Te Whare Rama Early Learning Centre on Lyttelton Street is a childcare and preschool centre at 239 Lyttelton Street in Spreydon, Christchurch. It has been on the site since 1990, and it takes nursery children from 0 to 2 and preschool children from 2 to 6. There are 16 places in the nursery and 25 in the preschool. Children move to the Cobham Street site, next door, at about three and a half years.
The nursery has a covered verandah with a sandpit for year-round play, and the centre has vegetable gardens that children help plant and harvest. The centre says it has low child-to-adult ratios and a team that includes teachers fluent in New Zealand Sign Language and Te ao Māori. It also offers support for families with diverse needs, parent evenings, whānau events, and 20 free hours of early childhood education. Nearby, the Te Whare Rama Edinburgh Street centre is 0.6 km away, rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, and BestStart Barrington is 0.6 km away, rated 5.0 from 23 reviews. Our pick in Spreydon for a long-established early learning centre with a te ao Māori focus.