'Play is the Way' is how we help our tamariki learn social and emotional competencies. They are the skills we all use to handle ourselves and our relationships with others. Tamariki always need good role models and appropriate behaviour is best learnt through modelling by the adults in their lives.

This week our focus is "Treat others as you like them to treat you". This is the 'Golden Rule'.

Here are some ways we can show this:

• Asking politely when borrowing equipment
• Line up nicely without pushing in
• Apologise when we do something wrong
• Play fairly
• Respect each others things
• Use our manners
• Be kind

What does the Golden Rule look like at your place?

Our stars for this week are:

• Room 1:    Anarrchy Osborne-Clark
• Room 3:    Shane Wichman
• Room 4:    Joel Hishon
• Room 5:    Daniel Faigame
• Room 6a:  Bella Greaves
• Room 6b:  Kepa Pene
• Room 7:    Malakai Steele
• Room 8:    Fatima Nazari and Oliver Swan
• Room 9:    Yohann Bajao and Ammariah Siaki
• Room 10:  Gregorio Pejo
• Room 11:  Alysha Cassidy
• Room 12:  Ember Peterson and Keith Pua
• Room 13:  Marcus Lawrence-Dunn and Levi Calder