Starts on March 9th 2018 from 9am until 9.45am

Our Little Achievers programme was initiated to meet the request of the school community.

This initiative is for 4 1/2  to 5 year olds ready to transition into school.

The programme runs every Friday from 9am to 9.45 am in Room 8. 

Mrs Barry, Mrs Ditchfield, Mrs Watt and Ms Keyes work with the children to build on early Literacy and Numeracy skills through hands on learning.

The children have the opportunity to visit the NE room for 45 minutes, 2x a term, once a term participate in Kapa Haka and once a term visit the library.  When the children start school they have developed friendships with other children who are starting school around the same time.

The children go home every week with a new book to keep and learning activities to go in their packs that are games based and can be played at home over the week to support their early learning.

When the children start school the information about their strengths and next step learning is passed onto the classroom teacher who then plans programmes to meet their needs from day 1.

The benefit as well is that Mrs Ditchfield is also full time in the NE room,  so the children have an adult they know well and starting school is less stressful.  Once the children are comfortable with staying, parents are welcome to leave and pick up at 10am.

As a school we have tracked all children who have been through Little Achievers and the data is clearly evident that the children have a flying start to their schooling experience and 98% of students who have attended Little Achievers is AT or ABOVE their National Standard by the end of their first year of schooling.

If you are interested in your child attending,  please either contact the office or meet us in Room 8 on Friday morning at 9am.