Here at BestStart Kelvin Street, peita me te tuhi| painting and drawing is an everyday staple for ou...
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We recently organized a cultural day at our centre where we celebrated our community's diverse backg...
We had a fun-filled week, starting with our vibrant festivities of Diwali, the Indian festival of li...
At Beststart Remuera Road, we value and respect different cultures by embracing the opportunities to...
We embarked on a vibrant journey to celebrate Fijian Language Week, immersing our tamariki in the be...
It is always great to get out of the center for an excursion and to let the children explore our loc...
The Halloween disco holds educational significance by integrating learning opportunities with festiv...
Namaste and Kia ora everyone We would like to wish you a very happy Diwali from Beststart Manuroa.
Making a volcano is an easy and fun project to do with tamariki at the centre!
Introducing our amazing and caring qualified kaiako.
To celebrate cultural diversity, we celebrate various language weeks as well as festivals. Recently,...
Here's a wrap-up to another year of much learning, love and laughter at our centre!
We had a week-long celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights.
Here at BestStart Sir Tristram Avenue, we have a very warm and welcoming under 2’s space. Kaiako p...
Ice play allows tamariki to explore different textures, temperatures, and sensations. They can touch...
Fostering our local curriculum by creating connections within our community is important to us here...
It has been an eggciting start to November at Best Start Pleasant Point with the arrival of four lit...
Here at BestStart St Albans, we love getting outside! To make the most of this weather we had activ...
At Wild @ Heart Waihopai Kindy we spend one day a week exploring ngahere (forests). This is an unhur...
At BestStart Totara Park during the months of August, September and October, we partnered with our w...
Meet the to the team at Beststart Waihi East! Our team is dedicated to making every child's time in...
Our tamariki enjoyed watching the process of the upgrade and learning about the various tools and ma...
At BestStart Te Awamutu, we are always looking for exciting new ways to engage and inspire our tamar...
Toddlers love to explore! Exploring through play and social interaction is a great way for tamariki...
Here at BestStart Barrington we believe that children learn a wide range of strategies, skills and k...
We celebrated Diwali with our tamariki, including Rangoli art, Henna for our hands and dressed up in...
Regular excursions like this one help our children discover new things, learn about different cultur...
Kaiako are exploring ways to introduce elements to early literacy through phonics exposure, handwrit...
Affirming the identities, language, and culture of all our children is crucial for us educators at D...
We welcome children and their whanau to our respectful and supportive learning environment where the...
We had a great wee outing this morning to the library in town! On the way, we saw diggers, police c...
Meet the wonderful front-of-house team including Natasha (centre admin), Melissa (centre manager),...
Here at BestStart St Albans, we believe that our tamariki should be encouraged to manage risks whil...
What a great time and celebration we all had last Friday celebrating festival of lights Diwali with...
Here at Beststart Roydvale we provide meals that have that homely feel. On arriving you are greeted...
Over the past few weeks we have absolutely loved getting into the Diwali spirit. We have made heaps...
Our tamariki are enjoying exploring our local neighbourhood as we have regular excursions throughout...
Namaste. At BestStart Parkside shared culture is promoted through celebrating different cultural fes...
As the children read the classic story “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, they were intrigued with quest...
Here at BestStart Meadowbank, we are actively engaging with the local community by organizing frequ...
Here at Beststart Totara we have a great relationship with our local "bike lady", Cath from Kids Bik...
Special Visitors to the Centre We have had the privilege to have the Police and Ambulance service co...
It has been a tradition for the past 4 years! At Best start Halswell road every show week Kaiako Sam...
This week the tamariki enjoyed many hands on experiences to learn, explore, refine and extend their...
At BestStart Totara Park, we aspire to celebrate and affirm the identity, culture and language of al...
Today in the prep school Rebecca brought in some piping and guttering for our older tamariki to expl...
Diwali in the prep School This week we celebrated Diwali in the Prep School. Two of our beautiful In...
Read about BestStart Herewini Street's wonderful space where our babies flourish and thrive as they...
Art is one of our 16 Areas of Play here at BestStart Russell Street. Read about how our tamariki hav...
We have recently created a tuakana rōpū (group) at BestStart Pipiwai Kindy, which consists of our t...
At BestStart Springlands, our tamariki have been exploring our new playground which has been transfo...
Our Pūkeko room has been focused on creating engaging circle time with tamariki. Through these circ...
Recently the tamariki in our infants and toddlers Room have been loving the local manu (birds) when...
Halloween has finally arrived and what a better way to celebrate than dressing up, having picnic at...
Tamariki have been developing their self-regulation skills by exploring a variety of their favorite...
We had a special guest during our mat time, he led the tamariki in action songs, introduced us to hi...
“Plant trees you’ll never see”. This is one of the famous All Blacks quotes. At Best-Start Parkside...
Happy Diwali! Diwali is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets it...
We are continuing to build our connections to our local community through excursions. We love gettin...
We've been deeply touched by the outpouring of support and contributions from our fathers and grandf...
Recently at Beststart Napier Central, as part of our holiday program, we held a Teddy Bears' Picnic...
Messy play is one of the most popular activities, it gives children the opportunity to experience a...
Messy play activities encourage the children to explore varied materials using their senses.
Tamariki have shown curiosity about the stars, revealing a passion to learn more about the solar sys...
Our tamariki have shown great interest in playing musical instruments, we've been letting them explo...
Kia Ora everyone, we want to use this space to introduce our amazing team. We're a diverse te...
We love to go out and get messy and if the opportunity is there then we take messy play inside too....
Children have been enjoying the warmer weather outdoors, like ball play; aiming and throwing; passin...
We have been working towards strengthening our interests in construction (toi waihanga). Each day, w...
At BestStart Papakura, we celebrated Heritage Day & whanau disco and dinner in honour of all th...
We have a special place for our youngest children called Whare Kakano/ Seedling Hut. We empower them...
During the warmer months we love getting outside and into the wai (water). There is nothing like wat...
Baking with preschoolers aged 2-4 is a delightful and educational activity that fosters a wide rang...
We've had so much fun exploring our environment and enjoying a variety of different experiences with...
At BestStart Silverdale, we believe in the power of Ako and the Tuakana-Teina dynamic, where childr...
We invited our families and community to BestStart Albany to participate in our Chinese celebration...
Read about all the learning that goes on here at BestStart Montessori Bethlehem as children interact...
Manaakitanga is expressed through fostering tuakana-teina relationships between older and younger ch...
Children are starting to learn that they can use resources in a variety of ways to help them learn.
Last couple of months have been full of celebrations in the centre. During Maori Language Wee...
To me Halloween at BestStart Rototuna was an absolute scream this year, and we're excited to share a...
This year we celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori during the week of 11th September until the 18th of...
"With your food basket and my food basket, the people will thrive" - This whakataukii is very fittin...
At BestStart Kauri Flats, we value and respect different cultures. We began the year 2023 by celebra...
At BestStart Herewini Stree, we laid out marble run pieces for our four-year-old tamariki. This was...
In the Manuka ruma we have been supporting our tamariki to gain mana through building positive relat...
At BestStart Mangorei Road everyday is an opportunity, an opportunity to learn, grow and develop. We...
Part of our curriculum is reflecting Atua in our daily program and teaching practice.
Meet our wonderful Toddler Room teachers - Abi, Harjit and Chloe!
Throughout our centre we love to celebrate the many different cultures and their celebrations. Recen...
We came together as a centre community to dress in yellow to raise money for The New Zealand Cancer...
Ngā tamariki at BestStart Oamaru Kindy love acting out the roles of our community helpers, doctors a...
We joined the 21-Day Brushing Challenge with Grin Natural!
Here at Best-Start Roydvale in our kakano room (0-2years) our tamariki have been busy extending thei...
Grandparents' Day is a special occasion where we celebrate the amazing grandparents who play an impo...
Meet the BestStart Dey Street Preschool teachers and learn more about what our preschoolers learn th...
A friendly group for moms and their precious little ones. We have fun activities planned and it give...
Here at Hokowhitu our teaching, activities, and environment are set up to support and invite your ch...
In the Investigators room, tamariki have shown a huge interest around Te Ao Maori and getting to kno...
Here at Montessori Johnsonville, we enjoy developing passions for our pukapuka (books) and we enjoy...
Empowering learning for our four-year-old tamariki (children) to recognise and appreciate their own...