Kia Ora Whanau,
We have been a little bit quieter over the past week as it has been school holidays. But that does not mean we have been any less busy during our days at Mt Royal. The children here have still been learning and investigating as usual.
What has been happening?
Our children here have been very busy with so many interests over the last couple of months. We have been focusing on our bodies which incorporated how to stay healthy and the children enjoyed learning about bones and different parts of body. Next it was onto animals! The children have enjoyed exploring role play as animals, Oden the dog is a favourite as well as tigers. Then in the evening some children were on a hunt and I wondered if they had heard of the story ‘we are going on a bear hunt’ so I read the book to the children and this has reignited their curiosity for inventions (traps)
and maps to find treasure. It also is a great way to continue their exploration of animals and staying fit as the book incorporates all these themes.
If you have books on any of the above interests please feel free to bring in and share with us.
What is New?
The children created a race track outside, it is always changing in design as the children love to design and create new challenging tracks.
The bubble station outside has been a great success too. The bubble station looks simple but it covers many areas of the curriculum, science is obvious but holding the wand and dipping the wand into the tube is working on the children’s fine motor control which will help them to develop their writing skills. It is also maths as we have competitions to see how many bubbles we can pop in 30 seconds!
We are using our Mt Royal Early Learning Centre Facebook page (just search our name). So go have a look and check out our photos which we update regularly.
ERO came and we look forward to reading the report soon
Please encourage your child to sign in everyday
Please let them try to write their name independently. It may not seem like it but their circles and lines are the first step/stage to forming letters.
Welcome
A warm welcome to Antosh, Romeo, Hannah, Latu, Masei and Thomas. You have al settled in well and we have loved getting to know you all.
Farewell
We say goodbye to Neil who has left us to go to school and Brae who will be leaving our centre as he is starting school also L. We will miss you Brae the inventor!
Birthdays
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our April/May children! John turned 4 years old, Romeo turned 1 years old, Brae who turns 5, Alro will be 3 years old and Luka will be 5 and off to school as well.
A Great Deal
Recommend a friend and when they enrol you will get 1 weeks free childcare!
Events
Old MacDonald farm is coming on the 27th of April! It is such a fun and interactive experience for the children. The cost is $15 per child. We would like to be organised and have all the money in by Friday the 22nd of April please, otherwise the farm may have to be cancelled L
Pyjama Day is happening again, the children have been asking so on Friday the 29th we will have a Pyjama Day!
Thank you
The Mt Royal Team.