Farewell to Aurelia and Yasmin and also to Cindy, who is now on maternity leave. Welcome to Sienna and Baxter.
Don't forget "Culture Day" on Tuesday 15th July, and please bring in some music to share with our friends.
Kei tua o te pae is part of our new planning introduced in Toddlers and we are looking at using dispositions and virtues. This will create opportunities for the staff to extend on your child's strengths and needs. Any questions, always feel free to ask the team.
On Tuesday Lucia kept herself busy with a large amount of bowls around her. I wonder what she is making??
This continued outside where you can see Thomas and another child making more 'birthday cake.'
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Thursday, 10 July 2008
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Culture Day
ATTENTION: ALL PARENTS
Don't forget that Tuesday the 15th of July is Culture Day. Our staff will be dressing up in different cultural dress and we would love to see the children do likewise, if they are interested.
Their menu will be varied slightly to include some cultural dishes and the programme during the day will reflect multiculturalism in the centre.
Feel free to contribute and take part in any way you would like.
Don't forget that Tuesday the 15th of July is Culture Day. Our staff will be dressing up in different cultural dress and we would love to see the children do likewise, if they are interested.
Their menu will be varied slightly to include some cultural dishes and the programme during the day will reflect multiculturalism in the centre.
Feel free to contribute and take part in any way you would like.
Friday, 4 July 2008
Toddler Painters
On Wednesday Luke, Evie and Kairo came and helped Molly set up the equipment for the outside area. Kairo spotted the painting containers and asked if they could do painting. Luke, Evie and Kairo helped Molly to carry the containers and brushes down to the fence. After that we went inside to choose some colours for the fence. Kairo choose green, Evie choose red, and Luke choose yellow. As we made our way outside we were greeted by lots of children that wanted to paint. The children all had a good time painting the fence, some even painted the tissue holder!
So if you want any help with painting at home we have some eager painters here willing to help.
* Through this activity the children waited patiently for a paintbrush.
* Children communicated amongst themselves.
* Had fun.
See attached photos.
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So if you want any help with painting at home we have some eager painters here willing to help.
* Through this activity the children waited patiently for a paintbrush.
* Children communicated amongst themselves.
* Had fun.
See attached photos.
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Nursery Exploration
The children enjoy exploring different activities during the daily programme using their bodies, senses and the use of tools, materials and equipment to extend their skills.
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Thursday, 3 July 2008
New Head Teacher For Nursery
We are pleased to announce that we have appointed a new Nursery Head Teacher. Sonia Hammond will start at Bayfield on Monday 28th of July. She then goes on a holiday to the U.K. and will rejoin Bayfield on the 18th of August.
We warmly welcome Sonia to Bayfield. Sonia has a Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education with Provisional Registration. Sonia has previously worked in other childcare centres in Auckland and prior to that worked as a Community Planner for the Waikato District Council. Sonia also has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree.
Welcome On Board - Sonia
We warmly welcome Sonia to Bayfield. Sonia has a Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education with Provisional Registration. Sonia has previously worked in other childcare centres in Auckland and prior to that worked as a Community Planner for the Waikato District Council. Sonia also has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree.
Welcome On Board - Sonia
Monday, 30 June 2008
Nursery News
We would like to welcome Brooke and Alex to the Nursery.
Since the weather has been wet outside the children have been inside most of the time enjoying music and movement, reading and painting amongst other activities.
On Friday, we had a cooking session with Meher making bread! The children had a blast and enjoyed contributing in the process of making the bread. They all enjoyed mixing the dry ingredients and getting the dough ready.
See attached photos.
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Since the weather has been wet outside the children have been inside most of the time enjoying music and movement, reading and painting amongst other activities.
On Friday, we had a cooking session with Meher making bread! The children had a blast and enjoyed contributing in the process of making the bread. They all enjoyed mixing the dry ingredients and getting the dough ready.
See attached photos.
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Friday, 27 June 2008
ABC Cooking - Preschool
This week in Preschool a new display has been created titled ABC Cooking. This space will represent all the alphabetical cooking we now do in the Weka Room.
The children, with the help of the teachers, have developed a set of guidelines to go by when we cook as a group. This display will document all the different stages of our cooking process each week. It will include photos, the child's voice and the current recipe for your information.
The children, with the help of the teachers, have developed a set of guidelines to go by when we cook as a group. This display will document all the different stages of our cooking process each week. It will include photos, the child's voice and the current recipe for your information.
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Ministry of Health and Education Study
Dear Parents
The Ministries of Health and Education have contracted Cognition Consulting to conduct an in-depth study into the Food and Nutrition environments of 26 schools and ECE centres around New Zealand. Our centre has been chosen to participate in this study on 3rd July. The researcher will need to speak to a group of three parents for 10-15 minutes about their perspectives and beliefs about the promotion of healthy eating at our centre, as well as the perceived differences that centres such as ours can make in getting children to eat healthier. Your participation in this group will help inform the Ministry decisions about future policy directions and initiatives in the area of health promotion in schools. Please let Shona know if you are interested in participating.
The Ministries of Health and Education have contracted Cognition Consulting to conduct an in-depth study into the Food and Nutrition environments of 26 schools and ECE centres around New Zealand. Our centre has been chosen to participate in this study on 3rd July. The researcher will need to speak to a group of three parents for 10-15 minutes about their perspectives and beliefs about the promotion of healthy eating at our centre, as well as the perceived differences that centres such as ours can make in getting children to eat healthier. Your participation in this group will help inform the Ministry decisions about future policy directions and initiatives in the area of health promotion in schools. Please let Shona know if you are interested in participating.
The Week In Toddlers
This week has been a testing week for the toddler teachers and children as the weather has been predominantly cold, windy and wet. This has meant that we have spent most of our time inside trying to keep ourselves occupied. We have engaged in a lot of exciting and challenging co-operative activities.
Today Marianne and Molly set up an indoor obstacle course. This encouraged the children to climb the cargo net and planks, roll on exercise balls, play on the mini seesaw and jump on the trampoline. We enjoyed playing on the trampoline. We all waited patiently around the trampoline and counted to ten while only one of our friends jumped on the tramp. We learnt how to practice patience, sharing numeracy skills, gross motor skills and turn taking.
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Today Marianne and Molly set up an indoor obstacle course. This encouraged the children to climb the cargo net and planks, roll on exercise balls, play on the mini seesaw and jump on the trampoline. We enjoyed playing on the trampoline. We all waited patiently around the trampoline and counted to ten while only one of our friends jumped on the tramp. We learnt how to practice patience, sharing numeracy skills, gross motor skills and turn taking.
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Sad News From Our Hairdresser
Sandy, our hairdresser, informed us yesterday that she would not be returning to do haircuts at Bayfield as she has taken up a permanent position as an Early Childhood Teacher. We are currently trying to find another hairdresser to take on this job, so if you know of a qualified hairdresser who may be interested, please talk to Shona.
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