Tiny+Tots

=media type="custom" key="4386653"= = = =media type="custom" key="4386485"= =Welcome to Connor, Ben, Yasmin and Sophie's WIKI!!!=

=**Our plan is to help out and make a difference in our community by helping out at the Lighthouse Preschool, Child Care and Education in Howick.**=

== Action Plan:

= Questions. =
 * Question || hypothesis || answer || name ||
 * (1) Are there any health requirements you need to comply with when building a daycare and what are they? ||  ||   || **Connor' Questions** ||
 * 2)What kind of training do you have to do to become a day care teacher and what do they learn on the course? || I think that you will need some kind of training but I'm not sure what || When we wend to lighthouse for our previst i asked and she told me that you need to go to uni and study early childhood teaching. You will gain the skills, knowledge and professional base you need to be an effective teacher. You will learn through theory and practice how young children learn, grow and develop. Blocks of practical work experience in early childhood centres will give you first-hand knowledge of what it is like to work in an early childhood environment. ||

2. Insurance - Starting a business, any business, without some sort of business insurance is not a good idea. If you're worried about premiums, don't be. As long as your daycare is small the premiums will be low. And if you ever get to the point when you want to expand your daycare, it means you're doing so well that you can afford the higher premium. 3. Toys, children's books, sleeping mats - If you want to be able to keep the kids occupied, you're going to need toys. You don't have to spend a whole lot to get some, but a few toys are a must. Children's books are also great since they help you get the children to take an afternoon nap which give's you a much needed break. Of course, in order for the children to sleep, you also need some sleeping mats. 4. Application and registration forms, receipt book - Make sure you have all the necessary forms so when a new customer shows up at your door, you can sign their kid up to your daycare without a pointless delay. Also make sure that you have all the accounting forms and receipt books that you need. 5. First aid kit - Make sure to have a full stocked full aid kit around just in case one of the children gets hurt. Don't let this scare you. Children run around, fall down, and get hurt all the time. Just make sure you can put on a band-aid when you need to.** ||< **Ben's Questions** || and there are many others. some day care centres such as daisies early education are not government funded. Lighthouse Kindergarten is a private pre-school. Private pre-schools are not government funded but when the child attending turns three they get 20 free hours there because since the private kindergartens arent funded that will be the governments contribution. ||< **Sophie's Questions** || most day cares. The children are also intitled to leisure time which includes toys and outdoor education like waterplay and sun saftey are taught at many auckland day care centres. ||< **Sophie's Questions** || 1. Fundraising - We could do this a few ways, these are some of my ideas: 2. Donations - here are some things that we could donate to Lighthouse: 3. Help out at the Daycare for a few days. We could: ||< **Yasmin** ||< **Sophie** ||< **Connor** ||< **Ben G** || We each put in $10 to buy some food and lollies from Gilmore's, but then we went to Mrs. Parkinson to ask if we could have a sale but now we can't. Because of this we only have made money from the make-up we are selling. We have now been to the Daycare Centre for 3 hrs, and they really appreciated it. We will go back again soon to present them with the money from fundraising. ||< Today I wrote the daily reflection. ||<  ||<   ||
 * < (3) How many Day care centers are there in auckland? ||<  ||< On [|yellow pages] it shows there are 1023 day cares in auckland ||< Connor ||
 * < ** (1) what kind of things do you need to run a kindergarten / daycare center? ** ||~ ||< **1. Permits - Each state and sometimes even each county has its own set of permits for starting a daycare. You have to make sure you have all the necessary business permits before you start your daycare.
 * < ** (1) what kind of things do you need to run a kindergarten / daycare center? ** ||~ ||< **1. Permits - Each state and sometimes even each county has its own set of permits for starting a daycare. You have to make sure you have all the necessary business permits before you start your daycare.
 * < (2) what kind of building do you need to run a daycare? ||<  ||<   ||<   ||
 * < (1)Are kindergartens and daycare centres government funded? ||< I think that day cares are government funded because they're preparing children for school and they are a place that is needed for children to be safe and have fun. I would be surprised if day cares weren't funded. ||< Castle kids child care is one government funded day care,
 * < (2) What do children that go to daycare learn about? ||< I think that children who go to a day care will learn about things like sharing or friendship skills, maybe so children do some cooking, ||< Good manners and respect as well as how to build on friendships is taught at
 * < (1) What could my group and I do to help Lighthouse? ||<  ||< I think that there are three things that my group could do: fundraising, make donations, or help out at the daycare for a few days.
 * Teacher's Slave for a Day - Negotiate a price for the teacher to give you money and then in return, you do whatever the teacher wants you to do for a whole day! No arguments because you're the slave!
 * Bake Sale! - Bake lots of cookies, cakes, cupcakes, muffins, and lollies, and then sell them for a profit! This is fun and you get loads of customers!
 * Mufti Day - self explanatory, organise a mufti day and get the students to pay $1 or $2 each.
 * Stall at School - Buy cheap food or anything and sell it for more - eg. go to Gilmore's and buy bulk food and sell them for a lot more.
 * Children's books
 * Sleeping mats
 * Paints
 * Pens
 * Pencils
 * Paper
 * Play with and occupy the kids.
 * Help settle down the kids before nap time
 * ||< Yasmin's Questions ||
 * < (2) Does Lighthouse take babies as well as toddlers? ||<   ||< No, since Lighthouse is a Preschool and not a daycare they do only take in preschoolers like 3 or 4 year olds. ||< ||
 * < =Daily reflection= ||< **Date**
 * < Write the date here ||< Type your daily reflections here ||< Type your daily reflections here ||< Type your daily reflections here ||< Type your daily reflections here ||
 * < 17/09/09 ||< Today for our inquiry I wrote a script for the phone call to Lighthouse Preschool in Howick. When we called, the phone was engaged and so we didn't do that either. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||
 * < 22/09/09 ||< Today I answered my questions and came up with ideas about how I could help Lighthouse. I am quite happy with how much work i got done in the amount of time we had. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||
 * < 23/09/09 ||<  ||< Today I just filled out more information on my questions and during class Connor and i worked on an estimate of how much we will make for each item we use for our fundraiser. ||<   ||<   ||
 * < 3/11/09 ||< It has been quite a while since we have made a reflection, but this is what we have done:
 * < 6/11/09 ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||

=**Daily Group reflection (Write what progress you've made and how things are going)**=

E.g. Today we made our permission slip that will allow us to go and do our inquiry topic. We also answered all of our questions. Our next step is getting all of the materials that we need.** ||
 * **Date** || **Reflection:
 * 17/09/09

22/09/09

30/110/09 || Today at school, we conferenced with Mr. Read and we also made a script for talking on the phone with the people at Lighthouse. As this took a while. we didn't get much done, but when we finished, we got permission to go up to the office and call up Lighthouse. But when we got there the phone at Lighthouse had been engaged and so we didn't complete that. But now we know what to do and so we will be ready for next time. Tomorrow we hope to call up Lighthouse and get things sorted and so then it will be guaranteed that we will be able to help out at the daycare.

We have now called the daycare, and we are going for a previsit tomorrow where we will discuss how we are going to help the Lighthouse. Most of us have answered our questions and we have come up with ways we could help them. Connor's dad has a Gilmore's card and so we will be able to buy bulk food for really cheap. Connor will go there with his dad during the holidays and buy stuff that we will sell in Term 4.

Today we went to lighthouse daycare centre to help out. We first went to school, then Ben's mum Linley picked us up and took us to the daycare. When we got there we were introduced to the teachers there on that day. We put our bags in a room and went outside. One of the teachers asked what we wanted to do, we had no idea so they told us just to have fun and play for the day. We started out by introducing ourselves to the kids and soon they were happy to play and show us what they liked at daycare. Some of the kids liked the climbing frame, some liked making sandcastles and some were instantly recognised as troublemakers. Some of the Kids we met were, Paige, Loren, Aleesha, Christopher, (x2,) Sophia, Anne, Fynn, and Fraser. There were quite a few more kids there as well. At morning tea, the small kids sat inside at the tables and the bigger kids sat outside on the deck. The kids wanted us to read them stories, the girls wanted to do me and yasmin's hair, the boys wanted to make sand castles, the girls wanted to make cupcakes and cakes out of sand, and they also want ed some of us to play dress up or play happy family or whatever they call it. (mainly the girls.) Before we even possibly had enough time to play, it was time to leave. We al had a good time and it was interesting to see each other handle small children, I think we found it quite entertaining. Sufice to say we want to go back. || =Teacher Feedback/Feed Forward=

|| **Mr Read's Feedback/ Feed Forward** || Ben**'s comment** || **Connors's** **comment** || **Yasmin****'s comment** || ** Sophie 's comment ** ||
 * **Date**
 * **17/9

21/9**

23/9

12/10 || **  It did take a while to write your script but you did a good job in the end and can be proud of it. It is really important that you cooperate together as a group to have an amazing positive impact. With all your wonderful skills and attributes I'm sure you'll be a real blessing to your chosen area. (I'm looking forward to finding out what help they require from you....)

It is important that you keep working on this Inquiry task for homework. Sophie will have to make her contributions during class time as she is heavily involved with the production (yes...she is a heavy tree)

Well done for making a pre-visit to your chosen daycare today. (A HUGE well done to Ben who actually went even though he was sick. I look forward to reading your reflections about how it went....hint hint!!!!!**

__**Conference with Ben and Connor. Inquiry extension granted until the end of week 3. (Due to arranged visit in week 3)**__

I would definitely give different effort ratings in fairness to the work that was produced. Overall your group earned a B. Individual effort ratings are Yasmin-A, Ben B, Connor-C and Sophie B. ** ** I am happy to discuss these ratings with you at any time. ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * I enjoyed reading your group reflection after your visit. Working with young people is very rewarding. I noticed that Connor, Ben and Sophie didn't write any daily reflections which is very disappointing. Well done Sophie, Ben and Yasmin who answered your questions well.