Redwood Playcentre
Playcentre
40 Dunedin Street, Redwood · Christchurch City
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
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"With the support of the coordinator, they could now place a stronger emphasis on children's progress and learning in assessment portfolios and planning."
Assessment and planning are sound but need strengthening in focus on learning progress.
"Children are settled and closely involved with adults who know them well. This helps to build their strong sense of belonging and wellbeing at the playcentre. Children confidently choose from a wide variety of activities in the thoughtfully presented environment. They play cooperatively together and experience respectful, caring interactions with adults and each other."
Children demonstrate strong belonging, security, and positive social-emotional interactions.
"The coordinator and parents are welcoming and inclusive. They willingly support each other as a friendly, collaborative group. Parents regularly write learning stories about children's interests and participation in the activities provided."
Parents are actively engaged and collaborative, though assessment focus could strengthen.
"A strong feature of the playcentre is the way te reo and tikanga Māori are woven seamlessly into the learning programme. The coordinator offers weekly reo rua sessions to develop and extend understanding of the language and te ao Māori. Children and parents participate in waiata, games and activities with enthusiastic enjoyment."
Te reo Māori and tikanga are seamlessly embedded; Te Tiriti values are prominently featured.
"The effective implementation of a recently reviewed policy and procedure framework will help parents and whānau to ensure that children have safe and healthy learning environments while at playcentre."
Policies recently reviewed; ratios better than minimum requirements documented.
"The playcentre has a newly developed strategic plan that sets clear priorities. The centre is planning to evaluate the effectiveness of its implementation. Internal evaluation is becoming established and results in positive outcomes for children and whānau."
Strategic planning established and internal evaluation developing with positive outcomes.
Source: Education Review Office review of Redwood Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 computedThe 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
40 Dunedin Street, Redwood. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Redwood Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Redwood Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Redwood Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Redwood Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Redwood Playcentre?
- 40 Dunedin Street Redwood Christchurch City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #70110) ↗ · 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
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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
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