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Busy Bees Whitby

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Meals provided

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20 Hours ECE

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details-poi 49b Spinnaker Drive, Whitby, Porirua, 5024

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details-clock Mon - Fri 7:30am - 5:30pm

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Welcome to Busy Bees Whitby

At Busy Bees, we value every child and see them as a unique and special taonga. We understand that your child’s education and care is a priority and that choosing the right centre can be a big decision. We would be delighted to share in your child’s learning journey. You’re welcome to call or visit anytime.

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Spacious and Natural Environment

Our centre is well maintained, with natural resources and equipment to inspire inquisitive minds and provide physical challenges for children of all ages, in both our indoor and outdoor environments.

With huge, outdoor play areas, for both our under and over 2’s, our children have plenty of space to explore nature in a safe environment.

Our babies can feel the texture of fresh grass between their toes and discover little garden friends, which teachers alongside, and our preschoolers have plenty of space to run, jump and play, all in a natural setting.  Outdoor exploration such as planting and bug hunts, encourage their curiosity and learning, and well as being loads of fun!

We have separate rooms, catering to each age and stage of play and development, as well as areas where tamariki can come together to share tuakana-teina (older-younger child) interactions where wonderful teaching moments are shared.

Our Teaching Team

Our knowledgeable and diverse teaching team are enthusiastic, caring and united in our holistic view of the centre, with building relationships with the children and their whānau, at the forefront. 

We work collaboratively within the community, supporting each other to extend our children’s learning and to show consistency between home and our Centre.

We are continually encouraged to show initiative, creativity, sensitivity and to work to the best of our ability, and this flows on to children too, encouraging each other’s strengths.

Strong Relationships

Strong relationships are at the heart of everything we do. Our friendly team create a warm and inviting atmosphere, ensuring that everyone who walks through our doors feels welcomed and valued. We believe in open communication, aroha (love), kindness, and empathy, and we foster a collaborative environment where parents, caregivers, and kaiako (teachers) work together to support each child's unique development. You’ll often hear teachers and children sharing words of encouragement, positive affirmation laughs, and creating moments of joy.

Food and Nutrition

We are extremely proud that we have received a Rito Tohu Manawa Ora | Healthy Heart Award from the Heart Foundation for the amazing things we do here to promote healthy food and physical activity.

Our inhouse cook provides freshly made meals for children each day using our Nourish menus and recipes, based on the New Zealand Heart Foundation Tohu Manawa Ora | Healthy Heart Award for Early Learning Centres. We believe that through nourishing food, children are fueled to thrive physically and mentally, whilst enjoying the benefits of coming together and connecting as a group at mealtimes. 

Curriculum

We are committed to follow the aspirations of the New Zealand National ECE Curriculum, 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.

Busy Bees Whitby preschool scavenger hunt
Busy Bees Whitby Maori Language Week
Busy Bees Whitby weekly community excursions
Busy Bees Whitby cause and effect experiments in kindergarten
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Testimonials

Busy Bees Whitby kaiako and management genuinely care for my child as if he were their own - I don’t think we could ask for better than that from a childcare provider!

Parent Feedback - 2024

Easy to work with and I feel like the teachers take great care of my child and try really hard to meet his needs and help support him with ECE.

Parent Feedback - 2024

Staff are fantastic, helpful and genuinely caring. I appreciate they have taken time with my son to get to know him.

Parent Feedback - 2024

Everyone is friendly and invested in our daughters care, the communication is always speedy and our daughter loves busy bees.

Parent Feedback - 2024

Outstanding experience for our little girl. All the people who work at Busy Bees Whitby are incredible caring, knowledgeable, and nurturing. We've recently transitioned from the under 2s to the over 2s, and the way it was handled made a challenging time a lot easier. We love this centre, thanks to everyone who supports us there.

Parent Feedback - 2024

We are so grateful for the attentiveness, love and care our daughter receives from the teaching team at Busy Bees. She truly looks forward to going each day and we get fantastic feedback about how her day went and her learning and development.

Parent Feedback - 2024

The team cares. The kids love going there every morning - sometimes they ask to go in the weekends. They listen to feedback and nothing is ever an issue!

Parent Feedback - 2024

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