Our Philosophy

Wisdom begins with wonder - by Socrates

To cherish the joy of families and the many different ways they come to us.

With Te Whaariki and Kei Tua o te Pae as guidelines, we recognise that each and every child is competent and capable, and we will adapt our pedagogy to support all learning. Theorists of human behaviour, Piaget, Vygotsky and Bronfennrenner, underpin our assessment and evaluation of children's learning.




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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Meet our new friend the stick insect

Look what was found on Jo-Anne's car earlier this week. Darryn brought it into the centre to show all his friends. The children made a home for it in a bug catcher. With the long weekend coming up we thought we'd better let it go. Some children followed Maree outside and told her she should let it go in the secret garden. When Maree put the stick insect onto a tree branch something amazing happened right before the children's eyes - the stick insect started to change colour. It's body started changing from brown to green as it took on the colour of the leaves. The stick insect was camouflaging itself to protect itself from predators.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Guess who turned three on Monday?

And what a fabulous birthday celebration we had!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Happy 3rd Birthday Om

Happy birthday Om today is your special day the day you turn 3. I hope you enjoyed your special day with all your friends!
By Ann

Happy Birthday - three year old

Hope you enjoy your special day
By Maree

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Happy Birthday Number 3

Today we celebrated you turning three
How many candles can you see?

Happy birthday to Cameron

with love from your friends and teachers at Learning Curves

By Mandy

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Happy Birthday to Riya

Happy birthday to you

And happy school days too.

With lots of love and hugs from all of your friends and teachers at Learning Curves. Take good care, Riya and please come back and visit us. xx
By Mandy

Sunday, December 13, 2009

2009 Christmas Party

Thank you to all our friends and families that came to celebrate Christmas with us. Even though the rain came down, it didn't stop some of the children from having fun playing outside in it and it was one of our biggest turn outs yet. We always look forward to these special occasions and so we appreciate it when people come. Our door is always open to the families that have moved on too and so please remember that you are always welcome to come back and join us, especially at our Christmas parties.
Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Surprise, surprise TJ

TJ is from our Kinross Street centre and has been visiting us today as part of our teaching team swop days. He arrived at the centre on his motor bike and incredibly several of the children brought their own bikes in from home to show and share with their friends.TJ told the children all about his motor bike and answered their many questions before giving all those who wanted a ride,a ride on his motor bike.Thank you TJ for joining us today.