Gumboots Early Learning Centre

🌿 Join our Gumboots team 🌿

We are currently looking for a full-time, qualified and registered ECE teacher to join our Gumboots whānau on a fixed-term contract for approximately 9–10 months.

This fixed-term role is to support our centre as our much-loved Diane retires, and to fill the gap until one of our teachers in training graduates and becomes qualified. There may also be the opportunity for this role to become permanent.

We are looking for someone who is warm, reliable, passionate about early childhood education, and committed to building strong relationships with tamariki, whānau and our team.

We are also looking to grow our relievers pool and would love to hear from:
✨ Qualified teachers
✨ Unqualified teachers
✨ Teachers in training

Relieving is a great way to become part of our friendly Gumboots team, work alongside our tamariki, and support across different rooms when needed.

📧 To apply or enquire, please email your CV to:
[email protected]

We’d love to hear from you 💙

Ngā mihi,
Gumboots Early Learning Centre

Gumboots Early Learning Centre Gumboots: Where rural charm meets childhood wonder. With nature as our playground, our outstanding kaiako (teachers) ignite curiosity and nurture young minds in our wide open playground set in the serene countryside between Waimauku and Helensville.

🍂 Autumn fun at Gumboots 🍂

Our tamariki have been busy exploring the magic of autumn — collecting, tossing, crunching and playing in the leaves.

These simple moments are full of rich learning. Through nature play, tamariki are using their senses, building confidence, developing coordination, sharing ideas and learning alongside their friends.

At Gumboots, we love creating space for tamariki to explore, wonder and follow their curiosity. The best learning often happens through joyful, messy, hands-on play.

He taonga te tamaiti — every child is a treasure. 🌿

Ngā mihi to our amazing kaiako for creating these beautiful everyday learning moments.

Growing, learning and exploring together every day 💙

🌿 We’re Growing Our Relievers Pool – Gumboots ELC

Kia ora whānau,

As we head into winter, we are looking to grow our Relievers Pool at Gumboots 😊

We would love to hear from both qualified and unqualified relievers who may be keen to join our casual team.

✨ Casual / flexible work
✨ Supporting our teaching team across multiple rooms
✨ Gumboots is open 7am–6pm

This may include supporting tamariki and teachers across different age groups, helping with routines, play, supervision and general classroom support.

We’re looking for warm, reliable, friendly people who enjoy being part of a busy team and supporting our tamariki and whānau 💛

📧 If this sounds like you, or someone you know, please get in touch or send through a CV to:
[email protected]

Ngā mihi,
Lucy
Gumboots Early Learning Centre

As we come to the end of Mother’s Day, we hope all of our Gumboots mums, māmā, grandmothers, aunties, caregivers and special people have had a beautiful day being celebrated. 💐

Today is about celebrating the love, care, patience and warmth you give every day — often in a million little ways that can go unseen.

To all of the wonderful māmā in our Gumboots whānau, thank you for trusting us with your precious babies. It is such a privilege to be part of their days as they grow, learn, explore and shine.

We hope you have felt loved and appreciated today.

Ngā mihi me te aroha nui mō te Rā o Māmā.
Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Gumboots. 💙

And we love having them!

Yesterday, Anne and Rachel visited Gumboots Early Learning Centre and Parkview Preschool.

We read and sung a mixture of the books and songs below. Charlie the chick is one of our favourites!