FAQs

What do we provide

Nutritious morning tea in line with the heart foundation, up to date online documentation of your child’s learning, hats, sunscreen, full centre yearly trips covered by the centre. In centre hairdresser visits. In centre dance classes paid for by the centre. 

As part of our four year old program our four year old tamariki visit Southwell library weekly during term time.  We are able to regularly visit the bush on the Southwell grounds and have access to a large field  at the back of our centre.

We are closed for two weeks over Christmas and this is a fees free period. We offer 20 hours subsided childcare and winz subsidies. 10% discount for siblings.

We offer a specialised school readiness program for our four year old tamariki, playball during term times, in centre hairdresser visits, whole centre trips, in centre dance classes.

We are open Mon-Fri from 7.30am – 5.30pm

Each child is unique and as such has their own individual likes and dislikes. In line with this we offer free settling in visits where we encourage you to come and spend time with your child helping us to begin to develop a relationship with both them and you. Allowing us to find out all the important information about them, while helping them to begin to develop a sense of belonging and an attachment to their transition kaiako.

We have our annual Christmas party, Matariki evening, Mothers’ and Fathers’ day breakfasts just to name a few.

A nutritious lunch for your tamariki, a fill water bottle. Nappies and infant formula, cows milk.

Sparrows Early Learning Centre