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Our Environment
Our environment features two purpose-built buildings, one for our nursery and toddler age group and another for our young children. Our kaitao creates a daily nutritious and diverse menu to support active bodies and thriving minds, saving you the hassle of preparing daily lunchboxes. We are proud to hold the Pa-Harakeke award (gold) from Healthy Heart NZ.
Our daily curriculum promotes learning and development through active exploration. We celebrate the daily syllabus in our centre through our online platforms, Storypark and our Facebook page.
We work in partnership with you, our parents and whānau, to support your child's growth and development, helping to realise your dreams and aspirations for them to flourish. Ngā mihi.
Our Environment
Our spacious and welcoming environment at Busy Bees Pioneer Highway provides nurturing and stimulating spaces that support each child’s age, stage, and development. Our nursery area includes two dedicated babies’ rooms and one toddler room, creating calm and responsive environments where our youngest tamariki can feel safe, secure, and confident to explore.
Our preschool area comprises of two engaging rooms that foster creativity, independence, social connections, and a love of learning through play. We also offer thoughtfully designed indoor and outdoor environments tailored to the different developmental needs of tamariki, allowing children to explore, discover, and grow at their own pace.
Across the centre, there are opportunities for tamariki of different ages to come together and experience meaningful tuakana-teina relationships, where older and younger children learn alongside one another through caring interactions, shared experiences, and valuable teaching moments.
Heart Foundation Awarded
We are extremely proud that we have received a Pā-Harakeke 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. We believe that through nourishing food, children are fuelled to thrive physically and mentally, whilst enjoying the benefits of coming together and connecting as a group at mealtimes.
Teachers also do regular baking with the children, which provides them opportunities to engage and learn a range of food preparations skills and fine motor movements such as pouring, sifting, spooning. It is a great hands on sensory experience for children to develop independence through self-help skills, practice simple maths as they measure and count quantities.
At Busy Bees Pioneer Highway, we are committed to following the aspirations of Te Whāriki, the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum, by creating a learning environment where tamariki feel empowered, valued, and supported to become confident lifelong learners. We believe learning happens through meaningful relationships, play, exploration, and responsive interactions with kaiako, peers, whānau, and the wider community.
Our curriculum is guided by the principles and strands of Te Whāriki, recognising every child as capable and competent. Through nurturing and respectful partnerships with parents and whānau, we work together to support each child’s learning journey, interests, culture, identity, and wellbeing. Tamariki are encouraged to explore the world around them, develop independence, build social connections, and gain the skills and confidence needed for their transition to school and beyond.
At Busy Bees Pioneer Highway, our curriculum is also enriched through the Busy Bees Bee Curious Curriculum, which encourages children to become curious explorers, creative thinkers, and active participants in their learning. Through hands-on experiences, inquiry, problem-solving, and play-based learning, tamariki are supported in developing confidence, resilience, communication skills, and a love of discovery. We also embrace Kōwhiti Whakapae, reflecting our commitment to weaving meaningful learning opportunities for our mokopuna and authentically embedding Te Ao Māori within our everyday programme. Through these experiences, children are encouraged to build meaningful connections with people, places, and the natural world around them.
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