Step 1:
If you have not yet done so, we recommend you come on a tour of TLC The Learning Centre™ to make sure that our Philosophy is a good fit with your parenting values. To book a tour, please complete our enquiry form or phone 09 376-6857.
We only do tours on Friday morning to minimise disruption to our children. Tours typically take half an hour, depending upon how many questions you have.
Step 2:
Please complete and return the enrolment form:
You can deliver the enrolment form to: 96 Vermont Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, please ask for our Centre Manager Stephanie.
Or you can post it to: TLC The Learning Centre™, P O Box 47755, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1010.
Or, you can email it to: enquiries@thelearningcentre.co.nz
Step 3:
In order for your enrolment to be processed we require $250.00 paid to 06-0199-0174197-00 quoting your child's name in the reference. A $250 charge is required to place each child on our wait list. This is made up on a $150 administration fee, and a $100 bond. This bond is non-refundable if you decide not to place your child at TLC after a place has been offered to you. If you take up a place at TLC The Learning Centre™, then your bond is credited to your first invoice. Payment of the bond does not guarantee that a place will be made available.
TLC The Learning Centre™ does not 'hold' places, if you choose to defer your child's start date, you will have to pay full fees from the agreed date of enrolment for the maximum of 3 weeks, after that time, we can put your child on the wait list and will do our best to make a space available at the requested time. However, if a place is not available and you choose to withdraw your application the bond is forfeited as the place had been made available at the requested start date.
Step 4:
Once you have returned the enrolment form, and paid the bond, we will provide you a receipt, and either confirm your child's planned start date, or whether your child has been wait listed. If your child has been wait listed, we will let you know when a place is likely to be next available.
Step 5:
Before your child's official start date, your child's key teacher will be in touch to arrange settling visits. Settling visits are where you, or another primary caregiver, attends TLC The Learning Centre™ with the child. For infants and toddlers we require a mandatory minimum of five settling visits (ideally including at least one sleep, and one meal). For children two and a half and over, we require three settling visits. Settling visits are charged at an hourly rate for time attended.
Your child's key teacher will liaise with you during the settling process, to adapt the settling visits to fit with your child's individual progress and needs.