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The Activity Room

Hospital-based

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Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central · Christchurch City

The Activity Room is a hospital-based service in Christchurch Central with 28 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strong practice in children's wellbeing and leadership & governance, with bicultural practice marked as a development area for the service.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
28
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
70544

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

Akarangi · 2024-07-12

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
→A
"Their approaches empower and support children and families with a strong focus on minimising stress and anxiety and promoting the wellbeing of each child."

Strong focus on minimising stress and anxiety; highly skilled play-based support for hospitalised children.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"The HPS team has recognised that enhancing bicultural practices is a priority area for ongoing development."

Team recognises enhancing bicultural practice as priority; identified as development area.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
→A
"Internal evaluation processes are coherent, fit for purpose and effectively guide HPS practice and ongoing improvement. Records shows that leaders and HPS engage in deliberate and systematic evaluation that focuses on what matters most for children."

Coherent internal evaluation; deliberate systematic evaluation; strategic plan comprehensive; relational trust high.

Source: Education Review Office review of The Activity Room dated 2024-07-12, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where The Activity Room 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.

74 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=1871)
90
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2400)
90
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is The Activity Room a free kindergarten?
The Activity Room is a Hospital-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at The Activity Room?
28 children attend The Activity Room (roll year 2025).
Where is The Activity Room?
Riccarton Avenue Christchurch Central Christchurch City

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.