Learning Story Exemplars
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On this page you will find Learning Stories from Aotearoa/New Zealand, and from all over the world. Some of these stories come from previous Celebrating Learning Stories conferences, others have been written and shared with ELP as part of teachers’s learning journeys. We hope that you can enjoy these stories, and find inspiration in writing your own!
Please also take a look at our ELP Learning Story Assessment Facebook Group. This group has been created by ELP as a place for teachers to share Learning Stories. Important: please remember to seek parental permission if the learning story has a photo or alternatively take out or blur the photo before uploading.
Browse through the stories below. To find a topic you are intersted in select from the options below on the right.
Anna sews a unicorn. By Julie Killick
A while ago you drew a picture of a Unicorn and told me you wanted to sew it. We put your plan on the sewing trolley and finally today we got to it!
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Dinosaurs and Fossils. By Jo Colbert
I have watched with interest the constructions you have made with the Mobilo. Every day you make something and it seems to me this is certainly one of your strong interests at kindergarten and have got to be an expert...
Exploring. By Karen Ramsey
Bush Kindergarten is a place you love to be Mary, you love to spend time exploring in this natural environment and this wide open space is providing you with the opportunity to roam and engage with nature.
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Birdhouse connections. By Laughton Kindergarten
Building birdhouses has been an ongoing feature for you since last term. I recall back in December working alongside you to problem solve the construction of a birdhouse (built around a tissue box).
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Bravery has many resting places. By Lynn Rupe
The wonderful thing about going around Mauao is that there are places that can grab our imaginations.
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Daring on the green rope. By Mangere Bridge Kindergarten
When the green rope was out again today Flynn you were out there practising the high rope walk.
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Tales of Maggie the cockatoo. By Kim Callis
From day one I have noticed you my friend have a real affinity for all of Papatuanuku's creatures, great and small.
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The home base. By Tara O’Neill
A school based story. You made a hut out of the water tray problem solving how to use the water tray with three legs.
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Collaborative Community Stories. By Roskill South Kindergarten
A Collaborative Community Story documents group experiences, trips and celebrations shared by the kindergarten community.
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The helicopter. By Melissa Osmond
When Mackenzie arrived today he had a plan to build a helicopter. After waving to Mum we went straight to the Tinkering Shed to get started. Mackenzie told me that the helicopter would need a place for the man to...
Building a friendship. By Laughton Kindergarten
Over the past three terms we have been making fortnightly visits to St. Johns Wood to visit with the residents there.
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A dinosaur book. By Jo Colbert
Your expertise came in really handy today as I struggled over the pronunciation of one of the Dinosaurs that Max was drawing and wanted me to write the name of it down.
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