Monday at Ellerslie

Monday at Ellerslie

Notice The tamariki spent time learning all about the life cycle of a frog this afternoon, as part of our week long focus on cycles in the natural world. We will be looking at the life cycles of fogs and monarch butterflies. The tamariki were excited to find colour...
Tuesday at Ellerslie

Tuesday at Ellerslie

Notice The tamariki were excited to find colour mixing for the second day in a row, although it was new to the tamariki who don’t attend kindy on a Monday. There were the three primary colours again, and before the tamariki got stuck in, the kaiako demonstrated how to...
Wednesday at Ellerslie

Wednesday at Ellerslie

Notice The tamariki enjoyed lots of fun with water play/kori kori wai today. It was a little cold in the morning, so they started off with enjoying the bubbly wai in the water trough. There was lots of science and maths concepts being explored during this experience....
Thursday at Ellerslie

Thursday at Ellerslie

Notice This morning the tamariki seemed to enjoy exploring the dinosaur gloop. It was half wet half powdery Petra was exploring the textures as she mixed the powder mixture into the water to change the consistency. As the day went on the gloop mixture started to dry...
Friday at Ellerslie

Friday at Ellerslie

Notice This week we have noticed an interest in painting and cleaning up the yard. Today the tamariki decided to role play that they were a cleaning company, we had people busy sweepy, cutting down trees, and painters. They found all sorts of different sized...