MEDIA RELEASE
The new name in kids' care and education:
Little Citizens early learning centre
“We have places available now in our Little Citizens Nursery (for under-twos) and Pre-school (for two to five years old), including 20 hours free to 3 and 4 year-olds, and a warm welcome to anyone who would like to visit.”
10
October 2011
The
Little
Citizens’ manager Lisa Foster (picture, right) says
“Parents tell us we’re a great place to send their kids but we’re
hiding our best qualities.
“Families love our tasty and nutritious food, qualified and
caring staff, dedicated family support, and the way we work, but
people don’t seem to know that our a nursery and preschool are
there.
“We have a great ERO report, a strong curriculum, good
relationships with the primary schools, and top staff but it’s tough
for busy working people to shop around and some families aren’t
aware of all the options available to them.
“In fact, we have places available now in our Little Citizens
Nursery (for under-twos) and Pre-school (for two to five years old),
including 20 hours free to 3 and 4 year-olds, and a warm welcome to
anyone who would like to visit.
“Our new name says it all,” Lisa Foster says, “we help to grow
the good citizens of the future.
“We offer quality care and education for children under 5, plus
we aim higher. Our philosophy is providing whanaungatanga to the
minds, hearts, bodies, and spirits of the families we work with;
creating and celebrating stories of their children’s learning.
Asked what distinguishes Little Citizens from other providers,
Lisa says the total package of services makes Little Citizens a good
choice including the ratio of staff to children, learning programme,
communication with parents, availability of hours, support for
families through the dedicated Support and Advocacy worker,
nourishing meals prepared on site, and the great start the children
get on their learning.
“We offer a personalised engagement with families: we’re not a
huge corporate with hundreds of children on site. At the same time
we don’t expect parents to give up their weekends and evenings to
get things fixed or painted. We know they’re too busy for that.”
The new name acknowledges the childcare centre’s pioneering
heritage. It was founded as the Dunedin Citizens’ Day Nursery in
1930, coming under the Methodist Central Mission (as it was then) in
1954.
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