In celebration of Matariki this year, our team delved deeper, beyond the stars to discover what Mat...
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Our values lay deep in the connections that we have with our tamariki, whānau, community, and each o...
Bunnings Constellation visited BestStart North Harbour and brought seeds, seedlings, and tools to te...
At BestStart Everglade Babies, we would like to extend recognition to two of our team members who ow...
At BestStart Foxton Beach Kindy, to minimise lunchbox waste and to be more environmentally sustainab...
This year at Beststart Parklands we celebrated Matariki with a starry-themed disco!
At BestStart North Road, we dressed up in red, black, and white to fundraise for our local Southland...
It was such a pleasure to host a visit from our local rest home! Read about the visit and how nga ta...
Read about our Matariki Celebration at Baverstock Oaks!
Read about our Matariki Celebration where we participated in a range of activities and shared pumpki...
Read about our Matariki Celebration at BestStart Morrinsville!
We had some special visitors at BestStart North Road. Read about how we fed and learnt about one of...
Read about our Matariki celebration at BestStart Borman Road where we strengthened whanau relationsh...
Read about our special Matariki Celebration at BestStart Napier Central
"If you go into the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise! If you go down in the woods today,...
Ex All Black, Nathan Harris, has been visiting BestStart Palm Springs for Rugby Day where he teaches...
At BestStart Bader Street, we celebrated Matariki by learning how to weave harakeke, make poi, perfo...
Read about our centre vision, our learning environments, and why our team of teachers are so committ...
Whanaungatanga means a lot at BestStart Maich Road. Read about why developing relationships between...
We celebrated Matariki by visiting the Auckland Museum where we watched an amazing dinosaur show and...
At BestStart Coast Boulevard, we celebrated Matariki by learning about the nine stars and coming tog...
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Meet the rest of our amazing team at BestStart Ngatai Road!
At BestStart Kensington Crossing, tamariki have been learning about the wonders of space. Did you kn...
At BestStart Maui Street, we celebrated Matariki by inviting tamariki, whanau, and extended families...
Pīwakawaka - Nursery Our classroom is set up to support 0-2 year olds to explore, achieve new challe...
During Matariki, we decided to do some gardening and plant kumara, cabbage, and carrots. During this...
Read about all the exciting activities we participated in during our Matariki celebration, including...
During July, we celebrated Matariki by singing, dancing, and exploring our creativity by hosting our...
An exciting and new adventure has begun in Richmond as BestStart Berryfields Crossing opens its door...
Read about all the different learning environments here at BestStart Berryfields Crossing and how ea...
Read about how we celebrated Matariki and spent this special and joyous time singing, dancing, and p...
Today the Nursery hopped on a bus to go down to the library for a pepi story time. The tamariki enjo...
Winter might bring more rain but this didn't stop us from getting out and about into the community!
At BestStart Te Whāriki, we celebrated Matariki by all coming together to acknowledge those who have...
At BestStart Tristram Avenue, we've been focusing on "Mahi tahi" (working together) where older tama...
Read about the exciting activities BestStart Coronation Road participated in during Samoan Language...
It was raining excessively at BestStart Kauri Flats, but that didn't stop us from learning and havin...
Babies learn with all their senses, and in the early weeks and months you are their best play-thing....
Celebrating Matariki is an important part of our culture and learning, we enjoy discovering more ab...
Read about our spectacular Matariki Celebration at BestStart Kapiti where we celebrated aroha, whaka...
The tamariki at BestStart Huntsbury love water play! Not only is it great fun, but water play is als...
Our tamariki loved the wonder of seeing the Matariki stars in their very learning spaces. We enjoyed...
Matariki is a special time when our tamariki are able to share all their matauranga with their whaan...
As part of our vegetable garden initiative, there were some wonderful families that work for a local...
Together, we celebrated and learned about Matariki through stories, craft creations, art, kai, kanik...
This month we welcome not one, but two amazing international teachers into our under 2’s classroom....
Messy is best! (Messy play - Korihori pōrehe) At Beststart Parkland's, we believe letting nga tamari...
Winter season is the beginning of the New Year Matariki which means the tiny eyes or nine stars will...
Our "Five days of the week" Programme consists of Rise and Shine Mondays, Creative Tuesdays, Workout...
What a whirlwind year it has been, we are now at Matariki, our Maori New Year. We love celebrating...
We have enjoyed lots of star-related art activities, we also created our own night sky paintings as...
Matariki is a time to come together and celebrate. Kaiako and tamariki learned all about the Maori...
Loose parts encourage open-ended learning. Bottle tops provide children with opportunities to exten...
Children love moving and movement, and being physically active is an important part of everyday lif...
Our tamariki shared that they use kawakawa balm at home, so we decided to make some of our own balms...
Our generous outdoor space provides a variety of outdoor activities such as reading, painting, tea p...
As the twinkling stars of Matariki rise in the winter sky, this is a time for people to come togethe...
Our tamariki in our under twos love to explore the many different means of messy play. We have seen...
Matariki is a group of stars that appears in the night sky in midwinter and shares its name with th...
We strive to build a strong relationship with the parents and whanau that inspires us to do our very...
Art is an important part of the daily routine for children at Dilworth Ave. Children are provided w...
For the past year, we have worked hard to ensure that all our Tamariki have quality food that provid...
Our tamariki love art! We all had so much fun using dye, and droppers to create unique patterns on b...
We were able to harvest our Kumara plants just in time for Matariki! Our children have been waiting...
Meet the dedicated team supporting, empowering, and nurturing the young minds at BestStart Hillcrest...
We're able to expeirnce art examples to view and appreciate. This allows us to also provide opportun...
What a fabulous time was had at our recent whole centre whānau evening to acknowledge and celebrate...
Recently here at BestStart Burnside, in the Kāhu Room, we have started incorporating rest times into...
July brings celebrating Matariki as a centre team, and with our centre whānau and children. These ev...
Matariki is a time to come together to celebrate the Māori New Year, a time to reflect on the past y...
Nau mai, haere mai - Welcome to BestStart Rangiora, Our centre is located just out of Christchurch....
Our tamariki at South Road and Pacey Ave BestStart in Hawera were very busy in June and July getting...
We have taken on a new focus to reduce waste at our centre, we are learning how to repurpose our foo...
Here at Waikite Valley Kindy we have a strong relationship with our neighbouring school, last term w...
Kia Orana This week we are learning about a beautiful Island called Cook Islands and the beautiful l...
Our group planning focus in the Kauri room is still around Kaitiakitanga, however it is now leaning...