Busy Bees Brooklyn is a purpose-built early learning centre at 37 Cleveland Street in Brooklyn, Wellington, a few minutes from the city. It is part of the Busy Bees network, and it takes children from three months to five years. The centre offers 20 hours of ECE, sends regular learning updates through Storypark, and has qualified teachers. It has a dedicated room for under-twos, called Kākano, where kaiako work with whānau to build routines around each baby's rhythms. The older children are in a large over-twos area, and the preschool programme includes role play, music and movement, messy play and hands-on exploration. The centre describes itself as multicultural, with the languages and traditions of families woven into everyday experiences.
Parents describe staff who are friendly, committed and caring. One family says their daughter has thrived and developed new skills since she started. Another says their daughter has been in the Kākano room since she was eight months old, and greets her kaiako every morning with a big smile. Others praise the caring and accommodating team and the centre's manager, who the parent says keeps looking for ways to improve. The centre has three other childcare centres within one kilometre, and of the two with ten or more reviews, none rates higher than this one. Brooklyn Kindergarten is 0.4 km away. For a family in Brooklyn who wants a centre with a room for babies and a multicultural setting, the centre has both.