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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Our Blog - An interective environment that enhances children's learning.

We value your input, comments, questions and stories. Please add a comment to any post that you are interested in or speak to one of the team and they will help you.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Look who came to visit the Centre......

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Thank you Mummy and Sean for bringing Sidney to show us. We learnt he likes to eat crickets, apples, pears and beans but he doesn't like bananas. When he's scared he flattens his body to make hime look bigger and when he's angry he puffs out his beard. When he gets upset he goes totally black. He has holes for ear lobes and long toes for climbing. His hearing is so acute, he is scared of aeroplanes when they fly over Sean's house.Today Sidney is lovely and calm.

Monday, November 7, 2011

A Team of Rescuers

The team of rescuers that helped to save a baby bird that we believe fell from a nest and was separated from its mother today. Led by Martha, team leader of the rescue mission, we called SPCA for help that dispatched a friendly lady to help with our rescue mission.
The baby bird will be brought to 'The Bird Lady' to be cared for and although won't be returned to it's mother it will live with a new family of birds until it is big enough to fly free.

Thank you to the SPCA for helping us today. For more information about SPCA and the work that they do, please ring (09) 256 7300 or hit the link: http://www.spca.org.nz/default.aspx#2

The rescued bird that would have perished had it not been for a very observant and interested child at Learning Curves.


Monday, September 26, 2011

Happy Father's Day Night

Thank you to the Dads and Granddads that could make it to our Father's Day Evening.
It was an opportunity for us to talk about the things dear to our hearts, your children, in an informal, relaxed environment.

Your handy work has become part of Learning Curves' History and will remain for many years to come.

 
Thank you to Gerald, an ex-Dad from our centre. Your skills and knowledge are invaluable and we appreciate you sharing them with us to make this a special evening for the Dads and Granddads of today's Learning Curves.

Individual photos will be added to your child's/grandchild's blog.