Talaofa lava, Today tamaiti were excited to put on the hula skirt and flower ula (necklace) and join in dancing to a few Samoan songs. “Shari, can you help me” one of the children asked holding up the hula skirt. …
Physical Activity
The weather was nice and sunny so we decided to bring the jumping sack out. Children became keen to learn and try jumping using the sack. I explained to the children how you can go inside the sack and jump. …
Walking around our community and up to the mountain
This week our Tamariki and kaiako have been on a few walks. During our walk around the community, we spotted a police car and a policeman. Tamariki also picked flowers and talked about how beautiful the different houses are. On …
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 …
Making Dosa (pancake) !!
Food is one of a great vehicle for sharing culture with people from different backgrounds raising awareness and encouraging diversity. Thanks to the parent volunteer to come to the centre to introduce south Indian cuisine (dosa) to the children and …
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 …
Trip to the Ambury Farm
What an excitement among our tamariki, kaiako and whanau to go for an excursion to the Ambury farm. The tamariki had heaps of fun at the farm, we got to see and feel the farm animals, run around in the …
Community walk/walk around the block
Our tamariki with great excitement wait for the day once or twice a week when we take them around the block for walk. Today we turned our walk to collecting rubbish around the footpath. The tamariki did not hesitate to …