Hataitai Kindergarten

🐦 Our tamariki loved making bird feeders with Martin from The Toy Maker. It was a wonderful opportunity for exploration and hands-on learning. Thank you, Martin, for sharing this amazing experience with us. 💚
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🧲 Magnetic tiles can be used in so many different ways, from building houses and towers to creating exciting marble runs!

As children explore and create, they use problem-solving skills, perseverance, and creativity to test different ideas and discover what works best. Through trial and error, they develop critical thinking, resilience, and confidence, all while learning through play. ✨

Lots of laughter and creativity today as our tamariki mixed and matched the Potato Head pieces to create their own unique characters. 🥔

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Our tamariki have been loving the cocoa husks, spending time exploring, creating, and learning through play.

Today our tamariki enjoyed exploring Disney character cards on the light table. They loved looking through the transparent sections and discovering how they changed when placed over the light.

To extend their play, we introduced magnifying glasses, allowing tamariki to investigate the tiny images and details more closely. This encouraged curiosity, observation, and turn-taking as they explored together.

Today our tamariki explored red and blue gloop through sensory play and discovered how mixing the two colours creates purple! 🎨💜 Colour mixing helps children develop curiosity, creativity, and early science skills as they learn about cause and effect through hands-on exploration.

🏺 Our tamariki have been exploring pottery, using clay to create, shape, and express their ideas. A wonderful hands-on learning experience that supports creativity and fine motor skills. ✨

Kia ora whānau,

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The Government is reviewing how Early Childhood Education (ECE) is funded in New Zealand, and families have the opportunity to share their views.

These proposed changes could impact:

Childcare costs

Access to ECE services

Support for children with additional needs

Teacher staffing and quality

Funding available to ECE services

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We have been preparing for our upcoming Whakanui Hōtoki - and this has not only included learning waiata and practising a play of Ngāki and Whataitai, but collaborating also to create a back drop mural of taniwha and sea creatures. This mahi tahi has invited tamariki to develop a deeper understanding of our local legend and how we can embed this into our thinking and actions. Te Whāriki says 'The languages and symbols of children’s own and other cultures are promoted and protected'.