Parua Bay Playcentre

05/05/2025

📢 NZSL WEEK STARTS TODAY! 👐🎉

Let’s make Aotearoa a place where anyone can sign anywhere! Challenge yourself to learn just one sign a day this week.

🚀 Get started now: nzsignlanguage.nz

Tag us and show off your new signs!

07/04/2025

Stacking, balancing & knocking down fun with homemade blocks 🧱

13/01/2025

Playcentre is the ideal place to find your new community if your whānau is new to an area or you've recently moved to New Zealand.

We can help you with:
✅ A sense of community and belonging
✅ Support as a parent
✅ Friendship with other parents and caregivers
✅ Whānau social occasions
✅ Involvement in your child’s early childhood education
✅ A free education programme to develop your parenting skills
✅ Opportunities to take on new responsibilities and learn new skills

Play and grow together at your local Playcentre: https://www.playcentre.org.nz/whatwedo/the-benefits-of-playcentre/

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09/01/2025

Kia Ora Community! You may have noticed a bit of construction work going on around the Playcentre.

Don’t worry- we have the ‘A’ Team on the job 🔨👍

Looking forward to seeing some new faces when we reopen on Monday 20th January. Pop on in and say Hi 👋

20/12/2024

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday season 🎄 We’ll be back on Monday 20th January. We would love to see some new faces - your first 3 visits are obligation free 🌟

18/12/2024

🎄 Making Christmas Cookies 🎅

15/12/2024

🎄 Christmas lanterns 🕯️

11/12/2024

Some great ideas for “bored” tamariki 🌟

Holidays are coming up! We know this can be hard sometimes, especially if you're still working 💛

Here's some ideas to keep your tamariki entertained when you hear "I'm bored!"

- Draw with chalk
- Do a puzzle
- Play dress up
- Dig in the dirt
- Take a bath
- Have a fashion show
- Look at old photos
- Find cool rocks
- Read a book
- Paint a portrait
- Have a tea party
- Write a letter
- Facetime koro
- Bake a treat
- Find toys to donate
- Blow bubbles
- Take a walk
- Build a block castle
- Wash the car
- Play freeze tag
- Water the plants
- Listen to music

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11/12/2024

🧸 Puppet Show 🎟️

22/10/2024

Obstacle course fun ☀️ Tamariki testing out their balance and motor skills