BestStart Petone

BestStart Petone (formerly Early Years Petone) sits in the heart of the vibrant and ever growing Petone community. We thrive on adventure and discovery. Our vision is ‘Where the Wild Things Come to Play’. This is brought to life in the day to day adventures that take place as part of our exciting and enthusiastic centre programme.

Our passionate team have a great sense of humour and love to make learning fun! We get excited and inspired about children’s learning and the endless possibilities of discovering where we can take this learning! BestStart Petone is a place children can come to explore, research and investigate and where making a mess is a part of everyday life. The outdoor space is set up to encourage exploration of our natural environment. Trees, bushes and gardens thrive with young explorers learning about how the world in the wild works.

We take the job of preparing children for a love of life time learning very seriously and we do this by encouraging open thinking and discussion, problem solving, risk taking, independence and leadership.  Teachers, children, parents and the community are all involved in supporting your child to develop social skills that are essential to becoming confident, happy and self-assured individuals for life.

Inside all of us is hope, fear and adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing! And now let the WILD RUMPUS START! (Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak). If you have a wild thing looking for adventure call us and come and visit today!

What you can expect from our childcare centre:

• A planned programme reflecting adventure and discovery
• The development of life skills through hands on exploration
• Experience and qualified teachers who know how to extend children’s learning in a fun and exciting way
• Individual portfolios set up through Storypark for every child.
• Weekly bush walk adventure into Percy’s Reserve