Today looked like it was going to be cloudy with showers on and off. So when the children asked if water play was going to happen, we said yes under the condition that the sun came out. What a relief …
First day of the holidays
Today is the start of the school holidays, which means a few of the children are away enjoying a well deserved vacation. However we are not, so we went and had some fun of our own. We made a few forts …
Rolling everywhere today.
Yesterday the children had a blast outside, as our teacher Mary Louise set up some ramps for the children to explore. They either walked up and down the ramps or used our cylinders to roll down them. On top of …
Argh, we are pirates today!
Today was Friday and we were itching to try something different. A few of the girls were singing a new pirate song they were learning yesterday. Our teacher Jade asked if they wanted to be real pirates and play a …
Tire tower anyone?
Today we took down the tire bridge and created a tire tower in the sandpit. The children helped by digging the hole that the tires would be placed into. Our teacher Jade then made sure it was all secure. Once …
painting, climbing and building.
Today the weather was not the best and so we were aware of the time we had outside. Painting was a real focus for the tamariki (children) this morning. However the younger children had a different focus, they wanted to …
Kina anyone?
Yesterday we were given an amazing surprise from one of the parents. They had gone fishing/diving during the weekend and found some ‘Kina’ (sea urchin). When they gave us some Kina, we were perplexed. How do you open a shell …
Monday blues? Not at Mt Royal
Yesterday was Monday and how do we shake the weekend blues? We go to the forest and have some much needed fun. Our teacher Mary Louise led the expedition and reminded us of road safety and why we should walk …
Trucks Trucks Trucks
jd Today we decided to get the trucks out, to see if any of the tamariki were interested. Oh boy were they, you can see that they started with the trucks going down the slide. After this they moved to …
More and more making.
Today the children seemed to have one thing in mind, “What can we make?”. We had children at the carpentry table making planes and boats. We had some making towers out of the blocks. Even inside the children wanted to …