Through observing our tamariki in play with the sea creatures, our kaiako developed understandings o...
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In April we celebrated Easter in the preschool with books, songs and crafts. The tamariki enjoyed ex...
We take pride in making our children’s culture and identity visible and as a whanau celebrate their...
We have loved exploring and investigating papatūānuku and all her great gifts, which we have been us...
Glen Innes is such a diverse area, rich in local landmarks and history, recognizing this we have in...
We loved teaching and helping children understand the traditions and stories about ANZAC day and why...
We value messy play as it provides our tamariki with the opportunity to experience a wide range of s...
Have a look at the awesome new shade sails and drop downs we have had put up this month. They look f...
Tamariki made a range of different arts and crafts in celebration of both Easter and ANZAC day.
Rain or shine, children thrive from outdoor experiences. Coated up in a rain jacket and gumboots jum...
Here in the Prep School we have been doing lots of different activities to celebrate Easter! As we...
At Beststart Te Awamutu we never miss an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate cultural events. I...
Our Tamariki have been loving playing, imagining, and inventing with loose parts here in the Koru ro...
Here at Waikite Valley Kindy Easter looked a little bit different as some of our families started to...
This month our centre has been celebrating with the children's cultural day's. We have celebrated E...
Today in the Nursery we had our process art day which was so much fun.
This month we have been loving exploring and learning about nature in Autumn!
We celebrated Easter at Beststart Newmarket with a variety of interesting activities.
Our tamariki in the Kowhai Room love bubbles!!
This week in the Tane Mahuta room we celebrated Easter. The children made many Easter crafts. They d...
This month the teaching team created an Autumn holiday programme for our tamariki
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This morning the tamariki (children) built this road on the table together and I have observed lots...
Construction and block play are important aspects of your child’s curriculum here at BestStart Wolv...
Our deck provides the perfect spot to explore any treasures we bring back from our beach adventures,...
we see meal times as a great opportunity to build on relationships, communication and independence s...
We've enjoyed participating in a range of different experiences to commemorate ANZAC Day
We've been practicing our maths skills using our beads
We celebrated Easter by offering a range of experiences that follow current group interests of ngā t...
We try and make time to go and see our local parks as well as gather natural resources for art proje...
Our children love learning together, these group experiences provide great learning opportunities fo...
We love how our older tamariki are learning to care for and guide many of our younger friends who ha...
Kia ora whanau this week, the teaching team and tamariki have been sharing knowledge, resources and...
Today a question from one of our children keen to learn sparked a really fun science experiment. A V...
In the Kahurangi room (under twos) we have been having lots of sensory play with gloop, bottles and...
We are so pleased to see our tamariki caring for their baby siblings and showing manaakitanga.
We've added some special projects to our walls
Tamariki engaged in a variety of art experiences creating sea creatures through observational painti...
This activity invites children to walk steadily on a line as a means of refining their balance and l...
What a wonderful month of celebration!
A day where we invited children to dress up in blue, bring along their favourite teddies and the tea...
With Easter being celebrated in the middle of the month, the centre decided to observe this celebrat...
We get to enjoy the traditional foods of India, dance to their traditional music and best of all get...
We celebrated Easter by having an egg hunt with decorated eggs and we also planted broccoli with our...
Kaiako organized a range of experiences related to Easter and started the preparation beforehand.
We love to provide different experiences for children to encourage them to express themselves
With the Under Two’s at BestStart Katikati, our current planning is on our tamariki’s verbal and non...
This month we have combined our interest in Māori books with an art project and together we created...
We're all about children leading their own learning, our teachers provide learning experiences that...
Cheryl took up the role as Centre Manager at BestStart Doncaster Drive Kindy in late 2021 and is lov...
Over the past few months at BestStart Raureka, Nga Puawai group focus has been around our Maara Kai...
Over the last month the ruma Ōtākaro tamariki have had a big focus on developing our relationship sk...
We've been having fun with Autumn leaves and colours
What creative learners we have in our Nursery, learning through play.
Creating with playdough (our 16 areas of play) Te hanga ki te paraoa pokepok
From wire art to ephemeral art, interpretations of space, Monet, Yayoi Kusama, insects and Māori God...
We've been busy celebrating Sea Week through lots of avenues of play such as art/crafts, stories as...
Science is here at BestStart Papatoetoe. Science and nature play provides children with opportunitie...
In Ruma Tui prep room, the tamariki enjoy taking on different roles and enact real life, giving them...
In the Koru Room we have started the year with a focus on developing a strong sense of belonging fo...
Tamariki in our Totara class have been learning and investigating the world of dinosaurs this month
Recognising that our preschoolers have a growing capacity for inquiry and language, and understandin...
The Onehunga Royal Oak Rotary Club donated a yellow digger and all our children were very excited to...
As our tamariki engage in exploring and making music we observe how music washed over our tamariki i...
Our Kakapo tamariki are quite skilled gardeners who are always out in the garden helping prepare ou...
We have so many opportunities for learning
The smiles, giggles and time spent exploring Gloop was evident of a great fun-filled learning experi...