Cloud Kids Educare

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Wendy Rutherfurd

Cloud Kids Educare is situated in the heart of Masterton. Licensed for 30 tamariki, with up to eight U2’s spaces. We are a community-based centre with a governing Board who are extremely supportive of providing an emotionally safe and secure learning environment for the tamariki. A team of passionate caring Kaiako go above and beyond on a daily basis. As a community-based centre we rely on donations and volunteers in a variety of ways so would like to say a huge thank you to all who contribute to the centre.

Especially to those who volunteer their time by way of being Board members and to Pak’n Save who kindly contribute to the breakfast/morning tea we provide for the tamariki each day. Your e orts are all very much appreciated.

It has been a busy year at Cloud Kids and despite the ups and downs of covid and the challenges of providing online learning at times the centre is going strong with a healthy roll. We implement the Calm Classroom Programme which is an approach designed to promote social and emotional competence within a structured routine. Our daily programme, individualised to our centre, is designed to provide a safe, secure, consistent, and predictable learning environment. Our Centres Priorities for Learning, which are - Identity, Language & Culture - Whanaungatanga - Social & Emotional Competence all link into the Calm Classroom programme. The programme uses 9 key elements:  visual strategies  calming activities and area  responding to the sensory needs of tamariki  incorporation of resting and kai time into the structure  whole centre mat times

 repetition and consistency  using a variety of teaching techniques for constant emotional & social coaching  a focus on teaching “calm”  predictable and evidence based positive guidance strategies At the start of this year, we began taking U2s enrolments again after a period of being an O2s centre only. This has provided a wonderful opportunity for tamariki to develop strong tuakana-teina relationships and the values of whanaungatanga. Kaiako working with all age groups work in close partnership with the centre whanau to ensure the needs of the tamariki are met and opportunities for learning are provided. In July this year we celebrated Matariki with our centre whanau by holding a Matariki luncheon at the centre. Tamariki were actively engaged in the preparation of the centre and the kai for the event, making two di erent types of soup and preparing fruit platters. We also sourced locally made Rewena Bread which went down a treat with the soup. It was wonderful to see so many whanau turn up and support their tamariki by participating in waiata, karakia and the purakau of Matariki. After lunch there were several Matariki craft activities set up for the tamariki and whanau to engage in. We look forward to expanding on the experiences we o er at Cloud Kids and working with our whanau in 2022.

Pumpkin soup enjoyed by tamariki for the Matariki whanau luncheon.

Tyson and Cleo, with whanau help, construct kites at Matariki.

Jahlai leading the storytelling at the morning mat time.

The older girls developing a tuakana-teina relationship with Aisling.

Tamariki singing the Calm Classroom rules waiata with kaiako Miranda. Ezra and Zephaniah working together in the U2s space.

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