Papatoetoe KIDS Early Learning Centre

🇼🇸 Happy Samoan language week 🇼🇸

Talofa lava,

We have started our Samoan Language Week with many exciting Samoan activities. Our tamariki enjoyed colouring the Samoan flag, singing Samoan songs during mat time, and dancing to Samoan Siva music. Through these experiences, children are learning about Samoan culture, language, and traditions while building confidence, coordination, and a sense of belonging. It has been wonderful to see everyone participating with joy and enthusiasm.

We Warmly Welcome Sarah and her whānau to PapatoetoeKIDS. We are delighted that you have joined our school and are looking forward to building a strong partnership with your family throughout your learning journey with us. We are excited to get to know Sarah's unique personality, interests, strengths, and passions. As she becomes familiar with her surroundings, we look forward to seeing her confidence grow as she engages in meaningful play experiences, discovers new opportunities for learning, and develops a sense of belonging within our centre.

Kia Ora whānau,

Today our tamariki enjoyed exploring both their indoor and outdoor environments. They engaged in a variety of experiences including playing in the sandpit, building with blocks, reading books, drawing, and developing their physical skills while climbing on the monkey bars. These activities supported their creativity, problem-solving, literacy, fine motor, and gross motor development while encouraging confidence and enjoyment in their learning through play.

Ka pai tamariki mā

Kia Ora whānau,

Today the big kids developed their early literacy skills as they learn to identify and recognise their own names during the daily attendance routine. They confidently found their name cards and placed them on the attendance board, showing growing independence and a sense of belonging within the group. Throughout this experience, there was rich language exchanged between the children as they talked with one another, helped their peers, and discussed whose names were on the board.
This routine supports their transition to school by encouraging name recognition, print awareness, communication skills, and self-management skills that are important for future learning environments.

Welcome Krish and Ryan to Koru room 💚💚

A warm welcome to our new babies and whānau joining our Koru Room family. We are so happy to have you with us and cannot wait to watch you learn, grow, and bloom in our room.

Welcome to Krish and your whānau. Thank you for joining our Koru Room family. We are excited to get to know you and cannot wait to see you bloom and explore alongside your new friends.

Welcome to Ryan and your whānau. Thank you for joining us. We are looking forward to supporting Ryan as he grows, learns, and creates beautiful memories in our room.

We are blessed to have you all as part of our Koru Room whānau

Happiest 4th Birthday, Big Boy Matthew! 🎉🎂

Thank you so much for celebrating your special day with us and for sharing your yummy cake. We hope you had a wonderful birthday surrounded by your friends.

We wish you all the very best as you begin your exciting journey in the big kids’ room. Thank you for the lovely goody bags as well!

A special thank you to your whānau for kind words and for being such amazing and supportive parents. We have loved being part of Matthew’s learning journey and look forward to seeing him continue to grow and thrive.

Happy Birthday, Matthew! 🎈🎁🥳

Happy 5th Birthday Rhea 🎂 🥳 🎉 and congratulations to you as you graduate from Papatoetoe KIDS!

Today we celebrated a very special milestone as you turned 5 years old! Watching you grow from one of our very first OG little learners into a confident, kind, and school-ready big girl has been such a special journey for us all.

We are so proud of the confident, clever, and caring little person you have become, thank you for letting us be apart of your early years.

All the very best as you start Primary school next week! Keep dreaming big, exploring the world around you, and sharing your beautiful sparkle wherever you go. Thank you for sharing yummy pizza, cake and goodie bags with your peers today. You will be missed by us all. 💛🎈

Kia Ora whānau,

Today our tamariki had a wonderful day enjoying outdoor fun and dancing together with lots of excitement and energy. They also explored play dough activities where they used their creativity and imagination to create different shapes and designs. During puzzle play, our tamariki learnt about shapes and developed their problem-solving skills as they worked hard to match and complete the puzzles. It was lovely to see their confidence, cooperation, and learning through play.
Ka pai tamariki mā!!