A Fun Place To Be Childcare
Education & Care
3 Maramarahi Road, Totora-Kopu · Thames-Coromandel District
A Fun Place To Be Childcare is an education and care service for 42 children in Totora-Kopu. Our analysis of the ERO report identified B grades for curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, and health and safety, with a C grade for bicultural practice where te reo Māori integration is an identified next step.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akanuku · 2023-05-09
"Children experience a curriculum that is responsive, language-rich, and supports them to develop their social competencies."
Responsive, language-rich curriculum with positive adult interactions and assessment informing planning.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Regular opportunities are provided for parents to share information and communicate about their child."
Regular opportunities for parent communication and information sharing established.
"Increase the opportunities children have to hear and speak te reo Māori in meaningful learning contexts."
Te reo Māori integration identified as next step; currently developing this area.
"Health and safety Meeting"
Regulatory standards for health and safety met; systems in place for compliance.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of A Fun Place To Be Childcare dated 2023-05-09, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where A Fun Place To Be Childcare hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.
The composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.
Location
3 Maramarahi Road, Totora-Kopu. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is A Fun Place To Be Childcare a free kindergarten?
- A Fun Place To Be Childcare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at A Fun Place To Be Childcare?
- 42 children attend A Fun Place To Be Childcare (roll year 2025).
- Where is A Fun Place To Be Childcare?
- 3 Maramarahi Road Totora-Kopu Thames-Coromandel District
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45562) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
Full source list, licence text, refresh cadence: /sources. How we match, clean, and rank: /methodology.
Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.