Educating from the Heart
Whakaakoranga mai i te ngākau
Boutique Education & Care
We are delighted that you’ve visited our website to learn more about us. Please take your time exploring, and feel free to contact us for additional information. We’d love to get to know you too.
Nurture@Home is a local home-based childcare service that covering the Nelson Tasman and Marlborough regions providing boutique early childhood early learning & care through our team of nurturing Educators who are infused with a love of learning; providing safe, heart-led, loving, respectful and stimulating environments for all children to blossom. We believe Home is where the Heart is and that the child is at the Heart of the matter, working in partnership with whanau to support each child to achieve their full potential.
Need Childcare?
Our passionate team of heart-led Educators are carefully chosen and whom we believe will provide the level of nurturing care we expect! All of our Educators are safety checked and are genuinely passionate about providing quality early childhood care and education.
Our Home Educators/Kaipoipoi work from their own homes with a maximum of four children, creating a positive, nurturing environment and provide a rich programme to support each child/tamaiti to achieve their full potential.
Our Nanny Educators/Kaipoipoi attend to your childs/tamaiti needs, supporting their learning and development in the comfort of the childs/tamaiti own home. Nanny Educators/Kaipoipoi can also work alongside the families/whanau in a support role.
Our FREE Playschools
Children learn best through play and that is why we provide two Nurture@Home Playschools EVERY WEEK during term time.
Playschools provide lots of socialisation opportunities for children and adults and our Playschools are open to anyone in the community so you are welcome to join us.
We are licensed by the Ministry of Education and passionate about our active programme of activities full or rich learning experiences. Time and time again research shows that group size and child to adult ratios are key factors in quality outcomes for children. Providing tamariki with the opportunity to unfold and learn at their own pace and develop to their fullest potential.
Become an Educator
Enjoy the benefits of being self employed, make life-long friendships and a great income all while being involved in children’s learning as part of a great team.
Working as an Educator with Nurture@Home as your support network you become part of a fun, nurturing and professional team, caring for children in your own home as an at-home Educator or in the families home as a Nanny Educator. You can choose to work part-time or full-time and choose hours to suit your own family.
We would love to hear from you if you are interested in joining our team.
NatureFocus
At Nurture@Home Childcare & Education we are passionate about supporting children to connect with nature and Papatuanuku.
At our weekly NatureFocus the environments offer a variety of possibilities for exploring, planning, reasoning & learning as the children are able to study, discover, investigate and search. Developing a sense of belonging in their community and an attachment with nature.
At Nurture@Home Childcare & Education the children’s relationship to Papatūānuku is based on whakapapa, respect and aroha.
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That is us for 2024.
The office is now closed until Monday 13th of January 2025 so that we can enjoy a well deserved summer/Christmas holiday. For Educators and Families who are continuing care throughout the holiday period you will be notified of an emergancy contact within our leadership team for throughout the office shutdown time.
We wanted to take the time to thank you all - Educators, Parents, Children and the leadership team for your contribution to our amazing Nurture Whānau this year and wish you all a safe, merry and happy Christmas.
We look forward to more incredible learning and fun together in the new year.
Nurture@Home, which is part of a national home-based early childhood education (ECE) provider group welcomes today’s ECE regulatory review report, the first major report from the Ministry for Regulation. The report presents 15 recommendations aiming to update and streamline regulations in early childhood education (ECE) so that services can concentrate on offering safe, high-quality care and education. The recommendations also specifically focus on home-based early learning, highlighting the need for a plan that meets the needs of these services supporting them to grow in the future.
Janelle Gardiner, Founding Director of Nurture@Home and board member of The New Zealand Home-Based Childcare Association is supportive of the review. We’re thrilled to see such a strong focus on home-based early learning in the recommendations for the Minister! This shows how important our services are in meeting the unique needs of our communities. The report aims to improve early learning by providing clearer guidelines and boosting regulatory support. Once these ideas are put into action, we can expect exciting improvements in quality, growth, and innovation throughout the early childhood education (ECE) sector! The report makes clear recommendations around the need to simplify the regulatory framework and of the current 98 licensing criteria, it is proposed that only 26 will be retained in their current form. Gardiner agrees with this approach.
"The regulatory and compliance tools in Early Childhood Education (ECE) need significant improvement. Providers have faced confusion due to different interpretations of licensing rules from various government agencies and this inconsistency can lead to practices that don't align with the intended standards. This report seeks to suggest changes to the regulatory system that will reduce unnecessary paperwork for service providers while ensuring that the care and education of children meet the expectations of parents and the community all while continuing to prioritise safety."
Home-based ECE provides smaller ratios, safe nurturing environments, and real-life learning experiences, including regular time spent connecting with others in the community. The evidence clearly shows that home-based ECE offers unique long-term benefits for children. “It’s exciting to see such a solid commitment to the growth of home-based services in this report, and we’re eager to keep working with the Government to bring these recommendations to life”.
Janelle is passionate about Home-based Early Learning and is a board member of the New Zealand Home-Based Childcare Association and a member of the Home-Based ECE Provider Group.
We are LOCAL & will support you in every way to ensure your homebased education and childcare service runs smoothly, is enjoyable and fulfilling.
Yesterday, we had an absolutely fantastic day at Rabbit Island, celebrating the end of 2024 and the magic of Christmas! 🎉 The tamariki had so much fun with face painting 🎨, horse 🐴 (and unicorn 🦄) rides, and creating beautiful Christmas crafts 🎁.
It was such a joy to come together as a whānau 🤍, sharing laughs, smiles, and the festive spirit. After singing some cheerful Christmas songs 🎶, we heard the jingle of a bell 🔔... and to everyone’s delight, Santa himself appeared across the field! 🎅 The excitement on the children’s faces was priceless as he joined us to spread Christmas cheer.
As we come towards the end of the year, we want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas 🎅🎄 and a Happy New Year 🎆! We’re so excited for more fun and learning together in 2025. 🌟
A big thank you to everyone who joined us and made the day so special. 💕
