Greenmeadows A childcare centre your family will love

Surrounded by nature and the beautiful open spaces of Anderson Park, Active Explorers Greenmeadows is a vibrant, family-focussed early childhood centre in the heart of Napier.

Featuring first-rate facilities, our daycare includes four separate learning areas for different age groups, we provide a safe and caring environment where children are nurtured, stimulated and engaged.

We offer excellent child-staff ratios, with a high percentage of qualified educators and a team who love what they do. Our goal is to help each and every child tap into – and celebrate - their own unique potential. Join our journey

Location

518 Kennedy Road, Greenmeadows, Napier 4112

Daycare Centre Hours:

Monday to Friday: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Half day/full day options
Closed Saturday, Sunday & public holidays

Ages Catered For:

3 months – 5 years

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All of the teachers at Active Explorers are lovely people. They are easy to communicate with and they really care about the children. My son always looks forward to going 💙

Jess

Active Explorers Greenmeadows go above and beyond for all of the kids

Leesha Brown

I have been welcomed amazingly and love how we are made to feel reassured when we leave my child there and the updates in the day are amazing

Kara Ross

It’s a great daycare. I have been extremely impressed and have made the right decision sending him there as he is well looked after. His teachers are great with him and very patient and he’s happy every time we arrive in the morning.

Grace O'Shea

News

Reconnecting after thew holidays!

February has been another busy month here at Active Explorers Greenmeadows, as children have returned from their Christmas/January holidays. It has been great reconnecting with all our friends and there has been so much fun and learning happening! We started the month off with our first whānau picnic at Anderson Park and it was a great success! It was so nice being able to come together outside of the centre, and for all of our families to reconnect with not only the Kaiako but other families as well. The children loved the face paint and bubbles! We will most definitely hold another whānau picnic at the park, as the feedback from this night was fantastic. We have also been providing opportunities for the Tamariki to help Teresa, our cook with getting morning and afternoon tea ready. The children in Kōwhai Room had a great time helping us to make the scones for afternoon tea! They helped pour the scone mix into the bowl, and then helped Kaimahi Donna stir the ingredients in the bowl. That afternoon they were able to taste their baking and it tasted soooo good! Baking is definitely something we are going to continue to ensure that is happening, as the children absolutely love having this sense of responsibility.

Our Mara Kai Garden is blooming!

Over the past couple of months, the Tamariki in Kōwhai Room have been learning about how to care for our Mara Kai Garden, through planting the vegetables, to watering them, pulling out the weeds and, lastly harvesting the vegetables for our kai here at Active Explorers Greenmeadows. There has been real excitement watching the vegetables grow, harvesting the yummy strawberries each day, and most recently being able to harvest the broccoli which we have been able to eat as part of our Summer afternoon platter! We have been able to harvest our greens to go into our Pepe vegetables which our children have thoroughly enjoyed eating! Our tamariki have been learning how to become kaitiaki for our gardens, and they have done an amazing job! We have delving deeping into Maramataka, the Māori lunar calendar, which is used to guide planting and harvesting, and it is definitely paying off as look at our vegetables thriving!

A month full of learning!

In August we have been busy exploring and learning more about so many different things! Kauri Room have been visiting Anderson Park, which is right across the road from our centre! The children loved having this opportunity to go out of the centre with their peers and teachers and explore using all their senses and gross motor skills at the children’s playground. Part of our local curriculum is ensuring Tamariki are being offered opportunities to explore their wider community, and with Anderson Park being right at our doorstep it is the perfect reason to get out and about! Pohutukawa Room have been focusing on supporting children’s social and emotional competencies, which is part of our philosophy. There has been lots of fun for Tamariki engaging in group learning experiences, and with the lovely Napier Spring weather just around the corner, outside has definitely been the place to be! The sandpit has been a big focus this month, we have children problem solving, working together and experimenting together as they have dug, created volcanos, rivers and construction sites, just to name a few. As the world has been watching the Olympic Games in Paris, we have been supporting the New Zealand athletes and having our own Active Explorers Greenmeadows Olympic Games! This has been such a fun time for all rooms, we have watched some of the games together, supporting our New Zealand teams, as well as hosting our own events. Kaimahi Andrea brought in some of her Taekwon Do equipment and the Tamariki were keen to show off their knowledge, as some children practice boxing at home. It was lovely watching the tamariki kick and hit the focus pad and try on the boxing gloves and helmet. We have also had a ‘Wheels Day’ as well as basketball, bean bag throwing, gymnastics with beam, rhythmic dancing with ribbons and jumping off the boxes! What a busy but fun August we have had!

Celebrating Matariki at Active Explorers Greenmeadows

In July the centre’s focus was on learning more about Matariki, the Māori New Year. Matariki is a time of remembrance, to come together and celebrate and share kai. At the centre, Kaiako were supporting children’s sense of culture and identity through each room learning more about Matariki and what Matariki means.