Toko Playcentre

Welcome to Toko Playcentre!

We are located in the Toko Village, down behind the hall and fire station.  We are located 10 minutes from the town of Stratford.

We are a rural centre with an average of 18-20 families on our roll.  Our members are supportive and friendly. Our sessions are open for all children, from birth to 6 years.  We have mixed age sessions, with a focus on child initiated play.

Our children are supported to become confident, competent self-directed learners through play based around their interests. Our children gain knowledge through play, participation and positive guidance.

We have a huge range of resources at our modern centre for children to play and learn with.  We have recently upgraded our whole outdoor area, installing a matting area around our fort complete with a bike track that the children are thoroughly enjoying, as well as re-doing our sandpit area to include a water pump and river running down into the sandpit and underneath the boardwalk. 

We go an an excursion at least once a term, making sure we visit different places and try to focus on a place that will extend our children’s learning interests at the time.

Come along any time to visit our centre.  Your first three visits are free!  Bring  along a lunchbox and drink bottle for your child and a few spare clothes, morning tea and coffee, tea or milo is supplied for the adults.

Check out our facebook page for more photos https://www.facebook.com/tokoplaycentre/?ref=bookmarks 

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.

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!