Butterfly Preschool is your home away from home.
Your child will experience creativity, nurturing, fun and happiness every single day.
At Butterfly Preschool we pride ourselves on small numbers of children in a homelike environment. Our experienced kaiako (teachers) always have your child’s best interests at heart. Butterfly Preschool is perfectly located in the heart of Fitzroy, New Plymouth.
Care
Butterfly Preschool is synonymous with quality care and we work collaboratively with whānau to develop children’s interests, we celebrate learning and nurture friendships.
Environment
We believe that our safe, nurturing and fun environment is what makes Butterfly Preschool so special. The children are happy, sociable, confident, independent and creative. They love exploring, discovering new things and are encouraged to try new challenges.
Unique
Every child is unique and we encourage them to be the best they can possibly be. Our kaiako work hard to ensure each child is ready and looking forward to school. We create a flying start for your child.
The Butterfly Way
Our goal is to ensure that your child will learn and grow in all areas of development whilst they are with us. We aim to get your child excited and ready for school.
A Butterfly Child Will…
Be familiar with daily routines
Enjoy a variety of activities
Develop strong relationships with teachers and children
Understand the importance of being a good friend
Explore the environment independently
Develop patience
Gain an understanding of tikanga, te reo and other cultures
Challenge themselves
Practice, improve and learn new skills
Ask for help when needed
Manage their lunchbox
Be responsible for their belongings
Learn to respect themselves, others and the environment
Learn to share and take turns
Learn to problem solve
Be excited and prepared to start school
“Laileela absolutely thrived at Butterfly, so much so in her first year of school she took out both citation awards in her 1st & 4th term. Full credit to Vickie and her team for turning my girls into confident superstars ready for school.”
— Jennifer Louise Tuifua
Ratios
The higher the ratio of teacher to child, the greater the opportunities to deliver care for your child. We pride ourselves on having one of the highest ratios in the region. In our main Butterfly room we have a ratio of 7 children to 1 teacher and in the Caterpillar room we have a ratio of 3 children to 1 teacher.
Hours
Butterfly Preschool is open Monday-Friday 8am -4pm.
We remain open over school holidays but are closed for a 2-week period at Christmas and on public holidays.
Enquire today and see if Butterfly Preschool is a good fit for your whānau.
We would love to chat through the benefits of your child coming to Butterfly Preschool!