Parihaka Kindergarten home of many creative thinkers · PDF fileParihaka Kindergarten...
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Our tamariki love to be outdoors and no activity is restricted to inside. Drawing and writing has been popular whether on the blackboards, on the easels and using magnetic letters and papers and pencils on the table. Madelyn and Sadie drew the people – a combination of both their families. Lily initiated the blackboard art work of the fireworks display many children saw recently at Toll Stadium. ‘Children expressing their feelings and ideas using a range of materials and modes | he kōrero auaha.’ The awning on the ‘house’ has proved a popular spot for hanging out and reading with friends. Trystan, Whetu and Kendall read and sang Pete the cat over and over again by themselves, their enthusiastic voices heard all over the playground. ‘Children enjoy hearing stories and retelling and creating them | he kōrero paki.’ Parihaka Kindergarten – home of many creative thinkers and workers. Building and creating has been in full swing indoors and out this week – especially outdoors with the fabulous weather. Tama Nui-te-Ra has been making sure hē tino mahana, it is very warm. Blocks, the new hot wheels sets and the new train set have been created in the formation of choice of the creators. Notice how many of the children keep appearing in different areas of construction. Outdoors the house which has been painted with copious amounts of acrylic paint has now become a construction zone again with hammers nails, saws and files. The team work around this has been amazing – lots of communication and co-operation, respect and some strong leadership skills coming to the fore. Keith our maintenance man had chopped down an old dead tree late on Wednesday afternoon and left the wood for the children to play and/or build with. The next day the wood was discovered and for the next 2 days camp fires were created, trucks were used to transport the wood, twigs and leaves. Children sat around the campfire chatting and ‘toasting’ marshmallows (leaves) on sticks. Once they had finished with the fire it was extinguished by some dedicated firemen. This is typical of the imaginative play based on real experiences which we see every day at kindergarten. This is our Te Whāriki curriculum in practice. Goals and learning outcomes around contribution and exploration: ‘Children’s play is valued as meaningful learning and the importance of spontaneous play is recognised. Children play, imagine, invent and experiment | te whakaaro me te tūhurahura i te pūtaiao. They use a range of strategies and skills to play and learn with others | te ngākau aroha.’
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Our tamariki love to be outdoors and no activity is restrictedto inside. Drawing and writing has been popular whether onthe blackboards, on the easels and using magnetic lettersand papers and pencils on the table. Madelyn and Sadiedrew the people – a combination of both their families. Lilyinitiated the blackboard art work of the fireworks displaymany children saw recently at Toll Stadium. ‘Childrenexpressing their feelings and ideas using a range of materialsand modes | he kōrero auaha.’The awning on the ‘house’ has proved a popular spot for
hanging out and reading with friends. Trystan, Whetu andKendall read and sang Pete the cat over and over again bythemselves, their enthusiastic voices heard all over theplayground. ‘Children enjoy hearing stories and retellingand creating them | he kōrero paki.’
Parihaka Kindergarten – home of many creative thinkers and workers. Building and creating has been in full swing indoors and out this week – especially outdoors with the fabulous weather. Tama Nui-te-Ra has been making sure hē tinomahana, it is very warm. Blocks, the new hot wheels sets and the new train set have been created in the formation of choice of the creators. Notice how many of the children keep appearing in different areas of construction. Outdoors the house which has been painted with copious amounts of acrylic paint has now become a construction zone again with hammers nails, saws and files. The team work around this has been amazing – lots of communication and co-operation, respect and some strong leadership skills coming to the fore. Keith our maintenance man had chopped down an old dead tree late on Wednesday afternoon and left the wood for the children to play and/or build with. The next day the wood was discovered and for the next 2 days camp fires were created, trucks were used to transport the wood, twigs and leaves. Children sat around the campfire chatting and ‘toasting’ marshmallows (leaves) on sticks. Once they had finished with the fire it was extinguished by some dedicated firemen. This is typical of the imaginative play based on real experiences which we see every day at kindergarten. This is our Te Whāriki curriculum in practice. Goals and learning outcomes around contribution and exploration: ‘Children’s play is valued as meaningful learning and the importance of spontaneous play is recognised. Children play, imagine, invent and experiment | te whakaarome te tūhurahura i te pūtaiao.They use a range of strategies and skills to play and learn with others | te ngākau aroha.’
