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 …
Today at Mt Royal childcare
This morning most of the tamariki (children) were outside enjoying that spring sun. We enjoyed some painting, imaginary play and some of the boys even made up a cool bowling game.
What a beautiful Tuesday
Today was a cloudless day, so of course we were outside soaking up the sun shine. We had painting in the morning, which turned into some hard materials time. The weather after lunch was just as beautiful, so we went …
Mt Royal ECE Centre Newsletter (August 2018)
MT Royal ECE Centre Newsletter Winter is slowly starting to melt away, with our warm mid morning days, we are starting to feel and see more of the sun. Not to forget daylight-saving next month, change is around the corner …
Our updated Philosophy
Mt Royal Early Learning Centre Philosophy “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” (Benjamin Franklin) We the team at Mt Royal believe that our tamariki/children are capable, competent learners who make …
forest walk and exploration.
Today we decided to stretch our legs and go for a walk in the forest. We had our teacher Mary Louise explain the road rules. Once we reached the forest we found a flat piece of ground and the children …
When the sun comes out, so do we!
With yesterday raining all day the children did not waste anytime getting outside this morning. The outside teacher set up the sandpit to be more of an obstacle course and the children seemed to really enjoy it. Later on the …
Rainy day? lets get building!
Yesterday was raining all throughout the day. This meant we weren’t able to go outside. So the children decided to get creative and build towers as high as they can. On top of that a few of boys out of …
We want a tower please.
This morning after the tyre bridge was completed. A few of the children asked what we were going to do with the other tyres? We asked the question straight back to see if they had any ideas. One suggested we …
Can you cross the tyre bridge?
Our new teacher ‘Jade’ was outside and asked the children, if they would like a tyre bridge in the sand pit this time. They all agreed and helped jade by digging the holes and filling it up with sand. The …