Shirley First Learners

10/07/2025

We are sad to say that today is the end of an era. It's the last day of Shirley First Learners.
Thank you to all the kaiako and tamariki that have been apart of the first Learners whanau.
We will cherish the memories we have made together. We end knowing our hearts a full and you have intrusted us with the care of your tamariki over the years and being a part of your childs learning journey watching them grow, and shine in their own unique ways.
We wish you all the best.

19/01/2025

Exploration/mana aoturoa- making sense of the natural world.
A sense of responsibility for the living world and knowledge about how to care for it.

16/01/2025

13/01/2025

Important work going on here. Boys hard at work digging tracks, clearing a path and filling their vehicles

25/08/2024

Lots of sensory fun this morning with Whero/red and kowhai/yellow gloop. Tamariki had lots of fun mixing and exploring as it slowly transformed to karaka/Orange.
Tamariki love an opportunity to get messy with sensory play.

19/06/2024

Car wash at preschool today. Sensory play, imagination building and team work. Lots of Learning happening with the most simplist bit of fun.

12/06/2024

Tamariki had so much fun yesterday we extended their play with further sensory fun. Exploring with various resources from inside and outside preschool

11/06/2024

Very cold frosty morning this morning.
With lots of interest and a love of dinosaurs by many, kaiako set up a scenery with water and sand for lots of open end learning.

11/06/2024

Tamariki have been learning number recognition with lots of matching and counting play. Lots of teamwork and working together to support each others learning.

06/06/2024

Busy little hands exploring this morning. Lots of imagination happening, creating soups to potions.
All scources from the preschool garden tamariki helped collect.