"Chloe's Cafe" News from the Toddlers' Room

Welcome to the Toddlers' blog entry for the week. Look at their "bikes'. They are parked at "Chloe's Cafe" for food and drinks. What a drive! Farewell to Luke and Eve who have moved up to Preschool and welcome to Lily who has moved up from Nursery. The Kea Room have continued to relate to transport within the room and in their play. Sienna and Ava spoke about the bikes going up and down the wooden boxes and Michaella and Cristian have a Hairdressing service at "Chloe's Cafe".



See attached photos

http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/ChloeSCafe

More Preschool Stardome Photos

We were lucky enough to have one of our parents take photos while at the stardome. Please have a look at the attachments below.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/Stardome3
http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/StardomeParentPhotos
http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/StardomeParentPhotos2

Preschool Stardome Trip

On Monday, the 11th August, Preschool went on a trip to the "Stardome."
The children loved exploring all the wonderful things inside. They got to wear magic glasses, learnt a new word - "Spectrum" and watched a movie about aliens and planets.
After this interesting experience we had fun playing at the playground.
A big thank you to all the parent helpers.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/StardomeTrip1
http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/StardomeTrip2

Hairdresser - Date Error

Unfortunately on the hairdressing notices, an error was printed with the date. The hairdresser will be here on Tuesday, 19th August, and not on the Monday as stated in the notice.

Play dough fun - Toddlers

We had lots of fun with the play dough. The children tried to make cars but ended up making long trains. (see attached photos)
Welcome to Yurie, our volunteer and Leo Barlow, who has moved up from the Nursery.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/PlayDoughFun

Nursery News

Charli, Francesca & Liam were in the Pukeko Room and have recently moved on to the Tuatara Room (over one's) They have adjusted well and they have an understanding of the routines, being independent and all seem to be very comfortable in their new setting.
See attached photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/NurseryNews06

We Have A New Hairdresser

We are pleased to announce that we have a new hairdresser for the centre. Her name is Anju Singh and she will be coming to the centre on Monday, 19th of August at 9.45 a.m.
There has been a small price increase and the cost of a haircut will be
$ 14.00 per child. If you are writing a cheque, please make the cheque payable to Ranjani Singh.
If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to ask.

Garden Delight - Preschool

Recently Karen (Our Head Handy Woman) has knocked out part of a fence in our outdoor environment to expose an area with a lovely tree. The children absolutely adore exploring this once enclosed tree and now you will often see 5 or 6 children hanging from the branches.
There will continue to be changes to our outdoor environment as we work on plans that will enable children to get in amongst the gardens and nature. This will involve using lots of different materials, such as river stones, pieces of tree trunk, native grasses, shrubs and paving stories. We hope to involve the chidlren as much as we can in this process. See attached photos of children in the tree.
http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/GardenDelight

Preschool Planning

We have done our planning for the children according to their interests.
This is based around the co-virtues of:
* Responsibility
* Honesty
* Friendliness
We are focusing on the areas of outer space, exercise, movement and responsibility. We would like to encourage you to talk to your child about these virtues. For ideas/inspirations look at our planning wall.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/PreschoolPlanning

Nursery's Friend O.T.

Today, our friend O.T. came to visit. He is our teacher's pet rabbit.
We took turns feeding him lettuce, celery, spinach and carrots. We were really excited and happy to see him. We loved patting his soft fur and his long ears.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bayfieldeec/OTNews