Curiosity ELC

Beyond the Curiosity Gates – Blue Team Project

Some of the children’s theories before they went walking:

“We could drive in a bus, it will take 5 minutes”. – El

“It will be a 20 minute walk to the playground”. - Ch

“We should drive because it will take us 30 minutes”. – Ca

“The grey lines are roads, if we walk, it’ll take 30 minutes” Et

“It’s a short path. Walking will take 12 minutes” – No

Some of the children’s ideas during and after walking:

“Remember we saw a broken car. It was a different road.” - In

“Go right, because we haven’t been that way. -Ty

“That’s the ways too far back to Curiosity. - Di

“It’s the big school”

“This is the way I sometimes go home” Ja

“This is a different way to my home.” Re

“My dad’s going to buy that house” - Be

The children have been practicing many skills during this project, both at the ELC and while out walking. They have examined and drawn maps, been making predictions, problem solving, following road rules, planning, persevering and observing.

Notices

• Parents, please share with your friends and family that spaces at Curiosity are filling up fast for 2026. If they are interested in enrolling their child in the 3 or 4 year old program, to please complete their enrolment form now to avoid disappointment.
• Fathers and Special Men Come & Play morning on Thursday September 4th 8:30am to 9:45am. We hope you can come and spend some time making some special memories with your child on that morning, with Mrs Reddy joining us to take special photos as keepsakes.
• ELC closure day on Friday September 5th – please make alternate arrangements for care for your child on that day, thank you.
• Mark LeMessurier free neurodiversity parent workshop on Wednesday September 10th 7pm to 8:30pm, follow the link to register...