family Survey.

Our qualified staff carefully plan programmes that fulfil the early childhood curriculum. We aim to ensure children are competent, confident and successful learners. Children will learn and develop:

A strong foundation in reading, writing and maths
Art, creativity, music and dance skills
An understanding of sustainability and their environment
The importance of New Zealand's heritage
Social skills, behaviour management and manners
Self confidence
Learning skills such as independence, creativity and curiosity
Friendships that may last throughout their schooling
Relationships with consistent, familiar teachers
To understand and operate within a structured routine

Teachers provide learning extensions that prepare you child for school which include numeracy & numbers, literacy & language, nature & science, computers & technology, puzzles & games, creative arts, sand & water play, trips, transition to school programme, child friendships… and more!

Children work together at mat time to share daily information, stories, songs, movement, drama & waiata, etc.

A typical daily learning routine

Morning

8.30am - Welcome children & family/whānau
Activities/Child led learning
9.00am - Mat Time Hui
9.30am - Morning Tea Kai Reminder
Activities/Child led learning
12.00pm - Tidy Up time Wā whakapai
12.15pm - Mat Time Hui
12.15pm - Farewell children Haere rā

12.30pm - Lunch Kai - School Day children

Afternoon

1.00pm - Welcome children & family/whānau
Activities/Child led learning
2.00pm - Afternoon Tea Kai Reminder
2.15pm - Tidy Up time Wā whakapai
2.45pm - Mat Time Hui
3.00pm - Farewell children Haere rā