Community Based • Not For Profit Kindergarten in the heart of Merivale since 1929. Fairleigh began in 1915 on the veranda of a house in Rossall Street.
It was then run as a preparatory school in Holmwood Road for five years and moved to its current site in Garden Road in 1929. A group of parents took over the lease in 1947 and the Fairleigh Preschool and community centre was formed. In 1950, a decision was made by the parents to purchase the property at 27A Garden Road, and an incorporated society was formed to own and administer the kindergarten
24/08/2025
Thank you to everyone who came out on Friday to support our night!
A special mention to our Gold Sponsor Ōtautahi Orthopaedics https://www.otautahiorthopaedics.co.nz
And let’s not forget our Silver sponsors World Travellers Merivale, Bayley’s Canterbury, LOC Construction and Archibalds.
We also had so many other generous donations from our community!
19/08/2025
“Little Spark” by Simon Edwards has been kindly donated for our auction.
You can check out his other amazing works online!
https://www.instagram.com/simonedwardsartist?igsh=aTJ4c2I4cW1ibTZ2
15/10/2023
A huge thank you to those who were able to join us at our working bee today! 🐝
Our new fence was put up by an impressive team of volunteers yesterday, which meant we were able to get all our new sand & bark installed today.
Special thanks Harry & John for their building, to Kaiapoi ITM for their timber donation and Gardenbox for their delivery of bark & sand.
Big jobs like this can only happen with the support of our community!
https://instagram.com/builtby__?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
16/06/2023
Kia ora Koutou!
This week we have really enjoyed exploring mathematical concepts through many fun play-based experiences!
Nature is written in mathematical language.
— Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer
09/06/2023
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have”. – Maya Angelou
19/05/2023
Ahiahi mārie e te whānau! Good afternoon everyone!
Here are a few pictures of our fabulous new resource- cuisenaire rods!
This resource supports the development of mathematical and numerical concepts- through play of course!
16/05/2023
We are now fully booked until September 2024.
If you or anyone you know is looking to enrol, please get in touch!
https://www.kindergarten.co.nz/
10/05/2023
Ngā Tamariki have been having a go at learning the NZ Sign language alphabet for New Zealand Sign Language week. They also had a go at signing out the letters that make up their names. It was great to see their engagement and enthusiasm for this experience, learning about what it means to be hearing impaired and how important sign language is to communicate with those around them.
05/05/2023
Thank you to all who joined us for our special King's Coronation morning tea this week, it was a wonderful morning and the tamariki loved pretending to be royal for the day!
| Monday | 8am - 2:45pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 2:45pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 2:45pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 2:45pm |
| Friday | 8am - 2:45pm |