BestStart Totara Street  

BestStart Totara Street (formally TopKids Totara Street) is located in the business area of Totara Park. We are just a stones throw away from Taupo Bungy and the Spa Park. Our centre caters for children from the ages of 3 months until they are ready for their next journey at school. ERO has rated TopKids Totara Street in the top 7% of NZ childcare centres providing positive learning outcomes for children.

Pop into BestStart Totara Street and you will be warmly welcomed by one of our dedicated staff and all our smiling tamariki. As you walk into our beautiful sun filled learning environments you will meet the rest of our dedicated, experienced and knowledgeable teaching team and support staff.

We have age appropriate learning environments so our tamariki have the freedom to actively experience the area, with free and easy access to all resources.

At BestStart Totara we provide a secure space for our not yet moving tamariki. We have implemented the free movement philosophy as this is something we feel strongly about. We believe the children will meet their developmental milestones in their own time.

For our older children we have implemented a programme that supports them to develop at heir own pace. We entice exploration and create individual plans that support our children to ensure the best possible learning outcomes are occurring for them.

We recognise that tamariki learn though play and support their development and learning by implementing intentional teaching. Our Be School Ready initivate ensures all children are surrounded by literacy and numeracy in all areas of their play so they are ready for life long learning. We also offer a Swim Club programme for our older children, helping to support them with the life skill of swimming.

Our teaching team is full of experienced, passionate teachers who thrive on supporting tamariki to achieve milestones and develop in all areas of their lives. We believe teaching is a vocation and all our teachers have followed their calling to work alongside children.

We look forward to welcoming you to BestStart Totara soon.