Where learning and play meet
Discovery Junction Opawa and Styx Mill offer warm, modern, sustainable early learning environments.
Where children from 3 months to 6 years can develop, socialise and prepare for when they start school.
Exploratory play
Discovery Junction Early Learning Centres are spaces for education, exploration, development, and nurturing for tamariki aged from 3 months to 6 years.
A collaborative approach
As an early childhood collaborative, Discovery Junction Early Learning Centres provide a supportive atmosphere where tamariki, kaiako and whanau come together to discover and grow.
Tamariki-led learning
Our uniquely holistic approach to early childhood education is built on a philosophy of tamariki centred learning through play that embraces the great outdoors.
The importance of play
We encourage tamariki to learn through free play – both independently and alongside their kaiako and peers. Tamariki are empowered to take leadership in their learning, develop their social skills and the confidence to make their own choices and express themselves.
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tamariki ratios
Many New Zealand early learning centres have a tamariki/kaiako ratio of 1:10 for tamariki over two years of age and 1:5 for tamariki under two years of age.
We cap our ratio at 1:8 and 1:4 and it is often much less. That way, growing minds get the attention they deserve being guided through their exploration of the stimulating environment around them.
