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September 2024
September's Sustainability Adventures

Welcome to our 3rd instalment of our sustainability journey.

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August 2024
Sustainability journey - part 2

What and how do you re-use, recycle and upcycle things you find lying around?  How creative can you get with a bunch of things that could be thrown away?

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July 2024
Sustainability at Active Explorers Central City

Earlier this year, we thought – wouldn’t it be great to teach the children how to make paper that they can re-use in their creative play.  Well – this just opened up the flood gates on what else we could do.  We have so many ideas for where this journey will take us and we know that this practice will become an embedded part of our every day life throughout the centre.

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April 2023
Childcare Assistance Update

Effective 1 April 2023, more people will be eligible for subsidy and the hourly subsidy rates will increase.

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March 2021
Developing and strengthening gross motor skills.

Over the past few weeks tamariki of Te Awa room have been challenging themselves with different physical experiences.

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Holi, the festival of colour

Yesterday, we celebrated Holi, the festival of colour. It is celebrated in India to welcome spring in. It is also about spreading joy and happiness.

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Exploring sea life

Over the past month or so, the tamariki of Te Awa room have been interested in sea life.

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February 2021
Enjoying the outdoors at Active Explorers Central City!

Take a look at what has been going on at our centre.

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September 2019
Active Explorers Central City Welcomes Spring

This week the Prep Room children from Active Explorers Central City learnt a lot about Spring, thanks to a journey of exploration to one of Canterbury’s rural communities.

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