New Beginnings Preschool is a community-based early childhood centre at 136 Aldwins Road in Phillipstown, Christchurch, near Linwood Park and Linwood Avenue School. It was established in 1983 and is governed by a board of trustees. It was known as Linwood Community Creche and Linwood Community Childcare Centre before it became New Beginnings Preschool in 2002. The centre takes children from about three months to six years. It has a nursery for the younger children, with a teacher to child ratio of 1 to 3 and a maximum group of six, and a separate preschool area. It is licensed for up to 36 children, including six under two, and opens daily from 8.45 am to 3.15 pm.
Parents say the centre has a down-to-earth, community feel, where each child is treated as an individual and the teacher ratios give them extra care. One parent says the staff have supported their whānau through the ups and downs of parenting young children, and that the kaiako are passionate and skilled. The centre says it values genuine relationships with children and families, and works alongside whānau to remove barriers and help them access support. Two other childcare centres nearby, Burwood Day Care and Kimihia Early Learning Centre, are both 0.5 km away on Open Locally and rated 5.0 from one and five reviews.