BestStart Vivian Street

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BestStart Vivian Street early learning centre in the heart of New Plymouth provides care for children from 0 to 6 years old is a lovely environment that feels like home. We're open right through the year from 7.30am to 5.30pm and provide a range of full and part time spaces to suit our community's needs.

At BestStart Vivian Street what matters to your family, matters to us!

We learn about what's important to each of our families and support our children to discover more. Our children know that who they are and what interests them is important. 

We are lucky to be situated in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Where we have the mountain and the sea. We offer care to a wide range of cultures and backgrounds.

During the terms, we offer a few regular excursions, and even more spontaneous excursions. Our current weekly trip is to the Govett Brewster Art Gallery every Monday. This gets us out into the community and offers the tamariki a different space to explore and learn different things. When these regular excursions are not running in between terms, we have very well planned and thought out holiday programs. This is where we have a different out of the ordinary experience every day on offer for our tamariki.

Our Team

Our team is a very close knit team who get along with one another well. This enables us to work well as a team and bring the best learning outcomes for tamariki. We all have the same goal, to educate and care for the future generation. We find this is the most crucial age group and this is the time that shapes them into their future selves, therefore we place a high importance on the care they receive from us.

What We Offer

  • Fresh, healthy, nutritious meals and snacks provided throughout the day 
  • 20 hours free for 3-5 year olds and WINZ subsidies available* if required
  • Experienced tight-knit team of passionate teachers
  • Get Set for School programme
  • Play Ball every Thursday of Term 1 and 4
  • Bronze Healthy Heart Award

Our Spaces

Our centre is very homely, that is something we proud ourselves on. We welcome tamariki, whānau and visitors in with a warm smile. We have great relationships with whānau in our centre and this can be seen through any of the daily conversations we have with all. Through parent feedback, our centre feels very warm and welcoming and it is obvious the children are always engaged and busy.

Infants and Toddlers

Preschool

Video Gallery

Learning Moments
Centre tour
Quality Service Award 2023

kind words from our parents

Parent

Changing to BestStart Vivian Street was the best decision for my little girl. Her confidence has sky rocketed. She now has many friends and enjoys her time here. Sometimes she doesn’t want to leave! The staff are very child focused and the centre manager gets heavily involved with the children. Having a male staff member is an added bonus and the children adore him. Five stars for BestStart Vivian Street.

Parent

I was very reassured by the fact the centre manager shared that your approaches are based on attachment theory. All staff seem genuinely caring and like they genuinely enjoy their jobs. Staff always take the time to listen to me about my son, and have also given me some good advice. Staff are very empathetic. Good range of activities for the children, I am pleased that under 2s are separated from toddlers too. I also love the fact you bake from scratch for the kids every day.

Parent

We are incredibly grateful for the care and support from BestStart Vivian. It is a warm and welcoming community with an exceptional bunch of teachers. We value the peace of mind knowing our kids are in caring hands. BestStart has played a crucial role in the development of our children and we can see the positive impact has had on their early education and social skills. It has been a fantastic experience for our family, and we highly recommend them.

Parent

BestStart Vivian Street has been our home away from home for over 4 years. The team is outstanding and they went above and beyond to ensure we felt at ease every day. I wouldn't look any further than this fantastic centre. BestStart really is the best!!

What we're proud of

Read our latest ERO report Read our latest ERO report e-Portfolios e-Portfolios Most Trusted Childcare Most Trusted Childcare Quality Service Award Quality Service Award Set For School Set For School BestStart Educare Governing Organisation Report BestStart Educare Governing Organisation Report Healthy Heart Award Healthy Heart Award

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