Matariki Kindergarten

Matariki Kindergarten Matariki Kindergarten is in Trentham, Upper Hutt. We provide the community with an all-day mixed age service, for children from birth.

Onesie Day!What a fun day we had wearing onesies and pyjamas, thank you to everyone who donated to the Wellington Free A...
11/09/2026

Onesie Day!

What a fun day we had wearing onesies and pyjamas, thank you to everyone who donated to the Wellington Free Ambulance 🚑 ☺️

Spring is here! 🌸We have had lots of water play, running and jumping with hurdles, ripper rugby and pretend play with pu...
04/09/2026

Spring is here! 🌸
We have had lots of water play, running and jumping with hurdles, ripper rugby and pretend play with puppets! All of these experiences allow tamariki to learn turn taking, following rules of the games and communicating with others.
So much fun in the sun with our friends! 🌞
Te Whariki: Contribution Mana Tangata
Tamariki are becoming capable of using a range of strategies and skills to play and learn with others.

Thank you Matariki whānau!Such an amazing fundraiser! A special thank you to the Howell, Pope and Enright whānau who sol...
20/08/2026

Thank you Matariki whānau!

Such an amazing fundraiser!

A special thank you to the Howell, Pope and Enright whānau who sold over $900 worth of pies each!

They received some vouchers as a prize!

We will plan it again for winter time next year 🥰

The proposed changes to funding within Early Childhood Education (ECE) will have a wide-reaching effect on everyone who ...
19/08/2026

The proposed changes to funding within Early Childhood Education (ECE) will have a wide-reaching effect on everyone who accesses ECE or works as a qualified registered teacher, especially those working in not-for-profit centres (such as kindergartens) or those who actively and intentional hire 100% qualified teachers.

What is clear is that education is not valued in the right way by the current government, with special focus on changing the ECE landscape despite research that supports just how vital education in the early years is!

The impact of these proposed changes will have a substantial effect on the fully qualified with bachelor's degrees, fully registered teachers, some of us may lose our jobs - especially if they remove the funding provided for 100% qualified teachers, others could be paid minimum wage with the removal of ALL pay parity (so not just pay parity between private and public ECE, but the pay parity that Kindergarten has with primary).

We have a world leading ECE Curriculum, yet it feels that we’re not worthy of being called teachers, our bachelor's degrees are not held in high regard, and we can simply be replaced by the untrained, unqualified and inexperienced.

This government believes that your children, your grandchildren, your great grandchildren and your mokopuna are not worthy of qualified teachers, or of sufficient funding to do our jobs.

This government and the funding review are not even looking at the mass amounts of profit that are being made by large private ECE companies in this country.

We love our jobs! We love TEACHING your tamariki, supporting & helping them grow into strong capable learners but if this government is elected again, it is highly possible that all of this will change, and quickly too.

You and your tamariki matter to us, and because of this we strongly encourage you to enrol to vote (and please vote), ask questions and talk to people about the impact this could have on your whānau and the people that matter to you.

(Photo missing a couple amazing Kaiako ♥️)

Harold the Giraffe 🦒 Today we had a visit from Harold the giraffe to talk about the colour monster with all the emotions...
17/08/2026

Harold the Giraffe 🦒

Today we had a visit from Harold the giraffe to talk about the colour monster with all the emotions. Harold helped to tell us what each colour emotion was and what they may look like when we feel this emotion. 🌈
This links in with all the mahi we have been doing with the colour monster at kindergarten around emotional competency with the tamariki!

✨Attendance matters ✨Did you know? Whānau Manaaki is a not for profit kindergarten organisation. We receive most of our ...
11/08/2026

✨Attendance matters ✨

Did you know?

Whānau Manaaki is a not for profit kindergarten organisation. We receive most of our funding from the Ministry of Education. Their rules mean that if tamariki don’t attend regularly our kindergarten could lose funding.

This funding allows us to provide high-quality education at a low cost! 😄

We’ve recently updated our family corner space and have seen some great dramatic play moments with our tamariki!Dramatic...
07/08/2026

We’ve recently updated our family corner space and have seen some great dramatic play moments with our tamariki!

Dramatic play is an amazing tool for early learning as it helps build social understanding and empathy, extends vocab and gives space for children to enact the working theories, roles and jobs that they have seen in their world!
👮👷‍♀️👨‍🍳🦸🧑‍🚀👨‍🍼👩‍⚕️

It’s great to see our tamariki loving this improved space!

HAVE YOU ENROLLED TO VOTE IN THIS YEARS ELECTION? 🟠We have enrolment forms available at kindergarten.🟠You can update you...
30/07/2026

HAVE YOU ENROLLED TO VOTE IN THIS YEARS ELECTION?

🟠We have enrolment forms available at kindergarten.
🟠You can update your details by clicking the QR code at kindergarten.
🟠You can also enrol online by clicking the same QR code.
🟠Everyone must be enrolled by October 25th if you want to vote.

Enrol early so you’re ready to vote!

To start off Term 2, we have been talking a lot about our emotions and what they look like, we listened to the colour mo...
23/07/2026

To start off Term 2, we have been talking a lot about our emotions and what they look like, we listened to the colour monster story and have supported our tamariki to colour in monsters to show their emotions! 🌈 this links to our social and emotional competency and Te Whāriki strand- Wellbeing Mana Atua

Aroha ki te tangata, ahakoa ko wai te tangata.
Love and respect all people, no matter who they are. 💓

Our teacher only day last week was filled with collaborative conversation, working on our teacher plan and a special vis...
13/07/2026

Our teacher only day last week was filled with collaborative conversation, working on our teacher plan and a special visit from Heather and her pēpi Reece ☺️

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8 William Durant Drive, Upper Hutt
Wellington

Opening Hours

Monday 7:45am - 4:45pm
Tuesday 7:45am - 4:45pm
Wednesday 7:45am - 4:45pm
Thursday 7:45am - 4:45pm
Friday 7:45am - 4:45pm

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