Established: 5.5 years

Location: Papamoa

Contact Name: Keri Maunder

Website: www.bloomkids.co.nz

Business mission and vision:
Being devoted to the highest quality care and education for children in their early years by providing an environment where they can “bloom”.

“Bloom Early Learning and Play is a custom-designed childcare centre catering for children aged 0-5 years”

Our place, people and the fact that we live out our values, love, care, honesty and dedication.
There was a lack of quality childcare in the Bay
The amount of childcare options available within a very short distance from us, covid, teacher shortages.
We currently face a very big teacher shortage in NZ. We have to have 80% qualified staff to operate. We are one big team and all support each other to help juggle sickness, leave etc. We recently hired our own relieving team to help assist with this. It is an ongoing challenge.
All businesses face these challenges so not being naive enough to know we want have to face adversity in the first place. Being willing to tackle problems head on and leading by example. Building a strong, stable and happy staff team has helped us get through the teacher shortages as mentioned above.
Achieving over our target occupancy of 95% has been a great achievement.
So much. Our space speaks for itself, it really is the most beautiful Centre. We have worked really hard on building a team who are passionate about their jobs also.
Cleaners, Plumbers, Electricians, Gardeners etc
Many, we recently all did a Gallup strengths session and many of our team go on professional development courses tailoured to Early Childhood.
We have positive reviews on Google, Facebook and Kindello. “Such a warm and inviting centre, felt welcomed from the first day we visited. My daughter loves coming here and has bonded with so many teachers there. The teachers are all so friendly and caring and it feels like a big family there. I’ve been very impressed with the learning and development and my daughter has thrived. She especially loves the indoor outdoor flow so she can explore everywhere. The teachers are all very attentive to each child and encouraging of their little unique personalities. They definitely live up to their philosophies. I enjoy spending time there chatting with the teachers and learning so much more about my daughter and what she gets up to there. They really do feel like a big family especially with their special events celebrating parents and grandparents. I couldn’t have asked for a better childcare centre and teachers.”
Supporting Families and giving their children the best place to bloom is pretty rewarding.

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