Otumoetai Playcentre

Discover the magic of Playcentre at Otumoetai Playcentre, a friendly family-focused early childhood education centre based at 75 Windsor Road, next to Otumoetai Aquatic Centre and Otumoetai Tennis Club.

We have a well-resourced centre with a large outdoor area. We welcome children from birth to 6 years and also offer the Space programme (Space for you and your baby) for new parents and parents with new babies.

It’s not just the children who benefit from coming to Otumoetai Playcentre – our adult members value the friendships and support networks built here too. For many families our centre becomes a second home. We also offer opportunities for adult personal development and learning, including Playcentre’s free education programme, which helps us to understand children’s development, interactions and need to play.

We are a peanut-free and plastic-wrap-free centre.

For information on Space programmes at Otumoetai Playcentre, please contact the Space coordinator email bop.programmes@playcentre.org.nz More information is also available at https://bookwhen.com/spacebopplaycentres

At Playcentre, early childhood education is a shared journey. We value parents as the first and best educators for their tamariki, which is why parents attend alongside their tamariki – to play, learn and grow together.

Whether you have a new pēpī, preschooler, or are new to a community, Playcentre provides a place for whānau and communities to come together.

If you care for tamariki aged 0-6, we invite you to visit and experience our affordable, unique, and child-led environment. Our centres encourage learning through free play and nurture imagination, confidence, and connection.

Some Playcentres also offer more specialised sessions where there is a real focus on the needs of newborns to 1 year olds, as well as the support and friendship of other new parents. Find out more about our Infant Programmes.

Our licensed early learning centres follow the Ministry of Education’s world-leading bicultural curriculum, Te Whāriki, offering 16 different areas of play set up to cater for different interests, skills, ages and abilities.

We also provide a free, NZQA-approved, adult education programme for enrolled whānau to add practical strategies and skills to your parenting toolbox.

We offer three visits before you enrol. Arrange a visit today and experience our supportive, fun and friendly community for yourself!