BestStart Apirana Avenue offers quality childcare and education in Glen Innes. Our centre is located at the St Heliers Bay Road end of Apirana Avenue and is within minutes of St Heliers, Glendowie and the train station.

GROWING LOCAL HEROES

At BestStart Apirana Ave, we like to celebrate our local everyday heroes. We want to grow great members of the the Glen Innes community. We are on this journey together, where families and the local community share knowledge, passion, and skills to help inspire our heroes to achieve greatness! Heroes come in different shapes and sizes, and with many different powers to benefit our community and society as a whole.

We focus on learning through play to grow the positive emotional and social skills that create happy, healthy adults. By pretending, creating and exploring, children can use their imagination to create playful scenarios with each other and become whatever their hearts desire. They take journeys through jungles, explore the natural environment, become scientists and masters of the universe- all before lunchtime! Through this play, children learn about the world around them, take turns, problem solve, feel emotions and engage with each other.

At Best Start Apirana Ave we support children in creative and critical thought processes throughout their day. We provide engaging and enriched experiences that introduce children to early literacy and numeracy which are guided by Te Whariki and the New Zealand Curriculum. By linking the Be School Ready program to Te Whariki and the New Zealand curriculum it means that the children will have a seamless transition from day care to school.

We nurture children to become confident learning citizens by supporting them to think clearly and solve problems as individuals, to have the confidence to ask questions and expand their knowledge. Children who start school feeling confident and capable are better placed to have learning success for life. They will achieve greatness; they will inspire others with their knowledge and skills and they will have developed all the tools to achieve their goals, dreams, and aspirations successfully. 

For more information about the specific fees for your centre, please contact us directly (09) 521 0275 / apirana@best-start.org You might be eligible for support paying childcare fees. For more information click here.