BestStart Sunset

BestStart Sunset is a friendly, welcoming childcare centre on Sunset Road. We're open all year round from 7.30am - 5.30pm and have a range of sessions, part-time and full-time care available to suit the needs of our families.

Believe in Yourself

Mauria te Pono

Positive, strong and trusting relationships between parents/whanau, children and staff are essential for ensuring we get the best outcomes for our children. We are committed to nurturing a strong sense of ownership and belonging for all our children and their families. When children have a sense of belonging they develop their confidence to try new things. They believe in themselves.

At BestStart Sunset our baby, toddler and preschool spaces are home-like environments with large inviting outdoor areas. These provide our children the choice to freely explore their own interests, make decisions, problem-solve, develop relationships and learn at their own pace with support from experienced and qualified teachers.

Takahe Room (Infants)

This is a flightless native bird, just like our pepi they are close to the ground exploring from the bottom up. Soon they will develop many skills and achieve many milestones before transitioning to the Tiwaiwaka Room.

Tiwaiwaka  Room (2-3yrs)

This is also a native bird commonly known as the Fantail.  At this age our tamariki are going to be introduced to many experiences as they flutter/explore this space and gain further skills such as early problem-solving and independence. 

Hokioi Room (3-4yrs)

This bird was once the biggest eagle, it is now extinct, but had the ability to fly above storms instead of flying away from them. In this space our tamariki will learn further problem solving skills to develop positive relationships, well-being, language, and early research. The 3-4yr old space will build further resilience and persistence supporting this age group to fly above any storm and land safely. 

Kea Room (4-5ys)

The Kea is full of fun, cheekiness and character, much like this age group as they express more of who they are, their traits and personalities whilst preparing for the next journey of school. Building their natural character, independence and being school ready skills with their peers we believe is important to help them for the world and remain true to themselves. #MAURIA TE PONO

All our rooms practice, support, reflect, acknowledging the values that are important to us such as aroha, manaaki, whanaungatanga, tuakana and teina relationships, ako, and Te Whare Tapa Wha. These concepts and values make up the frames of our days as we act, respond, learn and grow together. 

We celebrate success through promoting a can-do attitude, a give it a go environment with kaiako ready to give a hand, support, and most of all empower. 

Community connections - The community plays an integral part of our early childhood centre and curriculum at BestStart Sunset. We engage in regular excursions into our community; enjoying trips to the library, fortnightly visits to our local rest home where we implement a play-based programme for the residents alongside our children to encourage diversity in relationship building and support developing social competency. We have Matua Grant visit each Wednesday morning along with his guitar to teach us new waiata and further support our tamariki in their use of Te Reo.

Health and wellbeing - At BestStart Sunset we are committed to being a centre where nutrition and physical activity are paramount in our day to day routines. We have a dedicated centre cook who provides our tamariki with nutritious morning, lunch and afternoon kai. We have lunch box days each Friday, to offer our pre-schoolers the opportunity to prepare for school. We are also a Breastfeeding Friendly Accredited centre.

Come in and talk to the teaching team, and see for yourself all the wonderful experiences we are offering our children!