Welcome to Explorers

Explorers is a creative and stimulating learning environment that enhances opportunities for a child’s social development and education.

Our educational philosophy (The Reggio Approach) is based on observing the children’s interests and developing a curriculum around those interests.

This requires detailed documentation and planning by our collaborative team of passionate and qualified teachers to ensure that your child is guided through an educational experience that provides deeper learning and gives opportunities for literacy and numeracy.

Project Work is a key part of our curriculum and allows us to carry out in-depth exploration of particular topics of interest.

Please feel free to browse our blog and enjoy the children’s work.

If you have any additional queries please contact us.

by admin on March 8, 2010 · 0 comments

A garden in the sea project

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A group of children are looking at some books filled with beautiful pictures of a coral reef. Marcus says to Ezra, “Do you think it’s white seaweed…it might be broccoli?” Ezra replies, “Yeah its broccoli…no broccoli is green, thats white”. “Yeah its white seaweed” Marcus exclaims returning to his original hypothesis. “White broccoli is called cauliflower, it must be cauliflower” says Ezra. Read more »

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Drawing Exploration

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It was a windy day in late autumn and the fall leaves were blowing and twirling on our patio. The children were fascinated and played chase with the spiraling, floating leaves. When the wind died away one of our teachers (Allie Covell) suggested that the children each draw a leaf that they had caught.

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Exploration of Painting: Watercolour

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In this exploration the teacher (Caroline Reese) introduced the children to painting with water colours. Caroline showed the children the paint brushes, paper, and paint, inviting them to explore and feel the equipment and to experiment with wet and dry brushes on paint and paper.

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Investigation of seeds

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Many of our children are currently interested in seeds. This seemed to have started when we discovered seeds that had fallen from a maple tree near Explorers. Several of the teachers showed the children how the seeds flew like a helicopter when you threw them up in the air.

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Our ERO Review

1 January 2010

Explorers Early Learning Centre
The Education Review Office (ERO) Evaluation
Explorers Early Learning Centre is a new centre located in Hamilton East.  It is fully licensed to cater for up to 36 children over the age of two at any one time and accepts children between two-and-a-half years and school age.  Currently 47 [...]

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