BestStart Parklands

We are proud of our nursery room which is calm and follows the routines and interests of each child by responsive and skilled teachers. We have a shoe free policy which ensures the children have a respectful, clean environment to explore in. Our nursery room is very flexible and we work with you to ensure your child’s routine at home is followed here also, creating a gentle transition into the new environment. We strive to ensure that this transition into the nursery is smooth and easy going for you both. Together we organise visits so both you and your child can get to know the teachers before you start with us. The teachers all believe that nurturing children through respect and communication builds on children’s well-being and emotional development.

Our outdoor environment provides a covered spacious area for the children to explore their natural environment, with natural materials, provided through play experiences. Our environment promotes your child’s development and growth through fun and educational experiences and activities we do this by providing access to heuristic resources and wooden toys.

Our busy preschool room is spacious which allows our young children the freedom to explore and be challenged as we value children’s play and discovery. In the preschool room we have children from 2 years old until school age, which is great as the older children love to help the younger children in the room and the younger children learn so much from their older peers. Tuakana teina is very important to us here at BestStart Parklands. Tuakana/teina refers to the relationship between an older (tuakana) person and a younger (teina) person and is specific to teaching and learning in the Māori context. This can take a variety of forms and we embrace them all.