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Busy Bees Greytown

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20 Hours ECE

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Storypark

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Meals provided

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details-clock 7:30am - 5:30pm Monday to Friday

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Welcome to Busy Bees Greytown 

Our tamariki and whānau feel a sense of belonging at Busy Bees Greytown, and we welcome new families in, to feel right at home too in our home-style villa.  Our teachers live locally, which supports our strong sense of community and comfortable and welcoming environment. Our centre provides nurturing and stimulating environments for young children with its separate nursery and preschool rooms, with a specific infants centre and playground where children are supported to foster trust, develop relationships and explore their world in a safe space with dedicated teachers. There are also areas where tamariki can come together to share tuakana-teina (older-younger child) interactions where wonderful teaching moments are shared. We aim to promote the development and learning of each child, through positive partnership with parents and open communication at all times for family, tangata whenua, whānau, and community. 

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Our teachers are passionate about making a positive difference in children’s lives.  By sharing stories and laughter, listening to their interests, and learning with families we foster trust and connection with not only our centre whānau but with the wider community, including local schools.

Getting to know our individual families so well, with kaiako and families interact as a wider whānau, sharing and laughing together forms strong trusting relationships, support happy and settled children who take on transitions with ease.

We are so grateful for our beautiful and spacious outdoor area, with fruit trees, gardens and fresh cut grass, which keep our tamariki active and engaged, and provide the perfect environment for our tamariki to be children, to run, bike ride, laugh and play.  You'll often hear laughing, singing and happy giggles when you arrive at our centre as children enjoy being busy throughout the centre. We welcome whānau in our community to come and look through our beautiful grounds.

Healthy Heart Awarded

We are extremely proud and excited to announce that we have received a Rito Tohu Manawa Ora | Healthy Heart Award from the Heart Foundation for the amazing things we do here at Busy Bees Greytown to promote healthy food and physical activity. We are helping our tamariki to have healthy habits and healthy hearts for life.

Across morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, our Nourish menu provides foods that are minimally processed, avoiding recipes that are high in added sugar, instead using fresh, real and wholesome ingredients.

From wholesome ingredients to balanced portions, every meal is thoughtfully crafted to support healthy development and foster good eating habits from an early age.

 

Fostering a Culture of Sustainability

Here at Busy Bees Greytown we engage children in activities like gardening, composting, and understanding the lifecycle of plants which not only promotes environmental awareness but also inspires important life skills and values.

Lunchbox – Transition to School

Once every couple of weeks our 4 year old children have a lunchbox day and we supply the food. The children fill their lunchboxes and practice eating from them, learning to ration their food instead of eating everything at once. This helps them develop important skills for their transition to school, where they will need to manage their own lunches.

 

We are committed to follow the aspirations of the New Zealand National ECE Curiculum, Te Whāriki. Te Whāriki envisages kaiako in early learning settings working in partnership with parents, whānau and community to realise this vision. The expectation is that, in their early years, children will experience a curriculum that empowers them as lifelong learners, right from their early exploration of the world around them, through to preparation for school.

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Testimonials

Warm, friendly and supportive teachers. Great healthy food made in house and fun excursions and activities for the kids.

Parent Feedback 2025

My little one gets so excited to go to daycare! I was really anxious about the transition, but seeing how happy he is made it so easy. I’m so happy with Busy Bees Greytown – my child absolutely loves it. He's been trying new food every day, which has encouraged him to be more adventurous with eating. Plus, it takes the stress off me having to plan and pack lunches!

Parent Feedback 2025

I love the large outdoor play area for my son. With our family living rurally, the size and space are perfect for him to explore the outdoor environment. I receive daily feedback at the end of the day, which I really appreciate — it helps me know how his eating has been and how his day went overall. The staff are friendly, and communication is clear. I also love receiving regular photos and Magic Moment notes on Storypark!

Parent Feedback 2025

Everyone has gone out of their way to help us transition our child into busy bees, I'm so impressed by the communication and the welcome we get every morning.

Parent Feedback 2024

Great teachers who are hardworking, lovely playgrounds.

Parent Feedback 2024

Great environment, friendly staff, always feel so welcome and our son really enjoys going to day-care as it is such a positive environment. Busy Bees Greytown is exceeding our expectations in regards to a centre for our child. This time being with our third child, we have dealt with other centres and we find Busy Bees Greytown to be the best we have dealt with.

Parent Feedback 2024

Our daughter has loved coming to Busy Bees everyday since we started! The centre is so accommodating and the manager is very involved and gets to know everyone and makes us feel very welcome!

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