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When you walk into Best Start Papatoetoe, you will find a warm and relaxed home away from home environment. We provide freshly cooked, nutritious meals prepared on site We are a multicultural community where we celebrate the richness of our diversity. We have a trusting and reciprocal relationships with our community of learners through community events and celebrations.
We have two rooms, Harakeke and Toetoe, offering specialized care and education as children grow and develop.
Our Harakeke Room
This space caters for children up to two years old. Our experienced teachers ensure our youngest children receive personalized care and attention to explore the world around them. Our Harakeke room provides many opportunities in a homely routine, for infants and toddlers to learn and develop their skills to become confident and capable individuals.
Our Toetoe Room
This room caters for children aged two to five years old. Tukana Teina relationship is valued and respected where children support and play alongside each other. Here we offer child-centered, play-based curriculum where our experienced teachers help identify children’s dispositions and provide appropriate experiences to support them to become competent, caring and confident individuals.
Our Be School Ready initiative helps build children’s early literacy and numeracy skills which are embedded throughout the center environment. We are currently working alongside Papatoetoe East, Papatoetoe Central, Papatoetoe West and Puhinui Primary schools to develop a smooth transition between our centre programme and the schools.
We have an open door policy and encourage all our families to join us to play a part in teaching our next generation. We look forward to meeting you soon!
For more information about the specific fees for your centre, please contact us directly (09) 279 2922 / papatoetoe@best-start.org You might be eligible for support paying their childcare fees. For more information click here.
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