Dinsdale Playcentre offers a great option for early childhood learning and fun. It is run by the parents/caregivers.
Dinsdale Playcentre is set in a quiet urban cul-de-sac in west Hamilton. We are close to the centre of town and draw on many neighbouring suburbs. Our centre is at the end of the street, bordering a gully. We are child-led in our activities, we follow Playcentre Aotearoa philosophy alongside Te Whariki - the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and work
23/07/2026
Welcome back for term 3!! The tamariki have been exploring, and enjoying our new wooden logs at playcentre this week,they have been building some amazing fairy villages, zoos, cities and more (even some of the adults have been playing with them too)!! π€π§ββοΈπ§ββοΈππ·ββοΈπ·ββοΈπ
02/07/2026
Today is the last Day of Term 2, don't forget to book in your visit for next Term.
Stay Safe!
14/06/2026
Happy National Volunteer Week!
We want to say a massive thankyou to all our wonderful volunteers at Dinsdale playcentre!
Did you know Playcentre is predominantly run by volunteer?
Playcentre is like no other ECE in Aotearoa, our caregivers stay and play and learn alongside our tamariki.
10/05/2026
Te wiki o Te Waahanga Maatauranga - It's Playcentre education week!
Playcentres are Whaanau run, where parents and tamariki learn and grow together.
At Playcentre we offer free ECE education up to Level 4!
For more information visit https://www.playcentre.org.nz/learn-with-us/playcentre-education-2/
09/05/2026
Wishing you have a lovely Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers/grandmothers or other role models that help to raise tamariki.πππ
07/05/2026
Did you know?
NZβs 2023 census showed that 24,678 people use NZSL, with an estimated 4,500 Deaf users of NZSL.
For more information visit www.deaf.org.nz and https://nzsignlanguage.nz/nzsl-week/
Where these wonderful resources are from.
07/05/2026
There are lots of ways you can learn NZSL
β’ Visit Learn NZSL, a free learning portal at learn.nzsl.nz
β’ Check out the NZSL Dictionary online at nzsl.nz or free from your app store
β’ Visit NZSL Teachers Association at teachsign.org.nz for information about classes in your area
β’ nzsignlanguage.nz/resources/ has a variety of downloadable resources
β’ firstsigns.co.nz/learn-sign/ for resources to support your family to learn NZSL
β’ Visit deaf.org.nz
Adapted resources from NZSL Taster Class β Early Childhood Education https://nzsignlanguage.nz/nzsl-journey/learn-nzsl/taster-classes/nzsl-taster-class-early-childhood-education/
06/05/2026
Did you know?
NZSL has its own grammatical structure and linguistic features, different from English. NZSL is not a version of English βon the handsβ.
For more information visit www.deaf.org.nz and https://nzsignlanguage.nz/nzsl-week/
Where these wonderful resources are from.
05/05/2026
Our tamariki enjoyed learning about WaitΔ (one of the 9 Matariki Stars) by doing some fishing, we also learnt a bit about Tangaroa by throwing back our first catch π£ππ
| Monday | 9:30am - 11:30am |
| Tuesday | 9:30am - 11:30am |
| Thursday | 9:30am - 11:30am |
| Friday | 9:30am - 11:30am |