To us, family is everything.  We are passionate about creating Early Childhood Centres that reflect the family values that were instilled upon us as we grew up in small town New Zealand.

We have a vision of creating places that are full of love, laughter and learning.

Every decision we make comes from the heart.  Our aim is to provide beautiful spaces that are full of happy, nurtured and challenged children.  

Equally, we truly care about our team. We believe in a culture of gratitude and appreciation, and in valuing and celebrating teachers as well as children for their individual differences.

With three young children ourselves, we know that choosing an Early Childhood Centre is hard.  We also know that trusting your precious little ones in someone else’s care is harder.

We aim to make this decision as easy as possible.  We want to take away the fear and to replace it with a feeling of security and excitement.

We hope that you will enjoy the experience from the moment you walk in our doors.  Come in and discover the difference.

Luke and Sarah Dixon - Owners

That’s why recruitment and culture is a big deal to us.  We spend a lot of time making sure that any new teacher to our team is the ‘right fit’ for Pennylane.  We know that every teacher we employ has values that align with ours.  We know they will have relevant skills and experience, that they will bring something unique to our team, and that they will put the children in their care before anything else.

We are always keeping an eye out for amazing people to join us (even if we are not currently advertising).

If you think Pennylane might be the place for you, please send your CV to manager@pennylanechildcare.co.nz to find out about any current or potential job opportunities.  We welcome expressions of interest from part-time and full-time teachers (both qualified and unqualified), as well as teachers-in-training, and casual relief teachers.

+ Amazing child:teacher ratios
+ Wonderful, supportive management team
+ Full Pay Parity pay rates
+ Beautiful purpose-built working environment with high quality resources
+ Generous non-contact time
+ Room budgets for purchasing additional resources
+ Mentoring programme for beginning teachers
+ Individual Professional development budgets
+ Paid registration and first aid certification
+ Paid staff meetings
+ Staff shouts
+ Great social events
+ Well-being focus + events
+ Birthday + Christmas gifts
+ EAP – providing personal mental health and well-being support