BestStart Waihopai Kindy

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Colourful table
Lego
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BestStart Waihopai Kindy is situated in the central city and just across the road from beautiful Queens Park. We are a unique kindy model, a mixed age setting catering for children aged 2 to 5 years old. Come and visit our spacious home like centre, and see all of the awesome learning experiences and environments we have to offer. We're open throughout the year, only closing on public holidays.

Embracing Uniqueness - awhi tūhāhā

BestStart Waihopai Kindy is a childcare centre with heart, offering a kindy model that allows children to thrive in a creative and fun environment. 

Our centre is a tight-knit community where our quality teachers offer unique, fun, experiences on a daily basis. We foster strong relationships between teachers and children. We are a community of different cultures and take every opportunity to celebrate these through different events, learning opportunities and the community relationships we build.

We have a wide variety of good quality resources available for the children, ensuring that they have something to engage them in high quality activity at all times.

We have full day or half day sessions or choose hours that suit you, we are open from 8.00am - 4.30pm, Monday - Friday including school holidays. 

What you can expect from our centre:

  • To be valued and for you and your child to build strong relationships with our teaching team
  • All cultures will be embraced, supported and celebrated
  • Support a strong foundation for children to thrive at school
  • High quality teachers who engage children every step of the way
  • A lovely outdoor playground that allows children to explore and discover at their own pace


    We would love to meet you and your child, come in and see what’s inside. 

    For more information about the specific fees for your centre, please contact us directly (03) 929 6109 /  waihopai.kindy@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

    I really love that the centre is small and feels like a wee family. The teachers are awesome and so encouraging. It's a fun place for the kids to play, learn and grow.

    Parent

    My children have been enrolled at this centre for the last 5+ years. Over this time the things I have come to love about it are the very special relationships between whanau and staff making it feel like a second home for my kids. I also love the smaller centre size meaning kids of all ages get to interact throughout the day. I feel very lucky to have found such a special place with amazing teachers to care for and educate my kids.

    Parent

    I really like the focus the teaching team have on the natural world - animals, eco-friendly practices, bush programme etc. I like that the centre is a mixed age group as my daughter learns from children older than her and is developing a beautiful caring nature from her interactions with the younger children.

    Parent

    We have made the right and best choice. So happy with everything that BestStart Waihopai Kindy has provided. The staff members always have very welcoming smiles, and we feel very welcomed every day. The communication is super good. For example, we are surprised and so happy to receive photos of our child on the first day, and we were informed timely that our boy was no longer crying and he was happy. We receive photos and comments frequently now. This is something that we had not experienced before, and we really like it. I believe all cultures are respected and valued in Best Start Waihopai. For example, a Chinese Spring festival/ Lunar new year celebration was very well prepared with traditional decorations, and related activities, such as making lanterns, are organized for children... We very highly recommend Best Start Waihopai Kindy

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