Our Centre
At the end of a cul-de-sac, in the leafy suburb of Mt Eden, lives our Bear Park Mt Eden centre. While on the fringe of inner-city Auckland, our centre has a relaxed neighbourhood vibe, with ample outdoor space and birdsong trickling down from the tall Pūriri trees.
Both the infant-toddler centre and the preschool inhabit large open-plan spaces welcoming children, whānau and teachers to learn, create and play. The collaborative nature of our classrooms serves to enrich each child’s learning experience with endless opportunities provided to all. Our expansive preschool playground and sustainable garden allow children to discover and explore the beauty and delights of nature.
Our Mt Eden centre proudly holds a deep sense of connection with its children, their families and the wider surrounding community. We aim to foster authentic collaboration within our learning community, so that every child may feel supported by constructive learning experiences and positive relationships in their early years.
A Place To Call
Your Own
At Bear Park Mt Eden, our world is your world. Welcome to our centre. Welcome home.
Our Children
Every child is special, which is why we have created learning and exploration spaces filled with magic, joy and wonder.
Our Whānau
We are constantly striving to create a home away from home for you and your tamariki: a place of warmth, care and the utmost respect.
Our Community
Our welcoming, multilingual environments embrace and celebrate the diversity of our children, whānau and wider.
Our Focus
Mt Eden Childcare Team
The Fantail’s are our precious little under ones, who can join us from the age of three months to one year. We believe in building strong and reciprocal relationships with our children, parents and whanau. We value the child’s home as their first special encounter and want to support this and help provide a smooth transition by providing a loving and respectful environment. We also believe in providing children with the time and space to unfold naturally and master their milestones in their own time. We see our children as detailed researchers and provide them with an environment that provokes curiosity and wonder to explore how their bodies work and their world around them.
The Kea’s are a vibrant and active group of toddlers. As the children make their transitions to the Keas we continue to promote self help skills. We value independence and view our children as competent and capable researchers. The Kea children are encouraged to collaborate during group learning experiences, fostering positive relationships. A lot of these learning experiences take place in the outdoors as we value the natural world and how we can care for it. We hope to encourage curiosity and empower the children to take initiative with their own learning. Our team are passionate about forming positive relationships with the Kea parents and value their input and knowledge in our environment.
The kiwi group is the youngest group of children in our collaborative environment preschool. New and transitioning children can develop a sense of belonging through reciprocal relationships with their peers, family, community, teachers and our rich learning environment. Through group investigations, meetings and open opportunities for exploration we believe each individual child is able to further develop social skills, self-responsibility and values to assist them in their learning journey. We believe through an environment rich in respect and trust our learning community will feel empowered, allowing collaboration and openness to each individual’s persona.
Our Tui group follows on from the Kiwis and children join us at around 3 years old. The Tuis are very hands-on and love to explore through creating and working in small groups. As Tui teachers we believe that strong, respectful relationships to be of high importance in our learning environment including with children, teachers, parents, and whānau. We also believe that the environment and experiences we offer need to be reflective and inclusive of all the individuals in the learning environment supporting individual strengths and passions. And it is through our interactions with the Tuis we aspire to support holistic development and inspire a sense of joy and wonder in learning creating passionate life-long learners and an easy transition to the Pukekos.
Centre Information
- 32 Akiraho Street, Mt Eden, Auckland
- 7.30am to 6.00pm daily, Monday to Friday
Centre Owner/Franchisee:
Ximena Reyes
Centre Manager:
Paloma Poliko
Phone:
(09) 623 5150
Age of children catered for:
3 months to 5 years olds
Licence:
25 under two’s
50 over two’s
Centre Information
- 32 Akiraho Street, Mt Eden, Auckland
- 7.30am to 6.00pm daily, Monday to Friday
Centre Owner/Franchisee:
Ximena Reyes
Centre Manager:
Paloma Poliko
Phone:
(09) 623 5150
Age of children catered for:
3 months to 5 years olds
Licence:
25 under two’s
50 over two’s