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Over the month, we have had many fun learning opportunities focusing on dramatic play scenarios.
During Pipiri (June/July) you will notice Matariki twinkling in the beautiful winter night sky.
We've been using bark, leaves, water, green dye, dishwashing liquid and glitter
These activities develop senses, enable tamariki to express their creativity and develop their fine...
At BestStart Bains Ave we learnt about Matariki with waiata and pukapuka as well as activities throu...
Our childrens grandparents joined us for a day full of learning, it was great seeing how proud our c...
At BestStart St Lukes we have been facilitating our children with open ended resources along with na...
This year we made vegetable soup with vegetables donated by families to celebrate Matariki, YUM!
We celebrated Matariki with our annual Matariki Parent and Whanau evening.
The week 21st - 25th June our centre celebrated Matariki.
June marks the start of Matariki celebrations across New Zealand and here at Omokoroa Beststart, we...
We have been busy exploring loose parts and getting out side as much as we can.
Celebrations and cultural events help create awreness for our children of the different cultures tha...
We strive to provide our tamariki with fresh and healthy foods as well as finding new healthy and e...
Using resources in different ways continues to open up the creativity in our tamairki and this is ha...
Creting engaging and meaningful learning experiences for our children helps them develop life skills...
In the month of June these were some of memories and celebrations for the unveiling of the Time Caps...
In the kawakawa room (preschool ) this month there has been a variety of events that have taken plac...
What a great time the tamariki have had together further developing their Early literacy skills to c...
It’s a time of great uncertainty for many people across Early Learning. Here at BestStart we are ver...
Every week our tamariki participate in our outdoor education programme around Matairangi
Our Matariki Whānau Evening is one of the really special nights of the year at BestStart Buchanans R...
Every second Monday we take our 6 oldest tamariki to join the AJ Seeley Gully Restoration Volunteer...
We've been lucky to Queen's Park to explore, look at the animals and birds and make discoveries in...
Kai times are a little bit magical here at BestStart Marchwiel
We believe children learn best when they are empowered to explore what they love!
We grow confident explores by empowering children to gain confidence in themselves
The children at BestStart Havelock North were very excited to be going for a walk to the Green Door...
We made the most of the snow and created some learning outcomes for our tamariki!
We have been doing a lot of inquiry work in our class room and this is being done through experiment...
The children in the Matai room have been exploring what Aroha means
What learning takes place when children go on excursions?
We're focussing on building each child's social and emotional competence and resilience
Tamariki have learnt the sign language for the colours, animals, vehicles, sea creatures, emotions a...
We love celebrating all the different cultures we have here
We provide a stimulating and exciting programme that supports tamariki to be prepared for school.
We are all about educating our children and their families about the benefits of healthy eating and...
At BestStart Montessori Johnsonville we develop the "whole child"
The children have been investigating and making sense of the natural world around them
Matariki is a time to gather together and to welcome in the Māori new year!
At BestStart Botany Junction we value and nurture every child's cultural and diversity, this month w...
Learning to care for our animals
Brr, it's cold outside! Here are some tips for dressing children in chilly weather.
We believe that through creating nurturing reciprocal relationships with the tamariki in our care we...
The preschoolers really enjoyed the experience of being out and about together in our wider communit...
The Kauri room have been busy getting ready for Matariki and exploring their new resources
This week was a special week of celebrating our Māori new year
Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying!
Sensory activities are great for helping to facilitate exploration
Here in Aotearoa, for Māori, the rising of the Matariki in Mid-winter marks the Māori new year or Te...
Our tamariki have been busy and doing some amazing mahi in preparation for our Matariki dinner.
The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra held a preschool musical session at the local community centre t...
Sand play is such a versatile learning tool for children
The children also had lots of fun selecting some sensory books for our Infants and Toddlers, as well...
The children had so much fun deciding what costume to wear and what music they wanted to dance to
The children are enjoying the outdoors when the weather permits during this rainy period we are havi...
Words cannot describe how beautiful the first weeks have been for everyone!
The children created an intricate ngahere (forest) for their Dinosaurs, carving rivers and caves
Music helps children's intellectual, imaginative, emotional, social, and cultural growth
We had a pampering day for Mother’s Day by setting up different stations around our centre for the c...
At Mangere East we are passionate about community engagement and allowing our tamariki to explore ou...
Today the preschool tamariki helped prepare the vegetables for a delicious soup to share for afterno...
Using recycled items to create a group art piece is so much fun!
Our focus at the moment is building relationships with each other and gaining confidence in our bodi...
Each day we have been learning a new game and practicing those we've learnt
We recently planted some new native plants in our front garden along with a lemon tree
This morning we took the train for an adventure
In the Rimu Room tamariki have been enjoying our new resources including the magnetic shapes and di...
A surprise for my 'birthday'!
We're learning about working together, sharing, taking turns and sharing support and knowledge
We take our oldest tamariki on visits to the new entrants class each fortnight
We've created a quiet space for the tamariki to practice mindfulness meditation
In June BestStart Somerset had a drive with our families to collect winter clothes for the charity...
Once a month our carpark is shut off to cars but open for the children! We call this day…. BIKE DAY...
This year’s theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week 2021 is Poupou le lotoifale. Ol...
At BestStart South Road our invitations and provocations stimulate the senses and encourage nga tama...
Do you know which things dissolve in water and which do not?
The children have had an ongoing interest in animals and insects, and we have further extended it th...
The prep room children have been travelling the world for the last month
The nursery kaiako (teachers) have strong relationships with their tamariki allowing them to be curi...
Here we are inclusive of all in New Zealand and want to ensure we recognise, appreciate and learn ab...
We encourage independence and self help skills by supporting the children to dress themselves, feed...
It was lovely to hear and see children conversate and work together to decorate pizza for today's lu...
Our mud pit is one of our amazing places our children use to extend on their learning
We've been using sandpaper letters as a learning tool
Good times are better when they are shared
Playball come to BestStart Silverstream once a week and run a session with the tamariki
Winter has brought lots of rainy days, but that doesn’t mean our fun stops
We've had so much fun using our eye-hand co-ordination skills to try and pop the bubbles
Whanaungatanga from the heart of the city
What an amazing time we had with our two Police officers that come in to share what they do for a jo...
We extended on a recent visit from local firefighters by providing ‘fire engine’ costumes for our ta...
Moving into a new environment is a time of change and adaptation for children, their families/whanau...
Children were very excited to explore the hands-on experience of baking. They eagerly helped to make...
The cold and wet weather won’t stop us from having loads of fun outside especially when we do the pa...
This month we participated in a local event “Greening Taupo” where we were to ‘Paint the town green’...
We believe relationships are at the core to the children's development
We had some Fernworth Year 6 students come visit our centre
As a centre learning focus, we have been learning all about construction and all it's different for...
At BestStart Hokowhitu we had an exciting visit from the mobile library bus!
Today was the first session of the Nohinohi Little Kids Programme.
Every month we look forward to more celebrations and events
Our focus in the Nursery over the past month has been exploration
The tamariki have started learning about Matariki and the significance of the stars!
Have a look at our video of the week
The children have been showing a strong interest in stories, pukapuka (books), board stories and mag...
At BestStart Brooklyn our children take pride in our Centre, and they love to help any chance they g...
At BestStart MacDonald Street, we celebrated pink shirt day by dressing up in pink as well as releas...
It was a week of celebrations as BestStart Papamoa Plaza marked its first birthday in June.
We've extended on childrens interest in music and movement, so we decided to explore this a little m...
Such an exciting occasion for BestStart Birkdale, we look forward to what is instore for our staff,...
We want to celebrate and learn more about all the cultures represented within our community
We were enjoying our bridge when Mari reminded us of the Billy Goat’s Gruff story
The nursery children have started to show a huge interest in learning about colours
During Samoan Language Week we invited some of our Samoan whānau to come in and sing some Samoan so...
During the first week of June, BestStart Cornwall Street celebrated Samoan language week
We had some amazing problem solving and teamwork being displayed in our playground
Silverstream Gym Skills run throughout the term, allowing the children time to learn new skills, pra...
Combining our children's interests and curiosity about dinosaurs and winter together
With the change of seasons, the children at BestStart Brooklyn have been exploring the world around...
We set out pieces of wood, nails and plastic bottle lids for children to practice some carpentry ski...
To celebrate Mother's Day, we thought we'd do it differently this year with a fundraiser to support...
Our philosophy is all about links with our local community
We can't wait to watch these seedlings grow and learn how to be kaitiaki!
Our youngest children had an exciting time working on creative ways to express themselves and explor...
One of our teachers has just completed her teaching qualification, this is a huge achievement, work...
We celebrated the Queen's birthday with high tea
Hendrix's grandad and friend came in to teach us some Samoan songs and play their guitars for us
Tālofa, here at BestStart Stokes Valley we love exploring all cultures
We were so lucky to have the amazing Pasifika group from Monrad Intermediate visit us to kick start...
We had the most delicious breakfast which was enjoyed by families, friends, whanau, and teachers ra...
At BestStart Hillcrest our tamariki use their creativity, imagination, and real life experiences to...
Children were able to learn about Samoan culture, language and art as well as the culutral dress.
Tamariki Maia celebrated Samoan Language Week by creating many different pieces of art
The children loved learning how Maui slowed the sun
Kindy provides opportunities for the development of a sense of social responsibility and a sense of...
This month kaiako extended on childrens interests by providing a variety of fun sensory experiences.
Today we had a great trip to Hansen’s Park, a few minutes walk away from our centre
The week was full of learning opportunities for our tamariki as they learnt more about Samoan art &...
To conclude our Samoan language week celebrations, we had dress up day where all staff and childr...
Music helps children to discover and develop different ways to be creative and expressive
Our personal trainer began his session with shoulder presses, then moved onto bicep curls, burpees,...
Today the children are exploring colours, light and refraction
So beautiful to see our tamariki shower their special wahine with love, treats, breakfast and an ab...
At BestStart Hillcrest children have the opportunity to learn through active exploration of the env...
Here at BestStart Parton Rd we have begun a ‘Be School Ready’ programme.