BestStart Tory Street  

Welcome, Namaste, Ayubowan, Nei hau, Talofa

Welcome to BestStart Tory Street (formerly Early Years Tory) our diverse centre, located in Wellington’s CBD. We provide education and childcare for 2 – 5 year olds. At BestStart Tory Street, we love building relationships with our community, embrace the culture and incorporate it into our programme. We offer full days as well as morning and afternoon sessions.

Our Vision - We bring together children, whanau and teachers from the many cultures of our city, we learn, dream and celebrate together through the universal languages of discovery, music, dance, food, creativity and play.

We are a multicultural centre - We value your culture.  We will become familiar with your home language and greet you in this language.  The verbal and non-verbal communication of your child will be valued and respected. Your child will be involved in cultural celebrations such as Diwali, Chinese New Year, Matariki and many more.

Embracing the community - Your child will go on walks to Wellington City Library with their friends. We take part in Matariki celebrations at Te Papa through a cultural performance that you and your family will be invited to attend. Your child will also go on visits to the War Memorial, restaurants and shops where we explore imaginative play, numeracy and literacy.

Your child will have the opportunity to visit the transition class at Mt Cook School and Clayde Quay School to support them with this transition.

BestStart Tory Street is known for incorporating cultures into our programme. We provide a learning rich environment for individual children as well as focus on group interests.

Relationships - Our environment is nurturing and caring so you can feel confident about your child’s surroundings as they learn. We invite you, your parents, grandparents, family and friends to visit your child anytime as well as on their special days that they spend at the centre. We are committed to working in partnership with families and communicate with you every day about your child while also developing our relationship with you.

Our Philosophy

• Our teaching practice is founded on the principles of te tiriti o Waitangi
• Collaborative, respectful relationships with tamariki, whanau and the community
• We believe in providing a learning rich environment that caters for individual learning needs is a priority
• Our environment is designed and organised in ways that foster interactions, explorations, curiosity and communication
• Children are empowered to be lifelong learners through all aspects of the curriculum