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YMCA Gymnastics
BestStart Somerset Street have teamed up with our local Hamilton YMCA Recreational centre to provide a weekly Preschool Gymnastics class for our tamariki. Every Monday morning, just a short van ride from out centre; six of our Tuakana and Teina tamariki go on an adventure to the Hamilton YMCA. Here, our tamariki learn valuable skills such as balance, upper and lower gross motor skills as well as building up their strength and co ordination. Gymnastics is also a great way for our tamariki to build their confidence, as it can take a number of tries for our tamariki to master a new skill or apparatus. "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again!" Our 'can do' attitudes encourage tamariki to try all of the different apparatuses including hanging from the low and high bars, jumping onto and over the vault and balancing along the beams. This regular outing is a high light of our curriculum and our tamariki will forward to it every week. Through regular excursions, our tamariki are able to get out into their local communities and expose themselves to different aspects of what our community of Kirikiriroa has to offer.