Rooms
From 3 months to 5 years.
Children are grouped by age, and can visit other rooms during the day.
Epsom Early Learning Centre
Room to explore.
Care to grow.
A purpose-built early learning centre for children from 3 months to 5 years. Reggio Emilia–inspired, guided by Te Whāriki.
Photo · A child absorbed in clay or paint, natural light, 4:5 portrait
How we see children
Every child is capable, curious and full of ideas. We give them time, real materials and people who listen.
How children learn here
Four ways into learning.
Click or tap to open. Each one is part of an ordinary day at Peacocks.
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Photo · paint, clay, wire or music in progress
Paint, clay, wire, music, movement and talk. Children have many ways to say what they think, and we make room for all of them.
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Photo · waiata or storytelling circle
Te reo Māori, tikanga and the stories of Aotearoa belong in every day, for every child.
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Photo · hands sorting loose parts
Fabric, timber, stones and shells. Things that can become anything, so the child decides what they are.
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Photo · children in the garden
Time outside, and the habit of looking after the plants, animals and places around us.
Food
What’s on the menu.
- Morning tea
- Sample · fruit and crackers
- Lunch
- Sample · vegetable pasta
- Afternoon tea
- Sample · toast and hummus
Book a visit
Three steps to a look around.
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Tell us who’s coming
Your name, your child’s age and a day that suits. It takes a minute.
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We ring to confirm
A real person calls you back to fix a time.
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Visit and ask anything
See the rooms and the outdoor space, and meet the people who’ll know your child.
What ages do you take?
Children from 3 months to 5 years. They are grouped by age, and can visit other rooms during the day.
What is your approach to learning?
Peacocks is inspired by the preschools of Reggio Emilia in Italy and guided by Te Whāriki, the New Zealand early childhood curriculum. Children lead their own learning, and we make time, space and materials for it.
Where are you, and how do I visit?
203 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland. Book a visit online or call 09 623 1717 or 09 630 0553.
What are your opening hours?
[Opening hours]
Visit Peacocks
Come and see it for yourself.
- Find us
- 203 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland
- Ring us
- 09 623 1717 or 09 630 0553