Eden Campus Early Learning Centre

🐦🌿 Bird watching at Eden Campus

We’ve been enjoying some lovely bird-watching moments with the tamariki lately. There’s something pretty special about seeing the children stop what they’re doing because they’ve spotted a bird in the trees! 👀

We’ve been lucky enough to see tūī and pīwakawaka (fantails) around our centre. The tamariki have been listening to their calls, helping feed them, watching how they move and talking about what they might be doing.

These little moments create so many opportunities for learning. Bird watching encourages children to slow down, notice what is around them, ask questions, share ideas and develop a genuine curiosity about nature. It also supports language, observation skills, early science learning and caring for living things.

Most of all, it helps build that important connection between our tamariki and Papatūānuku. 🌱 Learning doesn’t always need to happen around a table or with a planned activity. Sometimes it’s simply sitting quietly, looking up into the trees and wondering together.

We love seeing our tamariki developing a sense of belonging, care and respect for the natural world around them. 💚

We are excited to share that our tamariki are currently enjoying some healthy living choices by brushing their teeth regularly at preschool. KidsCan very kindly gifted our tamariki toothbrushes, toothpaste and posters about oral health. Learning to brush their teeth Independantly builds lifelong healthy habits and boosts fine motor skills. It also teaches personal responsibility, and creates a daily structure that connects hygiene to over-all well being. 🦷🦷🪥 KidsCan

Last Week was Cook Island Language Week and we had a wonderful time celebrating. At Kai time we included a Cook Island karakia, and also tried Banana Poke. Tamariki loved dancing and drumming to some beautiful Cook Island music, and also enjoyed some fun crafts including making ‘e katu and leis. Kia pai tō te epitoma whanāu - Have a great week ahead! 🇨🇰🌺🇨🇰

Learning Through Play

At Eden Campus, we embrace learning through play as a vital part of development. Learning through play is beneficial because it fosters natural curiosity and creativity, allowing children to explore their interests in a fun environment. It enhances social skills, encouraging children learn to communicate, collaborate, and resolve conflicts with peers. It promotes cognitive development, and encourages critical thinking and problem-solving. Learning through play supports emotional wellbeing and helps children build a strong foundation for lifelong learning, and most importantly, it’s fun!

We had a fabulous celebration with our whanāu and community in recognition of Matariki. We enjoyed kai, including harvested kumura from our garden, kōrero and a waiata. Matariki is a fabulous time for us to spend with our loved ones in remembrance, reflection and planning for the future. We hope everyone had a wonderful Matariki and thanks to everyone who shared this special time with us.

🌟 At Eden Campus, we love to spark early literacy! 📚✨ Our team loves to encourage reading and enjoying fun stories that help children enjoy literacy.

Let’s nurture a love for learning together! 💖

This week we are celebrating Samoan Language Week at our centre. 🇼🇸

Together, we are exploring not only language and culture of Samoa but also the pacific values of respect, belonging, relationships, community and love that strengthen our learning community.

Guided by Tapasā, we are committed to creating meaningful connections with Pacific learners, families and cultures where every child feels valued and empowered to thrive.

Fa’afetai tele lava to our families and community for sharing your culture, language and traditions with us and we look forward to updating you with everything we got up to next week!

Last Friday we had a wonderful celebration with our community celebrating all the wonderful mothers in our lives. There was music, bubbles, and most importantly, coffee! Thankyou to everyone who joined us and made this celebration so special 🌸

We are thrilled to announce that we have now extended our hours here at Eden Campus from 8.30am - 4.30pm. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to book longer hours.