Session times

All sessions are run by Steiner and State qualified teachers.
Substantial organic home-cooked morning teas are provided, such as vegetable soup with homemade buns that the children help to prepare.

Kindergarten sessions

Sessions run from 8:30am to 2:30pm Monday to Friday, from 2 – 5 years.

We also offer some sessions during school holidays.

Please contact us for more information, or complete and return a waiting list application, if you would like your child to attend the kindergarten.

Please note there is no longer a waiting list application fee required.

Financial contributions

The kindergarten is part of the Government’s 20 hours ECE scheme.

Additionally we ask for a donation. It costs us $8.50 per hour per child, additional to government funding received, to provide our quality kindergarten service and we request that parents consider this amount when making a contribution.

Parents can obtain a tax refund from Inland Revenue of 1/3 of the amount given, so long as the donor’s taxable income for the year is equal to or greater than the donated amount.

Your donation helps toward the costs of:

  • higher than regulation staff/child ratios
  • organic home-cooked food
  • high quality natural materials and crafted natural products
  • activities requiring additional time and preparation, such as puppet stories, festivals, birthday celebrations
  • strong parent liaison by way of parent evenings, newsletters, workshops and parent-teacher interviews

Calendar

Throughout the year, festivals help foster a sense of reverence for the beauty of life and an understanding of the rhythms inherent in nature.

Term dates 2026

Term 1 Monday 26 January to Thursday 2 April

  • Waitangi day Friday 6 February
  • Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April Easter break

Term 2 Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July

  • Monday 27 April Anzac day
  • Monday 1 June – Kings birthday, Friday 10 July Matariki

Term 3 Monday 20 July to Friday 2 October

Term 4 Monday 12 October to Friday 18 December

  • Monday 26 October Labour day

2026 festivals

Dates and festivals still to be confirmed

  • Harvest – TBC

  • Mid winter – TBC

  • Spring – TBC

  • Summer/Spiral – TBC

Community events

TBA

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