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Contact details:
All correspondence should be addressed to
Canterbury Playcentre Association
PO Box 7787
Sydenham
Christchurch

Location:
The Association Shop, Playcentre Shop and Library
17 Buchan Street
Sydenham
Christchurch

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Phone: 03 377 2540
Shop: 03 377 4354
Fax: 03 377 9516
Email: office@canplay.org.nz

 

 

 

What is Playcentre?

Playcentre is a liscensed Early Childhood organisation where we have two roles

  • To provide sessions for children to learn and explore through play, from birth to six years
  • To provide support and learning opportunities for parents/whanau/caregivers.

The Playcentre philosophy embraces a number of strands:

  • Playcentre believes that children reach their full potential most successfully when their parents undersand their development and take part in the learning process.
  • Playcentre believes that children learn by doing - through play.
  • Placyetres are run by the parents as a co-operative, so that the parents remain fully responsible for the education of their young children.
  • Playcentre provides a variety of learning opportunities for parents.

Canterbury Playcentre Association belongs to the New Zealand Playcentre Federation. The New Zealand Playcentre Federation website provides more general information about Playcentre and a discussion board is available to discuss Playcentre issues.

 

 
 

 

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