BestStart Napier Central

BestStart Napier Central is conveniently located next to Marewa Shopping Centre, close to the CBD. We're open from 7.45am to 5.30pm right through the year, making us a perfect centre for families working in Napier or Hastings.

Leading with the Heart

Our children at BestStart Napier Central feel loved, respected and supported to be all they can be. Together with parents and whanau we lay the foundation for our children to grow into kind, considerate, respectful and generally amazing people that the world needs!

“Poipoia te kākano kia puawai”

Nurture the seed and it will blossom

Infant and Toddler Centre - 0 to 2 year olds

Our lovely baby environment is calm, respectful and unhurried. Designed by our highly experienced and nurturing teachers, our learning spaces have been lovingly created to meet all the development needs of our youngest children - emotional, social, physical and cognitive you can trust that we have it covered. 

We lead from the heart and our specialised learning and development programme is based on a key teacher approach. This approach means that our teachers are highly responsive and sensitively attuned to the wellbeing of each child. This supports our babies to thrive because they feel safe and supported to explore the world opening up around them.

Parents and whanau are an important part of centre life. As each child’s strongest advocate and first teacher we work alongside our families to ensure there is consistency of care between home and centre. This helps to create a strong sense of identity and belonging in our precious babies. We welcome families to come and visit us, spend some time observing and participating in our beautiful rituals and natural environment.  

Preschool Centre - 2 to 5 year olds

Our small, preschool really feels like home, it’s something you can see as soon as you step in. We’ve created a rich learning environment where our children are empowered to lead their own play, following their interests, stimulating their curiosity and enthusiasm to discover more. Our team take the children’s lead and build on their interests to extend their understanding and make connections. 

We work with our whānau to create an individual learning plan for each child to support the depth and progression of their learning journey.  We value our centre community and encourage children to make meaningful connections with people, places and things.  This helps them to develop an understanding of the wider world and an appreciation of the different things everyone has to offer and of how unique we all are.

We have a Healthy Heart Award which promotes healthy lifestyles and choices in our children.  This care extends into the sustainable practices we weave into our daily programme through initiatives such as litterless lunchboxes, recycling, caring for our wormery and growing our own fruit and vegetables.

We welcome you and your child to visit our centre. See for yourself the meaningful learning experiences that happen everyday.