BestStart Puni Road

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BestStart Puni Road is a well-established early learning centre located on the outskirts of Pukekohe. We provide high-quality early education and award-winning childcare to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers between 7:00am and 6:00pm Monday to Friday.

Little people, growing roots, happy hearts and sandy boots!

At BestStart Puni Road, we understand the importance of our diverse, rural community and we incorporate these values into our learning at the centre. This includes activities such as collecting eggs from our centre chickens, harvesting vegetables from our garden, and picking fresh fruit from our orchard. We are also proud to be one of the few remaining childcare centres that has real grass!

Our indoor learning environments have a warm, homely feel while our outdoor environments are large, spacious areas for your child to explore with plenty of learning opportunities. We engage in weekly excursions to our local park are we are currently building a brand new playground to support children's learning through play.

Our Team

Our diverse team of experienced teachers all work together to bring out the strengths in tamariki while encouraging them to be independent, confident and competent learners. We believe in celebrating individuality and supporting children's learning through strong relationships between the centre, whānau, and the local community.

What We Offer

  • Fresh, nutritious meals and snacks provided throughout the day.
  • Set for School initiative to help preschool children transition to primary school.
  • A brand new playground to support children's active learning through play and exploration.
  • 20 hours free for 3-5 year olds and WINZ subsidies available* if required

Our Spaces

We are one of the longest-standing centres in Pukekohe and we love the history our centre has within our community, having provided early education and care for generations of whānau.

Our centre environments are homely, open-plan, and incorporate natural environments to provide learning opportunities for tamariki to explore at their own pace.

Infant & Toddler Room

0 - 2 years old

Preschool Room

2 - 6 years old

Video Gallery

Infant & Toddler Room
Quality Service Award 2023

kind words from our parents

Family feedback about Storypark

Hi, this is Peter’s aunt from Korea. Thanks for taking care of my nephew and for sharing pictures and notes on how he is doing. It means a lot to me and my parents and we are very relieved to see our little boy is with such warm-hearted teachers. Thank you for sharing precious moments of Peter’s life which we could have missed if it was not for you!

Stanley Family

Tobys doing so well! His speech has come a long way and during lockdown I’ve noticed how much quicker he is at picking up words and phrases and he is clearer in his speech. We are so happy with how he is doing. His preschool is well suited to both of the boys . The staff are very friendly and welcoming, from the moment we walk in each morning and at pick up they always inform me on how the boys day went! And they are always excited to tell me of anything new the boys did during the day. You can see they are passionate about what they do. With Toby's speech delay I received a lot of help support and advice with this and the staff were on to it. Amazing facilities with a fabulous outdoor playground, bikes, sandpit and plenty of toys and puzzles etc. You can see that the preschool is one that lets children decide which areas they would like to play in which I love, the toys aren’t all hidden away everything is displayed so they can access things they would like to play with easily. The teachers always set up a range of activities up on the tables. Toby has made some amazing friendships which is one of the things I was hoping for. He talks about his friends a lot. Both of my boys look forward to daycare. The hours are great too. I can see the growth and learning every day! When I see the boys interact with the other kids, they are attentive and share toys with them they quite often hold hands or hug. I feel there is a focus on kindness and affection Their favourite phrase is “sharing is caring” they say this alot to each other at home and it resolves alot of fights over toys this is something the teachers have taught them. It’s very nice to know that they are in a caring environment it’s peace of mind while I’m at work I know that they are in a kind caring and fun place.

Christina McRobbie

Would not send my kids anywhere else. Beautiful team and amazing support. Can't wait for our newest member of our family to enjoy BestStart Puni Road the same way all three of my children have. Keep up the amazing work. Thank you so much.

Maria Wilkinson

We love that the infant room is small and has a small number of children. Ava gets the best care because of this she can grow to be an amazing little girl. The staff are great. They are always there if I ever need to talk or have questions and Fiona always makes time to call or email me if I have any concerns, which is very rare, but it's nice to know that I will never be ignored.

Parent

Love sending both my children here. Both of my children have thrived at this centre and the staff are always so supportive and helpful. Fiona is an amazing manager who is only a phone call or email away if you have any questions or concerns. The teachers love telling me stories of the children's day at drop off and pick up and you can see how much they love the children and want the best for them. The fact, both of my kids jump out of my arms to go to the teachers just shows how much my kids love the teachers also. What makes a great centre, isn't how new and shiny it is. It's the staff and BestStart Puni Road have the best staff who really do care about the children.

Karla

The staff you have are amazing. They always want to take that extra time to really get to know your child, like they are a family member. I find this helps them discuss with us as parents things they can do to help develop our children. They do not have a 'all kids fall into this bracket' attitude. I love hopes and dreams time. From this you can always see how much attention the teachers really do pay to your child. Of course always amazing to hear things they see which we as parent's don't see. The environment is soooo homely and loving. Outside play with the flax, grass, trees and of course dirt is awesome. to see so much of the natural beauty for our tamariki to explore. It is a BEAUTIFUL centre.

Bijo Joseph

My sons are both happy to go to BestStart Puni Road, that in itself says it's a good place. The team at BestStart Puni Road are compassionate and listen to my concerns without a judgmental mentality. As a Mum that's very satisfying and makes me feel confident to send my kids to the centre. Thank you, Fiona, and team.

What we're proud of

Read our latest ERO report Read our latest ERO report e-portfolio e-portfolio Most Trusted Childcare Most Trusted Childcare Quality Service Award Quality Service Award Set for School Set for School

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