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our story

Mana Early Learning Centre aims to provide a warm, caring, family environment which strives for high quality care and education for infants, toddlers and young children.

We acknowledge the importance of parents as first teachers and encourage positive relationships between teachers, parents and whanau. We provide appropriate learning experiences throughout our day, utilising the skills of well trained, professional and experienced teachers. Providing a well-resourced centre in which teachers experience ongoing professional development and training is important to us. 

We recognise and celebrate the individuality of each child, and respond to their unique needs and interests through providing a variety of stimulating learning experiences in a programme designed to promote learning for all.  Teacher/child interactions are fostered in a caring and nurturing environment in which all children are equal, and in which children are encouraged to gain positive dispositions to learning and social competence. 

ERO Report

The Education Review Office (ERO) is the New Zealand government department that evaluates and reports on the education and care of students in schools and early childhood services. ERO’s reports are used by parents, teachers, early childhood education managers, school principals and trustees, and by government policy makers.

Early childhood services are reviewed on average once every three years. Reviews will be more frequent where the performance of a school or centre is poor and there are risks to the education and safety of the students, or less frequent where a school has a stable reporting history and demonstrates good self-review processes and use of its assessment information.