Tuesday, 24 March 2015

term dates.

Hi all.. we've had a request for dates for the upcoming break. the term finishes on the 2nd of April and we're back on the 20th of April.

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Play as a way to unpack life events....

It's much excitement for us all when there is a new member of a household! Dramatic play helps us all to make sense of the change. We've got quite a few children discussing their ideas about what a new baby in the family means! Here Hugo and Campbell show us how we might look after a baby in the ICT suite - where we popped in a digital clip and play props as a provocation to explore our wonderings some more....

Monday, 9 February 2015

Researching and thinking and discussing....

It's great to see our friends take charge of documenting aspects of what they are wondering about.... here Niamh has methodically taken lots of digital microscope shots of lots of kindergarten sourced natural objects. Ka pai tō mahi!

Sunday, 8 February 2015

Bryn the Thinker

Lots of friends are working hard investigating what happens when various media combine- here's Bryn thinking hard about colour mixing in the water space... ka pai tō mahi!

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Sharing learning experiences between Kindergarten and Home.

Thanks to Zac's family for sharing his interests and  experiences- enabling us to get on board and use them in our planned programme for him. Here's his learning story and a digital voiced version of his story about his holiday that enables him to assess his own work and plan new adventures....







Monday, 26 January 2015

Planning Strategically

You might have been with us part way through last year when the Wellington Kindergarten Association merged with the Rimutaka Kindergarten association- forming a new Association 'He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Assn Inc'. You might more commonly see it as He Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens.The name was gifted to the association  by Sir Tamati and Lady Reedy- highly respected educationalists and important participants in the writing of our national early childhood curriculum "Te Whāriki" which is world renowned.  The name  means 'The caring family of Tararua'  and is  relevant to both associations.

Friday, 2 January 2015