Brooklands Kindergarten

24/09/2026

💜 Nominations for Community Board Members on the 2026 - 2027 Whānau Manaaki Governance Board close on 01 October!
If you're interested in joining our Board or would like to nominate a representative, please email [email protected].

11/09/2026

Creativity is happening every day at Brooklands Kindergarten!

There are so many different ways our tamariki can explore, create and express themselves, from hot glue-gunning recycled materials, to painting and drawing, using clay\uku, collage, loose parts, natural materials and all sorts of wonderful things we find around our kindergarten.

We love giving our tamariki the time, space and freedom to be creative. There doesn’t always need to be a finished product or a particular outcome. Sometimes the learning is in the process. Experimenting, problem-solving, making choices, trying something new, changing our ideas and simply enjoying the feeling of creating something with our own hands.

Creativity gives tamariki a way to express their ideas, emotions, imagination and unique ways of seeing the world.

At Brooklands, we believe every child deserves the time and opportunity to be creative every single day.❤️

06/09/2026

So grateful for all the nominations we received for this competition! We can't wait to see the excitement and joy this week bring 🙌🍦🍦💖

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS!!!

We originally planned to choose 10 entries but because there were so many nominations, we've decided to make it 13 winners instead!

The winners are:

Brooklands Kindergarten
Waitara Community Childcare Centre
Busy Bees New Plymouth
Inglewood Kindergarten
Puketapu Kindergarten Bell Block
Marfell Kindergarten
Ruru House
ABC Moturoa / ABC Educare
Lollipops Bell Block
Inglewood Community Childcare Centre
Fitzroy Kindergarten
Waitara Central Kindergarten
BestStart Vivian Street

We’ll be in touch with each of the winning centres to organise your Mr Whippy visit!

And to everyone who missed out this time — don’t worry! We had such an awesome response that we’ll definitely be doing this again in the future, so keep an eye on out for another chance! 👀

Thanks so much to everyone who nominated their favourite kindy/daycare 🍦🍦🍦

06/09/2026

"Ma te huruhuru, ka rere te manu" Adorn the bird with feathers so it can fly

Happy Fathers Day to all the amazing dad's, stepdads, grandpa's, koro and special father figures in our kindy community! Thank you for being steady anchors for our tamariki, helping our little birds grow the feathers they need to soar 🥰

01/09/2026

🌼✨ Spring has officially sprung! ✨🌼

The flowers 🌷 are blooming, the days ☀️ are starting to get longer, and it’s the perfect time for adventures with our tamariki! 🚗🌈

But before you head out on those road trips, beach days, and ball games – let’s make sure our little passengers are riding as safely as possible.

✅ Correct car seat.
✅ Correct fit.
✅ Every trip. Every time.

Our FREE Car Seat Clinics are here to help! Our friendly team will check your car seat, answer your questions, and give you peace of mind – so you can focus on making beautiful spring memories together.

💙 Because every journey together starts with safety. No booking needed – just pop in and see us at a clinic near you! 👋

Let’s keep our kids safe, so they can enjoy every spring adventure! 🌸🌿

01/09/2026

Time to enrol your tamariki if you are thinking about Welbourn Primary School for your child 🥰

29/08/2026

29/08/2026

We had so much fun acknowledging Daffodil Day on Friday with lots of yellow inspired play, kōwhai decorations, beautiful yellow playdough, face painting, spring treasure hunts, and making lemonade with fresh yellow lemons! Thank you to whānau for getting behind this great cause and supporting the Cancer Society for this annual fundraiser. You can still donate using the QR code or using the fundraising page 💛🌼⭐

25/08/2026

We had a delivery arrive with lots of big boxes and brown paper packaging and rather than throwing it away, our tamariki had some amazing ideas about what they could create!

The boxes quickly became spaces to hide, squeeze into and explore, while the brown paper was transformed into incredible snakes! Tamariki filled the paper with soft recycled materials, twisted and shaped it, added colour with crayons, and used other recycled resources to bring their snakes to life.

What began as packaging became a wonderful opportunity for creativity, imagination, problem-solving, collaboration and communication, while developing fine-motor skills and learning about caring for our environment through reusing and recycling. 🌿

We love seeing tamariki take an idea and make it their own -nothing wasted, just lots of imagination and fun!💚

He whakaaro, he mahi, he ao whakamīharo. An idea, an action, a world of wonder.

24/08/2026

We are raising funds for the Cancer Society and acknowledging Daffodil Day this Friday August 28th. You can donate directly on this fundraising page, use the QR code at kindy or bring a coin to add to our tin.

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