# Little Wonders Glendowie
[View online](https://theparentcircle.com/listings/little-wonders-glendowie)
- Type: Education & Care Service
- Location: St Heliers, Auckland
- Address: 54 Sierra Street
- Rating: 3.6 / 5 from 5 reviews
- 20 Hours ECE: Eligible
- Pricing: Available on request
- Availability: Open spots reported
## Overview
Little Wonders Glendowie is a education & care service located in St Heliers, Auckland. Privately owned governed. 20 Hours ECE eligible.
## Key facts
- Age range: 0-5 years
- Teacher ratio: 1:5
- Licensed capacity: 80 children
- Under 2s capacity: 23 children
- Ownership type: Privately owned
## Philosophy
Play-based learning with a focus on belonging, curiosity, and confidence.
## Reviews
### null review (2/5)

Disappointing visit in August last year. Location and centre has so much potential.

Unfortunately the teachers in the baby and toddler room did not engage with the children and they all had runny noses. Including the centre manager who was not the best at welcoming parents visiting.

When I asked if there was a waiting list she responded with how long is a piece of string and laughed to brush it off. Then no contact after visit.

Very different experience to a very welcoming and child focused centre I ended up enrolling my daughter in.

Best of luck with improving your practice and relationship skills.

### null review (1/5)

Positives
- Doesn't have a waiting list
- The long operating hours were helpful

Negatives
- Communication was extremely poor. My child was only there for 6 months, and we went the first 5 months receiving only 1 learning story.
- Emails were not responded to. I would have to keep sending follow-up emails to receive a reply.
- Did not receive any meaningful updates on my child's progress
- When my child left, I was given my child's "learning aspirations" document which was completely blank. Did they not have learning aspirations for them?
- Activities that were promised when we joined (regular outings, science lessons, cultural exchanges, piano lessons) didn't seem to occur.
- There was a lack of planned activities where parents could attend
- They exited my son two weeks early (even though I gave them the correct leaving date) forcing me to quickly make alternate care arrangements. It was very confusing when I picked my child up one day to be told it was his final day at the centre.
- There were a high number of relievers at the centre
- They held my child's graduation/farewell without us being invited. We didn't even know he had a farewell/graduation until I was given his portfolio book on the last day and saw photos of these events. After I complained they offered to re-do his farewell, but we declined as this would have been confusing for him.

My child was only at the centre for 6 months. If they were not leaving for school, I would have found somewhere else to place them.

### null review (5/5)

My daughter has been enrolled at Little Wonders since she was 5 months old. She is so well cared for and loved. The environment is very warm and welcoming and posesses a homely vibe. The teachers are loving and they love my daughter as if she were there own. We are so excited to embark on her next journey to the over 2’s room.