Above and Beyond, Papamoa

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Fruit smoothies are a real hit in our nursery

Dress Up Day 14th of February! Come dressed in your favourite costume ready for a fun day and support The Heart Foundation of Aotearoa ❤️

Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another or stringing them onto a thread or thin wire. When our tamariki do bead work, they use pipe cleans or string to create their work. Most often, beadwork is a form of personal adornment (e.g. jewelry), the joy of creating a piece for that special person is just beautiful to see

Being curious and making discoveries is how we learn about the world around us and start questioning our environment to further our knowledge. Today after a little bit of rain, out came the snails.

Today the possibilities of risk and challenge were explored while climbing the cargo net. Risk taking in a safe and supported environment can help you build an understanding of the world around and also enables you to begin to understand your own bodies capabilities.

What does creativity look like for our infants and toddlers at Above And Beyond Papamoa? It looks like engaged, curious learners, exploring the process oblivious of the end product. It will get a little messy, but it is all about the importance of curiosity and discovery. Sir Ken Robinson talked about, creativity being just as important as literacy and numeracy!

What is water in the lives of these young learners? It is wonderment and opportunities for sharing joy with others. Water in its natural state is a precious resource. It can be soothing, cool, transportable and open ended allowing children to be curious and make discoveries.

Water is a precious resource that provides such valuable learning opportunities. Today this group spent time exploring the possibilities of pipe work, with a little water added

Curiosity enables discovery, discovery creates exploration, exploration builds questioning, questioning fosters lifelong learning. Today’s discovery was a baby praying mantis, this created a conversation around caring for our natural world that was lead by a 4 year old

We had a little lamb and calf visit us today! What an amazing experience for our tamariki, which they absolutely loved! Thank you to our wonderful kaiako for bringing your farm babies in for us to enjoy!

Getting creative with ways to cool down in this heat ☀️ 🛶 💧