Te Papapa Preschool is a learning community that nurtures enthusiastic, confident and responsible learners, where diversity is valued and success is celebrated.

We offer a child-centered programme where the holistic development of each individual child leads all learning.

Our preschool is a place of safety, belonging and learning. We believe that children learn naturally through play. Our programme reflects play-based learning where children gain confidence while developing self esteem and a sense of independence.  Our children are encouraged to make sense of their world through questioning, exploring and expressing their ideas!

Walking the final pathway to Primary School

Moving from Preschool to Primary School is made easy with Te Papapa Preschool’s innovative and carefully constructed Timata te Kura programme. With strong emphasis on Free play as our primary way of learning children will develop the skills and dispositions needed to become competent and confident learners moving into Primary School with emphasis placed on kindness and developing social competence.