Parklands Kamo Playcentre - Whangarei

Parklands Kamo Playcentre - Whangarei Parklands Kamo Playcentre empowers children and adults to play, learn, work and grow together

25/09/2026

Connecting with the community DAY FIVE!!!

Off to the Town Basin today to balance, climbed, clamber, explore and connect!

What a fabulous way to spend the last day of term in the sunshine!!

Playcentre Aotearoa Kat Lester Playcentre

24/09/2026

Connecting with the Community DAY FOUR!!!๐ŸŒž๐ŸŽŠโœจ๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰

We flipped out and Flip today and it was flip-tastic! Tamariki nui have spent the term investigating and exploring movement in a variety of contexts - wind, water, air, space, toys! So much discovery around traction, force, distance, speed, angles, pressure, velocity and capacity and so much more!!! Last week we began looking at our bodies movement and how our hand movement can help swing Poi....we even made our own poi!!

What better way to finish our movement concept than with a visit to Flip to explore movement and our bodies! What a day!!!

Playcentre Aotearoa Playcentre Rachael Easterbrook Kat Lester Playcentre

23/09/2026

Connecting with the community DAY THREE!!

"Happiness is just a train ride away" and we had some happy tamariki after our excursion to the mini trains! What a day! Trains chugging, children smiling, giggles filling the air and connections being made!! ๐Ÿš‚๐Ÿš‚

Thank you to Whangฤrei Model Engineering Club for hosting us! We all had such a "choo-riffic" time and we will be back!!๐Ÿš‚๐Ÿš‚๐Ÿš‚

Playcentre Aotearoa Kat Lester Playcentre

22/09/2026

Connecting with our Community Day TWO and what a day it was!!! Te Rฤ was shining ๐ŸŒž and the Whangฤrei Quarry Gardens ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒธ put on a beautiful display of colour, texture, smell and natural beauty! Our tamariki explored the new sand pit, problem solved and created....walked and discovered taking in the plants and their colours....helped their friends....explored the stream....enjoyed the sound of the rushing waterfalls...found and hid painted rocks and then finished the day with bubble ๐Ÿซง twirling.

Phew what a day๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ

So much learning in our natural environment with the support of whฤnau and friends! Learning through play and discovery at its finest! Tino Pai ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒธ

Playcentre Aotearoa
Playcentre Rachael Easterbrook
Kat Lester Playcentre

21/09/2026

Connecting with the community Day One!! Nature, exploration, connection and new learning!

Tino Pai!! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ

Playcentre Aotearoa

21/09/2026

Our centre is shut this week as we are out connecting with our community for the last week of term!!! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿš‚๐ŸŽ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ’œ

Watch this space to see the adventures our tamariki get up to and the discoveries they make!!! ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒป๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽŠ

18/09/2026

Wow what a week! We have embraced Te Wiki o te Reo Mฤori across all areas of play and had so much fun along the way. Today was a focus on Ngฤ Tae / Colours and our tamariki explored texture and colour with dried coloured cornflour and showed they could work alongside each other! Ka Rawe. Inside they used shapes, felts, blocks, paper and magnetic tiles to further explore Ngฤ Tae all while making special connections and learning through play. Tino Pai!

Playcentre Aotearoa

Te Wiki o te Reo Mฤori โค๐Ÿ–คโค๐Ÿ–คโค๐Ÿ–คSo much fun and enjoyment is being integrated into our week as we celebrate Te Wiki o te Re...
16/09/2026

Te Wiki o te Reo Mฤori โค๐Ÿ–คโค๐Ÿ–คโค๐Ÿ–ค
So much fun and enjoyment is being integrated into our week as we celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Mฤori.

Monday we ventured to our mฤra kai and planted some kฤroti and made gardens from playdough and Putiputi from collage materials!

Tuesday we looked at our native manu and we had Tanya's friend Kiri the Kiwi, Tane the Tui and Tama the Tuatara come to visit. We loved creating puppet shows with them and learning about what they eat and do!

And today was full of Ngฤ Karare o te Pฤmu/ Animals on the farm. We looked at animal groupings, counted in Te Reo, made a hipi ๐Ÿ‘ using paint and collage, sang Old McDonald had a pฤmu and used our animal figures to act out the song! And then it was off to carpentry to make kete. To finish our session it was bubble poi!!! Phew, what will tomorrow bring!!

Ka Pai to mahi tamariki ma!!๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŽ‰

Playcentre Aotearoa

16/09/2026

Te Wiki o te Reo Mฤori is being woven into all our mahi and play this week! Today our tamariki ventured into carpentry to adorn a kete with feathers and beautiful shells! ฤ€taahua tamariki ma!!

Playcentre Aotearoa

14/09/2026

We started off Te Wiki o te Reo Mฤori with lots of exploration around our mฤra kai. We made playdough gardens using treasures from nature, learnt some kupu for praise and got into the garden to plant some karoti ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ•๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฑ Ka Pai to mahi!! ๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŒŸ What will the rest of the week bring?

Playcentre Aotearoa

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26 Tait Street
Kamo
0112

Opening Hours

Monday 8:45am - 12:45pm
Tuesday 8:45am - 12:45pm
Wednesday 8:45am - 12:45pm
Thursday 8:45am - 12:45pm
Friday 8:45am - 12:45pm

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+64278804721

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