Active Explorers Ashburton

The faces say it all! Concentration, patience, hand eye coordination. The learning is endless today at the carpentry table 🔨🔨

Kaiako introduction 🔷

Meet Rimpi who begun her journey here at Active Explorers as a relieving Kaiako. Rimpi has now joined the team on a regular basis. Coming from a background in working with children in India, Rimpi will begin her Graduate Diploma into ECE next year.

Rimpi is looking forward to growing her knowledge through her studies and learning alongside the Kaiako and tamariki 💕

Our entry into the A&P show for “Collaborative Art” where the tamariki recreated our playground in clay - woo hoo 2nd place 🏆🤩

Kaiako Introduction 🔷

Rose Stevens has recently joined the Nursery team and is excited to be nearing the end of her Bachelor's degree in ECE. Rose lives rurally with her partner and in her spare time, she enjoys hockey and baking. Rose enjoys working alongside tamariki as they develop, explore, and learn about the world around them 💕

We were so privileged today to have a parent and author of a new book called “Explore with me Mid Canterbury “ come and share the story with us.

What an incredible job Mary has done on this beautifully illustrated book about all the places to visit in Mid Canterbury.

What a perfect resource to have. If you would like to purchase a copy go to www.explorewithme.co.nz or paper plus and our local art gallery.

🔷 Kaiako Introduction 🔷

Meet Beata Quigley, who joined the Nursery teaching team in July 💕. Beata moved to New Zealand from Poland seven years ago and now lives on a farm with her husband and beautiful twin girls.
Beata had a background in teaching and is currently completing her final eight-week placement; she will become qualified in ECE at the end of this year.
We love Beata’s enthusiasm and natural ability to support children in their learning and development.

Ice exploration = growing curious minds, wander and intrigue 💕

Ice Discovery

Today our tamariki made an exciting discovery — pieces of ice left behind from the wee storm yesterday. They eagerly collected it all up and brought it together to investigate. We provided droppers and coloured dye, which the children used to explore what happened when the colours mixed with the ice.

This experience encouraged curiosity, experimentation, and working theories as the tamariki observed the changes and shared their discoveries with one another. It was wonderful to see their excitement as they explored nature’s creations in such a hands-on way.