Transitions from ECE to School

Mangere Bridge Kindergarten is continuing their amazing work in this area in spite of the funding for the Centres of Innovation work being stopped.

Their findings are now being published in a number of places. To find this work please go to their Blog ( Link is below and to the right.

They are also continuing to disseminate information through their popular information sessions. Details of these are also on their Blog.

Teachers from the Kindergarten spoke at several sessions on Transition in 2008 and 2009 at Kei Tua o te Pae PD Seminars in Auckland and their work was truly inspiring for both participants and the facilitation team. They share simple practical ideas as well as larger philosophical discussions.

It is great to know we can start acccesing their findings in the literature.

Thanks Mangere Bridge.

(Dont forget to also follow the stories about the rather mobile guines pigs!)

Central Auckland Cross Sector Seminar

We had a great day on Saturday with a roomful of teachers all buzzing with questions, ideas, challenges and solutions. We began with a look at what they are currently doing in terms of transition between ECE and School environments.
















Two teachers from Mangere Bridge Kindergarten ( see blog list) who shared their continuing journey with Mangere Bridge and Waterlea Schools. A very inspiring set of stories and ideas. Thanks Pat and Gemma.







Then Tracey Towner from Forrest Hill School shared her exciting learning journey since her involvement in our Cross Sector programme last year. Thank you Tracey.If you want to contact her we have her email address so get in touch with us first.





A final discussion got you thinking about what you could do with the information shared today. This will be sent out to centres who participated and a summary will be posted here at the end of all three seminars.



We look forward to the next two seminars for teachers in other parts of Auckland and apologies again to those who applied but had to be turned down. We originally had only 40 places and have tripled this by running extra days but still refused places to nearly 200 teachers!

How exciting that transition is of such interest to so many teachers in both sectors.