Let’s Play
We had such an exciting interactive evening with Robin from Childspace sharing with us the importance of play and having fun. Thank you to our wonderful community for supporting our playground fundraiser.
How can I stop losing items to lost property & support Aspiring Beginnings?
Help to stop our lost property overflowing by naming all belongings. We all know that biro and markers eventually wear off. Why not name your child’s precious belongings more permanently with Abacus Fundraising. Their online order process is very simple and every order you make will support our centre with a minimum of 20% of […]
Let’s Play – Tickets available now
Why is play so important? Play the radio audio to hear why Robyn is a leader in ECE education. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to listen to Robin Christie from Childspace about how “PLAY” is so important. Play is the ‘work’ of young learners, the vehicle for experimentation and exploration, the most valuable technique for children […]
TC Cat comes to Visit
To support the young children’s activities & interests amongst our community, we invited TC Cat to chill with the children and share ski stories. Thank you Treble Cone for sharing your time and smiles. Enjoy the rest of the season and we look forward to doing it all again next year.
Participating & Contribution
One area of critical learning that is a focus at Aspiring Beginnings ELC is about being actively involved and participating. Having collaborative contribution from our wider community & knowing you can make a difference culturally, socially, emotionally, cognitively, metaphysically & holistically. Our spring working bee was a great opportunity to get our garden space ready […]
Whanaungatanga – a special outing
The teachers have identified Whanaungatanga as a key principle within the teaching and learning environment of AB’s. Whanaungatanga is about building relationships through shared experiences and working together, providing people with a sense of belonging. Each day we discuss whanaungatanga with the children – what it looks like, what it means, why it is important. We talk […]
Whanau Breakfast
We were able to celebrate healthy eating with our families at a whanau breakfast on Wednesday 29th June. Community involvement is important to us at Aspiring Beginnings and we are appreciative of families taking the time from their busy lives to share kai and conversation. We all agree that the teachers did an amazing job, preparing […]
The Otago Masonic Charitable Trust
Thank you to “chairperson Chrissy” as the governance representative for Aspiring Beginnings, for collecting our successful grant of $3,200 at the Otago Masonic lodge presentation. This money will be used to purchase one air conditioning unit to improve the quality of heating in our centre.
News Flash….Healthy heart award for Aspiring Beginnings
We are very excited to announce that our centre has earned an excellence award from the Heart Foundation for promoting healthy eating and physical activity. “Wanaka Live….26/3/2015 – Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre was presented with a ‘Pā-Harakeke’ gold star Healthy Heart Award yesterday. The free programme, which is partially funded by the Ministry of […]
Active Movement – Foam Shapes
Thank you to Sports Otago for arranging use of the very popular “foam shapes” that are regularly rented to various organisations throughout Dunedin. They were so popular we would like to fundraise to purchase our own supply of foam shapes.
Christmas closedown
The Aspiring Beginnings teaching team and tamariki are all currently on holiday’s and look forward to welcoming new members to our community centre on Tuesday 20th January 2015.
Raffle results
On behalf of the governance of Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre, a huge thank you to the Upper Clutha Communtiy for supporting our Christmas raffle to purchase heat pumps for the centre. 1st – Justin Reid; won a huge grocery hamper and canvas wheelbarrow 2nd – Nigel McCallum; won a treble Cone first time package x […]
How Awesome – “Congratulations to everyone”
We are very pleased to announce that we have proudly completed our Enviroschools reflection to silver level. The Enviroschools Programme is a unique sustainability journey. Through exploration and discovery, tamariki and students develop learning and language, care and creativity, relationships and responsibilities suited to their developmental stage. What emerges is a connection with nature and a […]
Press release – Upper Clutha Children’s Medical Trust
UPPER CLUTHA CHILDREN’S MEDICAL TRUST BROADENS THEIR HORIZON TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. The Upper Clutha Children’s Medical trust is very pleased to announce that as from 10th November 2014, the Trust will provide funding for GP consultations for children aged 6 years to 12 years, with the proviso that the child’s family must be resident […]
Help feed the animals when we are closed
To ensure the safety and well-being of our animals it is important that they regularly receive visits; especially when we are closed. At least once a day would be a minimum. We have a roster and request that every family nominate at least one weekend to help out.
Snow Day – 23rd Sept 2014
Another successful snow day thanks to Snowdriftas. Every year you delight the children when you deilver the truck load of snow.
Active movement – On your marks – series 2
The attached flyer from “Active Movement” is the second of four in the “On your Marks Moment programme. This is a summary of the key ‘On Your Marks’ messages of the fundamental movement skills.
Treble Cone TC Cat – thank you for coming to visit
Being a town full of ski bunnies we were extremely excited that TC Cat was able to take time away from the mountain to come and visit the tamariki. They all had a turn sitting on his knee asking questions about skiing and how much longer the snow will last at Treble Cone skifield. Hopefully […]
Fathers day morning tea
After having a special mothers day in May, we invited the fathers of the tamariki to join us for morning tea. The committee offered bacon & egg butties and coffee for $10. It was awesome to see so many of our fathers were able to come along. The children thoroughly enjoyed being able to share […]
Active movement – ‘On your marks’ series 1
The attached flyer from “Active Movement” is the first of four in the “On your Marks Moment programme. This is a summary of the key ‘On Your Marks’ messages of the fundamental movement skills.
Every family helps one weekend a year
Following the committee meeting held on 12th August….the committee would like to advise AB’s families that the care of our animals is vitally important to the success of the teaching programme offered at Aspiring Beginnings. To support this, the committee has established a weekend roster for the care of our pre school animals and grounds maintenance. Every […]
Matariki
Rapunzel – Wanaka Primary School
Singing, drama and role-play have all been strong interests of the Kaho children lately. The teachers have noticed children wanting to listen and dance to a variety of songs, enjoying ‘acting out’ songs such as Five Little Monkeys (jumping on the bed) and Five Little Speckled Frogs as well as lots of super hero games […]
Excursion to Mini Muscles
On Friday 30th the Tipu tamariki went to Mini Muscles at proactive gym. They confidently explored the different environment, climbing, sliding, jumping and diving on a variety of equipment and mats. Some danced and moved to the rhythm of the music, others challenged themselves to try something new and see what they could do independently. […]
Road Safety Week excursion to the library
The theme of the week in 2014 is ‘Tune in to road safety’. We’re all human: we daydream, get side-tracked, run late and make mistakes. But on roads, distractions can be fatal. When using roads, we all need to tune in to road safety and give it our full attention – particularly if we’re at […]
What an amazing community of parents at Aspiring Beginnings
Thank you to all the wonderful helpers who came along on Saturday helping to put the bark chip in place and sorting out the gardens. You are all amazing and a valuable asset to our community.
Baking a difference for Red Puppy Bikkie Day
Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre is getting out their mixing bowls, popping on their aprons and whipping up some puppy-shaped bikkies for the annual Blind Foundation Red Puppy Bikkie Day. Red Puppy Bikkie Day, now in its fourth year, raises funds to support Blind Foundation Guide Dogs. […]
PARENTING FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD
Robin Grille is a 25-year psychologist, author of this book and HEART TO HEART PARENTING as well. Through Robin’s research and experience he will take you on a journey of parenting discovery. This inspirational seminar will reveal how children adapt to parenting styles and how these experiences underpin the adults they become and, ultimately, the […]
Mothers Day lunch
We spent all week making mothers day cards, and Kay had made small bunches of flowers to give out as mothers day gifts after lunch. Thank you to all the mums who came along, it was great to share kai together and celebrate a special day with you and your tamariki. We hope you enjoyed […]
Autumn/Winter Seed’s fundraiser – only $10pp
Go on Gift an edible garden. These varieties go really well in our environment. ON Sale NOW…