# Lovely Lotus Childcare
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- Type: Education & Care Service
- Location: Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui
- Address: 185 College Street
- Rating: 3.4 / 5 from 5 reviews
- 20 Hours ECE: Eligible
- Pricing: Available on request
- Availability: Waitlist likely
## Overview
Lovely Lotus Childcare is a education & care service located in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui. Privately owned governed. 20 Hours ECE eligible.
## Key facts
- Age range: 0-5 years
- Teacher ratio: 1:5
- Licensed capacity: 42 children
- Under 2s capacity: 15 children
- Ownership type: Privately owned
## Philosophy
Play-based learning with a focus on belonging, curiosity, and confidence.
## Reviews
### null review (1/5)

Be aware before joining

Our family has recently moved down from AKL,
we first choose this daycare because the location: it is very close from our house.

On 3rd day of our first week,  I received invoice demanding a payment of $600 with a due date within 2 days, no description on invoice. We haven't even finished our first week with you!

I emailed owner immediately asking for an explanation, according to her, the agreement stats we require to make payments two weeks in advance. ( I visited 10+ daycares in AKL and never seen any daycare operating like this)

I then went through entire agreement could not see anywhere mentioning "two weeks in advance". The owner then goes," it's fine if you pay weekly".

Two weeks after the initial fresh period, my son started to cry and refuse to go every single morning. He started even refuse to get up and get dressed, his happy face was since disappeared, as soon as he saw the house, he started to cry badly.

My son started daycare since he was 1, he was very bright and active wee boy, we changed quite few around our area in AKL, and I never seen him crying like this. He is always excited to go and happy to get involved with various activities even helps out the teachers and carry things for them.

Thus we left lovely lotus after a month and  he is super happy now! This is the 3rd week we starting with the new one, I noticed he already feel involved, and build relationship with teachers. He also developed some very good habits. His happy face comes back again.

We made the right decision to leave Lovely lotus,   the very few ECE teachers here fail to effectively communicate with my son (he is only 2.5 years old,  Keep saying" no you shouldn't do this or that like a "teacher" won't work, but hurting him.  he is new to this environment, you failed to build trust and relationship with him in the initial critical period)

For the entire month, I haven't received a single photo or learning update about my son on the APP they are using. Spare clothes in my son's bag never been used. This shows how lazy the staff are.

I don't mind pay $200/week to you, but for this kind of service we have received.

Overall it's terrible experience for my son, and made me very stressful at work.

Not recommended at all.
One 🌟 for the convenience of location.

### null review (5/5)

Such a friendly, welcoming and warm daycare. Our child absolutely loves the nursery side. The teachers are all great too. All attentive, whilst giving the kids space to explore and be kids. I love this daycare so much and couldn't recommend it enough.

### null review (5/5)

Thank you all for the mahi you did with my now almost 6years old son while he was at Lovely Lotus. ( Preschool precisely) He loved it !! ❤️
Highly recommended 👌