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Transcript of Little Pearls Educare Newsletter Nov,Dec 2014 & Jan 2015
November, December 2014 & January 2015
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Little Pearls Educare Newsletter
Greetings & Kia Ora
A warm welcome back to those of you who have been away. We hope you all enjoyed a safe and happy holiday season and are now feeling all refreshed. We wish you and your loved ones a new year filled with peace and happiness.
Welcome New Families and Whanau
We welcome all our new families/whanau to Little Pearls. We as your children’s educators look forward to building good relationships with both your children and you. If you have any queries or questions, please don’t hesitate to ask Taner (Managing Director), Nazife (Supervisor), or one of our staff at Little Pearls.
Welcome to Olivia, Shannon, Aarush, Elly, Georgia, Mackenzie,
Adhamh, Najiha, Deepika, and Nasteho.
Little Pearls has a Full Licence now!
In December the Ministry of Education visited us for full licence assessment. We had been on a one
year probationary licence before this. We were given very positive feedback overall and the ministry
representative was very impressed with the work that everyone is doing at the centre. The MOE
granted us our Full Licence after the assessor visited us. A big thank you to everyone at Little Pearls.
Water Play
Splosh, splash, bubble, bubble, pop! Young children can spend countless
hours playing with water: pouring it back and forth, watching it spill over
the edge of a container, splashing gently, making waves, and pouring
some more.
The children love pouring, stirring, scrubbing, splashing and squirting
using different sizes of buckets, containers and materials. These kinds of
activities strengthen their gross motor skills and provide opportunities to
gain knowledge about different curriculum areas such as maths, science
and literacy.
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The weather has been beautifully sunny
so the teachers have been introducing
different ways of doing water play. The
children love exploring and learning about all the
different ways they can discover the water and cool
off! So, this is a friendly reminder to put at least two
changes of clothes in your child’s bag - we really
need them. Thank you.
Sun Protection Policy
It is Little Pearls’ policy that all children and staff are required to wear a sunhat, sun block and suitable
clothing at all times while outside during the summer months between October and February and
at other appropriate times. We have a strong “NO HATS, NO PLAY” policy.
We ask all parents to please provide a named sun hat for your child that will stay at the centre, as the winter ones are now too warm for them. Thank you for your cooperation.
No Toys from Home
Just a reminder; please do not let your children bring toys to the centre from home. This can cause a
lot of stress to your child for example if the toys got; lost, broken, mixed up with centre toys, caused
friction if other children want to play with them..... Can you also please check your children’s pockets
and bags for any centre toys that might accidently go home with them. Thank you.
Survey Result
Thanks to all parents and whanau who filled the survey. It is great to see how much you all value and
enjoy our centre as well introduce Little Pearls to the new families. Thank you for your great support.
The survey gave us an opportunity to assess what we are doing well, as well as ideas on what we can
improve on. We really appreciated your feedback.
Staffing News
Emily joined to our over-two’s team in December. Emily graduated
in 2012 and has taught at other centres since. Emily can play six
different instruments and children love to listen when she plays. She
has so far brought in her ukulele and flute and introduced them to
children at mat times.
Holly was a reliever in the babies’ room for a short period of time.
Her contract finished at the end of January. We
wish well her in the future.
Begum has been working as a permanent
reliever since last year and she recently
finished her Postgraduate in Education (ECE) at UNITEC and is waiting for her
graduation ceremony which will be held in April. She is now working with the
babies.
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Taner and Nazife As you are aware of, we have been to Turkey recently to see our
parents and extended families. It was winter there and very cold with lots of snow. Our
children experienced snow for the first time and enjoyed making a snowman. Time went
so fast and it felt like we were away for a blink of an eye. Thank you to Mr Yalcin and
Little Pearls team for looking after the centre when we were away.
Musarrat was away with her family to Fiji for 10 days from end of January. She said that it was so hot
but nice to see her extended family.
Katerina is away at the moment for her annual leave. She will be back to work on Monday the 23rd
February. Her Dad has come over from Russia to spend some time here in New Zealand.
Misa will be away for holiday between 9th to 18th March.
Family/Whanau Day
How exciting! What a FANTASTIC day we had on Saturday the 8th
November 2014. That’s right, it was our Family/Whanau Day. It
was well supported and lots of fun. We were very excited to meet
the parents and whanau and talk about their children’s learning
experiences. The food was delicious and everyone had a great
time.
To continue our gathering event, we would like to invite you on
Saturday 7th March between 2:00pm to 5:00pm here at Little
Pearls. All you’ll need to bring is your family and a delicious
dessert to share – (please make sure your dessert is suitable for
vegetarians). We are going to provide doner kebabs, rice and dips.
This event will give you the opportunity to meet your children’s
friends and their families which can often lead to life-long
friendships. Little Pearls Team would be happy to see you all there.
Please let us know whether you will be attending by Thursday the
5th March for catering purposes. Thank you.
Congratulations for the newborns
Congratulations to Ryan and Sharon on the arrival of baby son and Adalyn’s brother Daniel. Congratulations to Kevin and Jessica and Easton on the arrival of the new family member Max. Congratulation to Emine and Cuma Ali and Mirac also has a new baby sister Berre to welcome into the family. Congratulations to Christine and Benny on the arrival of your son and Christopher’s brother Richard. Congratulations to Jing and Kevin on the arrival of your daughter and Elly her baby sister. We have already visited Easton and Adalyn’s brothers and Mirac’s sister and Christopher’s brother and looking forward to visit Elly’s sister soon too.
Clothing
Please remember to name all your children’s clothing with a permanent marker. If your child’s clothes go missing and the items are not named they are very hard to track down especially some of the clothes look the same and are the same size and can be taken home accidently by another child.
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Chinese New Year
February brings with the Chinese New Year – the year of the
sheep. The children have been busy creating art activities to
recognise this important occasion in both under and over
two’s areas. Thank you to Nina (Ben’s Mum) for sharing her
eldest son’s clothes and some other material for us to display.
If you are able to share with us anything to help celebrate the
Chinese New Year please talk to the teachers. We would love
for our families to share this time with us.
We are going to visit some of our Chinese parents/whanau to be
part of their celebration. We already talked to couple of parents
and whanau about the visit and they are very happy to host us at
their homes.
Photos on Flickr Have you seen your children’s recent photos on Flickr? If you haven’t please Little Pearls web page
then go to Newsletter/Parent Info section and click the Gallery Page to see updated photos of
children in action.
News from the Under-Two’s room
The babies have so far spent most of their
summer time having wet and wonderful
water play. It is a unique activity for them as
it is open-ended, and provides opportunities
for extended learning. We had a variety of
water play which included scented bubble
fun, sea creatures, kitchen ware and many
more. The babies made the most of the
shining summer filled with loads of fun.
News from the Over-Two’s room
Over two’s have been very busy over the past couple of months.
December saw us finishing up our focus on our trip around the world. We visited many places and got to try snippets of lots of countries' cultures. As we moved through the New Year, we explored navigation a little; organising maps, telescopes and binoculars around the centre.
January sparked the topic of "Off We Go". It encompasses all forms of travel, transport and how things move from one place to another. This has so far included the new trollies outside; they have been role played getting fixed up at the mechanic's and taken to the petrol station to fill up to keep moving. Road markings and our understanding of them has also been a feature of outside, with traffic lights and a pedestrian crossing being important features of the trollies driving. Inside, we have been exploring tyre tracks through paint, and using clay to make physical our ideas.
To continue with this interest, we are organising a trip to MOTAT for Friday the 20th of March. We will be needing adult helpers as we need a ratio of one adult per three children on the trip. A list will be being put out soon, so if you can help, we would greatly appreciate it.
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Auckland International Festival
Auckland City Council is organising its 16th year International Cultural Festival on Sunday the 29th March 2015 at War Memorial Park – Mt Roskill between 10:00am to 5:00pm. Well-known for the wide range of food from around the world, this event has something for all the family to enjoy. You will enjoy the numerous stages featuring international music and dance performances, taste exotic food from the food stalls or find something special at the craft stalls. As well as entertainment and stalls, there will also be interactive kids and sports zones with plenty of have-a-go activities.
The Pearl of the Island Foundation (our mother organisation) has been participating this special
event since 2011 and some of the parents and whanau came to see us last year. The members of the
Foundation will display their presence with five magnificent stalls symbolizing the Turkish Cuisine,
culture and tradition to add vitality to the festival with some wonderful demonstrations from the
Women’s Platform. The ladies will be preparing special Turkish pastry on the premises and they will
also prepare Turkey’s well-known foods and sweets (Baklava) in their homes for offering to the
general public. There will be a coffee corner so that visitors will be able to experience the true Turkish
coffee taste and hospitality on offer within Turkey in our little place of heaven. We would like to invite
you to this special event to taste our delicious food and experience Turkish culture.
Birthdays
Aadhya, Miessha and Olivia turned 1
Alysha, Dotty, Kingi, Lilly, Lokkie, Safiyye and
Adhamh turned 2
Panash, Arwa, and Hassan turned 3
Amber, Carlos, Adalyn, Abdurrahman and
Tui turned 4
Happy Birth Day to You All..!
Thank You
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