Lollipops Blighs Road

At Lollipops Blighs Road, every child is loved and respected for who they are, and each child is supported to grow up as a happy, confident and competent learner.

Featuring fantastic outdoor playgrounds, and safe, nurturing rooms, Lollipops Blighs Road is a home away from home for little explorers. Our strong focus on sustainability and diverse line up of activities and excursions will ensure your child is inspired and stimulated, while our team of passionate and dedicated teachers will help them learn and thrive.

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Why choose us?

There are a host of reasons why families choose Lollipops Blighs Road. Here are just a few of them:

• Great location, close to park for visits
• Fantastic multicultural centre that celebrates diversity
• Healthy Heart gold award
• Cooked lunch
• Nappies provided for under 2s
• Weekly yoga sessions, playball, kapa haka
• Regular visits to Elmswood Rest Home, Pitcairn Park, Papanui Library, Animates
• Beautiful nursery rooms and playground with real grass
• Large spacious playground for over 2s
• Brain gym at mat times to switch on for learning
• Father’s Day breakfast, Mother’s Day morning tea and pamper session
• Annual Grandparents afternoon tea
• Annual Disco
• Weekly forest excursions for the Pukeko Room
• Special celebrations for birthdays and graduations
• Vegetable garden and strawberry patch that the children help plant and tend
• Focus on sustainability – worm farm, recycling, no plastic bags in the centre, grow our own vegetables to use in meals, flowers to encourage butterflies and bees

Lollipops Blighs Road has four separate rooms, enabling us to deliver safe, nurturing and age appropriate learning experiences for all our children.  

Tui Room

The Tui Room caters for our children up to the age of 18 months.  It is a beautiful, calm area where our youngest children can develop at their own pace. We provide lots of opportunities to explore and grow in a safe, clean, homely space – and there’s a spacious playground with real grass!

Kakapo Room

Designed for our 1 to 2.5 year olds, the Kakapo Room is a spacious area with lots of learning opportunities, including stairs to a loft area. We have a covered deck leading to a large outdoor area with blossom trees, a vegetable garden and a strawberry patch.  Plus, we’ve got a pet fish

Kiwi Room

This is home away from home for our 2.5 to 4 year olds. The Kiwi Room features a large playground with a vegetable garden, a pet rabbit and pet turtle.  There’s a strong focus on learning through play with lots of sensory and exploratory play opportunities.

Pukeko Room

The Pukeko Room is set up for our 3.5 to 6 year olds and highlights include a large playground with loads of equipment to inspire and challenge the children. There’s also blossom trees, a vegetable garden and a worm farm. Our young adventurers also enjoy our weekly forest excursions!

What sort of food will my child be eating?

Our children love meal times thanks to our awesome in-house cook who creates healthy, delicious meals on a daily basis. We like to eat ‘family style’ so that the children learn to eat at a table and can perfect their table manners. Our menu runs on a monthly cycle - lunches are a cooked hot meal of red meat, fish, chicken or vegetarian with rice, pasta or potatoes. Morning and afternoon teas include pikelets, toast or crackers, scones, cheese roll ups, yoghurt, custard, and are always served with a generous helping of fruit.  Our centre has the Healthy Heart Gold Award, so you know your child will be getting nutritious, balanced meals and snacks every day.

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