19 Connolly St is OPEN!

 
19 Connolly St is OPEN!25 Jan 2018

19 Connolly St opened its doors on Monday 15th January and is already home to our wonderful new Manager, Bailey and her two new graduate Teachers, Chelsea and Fei. Together, they have been settling in three new babies, and have an exciting line up of new babies and children each week, over the coming months.

All of us in the leadership team feel really grateful to have been able to open with such an enthusiastic teaching team. We were very lucky to have approached Bailey at the right time in her career to welcome her in as our new manager. Both Carol, our manager at Daly St, and Michelle from our leadership team had previously worked with Bailey and knew she was right for the role.

Bailey said “I leapt at the opportunity because I knew the philosophy of Carol and Michelle and had worked with them in the past. I also really like working for small companies, small centres and with small group sizes, and this role had all that.”

Chelsea, whilst being a new graduate, has been working in early childhood for some time now and has a lot of experience with curriculum planning. With her having just left a centre with a four year ERO review, we are delighted to be able to add that experience and expertise to our new centre as well.

Fei had recently been relieving at Daly St and loved it. She was really excited to have been offered a permanent role at Connolly St as her first qualified teaching role and we were pleased to be able to offer it to such a calming and nurturing teacher of our babies.

We all love the feeling of the fresh new colours and environment, also the wonderful big outdoor space with real grass areas, safety style grass areas, a huge sandpit and quiet zone. It is such a privilege to be able to set up in a classic kiwi bungalow on one level, with indoor outdoor flow. It feels relaxing, friendly and homely.

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