SANDAY ST, PALMERSTON OTAGO
Learning Links – Sanday St, Palmerston, Otago
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We believe that Learning Links stands out from the rest through its commitment to three important education priorities: Learning through play, Keeping children emotionally healthy, Educating with a sustainable environment focus.
Our purpose built centre at 15 Sanday St offers a welcoming environment for all families. With a refresh scheduled in late 2019 this centre has a great reputation with the local community.
Some of our latest adventures!
Forest Programme (At Learning Links Hector Drive)
Connecting children to nature is something we are passionate about at Learning Links Hector. An enriching programme like this certainly isn’t something that was decided one day and began the next – it has taken a lot of preparation, consideration and dedication.
Well today, our passion became a reality! The group headed off on their expedition within our local community. They began this weekly ritual with a forest karakia and a willingness to explore and test their limits in the dense bush. We are very proud that our tamariki showed such respect for the beautiful forest and its creatures and this will be something that they will remember for many years to come – a huge thank you to our Kaiako, Rebekah and Ana for bringing our programme to life today everyone should have a good sleep tonight!
Our tamariki are becoming increasingly confident and familiar with the forest. They have already gained a strong sense of direction and able to show their kaiako which way could lead us to the destination.
They were lucky to find and try some kawakawa, which we learnt that the leaves can be made into medication that helps our digestive system. We even brought some back to our centre for our friends to try as herbal tea.
No doubt, the muddy puddles was the favourite. It was such fun for each of us to get wet, get muddy and be engaged with nature! We are also amazed to see the growing resilience of our children when they slipped into mud, when they got dirty and when they were in dilemma. They were determined to take risks and challenge themselves, physically and emotionally!
It was equally impressive to notice how tamariki cared for each other and helped their peers out of a challenging situation, they were demonstrating their growing social competence and caring nature in their bush play! We highly recommend getting out into nature - the children will surprise you!
As we continue to connect locally, to our Rototuna area, we discovered Rototuna means "lake of eels". In Pre-European times, our area had a lake named Tunawhakapeke. The lake and surrounding swamps had an abundance of tuna resources. As a result of our new knowledge the tamariki are discovering where the tuna like to live now and what they like to eat! Trying to coax them out of their hiding places, the children have been patiently dangling some food for them and to hopefully catch a glimpse soon!
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A vast part of our philosophy is that ‘through play and meaningful experiences, children develop the essential life skills and characteristics they need in order to thrive in the 21st century’. ...
Dec 4
A vast part of our philosophy is that ‘through play and meaningful experiences, children develop the essential life skills and characteristics they need in order to thrive in the 21st century’. One of the ways we do this is through providing ‘loose parts’ - which are open-ended materials that can be moved, combined, taken apart, redesigned, lined-up and more! Loose parts are open to a child’s interpretation and open to the enormous possibilities for children to truly become the critical thinkers they are destined to be! 🎄🎁🎅 #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyLearning #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation #ChildcareHamilton #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare #LearningLinksHamilton #FamilyGoals #Babies #ToddlerLife #Toddler #KiwiMum #NZBaby #LoveLanguages #SustainableLiving #Whanua #Tamariki #HamiltonNZ #Waikato #Rototuna #TeTotaraPrimary #LoveTheTron #HectorDrive #LearningThroughPlay #LearningTogether
Job opportunity: qualified, registered Kaiako.
#Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyLearning #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation #ChildcareHamilton #LearningLinks ...
Dec 2
Job opportunity: qualified, registered Kaiako.
#Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyLearning #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation #ChildcareHamilton #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare #LearningLinksHamilton #FamilyGoals #Babies #ToddlerLife #Toddler #KiwiMum #NZBaby #LoveLanguages #SustainableLiving #Whanua #Tamariki #HamiltonNZ #Waikato #Rototuna #TeTotaraPrimary #LoveTheTron #HectorDrive #LearningThroughPlay #LearningTogether
Our staff Christmas celebration, 🥳🎉 after already spending the day together and after a big spicy feast and not tasting what Andrew ordered 🙄 🐙🦐👁🦑😳 the Hector Dr team decided ...
Nov 29
Our staff Christmas celebration, 🥳🎉 after already spending the day together and after a big spicy feast and not tasting what Andrew ordered 🙄 🐙🦐👁🦑😳 the Hector Dr team decided to spend more time together, locked up in a room, with only clues to help us escape each other 😱
Awesome adventure with an awesome team! 😍 @confinement_nz
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Our tamariki love playing board games. With this they are developing their turning taking skills, learning that there are times when you get to act, and times when you have to wait; moving bits around...
Nov 27
Our tamariki love playing board games. With this they are developing their turning taking skills, learning that there are times when you get to act, and times when you have to wait; moving bits around on the board, grabbing the dice are things you shouldn’t be doing unless it’s your turn! 😱 🎲
They are also developing that actions have consequences, your actions can have positive and negative consequences on both yourself and on others. Games give you a closed environment in which the cause-and-effect can be more easily tracked. 😤 🤩
Most of all our tamariki are developing the notion of being a good sport - nobody likes a sore loser—or a nasty winner, either.
Playing competitive games with our tamariki lets us model how to be gracious, whether you win or lose. 🥇🥈🥉 #Childcare #Daycare #Kindergarten #Preschool #EarlyLearning #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation #ChildcareHamilton #LearningLinks #LearningLinksChildcare #LearningLinksHamilton #FamilyGoals #Babies #ToddlerLife #Toddler #KiwiMum #NZBaby #LoveLanguages #SustainableLiving #Whanua #Tamariki #HamiltonNZ #Waikato #Rototuna #TeTotaraPrimary #LoveTheTron #HectorDrive #LearningThroughPlay #LearningTogether
Centre Details
Ratios: Infants 1:4, Toddlers 1:6, Preschool 1:8
Opening Times: Monday to Friday 7:30am to 5:30pm
Address: 15 Sanday St, Palmerston Otago
Phone Number: 03 465 1714
ERO Report: View Report
Ministry of Education Funding: View Information
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The best way to find out if we’re the right centre for your family is by seeing it for yourself! Please come in for a visit.
If you want to read more about Learning Links, please download our Parent General Information Book.
2019 Enrollment Fees
UNDER 3 YEARS OR OVER 3 YEARS NOT TAKING UP 20 HOURS
Option 1: First 10 hours a week $5.90 hour, then from 10 hours up to 30 hours is free, after 30 hours $5.90 hour
Option 2: 730am-1230pm or 1230pm-530pm All days Monday to Friday (25 hours) all free of charge
OVER 3 YEARS AND TAKING UP 20 HOURS
Between 1 and 30 hours a week FREE. Each additional hour after 30 hours is $5.90
Enrolment Conditions
Learning Links operates as a full day service and does not offer short days or sessions; Our fees include high quality teacher ratios above Ministry of Education Standards; Minimum enrolment is two days per week; A deposit equal to one week of your booked hours will be due upon enrolment to confirm your place; Two weeks notice is required when terminating enrolment; 10% discount is applicable to your eldest child’s fees if you have two or more children attending Learning Links; Nappies, food and formula are not provided. To be read in conjunction with the Fee Policy. Fees effective from 1 October 2018.