High Five Care and Learning is a privately owned early learning centre at 298/300 Evans Bay Parade in Hataitai, Wellington. The owner, Stacey, is a qualified early childhood teacher, and her three daughters all grew up at the centre. The website says the centre takes children from 0 to 5 and over, and is open 52 weeks a year, with weekday hours of 7.30am to 6pm (shorter hours apply over Christmas). Fresh home-cooked meals are provided, catering for all dietary needs and preferences. The website describes an unhurried, play-based approach, and a bicultural focus with a connection to Aotearoa. Parents mention the garden, the sandpit, the chickens and rabbit, the dancing and the junior school.
Parents describe a relaxed, homely environment with nutritious food, and say their children are happy and well taught. One says her son runs to the teachers when she drops him off. Another says the teacher Tepa is welcoming, warm and kind. Kindercare Learning Centres in Kilbirnie, 0.4 km away, is rated 4.9 from 13 reviews, and BestStart Rongotai, 0.6 km away, is rated 5.0 from 20.