Carol White Family Centre
About Carol White Family Centre
About Education & Care Service
Education & Care Services are mainstream early learning centres that offer full-day or part-day care with a structured curriculum, qualified teachers, and a focus on learning through play. They cater to families needing flexible childcare options and wanting a balanced approach that supports social, physical, and early academic development in a diverse environment.
What Is 20 Hours ECE funding?
20 Hours ECE is a government-funded initiative that helps reduce the cost of early childhood education for families with tamariki aged 3–5. Eligible children can receive up to 20 hours of funded care and education each week at participating services. Centres can set their own enrolment patterns and may ask for optional charges, but the funded hours themselves should be free of compulsory fees. If you are unsure how this works at Carol White Family Centre, it is best to ask the centre directly how they apply 20 Hours ECE.
Community Profile
Roll & age distribution
Carol White Family Centre currently has a roll of 36 children tamariki , with most children enrolled in the 0–5 years age band.
Ethnicity profile
Asian tamariki are the largest group (77% of the roll), alongside european, pacific, other children.
Roll and demographic figures are based on data supplied by the Ministry of Education and were last updated on 01/07/2024.
Parent Reviews
“Great school, wonderful teacher. Floral Design: Perfect Posies with Fresh Spring Blooms”
“This weekend I took 2 Sourdough Classes for Beginners on Saturday morning, then Sunday afternoon. Always very popular, hands-on, and a tasting table at the end before you walk away with your own sourdough starter. Fabulous time with everyone, lots of laughs and plenty to talk about!”
“I’ve started taking a course learning Xero at Selwyn community college and It has been great so far. The teacher is very engaging and the course content has been what I’m looking for in order to up-skill. It’s also affordable. I will definitely be going to other courses here. Looking around at other courses where you seem to have to pay premium just to learn basic skills, I’m so grateful affordable community education courses and community projects like this still exist and I hope it continues for a long time.”
“Absolutely amazing Continuing Education programmes and facilities. The 2 kitchen where they have independent chefs come and teach are superb.”
“I've taken the Beginners Woodwork Class and the tutor is a very nice person with a lot of skill in woodwork. This course is probably best for people with a good level of skill with measurement or who might have dabbled in wood work before. The first few classes were more structured, so you were able to learn how to use machinery safely and watch everyone else be guided by the tutor. The tutor is on a rather tight time schedule and does a lot for you (which makes it hard to learn if you are *kinesthetic like me). Sometimes it is a safety issue and that is fair enough, but often it's because he feels there isn't time (and there probably isn't). I am a qualified Adult literacy tutor and it was hard to follow a class where you were expected to 'watch and learn' when everyone is up to a different stage and you're not sure what the heck is going on. Fortunately the tutor does get to you, and I don't regret doing the class even though I found it very frustrating at times. I would try another class but don't think wood work (in this setting) was right for me. *kinesthetic learner: learning through touch, movement and involvement, not just from listening or watching someone else.”
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