Our Nido room (Italian for nest ) is a nurturing and stimulating environment for our very young ones.

Our two infant teachers Geena and Chelsey put a lot of thought and passion into their prepared environment.

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At Gumtree, we feel that it is very important to provide these little people with the consistency of the same teachers and a small group of a maximum of seven babies. This fosters a sense of security and allows us to build strong and trusting relationships with the tamariki.

Strong relationships are the key component to any kind of learning.

“So exactly how does relationship security create intelligence or a ‘clever baby’? Essentially, it is the dyad – or key adult-child relationship – that provides the attunement, safety, and predictability that enables the ‘right conditions’ for the frontal cortex to develop. Put another way, it's relationship security that throughout human evolutionary history has calmed the brainstem so that the frontal cortex çan develop.” Nathan Wallis

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