Albany

Just Kidz Albany Centre

Quality Early Childcare

The Just Kidz Albany preschool and early childhood education centre operates from a large purpose-built 4-room centre that caters for up to 98 children from 3 months to 5 years, located at 5 William Pickering Drive in Albany. We are a warm, approachable childcare team who understand that the success of an early childhood education centre lies in building and maintaining genuine reciprocal relationships with our children, families, teaching team and community.

Our teachers respect and value cultural diversity to ensure that all cultures are acknowledged. As passionate early childhood educators, we believe in nurturing and teaching young children to become competent and confident learners at preschool and in their communities, who are capable of thinking independently and believe in their own strength and abilities to achieve, think and take pride in their own learning and everything they accomplish.

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Why Choose Just Kidz

  • We work closely with the parents and family to develop the best learning and environment opportunities for our children. Our common goal is our children’s wellbeing and development and to provide them with a positive learning environment where they can learn and grow alongside each other. 
  • Our team promotes an open-door policy and communication process that encourages children, staff, management and parents/whanau/caregivers to feel a sense of belonging within our environment. 

Get in Touch

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information regarding our centre or if you would like to come and visit our friendly and nurturing environment.

What Our Parents Say

★★★★★

“Lucas has been enrolled with Just Kidz for approx 4 months now. In the short time he has been there, we have watched him grow and develop through the Clever tasks and activities his class teachers create. Leaving our child in someone else's care was daunting at first, but the love he has for his friends and teachers and vice versa really shows, and we know we made the right choice with Just Kidz. He's one happy little boy – and we know that he is being nurtured in a way that we could not provide ourselves if we were to keep him at home. Just Kidz are wonderful, and we are thankful to each and everyone, every day! Thank you for helping him grow and for being his day mother and father”. 

– Nadia Jooste (Just Kidz – Albany)

Meet Our Team

Maggie Xu

Franchisee Owner

My name is Maggie Xu. I am from Shanghai, China, where I studied engineering as my major. I travelled around the world working on various high-rise buildings across many cities with my husband, Jason Li and then spent a decade here in Auckland. My husband is an urban designer with an architecture master from the National University of Singapore. We have three kids: one is eight years old, one is four years old, and the little one is nearly 2 years old. Like all working mums, I value work-life balance a lot.



Along with being the new owner of Just Kidz Albany, I have also owned Just Kidz Kelston for over two years since its beginning. Having been part of the Just Kidz family already, I feel even more excited to be taking on this wonderful opportunity. I would like to assure you all that I will continue to uphold the high standards of care of Just Kidz, and all the friendly staff whom you have been entrusting with your children will continue to be part of the Just Kidz Albany team.

Joy Cho

Centre Manager

Kia Ora. My name is Joy Cho. I am originally from Korea, and I have been living in New Zealand since 2000. I did my Diploma in Early Childhood Education in Christchurch and graduated at the University of Canterbury. I am a dedicated and fully registered early childhood teacher with a passion for children’s learning and care.


I believe children’s early stage of life is so crucial to the adults they will become, and I love having a part of and making a difference in their learning and development. Here at Just Kidz Albany, we incorporate Te Whariki into our everyday life; I especially enjoy encouraging Parents, Families and Whanau to take part in our service as well as adopting parents' contributions to their children's learning and development. I believe that each child is unique, competent and capable. I enjoy working collaboratively with families, children, parents and teachers towards the common goal of ensuring that children have the opportunities to gain knowledge in all areas that are meaningful to them. We have the most wonderful team of teachers here at Just Kidz Albany, and I feel privileged to be part of it. I look forward to working with you and your children.

Bora Kim

Assistant Manager

Kia ora whanau,


My name is Bora Kim. I am originally from Korea and came to New Zealand when I was 11. I studied ECE in Unitec and have many years of experience working with children.



I am passionate about working with children and helping them to reach their full potential. I believe every child has unique characteristics and that my role is to provide a safe and enriching environment for them to learn and grow.

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