BestStart Morrinsville

BestStart Morrinsville offers quality education and childcare in a converted villa with a renovated extension that provides a ‘home away from home’ atmosphere. We are located on Studholme Street in Morrinsville.

We Are All Leaders!

At BestStart Morrinsville we see everyone as leaders and we encourage these capabilities to shine through. Your child’s education and care is paramount to our teachers and we form trusting, respectful relationships with all. Children have a balance of time to learn through play as well as routine time but most of all, we have FUN!! Your contribution to your children’s learning and development is essential and this is entirely encouraged so please feel free to stay and play!

We are a mixed aged centre that welcomes children aged 3 months until they're ready to go to school. Our environment supports tuakana/teina relationships where we all support and learn from each other. We also provide a space for our under two children to explore and interact. We have specific teachers who care for our under 2 children ensuring their routines from home are being continued in the centre.

Our outdoor play area is equipped with movable equipment where children are encouraged to take responsibility of and lead their own learning and help set up areas of play where this supports their learning and development in a safe, high quality environment.

We have very strong relationships with the local community and schools where we are active contributors to our Kāhui Ako. We consider family and whānau as extremely important to the culture of our centre and we encourage you all to be active participants within our daily programme. 

Come in for a visit and see our centre in action for yourself!

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.