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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. $4.00per hour for any additional hours* (*NOTE: $5.25per hour if you have attested any of your 20 ECE Hours at another service)
Contact	P 07 843 7945 E glenview@kindergarten.org.nz 0800 CHILDREN (244 537)
Address	15 Te Anau Place, Hamilton
ERO	View ERO report
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MORE Hours! MORE Days! - Longer daily hours & open in school term breaks! Enrol from birth. 20 FREE Hours from 2 years of age.

As part of the Waikato Kindergarten Association, we are not privately run, we run as a Charitable Trust so all money is used for children's learning.

Glenview Kindergartens Waikato is a great place to start, where children are nutured and friendships begin. Your child reaching their full potential is at the heart of our learning programme. We provide a warm caring environment with trained teachers whom are highly experienced and will support you in meeting the needs of your child.

Glenview Kindergartens Waikato has a long history for delivering high quality, affordable education and childcare. All of our teachers genuinely love teaching and caring for children. We will ensure your time with us is filled with fun and learning!

A safe back section site with a newly renovated outdoor play area with bike track to explore.
Complete building upgrade, including a child-friendly kitchen for baking.
Access to fantastic IT equipment, including ipads, cameras and microscopes.
We value diversity and work together with family/whānau
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!
Learning based on the NZ Early Childhood Curriculum, Te Whāriki.
Transition to school programme, including visit to Glenview Primary School.

"Very friendly teachers that make you and your child feel welcome every single day."

- Family Survey

"Children benefit from regular excursions into the local and wider community."

- ERO Report

"I have seen such an improvement in my sons counting and writing his name."

- 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 your 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

8.00am - 8.30am - Welcome children & family/whānau
Activities/Child led learning

9.00am - Mat Time Hui
10.30am - Morning Tea Kai
11.30am - Tidy Up time Wā whakapai
11.50am - Mat Time Hui

12.00pm - 12.30pm
Morning Children - Farewell Haere rā
School Day Children - Lunch Kai
Afternoon Children - Welcome
Activities/Child led learning

2.15pm - Afternoon Tea Kai
3.10pm - Tidy Up time Wā whakapai
3.00pm - 3.30pm - Farewell children Haere rā