Little Lights Kindy
About Little Lights Kindy
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 Little Lights Kindy, it is best to ask the centre directly how they apply 20 Hours ECE.
Community Profile
Roll & age distribution
Little Lights Kindy currently has a roll of 52 children tamariki , with most children enrolled in the 1–5 years age band.
Ethnicity profile
European tamariki are the largest group (56% of the roll), alongside māori, pacific, asian, 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
“Little Lights is a warm and vibrant kindy where my daughter spent 2 very happy years with. She loved the teachers, facilities, animals, and activities there. Highlights including free bike day for riding your bikes along the driveway (traffic-controlled and watched by teachers of course!), picnics in the park, woodwork and water fight~ animals fed and cared by kids to give them a sense of careness. Long story short I'd highly recommended this kindy~”
“If more stars here to click, I would give them the most. When I had to leave my own family for looking after my mother in overseas hospital in the mid of 2021, the Little Lights ladies unconditionally love and helped us. My daughter stayed at kindy for another half year and was pampered by their good hands (healthy food, lots of caring and cuddles, teaching her etiquette, introduction to maths, science, reading and writing, etc.）Their encouraing words and warm support made us feeling really involved in as part of the whanau.”
“All of our 4 boys have attended Little Lights! Every morning they have been so excited to come and play. The teachers are so kind and accommodating to each of their needs. They thrive here - Wouldn't go anywhere else! Thanks Team”
“Both my kids love Little Lights. There are big indoor and outdoor play areas with a vast array of different activities to spark the kids individual interests. The teachers caring and cheerful with the kids. They have a good understanding of developmental stages and use very positive methods of dealing with the challenges that arise. Communication is great and we can make plans so we all work together to help the kids learning. The kids love it and I highly recommend it”
“My son has just finish a smooth transition to little lights and is so happy to be there! I can’t be any happier with this choice for our child. Thank you staff at little lights for being so welcoming and lovely”
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