We took a group of children down to Cuba Mall to collect donations for Daffodil day.
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BestStart Palmerston North celebrated it's 30th birthday on September 25th.
At BestStart Vardon Road, the nursery kaiako have been reviewing the outdoor playroom to create a ca...
We have been rediscovering just how much fun dinosaurs can be.
We have initiated a weekly visit to our Library for four year olds to help support them in their t...
Here at Best Start Rototuna we like to turn every moment into a learning opportunity.
During September the children, in particular the older children have shown a strong interest in hut...
During Conservation week we were invited to the library to learn about our local 'Tuna' eels and how...
With the Rugby World Cup approaching BestStart Borman Road welcomed in the World Cup In style with a...
We were very lucky to be part of our Kahui Ako Arts Festival being held this week.
Recently we attended the Uru Manuka Fiafia at Hornby High School where we performed some Pasifika s...
BestStart Balclutha have a special relationship with our local high school, South Otago High School...
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What a day we have had in the over two classrooms today to mark the end of Term 3!
The rain wont stop us from having fun!
Following our amazing WAM show the children have been even more interested in the Atua so we have b...
We were gifted some wonderful pukapuka in time for Te Wiki o te reo Maori.
At BestStart Buchanans Road we believe in providing our tamariki with the best possible start to li...
One rainy day in September it looked like it had snowed in the Explorers room.
Some times there is nothing better than getting outside in the sun to play and construct.
As a centre we were also proud to acknowledge and celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and Uike Kātoanga...
Our children at BestStart Meadowbank love good books and stories.
BestStart Waikanae decided to celebrate Matariki for the WAM Festival by creating the embodiment of...
We had a large turnout of families join us for our Active Movement whanau workshop recently.
We have been taking the tamariki to our local café, Heart and Soul Kitchen, each Friday throughout S...
One day we had Pam come in and do Mini Mosaics with nga tamariki
We love to celebrate all cultures and a few weeks ago we celebrated Tongan Language Week
To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Maori week we were so lucky to have some amazing performances from a l...
Today we had our annual Snow Day!
BestStart Manly have a huge passion for messy play.
The children at BestStart Leeds Street have embarked on an exciting art exploration
We love celebrating the different cultures within our centre
Our tamariki loved meeting the baby police dog in training and also the big police dog when the Poli...
What great mana and whanaungatanga our tamariki showed at Paraparaumu School, affirming Maori cultur...
Children, staff and whanau here at BestStart Omahu had a fabulous time at our recent disco.
This month for the BestStart Inglewood knowledge box we were pleased to learn about hairdressing fr...
This is too super cute not to share!
Today we celebrated Fathers’ Day at BestStart Newmarket to acknowledge the important role that Dads...
As the weather gets warmer, and the sun is shining we are learning about sun safety and the importan...
Outside today we had a spontaneous play experience
Our first walk into the bush went off without a hitch and is something we hope to do each week movin...
As a parent of a young child, you may be faced with managing your child's seemingly "challenging beh...
This year for Fathers Day we wanted to make it a bit of fun!
Today we had a great day celebrating spring and Keila’s 5th birthday.
Our children had fun visiting the local Berry Curtis Park this morning.
At BestStart Hokowhitu we have been having a lot of fun outside investigating the texture and pouri...
Best Start Whangamata raised lots of loot with our annual scooting event.
Bring on summer, which means lots of water play in our Under 2's room and home made ice blocks!
Ryder is a big part of the baby room, the Tamariki are excited to go and see him every morning.
We are on our way into Spring which mean regular beach walks with our Tamariki!
As bicultural practice is a priority at our centre this year our Kindy participated in Ngāti Tūwhare...
The tamariki were very busy in the art area.
With a current focus of enhancing our children's learning through literacy, a group of Kaiako and Ta...
Beststart Katikati has been experimenting with the use of loose parts.
Tamariki in Te Marama room have been working hard on being bucket fillers and being school ready.
Every Thursday a group of 8 children get to ride on the bus and attend the Mount Maunganui Library.
Our four year olds went on a trip to Bayview Primary
We captured some very special moments during our Father's Day celebrations earlier this month
Moving to our new centre BestStart Shelly Bay Road is very exciting!
What a great week full of fun and learning we had at BestStart Botany Junction!
We had a fantastic time at our farewell disco
We have begun to add loose parts to our environment to stimulate the children’s minds.
BestStart Marchwiel are currently taking part in Kai Korero, a program that involves education arou...
Today we made the most of the beautiful weather and had our first trip out of the centre to explore...
Aarghh, me hearties and shiver me timbers, what a fantastic Pirates Day our mini swashbucklers had t...
At Beststart Bayfair we know how important outdoor play is.
Our nursery tamariki have been learning about oral hygiene.
Local walks have been the highlight of our month so far
In Ruma Pukeko we have been busy creating a sour starter which we then used to create a sour dough.
Our Forest Kindy adventures begin with a routine that the tamariki are very familiar with – a group...
Mary Boekman is the winner of BestStart Inglewood’s Good Sorts award this month. Mary is a prominent...
Our beautiful nursery is now open and we were excited to have a play in this relaxing and calm envir...
Recently we have been studying the weather, as part of this we have been making igloos.
At BestStart Kawaha Point we love getting involved in our community.
To end the week celebrating te wiki ò te reo maori we performed our centre kapahaka songs and had a...
For Daffoldil day this year our centre once again set up stall at Countdown Fairy Springs to help ra...
It was fun celebrating and extending children’s learning through Mᾱori Language week. The
At BestStart St Andrews, we celebrated Daffodil Day, we shared morning tea with the whanau.
For the past two years, BestStart Sunset and The Garden's Care Home have teamed up to allow the olde...
Today we worked together to clean our sandpit cover.
Our children have been showing a huge interest in dinosaurs and volcanoes so we decided to take our...
This week in the preschool we have been Celebrating Chinese moon festival by making moon cakes.
Recently during mat times, we have really been working on the children's knowledge around shapes and...
At Doncaster Drive Kindy we love to celebrate and learn about our communities cultures.
Here in the preschool room at Beststart Bader we had a very busy week with all the planned events an...
Our current interest and project at the moment is animals.
We were really lucky to have the local Taupo civil defense emergency response team come to visit us...
This week is Maori Language week, BestStart Te Awamutu has been celebrating with a focus on Language...
This week at BestStart Claudelands we created a golf course.
Here at Best Start Claudelands we value aroha and kindness.
We took a small group out in the van to Rotorua Library to 'He Pi Ka Rere,' a special Te Wiki oTe Re...
Our tamariki look forward to their monthly school visits.
David Seymour, our local MP dropped in this morning
At BestStart Newmarket we find many ways to embrace Te Reo Māori and naturally incorporate the langu...
Our second week of preschool we enjoyed being out in the sun shine exploring the preschool playgroun...
Playing with different substances can be fun, today we put dye into shaving foam to see just what wo...
We were very lucky to be part of our Kahui Ako Arts Festival being held this week.
Today we had some Chinese Princples visit our centre and they left us with this awesome feedback.
This week we celebrate being open for 10 years.
Wow we have been very busy over the last few weeks here at BestStart Mosgiel getting our garden rea...
Maori Language Week is always a fun week of activities, learning new words and phrases and trying n...
Maori language week is a perfect time for us to involve all of our tamariki in learning Te Reo
This evening we held a cultural dinner at Rangiora to come together and share different kai from aro...
This week we celebrated Maori Language Week at our centre with our tamariki and their whanau.
Daffodils are in full bloom for early spring!
Dress up day was especially popular with our tamariki.
As part of our current learning journey of the life cycle of chicken, respect and responsibility, w...
At BestStart South Rd we revisited our learning by using ICT and it was super fun.
This month at BestStart Montessori Kapit we had some rather special slimy visitors which were Leopar...
At Best Start Kelvin Grove, we celebrated our Dads, and other special men in our lives by inviting...
Enhancing the literacy and language with our youngest children.
Today the children at BestStart Newmarket celebrated Sports Day
Hi everyone, I’m Kylie, Centre Manager here at BestStart Kaiapoi.
We love science experiments!
BestStart Montessori Johnsonville took part in the Te Reo Parade in Wellington recently
Daffodil Day was full of yellow fun at BestStart Riverbend Rd
Our visits to St Patrick's School help support a seamless transition for our eldest children as they...
Our playground upgrade is coming along nicely here at Beststart Parton Road
We have had a lovely student teacher Katie with us for the last 5 weeks.
No wonder this space is so popular with such beautiful teacher/learner relationships .
On Tuesday 10th September a group of Tamariki and two teachers went for a school visit to Belfast S...
The children have been using different art mediums to create, explore and express all their wonderfu...
Our children love getting out and about in the community, developing an understanding and appreciati...
As part of out Maori language week celebrations our Tuakana tamariki went to Rangiora Library today...
Here at Beststart Ngatai Road we love to get outside no matter the weather.
Each year we try to do something for the men in our tamariki's lives and this year we had a sausage...
Today we celebrated all our dads in the center.
Our younger tamariki have been very busy lately.
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Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates our young children’s senses
Our Teachers and children at Beststart Maui St made the most creative buses you would have ever seen...
Today at BestStart Judea we went to visit Brookfield Primary school. Wow what a great time we had.
This month at BestStart Abacus we had a dress up day themed Who am I?
The rainy weather didn’t get in the way of Te Whare Aho’s physical education today
Spring has sprung and therefore we had lovely flowers on the drawing table to inspire us this morni...
We had our first bike day at Coast Boulevard in August.
For fathers day the children took some beautiful photos for the special men in their lives.
Here at BestStart Peachgrove we have a strong belief in making strong connections and fostering whan...
BestStart Omokoroa hosted a whole room of special people at our ‘Special Persons’ breakfast.
As the sun went down on Winter 2019 the BestStart Omokoroa community and whanau let loose on the dan...
Our first week together was a fun filled experience exploring everything our new preschool has to of...
Many of our children have been showing an interest in challenging their bodies and minds.
Some superheroes don't wear capes...they're called Dad!
Today Waihopai Kindy attended the 10 year anniversary for Polyfest.
As part of our current project on stories, BestStart Belfast Kindy went on a whole centre excursion...
To keep our curious and creative children busy, we keep on adding new play equipment
We are very fortunate to be in an area where we have so many nearby amenities.
This month at BestStart Herne Bay, we have started our much awaited “Herne Bay Adventurer” programm...
We know winter has been rough, so we wanted to do something for our families.
Our preschool children have been studying food, they decided that they would like to make some pizz...
Today we set up a painting experience using our new dye brushes.
Another great Father’s Day has been celebrated at BestStart Richmond Road.
We have adopted the idea ‘Let children be co-authors of their education’; which is about empowering...
In the new issue of the BestStart magazine we spotted a very delicious looking recipe for biscuits....
The children have made birdhouses for the birds in their playground
As part of our Building and Constructing project, we are utilizing our local community to support an...
Nga Tamariki and Nicky the Centre Manager had a brilliant time preparing our soil ready to start pl...
Giving back to those in need is something that we are very proud of.
We had a local community member Cherol Filbee and her friend Carol visit us at BestSart South Rd wit...
Last Friday, we celebrated the Father's day by organising the morning breakfast for our Dads, Grandd...
Hearty from heart foundation came to visit and award us with the Pa-harakeke award.
Communication, problem solving & the travel of sound was part of this fun.
We are always excited to welcome newborn siblings into our whanau here at BestStart MacDonald Street...
Here in our Whare Kakano room nga pepi have opportunities to explore at their own leisure, enjoying...
We had a snow day to celebrate our dads and grandads!
It can be hard transitioning to a new centre.
As part of our inquiry learning in the preproom, we invited Harold in to talk to us about our bodie...
On Friday the children found a lizard making its way around our playground!
We explored the station and the trucks and engaged with conversation with several firemen and firewo...
We really embrace community events and whanau participation at BestStart Onehunga.
The children in the Kiwi room have been showing interest in aquatic animals
Recently the teachers have attended some professional development courses on Sustainability.
Our Be School Ready Evening has been a great success again this year – it was great to see lots of...
Here at ABC Springlands we have a love for nature, creating a more sustainable environment for our...
With the warmer weather today, it was decided that is would be a great idea to make some flowers
We had a delicious breakfast to celebrate our dads
Our akoria were delighted to visit pigs, rabbits, cats. dogs, birds and of course fish at our local...
Our older children have been showing a keen interest in Science and Technology.
Dads are important in our lives and this month we celebrated Father’s Day to acknowledge them.
The sun came out and we all had a fabulous time!
Last week our centre participated in Daffodil Day.
We had a truck load of snow delivered to the centre!
The icy winter has provided lots of exciting opportunities to explore science concepts.
Every Thursday the children at BestStart Lemon Street go for a walk to Webster Park Field for our po...
Spring has begun at BestStart Styx Mill. The fairies came today to spread some Spring fun
Celebrating Daffodil Day with our whanau
Father's Day was a huge success!
We have noticed that many of our children are trying hard to communicate with us both verbally and n...
This year we celebrated Daffodil Day using our local community heritage - South Hagley Park.
We combined our Father's Day and Daffodil Day celebrations for a blooming wonderful day
BestStart Balclutha hosted our annual Fathers celebration on the 30th of August.