Through our Matariki celebrations, children had the opportunity to learn different art and design te...
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Mini-Olympic games were set up for our toddlers and they loved it!
We have had a wonderful month of acknowledging and participating in lots of Matariki learning
During the school holidays at Maui Street we like to give our tamariki some fun activities to do, th...
Our Home of the Brave whānau set up and carried out lots of activities to celebrate Matariki, the Mā...
At BestStart Avondale we encourage problem - solving skills amongst children, see some of the ways o...
We gathered together with whanau and tamariki creating different beautiful taonga that symbolize Mat...
The nursery room evironment provides babies with different sensory experiences in a calm and safe e...
By exploring different mediums, such as paint, tamariki are strengthening their fine and gross motor...
Over the last few weeks we have been investigating and learning all about Bees.
Our whanau helped us to achieve the value of whakawhanaungatanga as they came together and enjoyed t...
At kiwi group the tamariki were each given their very own toothbrush that will stay at preschool
Children excitedly engaged in sensory play and a they explored the world around them with science.
The children enjoyed a range of fun filled creative art activities, stories, waiata and provocations...
We've been so busy with our fun packed school holiday programme!
We were super excited to have Sarah from Watercare Services come and teach our tamariki about water...
As part of our be school-ready programme, we provide opportunities for children to visit the local p...
July has been a busy month for our Pikopiko room tamariki
What a busy month we've had!
Children discovered different ways to be creative and express their interests and develop their skil...
We are very proud of our tamariki for beautiful creations as well as their willingness to help prepa...
Space themed activities are very beneficial for the pre schoolers as it will encourage them to love...
Rainbow has been reading with the tamariki, doing some art work and coming to mat time as well
Over the past few weeks the tamariki (children) have been indulging in many baking activities and e...
Our Nursery tamariki have been exploring our brand new playground!
We encourage rangitiratanga as the older more experienced children take on lead roles
Manaakitanga is about extending our support to, and with our whānau and the wider community. Togeth...
Matariki is a time to prepare, to share ideas, remember the past and to celebrate the future.
Matariki is an important part of our calendar here at BestStart Girven Rd, bringing together all ou...
We all know that tamariki learn through play and while it looks like they are just having fun there...
We've brought our children's previous learning experience about the book by setting up a trough expe...
Today our youngest tamariki at BestStart Montessori Kilbirnie visited the local library
We've painted Matariki Stars, iced star shaped biscuits with black icing and sprinkles to represent...
We have been working alongside Kids Greening Taupo for nearly two years now and have been learning...
Today the Harakeke room children got to get creative and messy making colourful headbands
Every child needs a calming space
We recently had our garden trimmed back, providing a great place for the children to play peekaboo
We headed out to collect ingredients for baking day
Sensory play supports children to explore their senses, communication and helps create a calming env...
Tamariki worked together with Kaiako to learn a range of different te reo waiata including our Natio...
Tamariki have been working on their fine motor skills and have been super busy exploring nature, pla...
During our school holidays we ran a fun time programme with different themed days and one of our hig...
Our tamariki have been doing activities such as decorating stars, weaving mats, making poi and danci...
Turangawaewae - where we stand in our community
We love to find fun and creative ways to make art
We value the importance of weaving a bi-cultural lens into our centre
On Friday the 9th of July, we hosted our annual Matariki Evening.
Everyone had a blast singing, dancing and sharing a meal together all in the spirit of celebrating t...
This year we had our Matariki disco celebration at Maunu Primary School, our children have been so e...
The children practiced almost every week so that they are prepared and know what to do in case of a...
Matariki signals the Māori New Year. It is a time of renewal and celebration in New Zealand that beg...
As part of our focus on different roles in our community, we had a wonderful visit from the local f...
Some of our more mobile tamariki headed out to the local park
We enjoy excursions to our local library
We have enjoyed many activities that have helped us to broaden our knowledge and celebrate Matariki
We have been busy over these last few days with our Holiday Programme here at BestStart Papamoa Plaz...
In our Rotoiti Room we set up a provocation of Papatuanuku and Ruaumoko for the children to explore....
Our tamariki worked hard learning about Matariki and the story of the “Seven Sisters”.
Nga Tamariki in Te Aroha have had a wonderful last month with many fun learning experiences.
At BestStart MacDonald Street we did lots of fun activities in preparation for Matariki.
Celebrating Matariki, the Maori New Year, at BestStart Katikati is enjoyed by all
Check out what we got up to for school holidays!
We arrived dressed in our hi-vis and ready to work!
Today in the Nursey we made star/whetu shaped cookies for are families/whanau to enjoy at our Matar...
It's great to see tamariki participating in group activities for Matariki which helps them work on t...
We had some students from Breen’s Intermediate come and spend time with our tamariki
BestStart Oamaru Kindy has been very busy opening a new business...
We value our close relationships we have with our whanau
BestStart Manukau takes pride in celebrating all our cultural events. We are blessed that we got the...
Throughout the week, our children/tamaiti had the opportunity to do creative art/foafoaga from makin...
We shared a special evening with our tamariki and wider whānau as we celebrated the magical time of...
Practising rhythm and kanikani (dancing) helps us understand how our bodies work and move.
Celebrating Matariki at BestStart Montessori The Gardens
As a special surprise, we ordered pizzas to be delivered straight to the rūma at kai time
The children enjoyed going for a walk down to Chatswood Retirement Village to spend some time with t...
Mānawatia a Matariki - Celebrate Matariki
Today in our pēpē room the teachers facilitated a body painting experience for messy play day
Our tamariki enjoyed an amazing visit to Manukau library today on Baisakhi...
Swinging helps with sensory integration which provides a foundation for more complex learning and be...
We have a wonderful cook, Paula, who cooks nutritious and delicious meals for our children
Some tamariki are really into writing their names and words, so we have also been practising writing...
The team worked very hard with the tamariki to make many beautiful pieces of artwork to celebrate Ma...
The children have learnt about the significance of the stars and have been exploring experiences tha...
Matariki is a very special time for communities to come together and celebrate the New Year!
This month we celebrated Matariki with a disco which was an absolute hit with our centre community
Posting boxes are such an easy, fun and engaging activity for our pepi!
Matariki is an important Whanau event on our yearly calendar.
As part of our Matariki celebrations the tamariki in the Nursery made some Hua Whenua (vegetable sou...
Learning about mindfulness through yoga combined with pūrākau Māori
Tock the travelling robot and his author June Burney came to visit us
A Rippa Rugby game every now and then can help a lot on training our superpowers!
This week we have been learning all about fire safety
We had an exciting holiday programme for our tamariki.
These contain items that represent something that they know lots about, are good at, or interested i...
When you join our BestStart centre, you join our BestStart Whānau and community. We help support eac...
We arrived on Thursday morning to some artificial turf, underlay, bedding sand, a digger and the tea...
We have been exploring paints, colours, mixing and trial and error over the past few weeks
To celebrate Matariki we had a special whanau Matariki evening
The Nursery enjoy going on regular excursions, getting out and about in the community, making connec...
BestStart Hei Hei has four rooms with children transitioning at approximately aged 1 year, 2 years...
This month in the toddler room, the tamariki have been so excited during mat times!
We believe that our tamariki/children grow at their own pace and like to celebrate this
We had so many fun activities for our school holiday programme
Everyday, we introduce different ways of storytelling and we include stories from different parts of...
As part of our Matariki celebration, we visited the Auckland Museum. It was such an exciting experie...
What a busy day we've had!
Tamariki were part of a hands on Matariki workshop which taught a lot about Matariki.
Preparation for our Matariki celebration started in the morning and continued throughout the day
Through exploring the visual arts, our children have had many great opportunities to be creative and...
Matariki provides us with a great opportunity to come together as a whānau and celebrate a significa...
We celebrated Matariki by gathering together for a celebration, shared kai and waiata
The Prep room children enjoy being out in our local community - giving them the chance to meet new...
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Here at BestStart Papamoa Plaza, our vision is “Growing young Kaitiaki”, we envision a community of...
Twinkling in the winter sky just before dawn, Matariki (the Pleiades) signals the Māori New Year
School Holidays are just around the corner. Come join the fun at BestStart Flat Bush School Road.
Today we celebrated Matariki with our whānau, community and tamariki.
Matariki is a celebration of the Maori new year. You can see Matariki represented by 9 stars in the...
Our school holiday programme had many fun experiences such as Wacky Hair Day, Grandparent Day, Dress...
Children had great learning opportunities to explore Maori culture, traditions, and food and enjoyed...
The children have been busy making stars for our Matariki celebrations
We have noticed a lot of nurturing and tuakana/teina relationships as our older nursery children sup...
Matariki, also known as Māori New Year, is a time for celebration, growth and renewal
In the Nursery we follow Pikler's Philosophy of free movement
Matariki is a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past and celebrate the presen...
We chose art as our way to celebrate Matariki
Here at the Home of the Brave we embrace all cultures and ethnicities within our community
Whanau enjoyed an evening of shared Kai from around the world a mini concert and to top it off a par...
This gave our children a sense of pride and also knowing that they help create a new adventure.
We had an amazing and fun filled day as we went to visit local library to celebrate Matariki togethe...
Tamariki learnt and practised a special waiata "Tirama Tirama Matariki" while learning the sign lang...
We have had many discussions around foods that make our teeth happy and healthy and those that make...
Lottie and Donna came to Kilmarnock at seven weeks of age
Matariki is about caring and sharing with friends and whanau
The children really enjoyed celebrating this Japanese festival
We decided to go to the supermarket! On the way we chatted about who would be pushing the trolley.
Sharing food is such a big part of our Matariki celebration. We had special afternoon tea together,...
Matariki is a time for us to stop and reflect on our values as individuals, as families and as a com...
We went on a special excursion to our local supermarket to gather some vegetables for our delicious...
The tamariki that had completed their volcanoes had the opportunity to act as “the experts”
BestStart Dixon Heights would like to wish everyone a happy Maori new year
Our art was on display at a big community Matariki event
We had some special visitors share their knowledge and skills with us
At BestStart Bayfair we love to take tamariki out and into the community.
Manukau Bunnings was the talk of the day from the children and parents. Our children learnt so much...
We welcome parents and their pepe into our nice calm, warm, peaceful environment.
We encourage our babies to take charge of their own play, providing them with the materials and then...
The children are eager to get their paint aprons on, in excitement for the experience ahead.
Tamariki got to challenge themselsves on different playground equipment that we don't have at the ce...
The beauty of this place lies in the cultures of the people
Our recent learning project has been around Games, Sports and Sportsmanship, and as a culmination of...
At the start of this month, we celebrated Matariki with our whanau and tamariki ay BestStart Waihi...
What a wonderful day of coming together and learning
We have been inviting the community to a Sensory Sensation play group every in the Explorers Room e...
At Montessori Bethlehem we are proud of the strong connections we have developed with our families.
June for our preschool room has been a month of learning different maths concepts through play and...
We really enjoy having such connections with our local community and it was a great fun learning exp...
Small world play refers to imaginative play with ‘small’ toys, encouraging children to use their ima...