BestStart Peachgrove Road

BestStart Peachgrove offers a warm and caring environment, where our children are encouraged and supported to be independent and imaginative. We offer a child-initiated learning programme with amazing support from a group of passionate Early Childhood Education teachers.

Nurture the seed and it will grow – Poipoia te kākano kia puawai

By creating trusting relationships with our whanau and families, developing working partnerships and implementing manaakitanga, our children and whanau know they have a place with us at BestStart Peachgrove. Our tamariki know this is their place to learn, develop and grow. 

Nau mai, harere mai ki BestStart Peachgrove.

We are a small centre licensed for 36 tamariki with a maximum of 10 children under two years old. We love our small size as it allows us to form, maintain and nurture strong connections and relationships with all of our whānau and tamariki. We feel strongly about planting our seed into our community where we endeavour to spread our roots and make strong, meaningful connections. We are proud to be helping to grow our future generation.  

Te Anuhe (Caterpillars) – Children under 2 years – Poipoia te kākano/Nuture the seed.

We believe it takes a village to raise a child. Providing a nurturing and educational environment where your pepi is supported to reach their milestones in a safe and loving environment. We plant the seed for learning by allowing and encouraging your pepi to make new discoveries each day and developing independence and self management. We believe in nurturing our pepi to then be capable and confident to grow their wings

Te Pūrerehua (Butterflys) – 2 - 5 year olds – Waangai te pakiaki, Kia puiwai to putiputi / nourish the roots, the flower will blossom.

Our Te Pūrerehua room is an environment where play is the essence of learning, our Kaiako/teachers support and encourage your tamariki/children to become independent, confident and capable learners through learning experiences that support their natural urge to play and explore. We see our tamariki as being innately wise, curious and capable beings. Through this we feel we are nourishing their roots to set a strong foundation for learning.  As kaiako and tamariki work together through shared learning, we ensure that the sharing of interests and experiences helps support our tamariki to spread their wings and flourish.

Whāngai te anuhe

Kia puawai te pūrerehua.

Ka rere ki te rangi

Nurture the caterpillar,

The butterfly will blossom

And fly up in the sky

Who is BestStart?

BestStart is for families who want more from early-childhood education. Safe, nurturing and educationally focused, we’re committed to growing caring people with curious minds.

Together we teach, learn and nurture.

Our vision is to work in partnership with families, whanau and communities to enable children to achieve their learning potential.

Ko tō mātou tirohanga hei mahi ngātahi i te taha o ngā whānau me ngā hāpori, kia āwhinatia ngā tamariki, kia tū pito mata ai rāatou, hei rangatira mō āpōpō.

We are committed to being a progressive and responsive leader in early-childhood education. We do this by enhancing our services, investing in our people, developing our support structure and continuously improving the educational outcomes and experiences of our children, families and the communities we serve.

Some facts:

• We’re licensed to educate and care for 15,000 full-time children daily.
• 18,000 families use BestStart services annually.
• We have over 270 centres nationwide located from Whangarei to Invercargill.
• Each centre is managed by a Centre Manager who is supported by a local Area Manager. This gives our centre teams ongoing quality training and support.
• Te Whāriki, the world-wide acclaimed national early childhood education curriculum, is used in all centres.
• We have over 4500 permanent teachers nationally. Over 90% of our permanent teaching staff are either fully qualified with a diploma or bachelor of teaching (ECE) or higher, or are in training. These figures are very high by national standards within the ECE sector.
• We provide a two-year Advice and Guidance Programme for all recently certified teachers, providing further mentoring and training. This gives strong support for teachers from provisional registration to full teacher registration with the NZ Teachers Council.
• We regularly spend around $4 million on teacher training per annum.

We’re for children

At our heart is our commitment and passion for children. Central to this belief is our focus on the holistic development of children. We support children to explore the world around them, learning through relationships, creating a love of learning in an ever-changing world. Exploration, friendship and fun are part of the journey.

We’re for good

BestStart is a registered charity owned by the Wright Family Foundation. We support initiatives and programmes within BestStart and the wider early-childhood education sector (ECE) that support good outcomes for all children. We do this because we want to make a positive difference to the lives of all children.

Innovation leads us

At BestStart, innovation guides our thinking. We advocate positive change for learners through our research and practice. We’re proud to be thought leaders within ECE, openly challenging ourselves to think differently to provide the best for our children, families and staff.

We’re responsive

Our centres reflect their children, staff and communities. We celebrate individuality, uniqueness and diversity, encouraging a spirit of empathy, understanding and collaboration. Through our responsive relationships and our curriculum, we support learners to choose their own path.

Our people matter

At BestStart people come first. When we grow and develop our people, everyone benefits. We strive for whakamana/empowerment, nurturing a culture of excellence with engaged, talented professionals. Their commitment, skill and passion light our way.