Today, we finished off our Holi celebration by playing with the bunch of colors and making sweets with kaiako Zoya. Our children had enjoyed Holi festival while playing with their water guns which they filled with different colors and sprinkled …
Chinese New Year
Chinese New year, also know as the spring Festival is celebrated on the 25th of January this year. 2020 is the year of the Rat . Because the purpose was to scare off Nian and prevent it from returning, the …
Merry Christmas
What an awesome Christmas Party we had today at Mt Royal. Big thank you goes to Santa who made this party a great success for our tamariki. We were indeed in the Santa’s nice list. Shared lunch with the parents …
Happy Diwali
The time of Diwali is one of the most festive and beautiful times of the year for Indian community . Diwali is also known as the festival of lights It is a time filled with lights and love, a time …
Tongan Language Week
Malo e lelei, The theme for Uike ‘O E Lea Tonga/ Tongan Language Week 2019 is Fakakoloa ‘O Aotearoa ‘Aki’A E Tauhi Fonua, A Tongan Perspective of Enriching Aotearoa , New Zealand. The children have been celebrating Tongan Culture and …
Happy Father’s Day
Tamarki got busy making banana and pineapple muffin for their daddy and granddads with kaiako Shari. What a busy morning it was, measuring, pouring, mixing and stirring using our strong muscles. Tamariki took pride in wrapping the muffin for daddy …
Mt Royal Supermarket (Pretendplay)
Our tamariki have recently been very interested in pretend play/ dramatic play especially the shopping game. This let kaiako to set up provocation to allow for this interest to continue. After discussions, it was decided that the tamariki wanted supermarket …
Matariki Celebrations at Mt Royal
Matariki: Te Tau Hou Māori The month of June has seen a lot of preparation by our tamariki and kaiako for our Matariki night at Mt Royal. We have been learning about the importance of the Matariki -The Maori new …
Samoan Language Week
Talofa Lava “Lalaga le si’osi’omaga mo se lumana’i manuai. Weave an environment for a better future” is the theme for Samoan Language Week 2019. We at Mt Royal have been celebrating this through learning and practicing Samoan words, phrases, songs …
Happy Mother’s Day
At Mt Royal ELC we had special morning tea to celebrate Mother’s Day. Thank you to all our kind and caring mums and grandmas who came this morning and made this day special for our tamariki and kaiako. Mums and …