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Welcome to
Melville Kindergarten

20 Hours free from 2 years old.
$5.00 per hour for any additional hours*
(*NOTE: $8 per hour if you have attested any of your 20 ECE Hours at another service)

Welcome to
Melville Kindergarten

20 Hours free from 2 years old.
$5.00 per hour for any additional hours*
(*NOTE: $8 per hour if you have attested any of your 20 ECE Hours at another service)

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Hours

Monday - Friday
Extended Day: Any 6.5 - 7.5hrs between 8am - 3.30pm
Morning: Any 4 - 4.5hrs between 8am - 12.30pm
Afternoon: 12.30pm - 3.30pm

Contact

P 07 843 5005

A 5 Trigg Place, Hamilton

E melville@kindergarten.org.nz

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About Melville Kindergarten

Melville Kindergartens Waikato is at the heart of the Melville community and welcomes children and parents, and whanau. The grounds are beautifully presented, including lovely native gardens, full of fabulous resources for early childhood education. We pride ourselves on the bicultural, literacy and ICT programmes we provide.

Melville Kindergartens Waikato is respected for delivering high quality, affordable education and childcare in Hamilton.

  • A curriculum specifically aimed at meeting the needs of your child
  • Great range of resources to develop numeracy, literacy, creative and social skills
  • Vegetable gardens and fruit trees for growing produce to be eaten and enjoyed
  • Native bush area for exploring
  • Huge outdoor area with an impressive climbing structure and large sandpit
  • An exclusive early childhood partnership with the Enviroschools Programme (eg. recycling, composting, gardening).
  • In Partnership with Sports Waikato Under5 Energize to eat healthy, be active & have fun! 
  • Transition to school programme
  • Warm & welcoming qualified staff who are passionate about teaching and learning.
  • Safe, caring and stimulating environment.
  • Value family/whānau and kindergarten partnership.
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Why choose us?

Our qualified staff carefully plan programmes that fulfil the early childhood curriculum. We aim to ensure children are competent, confident and successful learners. Children will learn and develop:

  • A strong foundation in reading, writing and maths
  • Art, creativity, music and dance skills
  • An understanding of sustainability and their environment
  • The importance of New Zealand's heritage
  • Social skills, behaviour management and manners
  • Self confidence
  • Learning skills such as independence, creativity and curiosity
  • Friendships that may last throughout their schooling
  • Relationships with consistent, familiar teachers
  • To understand and operate within a structured routine

Teachers provide learning extensions that prepare you child for school which include numeracy & numbers, literacy & language, nature & science, computers & technology, puzzles & games, creative arts, sand & water play, trips, transition to school programme, child friendships… and more!

Children work together at mat time to share daily information, stories, songs, movement, drama & waiata, etc.

Kara
Head Teacher

Kara -BTcg(ECE)

Snapshots of Melville Kindergarten

"An awesome fascinating facility inside and out, heaps of brain stimulation." - Family Survey

"It is awesome to see my sons confidence rise and he is able to speak so much more clearly." - Family Survey

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