BestStart Faringdon

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Phone (03) 550 2076
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Where we are

53 Chandler Way Rolleston Christchurch 7615

Opening hours

Monday7.00am - 6.00pm
Tuesday7.00am - 6.00pm
Wednesday7.00am - 6.00pm
Thursday7.00am - 6.00pm
Friday7.00am - 6.00pm

BestStart is one of NZ's leading early childcare providers. BestStart Faringdon in Rolleston, Christchurch provides affordable, high quality education and award winning childcare for babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

May all who come to BestStart Faringdon as guests, leave as friends!

At BestStart Faringdon it feels warm, inviting and happy. We love to laugh and as you enter our centre, you can hear laughter all around. By creating a safe and welcoming environment it allows children to feel safe and confident to explore and learn. And when learning experiences are fun and exciting they will want to continue learning for life!

We are quite a big centre and families are always in and out. We love how our families chat together and create special bonds with each other. We have a close-knit community and believe

Our teachers have a passion for learning through games and can often be found playing games indoors and outdoors with the tamariki. Recently, we read a book about friends at the marae and in the book, the children were playing with spinning tops. The teachers and tamariki then headed outside to play with the spinning tops and it got quite competitive. We love to have fun!

Our Team

Our kaiako recognise that all tamariki are unique. We are an inclusive centre which supports tamariki to grow as independent and confident learners by being their complete selves, and encouraging opportunities for growth and adventure. Our kaiako are present and active when listening to tamariki throughout the day, learning and actively engaging with alongside one another. As natural learners, we strive to celebrate with our learners, giving them every opportunity to explore at their own pace and time, and be creative within their environment. By creating a stimulating, nurturing and fun environment, we emphasise the values of sharing, trust, honesty and love.

What We Offer

20 hours free for 3-5 year olds and WINZ subsidies available* if required
Experienced tight-knit team of passionate teachers
Community Pantry for our whanau
Fresh, healthy, nutritious meals and snacks provided throughout the day

Our Spaces

Our environments are set up as respectful and nurturing learning spaces where children are free to safely learn through exploration regardless of their age. Our outdoor spaces allow space for larger scale discovery with room to challenge themselves physically and to interact with the natural environment.

Titipounamu

(Babies)

Piwakawaka

(Toddlers)

Tawaki

(3 -4 year olds)

Kakaruia

(4+ years old)

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Beautiful interactions

Quality Service Award 2023

kind words from our parents

Parent

Cooper has settled so easily and quickly into your centre. We are so happy. It is a real credit to the whole team how settled and happy all the new children are.

Parent

Thank you for all the extra time and effort you have made to ensure our daughter is comfortable in her time with you. Everyone at the centre has been so lovely at making us fit in so well. We really can’t credit you and the other nursery teachers enough for taking such a hands on approach with our daughter and helping her to settle in so well. I can imagine she is taking up a lot of your time at the moment while she stays close to you and we really do appreciate this.

Parent

My son is just loving the toddler room. He has transitioned really well thanks to the excellent transition programme you implemented for him. With all your support he has taken to the toddler room like water off a ducks back.

Kylie

Inclusion isn't just allowing someone into your community, it's supporting them to be part of that community. It's about finding ways to bridge the gap between the differences so everyone can meet in the middle. Thank you for helping us build that bridge.

Deune and Louis

It isn't always an easy thing to move from one country to another. BestStart made it so easy for us as a family, from the moment we walked through their doors to date. The staff at BestStart Faringdon provides material and activities appropriate to our child's sensitive periods of learning. This has assisted her to develop socially and emotionally in the last few weeks. For us, BestStart Faringdon resembles a home away from home where my child can play, learn and grow. They are passionate about guiding the children to learn self-respect, to love themselves and become independent individuals.

Sarah

Seeing both my children grow and develop their own identities and personalities in such a supportive and loving environment has made the toddler room a vital part of the village helping us raise our kids! Childcare is a necessity for our family so when my daughter runs off with a big smile at drop off it makes the day so much easier knowing she's in great hands and have so much fun and new experiences. The teachers have become more than teachers, they have become our friends and I will be forever grateful for the time our family has shared with the toddler room!

Sarah

We are so lucky to have found BestStart Faringdon. It has been the best place for our two girls. Our youngest is constantly coming home with new things she has learnt (like being a teacher) and continues to thrive, daily. The activities are endless and the teachers are dedicated. Our time in the toddler room has been the best so far, it can be a difficult stage, but the patience, kindness and overall love you show for our girl is what makes working easier. Thank you so much.

Hannah

I just want to say a huge thank you to you and your team. My child has settled in so well with you and it is so lovely to see her so happy at drop off time. I've never seen her so settled with this, thankyou. I just wish we made the move sooner for her. I appreciate that you always have different and engaging activities set up for the children. It makes me so happy to see, I know how much work it is to set these activities up but I really appreciate all your hard work, along with sharing pictures of her time with you! Thank you!