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vital to supporting your child’s learning opportunities. Below are the
expectations we have of our teachers for these stories.

Month One
A welcome story which includes information about your child’s settling
visits, what we have been learning about your child and whānau.

Month Two
Getting to know you story about how your child has settled in, relationships
they have developed with kaiako and other children. What they have shown
an interest in and any more information from your whānau.

Month Three
Notice story – what their interests are at preschool, common threads of
their day. What they are learning/working on and including their new
aspiration.

Recognise page
Observation (notice) – a brief outline stating what we have noticed your
child learning/engaging in at preschool.
Individual Learning Aspiration (recognise) – links to Te Whāriki strand,
learning outcomes, valued learning and what they will achieve through this
aspiration.
Environment and Teaching Strategies (respond) – stating how we will
support your child to achieve this aspiration through environment setup
and teaching strategies.

Month Four
Intentional teaching story – responding to the aspiration through the use
of experiences/teaching strategies/spontaneous moments. There will be
numerous intentional teaching (respond) stories until your child has
reached their aspiration.

Revisit stories – this is a wrap up of their aspiration and how your child
has progressed throughout their journey, really celebrating their learning
achievements.

It is so important to us that you are involved in the process and let us know
what your child is getting up to at home, we love to make the links and