Papatoetoe KIDS Early Learning Centre

04/09/2026

💙 Father’s Day Breakfast on the Go 💙

A huge thank you to all our amazing dads for stopping by our Father’s Day Breakfast on the Go table! 🥐☕️ We hope you enjoyed the little treat from us and started your day with a smile. 😊

We also hope you loved the special gifts lovingly prepared by your tamariki. ❤️ There is nothing more precious than a handmade gift filled with love from little hands. 🥰

To all our incredible dads, grandads, uncles, father figures and special men in our tamariki’s lives — thank you for everything you do, the love you give, and the memories you create. 💙

Have a wonderful Father’s Day this Sunday! Enjoy being celebrated, spoiled and surrounded by your loved ones. 👨‍👧‍👦💙

Happy Father’s Day! 🎉💙

04/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations Isaiah & Christopher! 🎉

A huge congratulations to our lucky hamper winners, Isaiah and Christopher, who have won our special Father’s Day hamper! 🎁💙

We hope these little surprises bring lots of smiles and joy as you celebrate the amazing dads and father figures in your lives. 🥰

Happy Father’s Day! 💙👨‍👧‍👦
Thank you to all our wonderful whānau for joining in and purchasing a raffle ticket. All funds raised will go towards our trips.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy weekend celebrating the super heroes in their lives 🥳

04/09/2026

03/09/2026

🚨 New Karaka Tamariki Alert 🚨

A very warm welcome to our beautiful new Karaka girls, Irae and Quraisha and their whānau!!🌸✨

It’s wonderful to see you both slowly settling into your new learning environment and getting to know your kaiako and friends. We look forward to watching you grow, learn, explore, and make many special memories with us here at Papatoetoe KIDS. 🥰🌱

Nau mai, haere mai, Irae and Quraisha! 💕
We are so happy to have you as part of our Karaka whānau! 🌺

31/08/2026

Kia ora whānau and friends,

What a fun way to finish our Colours & Shapes theme in Koru Room. Our tamariki have enjoyed exploring through lots of hands-on learning experiences:

🌈Rainbow colours with cotton wool, droppers & coloured dye
💃 Dancing and moving with different cardboard shapes
🎨 Sorting colourful sticks into matching colours
👗 Dressing up in their favourite colours

Through all these experiences, our tamariki have been learning, exploring, creating, moving and celebrating their success across different curriculum areas.

Ka pai, Koru Room tamariki. You have all done an amazing job. Ka mau te wehi.

28/08/2026

🎉🎂 Happiest 3rd Birthday, Mattaniah! 🎂🎉

Today, we celebrate this special milestone with you! 💕 We’re so proud of how much you’ve grown, learned, and developed during your time with us. 🌟

Thank you for choosing to celebrate your special day with us. We loved sharing this wonderful occasion with you and your friends. Thank you, too, for the yummy cake and lovely goody boxes! 🎂🎁

We truly appreciate you and your wonderful whānau for sharing this special celebration with us. ❤️

Happy 3rd Birthday once again, Mattaniah! 🥳🎈
Wishing you lots of happiness, laughter, and wonderful adventures ahead! 🌈✨

27/08/2026

🎉🚽 Our Toilet Training Success! 🚽🎉

We are super proud to share that Angela, Seth and Thomas are now fully toilet trained in our Karaka Room! 🌟👏

A huge thank you to our wonderful parents for your continued encouragement, support and consistency at home. Together, we are helping our tamariki develop confidence, independence and important self-help skills. 💛

Ka pai, tamariki mā! 🌈👏 We are so proud of you! 🥰

24/08/2026

Welcome to Koru Room Isla

A warm welcome to Isla and her whānau as they join our Koru Room family. We are so excited to have you with us and look forward to getting to know you, sharing special moments, and supporting Isla as she grows, learns and settles into our Koru Room.

Nau mai, haere mai, Isla and whānau
Koru Room Team

21/08/2026

🎂 ⭐️ Hamdan has graduated Big Kids with flying colours HIP HIP HORAAAAY ⭐️🎂

Today we not only celebrate a very special graduation milestone but also farewell our bright boy Hamdan. Happy early 5th Birthday Hamdan. We wish you all the very best as you leave for Primary school, we know you will do great things just as you have here at Papatoetoe KIDS Early Learning Centre. Thank you for the pizza, yummy Minecraft cake and allowing us to share this day with you. We will miss you so much Hamdan ! Love from all your 6.7 friends in Big Kids! ⭐️