BestStart Tōtara Park

Beststart Tōtara Park is situated in the heart of Tōtara Park, Upper Hutt.

We provide quality and care education for children aged 3 months and 6 years. We are proud to have been a part of our local community for the past 3 years.

We pride ourselves on our connections and relationships with our whānau and wider community. We aspire and strive to provide tamariki with a ‘home away from home’, celebrating and embracing each and every individual for the value they bring to our centre whānau and community. This is reflected in our purpose-built learning environment and felt in every interaction and encounter between Kaiako, tamariki and whānau. From this we draw on our whānau and communities’ strengths, skills, lived experiences and funds of knowledge. Using this to inform our localised curriculum and enrich new learning for all tamariki, whānau and Kaiako.

We are excited about continuing to build our relationships with our local community including Tōtara Park School, located just over the road. Our Preschool is unique in the fact that we explore holistic pathways to being ‘learner’ ready through play basked learning. Our desire is to support the development of socially and emotionally competent tamariki. We strive for tamariki to strengthen and develop skills to support their transition to kura such as self-help skills, independence, problem solving and emotional resilience.