BestStart Te Whāriki

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BestStart Te Whāriki is a brand new early learning centre, now open in Lincoln. We provide quality education and care for children aged between 3 months to 5 years old.

Our fantastic and supportive team who are bubbly and fun loving are waiting for you to come and visit our beautiful centre. Our centre has an intimate and homely feel environment due to our 4 age specific classrooms that cater for small number of children.

Our team of passionate and experienced teachers create a welcoming, respectful, safe but fun-loving atmosphere that is also calm and playful. Children experience loving relationships with teachers and develop a strong sense of belonging and empowerment. Our teachers focus on the individual learning needs and skill levels of each child and will provide a tailored individual programme that captures and celebrates our diversity in a beautifully resourced environment. Your child's learning journey and milestones are captured and shared through one-on-one communications and our online learning portfolios on Storypark.

Our four, age specific classrooms:
Our nursery room with a spacious sleep room and an open nursery nest has been designed to create a spacious, relaxed and inviting learning environment for children aged between 3 months to 2 years. By the layout of the playroom, infants and toddlers will feel empowered to self-select from the toys and many natural resources. Our teaching team is dedicated to creating a calm and unhurried atmosphere where children will be given full attention during important routine times. By working in close relationships and open communication with our families will allow us to work at each child's individual pace to ensure that their ever-changing needs are nurtured and easily catered for within the flexible daily routine.

We have three rooms in our over two-year-old area.
Our toddlers room caters for 2- to 3-year-olds. The toddlers room gives our little children the opportunity of smooth transition from the nursery to the over 2’s area due to its small, intimate size. Our preschool room caters for 3- to 4-year-olds, and our prep-room will cater for 4+ with a teacher on board who will be implementing some aspects of Montessori philosophy into our free play-based curriculum approach to support children with their transition to primary school through our Be School Ready initiative. Montessori is a method of education that is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning, and collaborative play. Children make creative choices in their learning, while the classroom and the highly trained teacher offer age-appropriate activities to guide the process.
During free play time our over twos children will have the opportunity to discover the advantages of our mixed age group playground in the over twos area:

Our mixed age group playground will allow children to interact and learn how to get along with peers of varying ages. This is a great opportunity for developing social skills and building confidence. Older children learn compassion, patience, and problem-solving skills as they interact and assist younger children, while younger children will find themselves challenged by the older children and able to participate in more complex activities with their older peers

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We provide healthy cooked lunches each day on site and can cater for allergies and special dietary requirements.

For more information about the specific fees for your centre, please contact us directly (03) 926 5778 / tewhariki@best-start.orgYou might be eligible for support paying their childcare fees. For more information click here

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kind words from our parents

Parent

Very impressed by the work done by the BestStart Te Whariki team in my son’s learning journey so far. He has since built into a very confident boy and loves to share with us everything he learns. Love the activities provided as they are very stimulating and fun for kids. Lovely staff as well.

Parent

All the staff at BestStart Te Whāriki show real interest in all the children and helping them grow and learn new things each day. They have been welcoming since the first day and it has never stopped. It has been a great experience for both my son and us as parents so far.

Parent

Our daughter loves going to BestStart Te Whāriki. It has given her the opportunity to develop her social skills after a long time in lockdown overseas. She loves the art and craft activities and seems to like the educators.

Parent

The school has been really good for my son, he loves school, the teachers and he has learnt a lot. I wouldn't imagine sending my kid anywhere else. Amazing school.

Parent

We are so happy with how our son has settled in with the support from his teachers. The Centre Manager and Administrator are so lovely and welcoming and are always there to answer questions.

Parent

The staff were amazing with our son, they were friendly, professional and made us feel like a part of a family.

Parent

All the teachers have been very welcoming and helped my girls settle in easily and made it easy for my fussy eater to get used to the new food and routine.

Parent

They are wonderful at what they do. My 4 year old son is absolutely thriving.

Parent

You don’t know how much it means to put your child in a facility that genuinely cares about your child and their welfare. You care for them like you would your own and it means everything to us.

Parent

We are beyond impressed with the care that the team in the nursery provide. We feel so confident and at ease with leaving P in your care. We have felt so welcomed and feel like P has been attending BestStart for much longer than she has. We definitely feel a sense of belonging with the centre

Parent

We feel a strong sense of belonging in the centre and made feel welcome. The team are all very friendly and helpful in the settling in process. The conversations and Storypark posts meant a lot to us especially during his settling in visits and first week. The teachers and children made the settling in special as we felt comfortable and happy to see him being taken care of and we can see how excited and happy he is to play with the other children

Parent

With your support he has developed amazingly and is ready for this next step. We have found the service provided by the nursery team to be exceptional, and consistently exceeded our expectations. The support and advice you provided to us as parents was reassuring and so valuable

Parent

Their warmth and passion was genuine and showed us that they also cared about L and his development, and we trust the whole team completely with L’s care. The events and activities organised by the centre were really enjoyable and a great experience for the children and parents

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