Lollipops Takanini

Our Story

At Lollipops Takanini, we believe each child is a unique individual, whom has the ability to grow into a happy, confident, competent and capable learner.

Our image of a child is a strong confident children that shows respect for others, enjoys building relations with their peers and teachers. They feel a sense of belonging and value within their environment and knows their voice is always heard.

Our Centre environment is a very natural learning environment, which develops open ended questionings, thinking and learning.

We have passionate, caring and nurturing teachers who work alongside the children to provoke thinking and questioning.

Our children are a unique part of a wonderful, family-oriented environment with a Reggio Emilia-inspired focus.

• Our centre is a homely purpose built centre which is only a few years old. We are situated in the heart of the Conifer Grove community.  We are also located just over the fence from Conifer Grove School.
• Our learning environments are beautifully designed and set up to feel like home, so creates a calm and nurturing feel.
• We have a strong link with nature which is shown throughout our environments.
• We believe in going outside no matter what the weather is like, rain or shine we will be outside exploring the environment and elements.

ERO Report

The Education Review Office (ERO) is the New Zealand government department that evaluates and reports on the education and care of students in schools and early childhood services. ERO’s reports are used by parents, teachers, early childhood education managers, school principals and trustees, and by government policy makers.

Early childhood services are reviewed on average once every three years. Reviews will be more frequent where the performance of a school or centre is poor and there are risks to the education and safety of the students, or less frequent where a school has a stable reporting history and demonstrates good self-review processes and use of its assessment information.

You can read our centre’s ERO review here.