The month of October was again level 3 lockdown. While most of the children stayed home, we continue...
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Here at BestStart Remuera Road, this November, nga tamariki have engaged in array of activities toge...
Spring has been a great time to explore our front garden and give it a revamp
We've been threading, weaving, using scissors, eye droppers, tongs, cotton buds for painting and mor...
We've been talking about transportation and road safety
We've been loving the outdoors, having fun with friends, getting excited for Christmas and celebrati...
During the month of November we have had lots of hot and muggy days.
It has been amazing to see the confidence grow as the tamariki learn to communicate through being cr...
There have been some exciting changes happening at BestStart Te Atatu Road
Our Home of the Brave explorers have been on a journey of wānanga, and exploration within their own...
This month the tamariki at BestStart Raureka have been preparing our Maara Kai
Construction is a valuable learning resource providing many opportunities for children to create and...
A snippet from our fun filled month of November at BestStart Lambie Drive. This month our bubbles we...
Children had a wonderful learning experience during Diwali week at the centre . They had music, danc...
We are back in the centre and we welcome back some of our Tamariki in level 3. They were all so...
Today in our infants and toddlers room, at BestStart, Puni Road, we had lots of fun using different...
Here in Botany Junction, we value continuity of learning the different cultures, learning the divers...
This has been a rather different year, and as the children have mostly come back and settled in, we...
During November, we are operating in different bubbles in accordance with Ministry of Education and...
There have been some exciting changes happening at Preschool! We had some builders come and k...
Recently at BestStart Epsom we had couple of celebrations. Halloween was the first to start with. Th...
Summer is here and Strawberries are everywhere. Our akonga loves strawberries&nb...
We love getting out and about in our community
The tamariki in our Pukeko room created and decorated a gingerbread man which led to an interest in...
The winter months of June, July and early August have seen our kaiako focusing on igniting the ember...
Today our wonderful teacher Bree bought in some loose parts for our tamariki to explore
We've enjoyed a week long exploration of our solar system
Over the last month in Te Whare we have seen how much our tamariki love sand play. Due...
Wow what fun we had with finger paint! Education theories for young children see painting, drawing...
This is a great activity to do with your child and a group of their friends. Having a sack race is a...
We had some very excited tamariki and kaiako all dressed up for a day of disco dancing!
This month we have had so much fun with water play activities and to help children experience water...
We had great fun making resources and doing some wonderful learning experiences for Diwali.
A large part of our local curriculum is kotahitanga, meaning togetherness, working together.
Messy play is a soothing activitiy for the tamariki
Our tamariki absolutely love caring for our mara (garden) and seeing what’s growing
Children are engaged in science whenever they are learning about the world around them
We love to explore all different types of media and textiles as we discover different ways to be cre...
The Prep-School participated in a science group activity about objects that float or sink
There is a lot of learning taking place when exploring with colour
Celebrating culture is part of our rituals here at BestStart Riverbend.
Today a bird came flying inside, straight to the glass window, and collapsed, Candice picked it up a...
After Lockdown, everything was overgrown so the teachers worked together to prepare f...
The tamariki have really enjoyed the group topic of 'Our Bodies'. A wide range of ages have been eng...
This experience encourages tamariki to manipulate the ice with their hands and fingers, developing t...
At BestStart Papatoetoe we stayed connected with our families and whānau as we celebrated our Hindu...
Let your child enjoy the sensation and texture of sliding their fingers through paint and watching a...
At BestStart Greerton our Vision is “A Place to Belong” and we have seen some wonderful moments of...
Our regular drills allow tamariki to become comfortable with our routines even with the uncertainty...
Every Thursday we do a music session with ribbons, musical instruments, poi and piupiu
Our Tōtara Preschool room was responsible for planning our term three holiday programme - what a gre...
This month at BestStart Taradale Young Children’s Centre we spent some time recognising and celebra...
We gathered together to celebrate Esamae's graduation day from BestStart Lynmore with her whānau....
Creativity, art, and self-expression is a passion and love within the room environment, our tamarik...
We researched some fun, exciting different ways to make our own Christmas tree and decorations
We have some very excited children!
Summer feels like it has arrived early and we are finding creative ways to learn using water play.
The children love to get involved in the process of mixing the cornflour with water and especially l...
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Kiwi Classroom: In the Kiwi classroom there has been a lot of interest in doctor role play. We have...
Motorbike!” Manaia is excited to hear a motorbike in the distance and races to look out the window....
We explored with our hands and we made paper mache art, check out the recipe and have a go at home!
At BestStart Napier Central our kaupapa is for children to develop and build on an awareness of resp...
We let our imagination soar to new heights with creativity-fuelled learning experiences.
Level 3 Lockdown – a bubble of 10 babies. A little bit about what this bubble looks like in our room...
Today we had a surprise visitor - the local pirihimana-police officers from Kilbirnie
What is nicer than some beautiful, fresh home-grown goodies from a garden?
The nursery tamariki have been developing their working theories of the world around them
Our tamariki are loving exploring our revamped Pēpi space
The Montessori class contains children of mixed ages and abilities
Tamariki are developing their natural curiosity, exploring and asking questions about their natural...
One of our wonderful kaiako (teachers) made these beautiful fairy houses for the tamariki (children...
Last week we celebrated Diwali which was so much fun for not only the tamariki but also for kaiako
We had lots of fun activities that the children loved!
We've embarked on an exciting 8 week investigative project at or local park
We've been enjoying creating portrait paintings outside in our garden
The tamariki/children have lots of fun torotoro/exploring as they created their masterpieces
We've been exploring different ways to make volcanoes
The tamariki (children) had the opportunity to dress up in character
Diwali is an Indian festival. It is a festival of lights and happiness
Our teachers have been learning about the Diwali festival alongside our children
Diwali is India's most important festival of the year— it is called festival of lights
This year we joined with our Hindu families in celebrating Diwali, Festival of Lights
This morning at BestStart Morrinsville we spent some time in the garden for our Papatūānuku day
On Friday the 5th of November we celebrated Diwali at Coast Boulevard.
Diwali is the festival of lights and one of the biggest Indian festivals
The tamariki have been very busy preparing our garden for our summer vegetables
We've been learning about Diwali and experiencing some beautiful traditions
As we are still navigating our way through the level 3 lockdown, the teaching team decided to organi...
Here at Kensington Crossing we have a beautiful room and outside environment that is set with many...
Sensory play is any activity that stimulates a child’s 5 senses: touch, taste,...
We were so delighted to hear that Auckland was able to move into Alert Level 3 because this meant we...
Namaste! It was such a blessed time for us this week as our Centre was brightened up with flickerin...
We learned that Diwali was the festival of lights, and there are many traditions that we follow in t...
We are so fortunate in New Zealand/Aotearoa to be able to celebrate many cultures and here at BestSt...
Recently one of our interests has been all things construction
The Big House love to transform their sandpit. This time they turned it into their very own sand kit...
At BestStart Whangaparaoa, we have been busy planning and developing ideas for our Be School Ready P...
We support our pēpi (babies) and tamariki (children) to become independent and able to undertake sel...
What an eventful day we had to celebrate Halloween!
BestStart Waihi had an amazing Halloween party this year.
Messy play provides learning experiences that we can grow and learn so much from.
Kia Ora and welcome to BestStart Flat Bush - These are your kaiako at the centre!
The tamariki at BestStart Glenfield just love to explore the outdoor playground. Our playground is a...
Team work enabled us to create this beauty together!