Excursions, Carpentry Play & Creative Learning!
28 March 2025
March has been a wonderful and busy month for our centre! With sunny and warm weather, we have been making the most of it by taking our tamariki on regular excursions to Paper Road Park and Panmure Library. Our babies, toddlers, and preschoolers have loved these outings, exploring new environments and engaging in new learning experiences.
We are also excited to share that we have introduced new resources to support our tamariki’s love for carpentry play. These hands-on experiences continue to spark creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork among our young learners.
Our March learning has been rich and diverse, with a focus on colour mixing and loose parts play. These activities have encouraged our tamariki to experiment, create, and discover through open-ended play.
We look forward to more exciting learning adventures in the coming months!
Family and Dramatic Play
Young children are learning their place in the world every single day in multiple ways. The ideas that they form from observing the world around them will often show up when children are engaging in family and dramatic play, but what exactly is family and dramatic play and what are the benefits of your child engaging in it?
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A month full of Cultural Celebrations and Learning!
Kia Ora! This month has been full of exciting activities and cultural celebrations at our preschool! We celebrated Cook Islands Week and Tongan Language Week by learning about greetings, colors, numbers, and the days of the week from these cultures. The children enjoyed making Tongan “Otai” and learning some Cook Islands language from one of our dads. We also had a visit from the librarian who entertained the children with puppet stories and songs. A highlight was our parent evening where we discussed raising resilient children. Parents learned about language development and strategies for managing common behavior issues. The children had fun with our homemade Olympic Games, where they created and awarded their own medals. We also raised awareness about asthma with the Sailor Asthma Show, presented by Aimee Gaestro. The Kapa Haka group from St Mary’s School performed for us, and it was a fantastic experience. Be sure to check out the videos! Our oldest children visited St Mary’s School to see what primary school is like and what they can expect. It’s been a busy month, and we look forward to more enriching experiences for the children. Connections to Te Whāriki (ECE Curriculum) Learning Outcomes: Belonging: Connecting with people, places, and things in their world Contribution: Using skills and strategies to play and learn with others Communication: Enjoying and creating stories
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Diwali Celebrations
Lollipops Auckland Central was awash with colour as staff, children and families celebrated Diwali, the much-loved festival of lights.
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