StoryLoop guides
Documentation advice written for the floor, not the office.
Plain-English guides on learning stories, Te Whāriki and EYLF links, observation technique, and getting your evenings back. Written for kaiako and educators in Aotearoa and Australia.
Learning story examples and a template you can actually use
Three complete learning story examples, each with the rough note beside it, plus a reusable format for writing your own.
28 July 2026 · 9 min read
Documentation without losing your evenings
Practical ways educators are cutting documentation time without cutting quality, including where AI genuinely helps and where it does not.
28 July 2026 · 2 min read
The five Te Whāriki strands in plain English
What Mana atua, Mana whenua, Mana tangata, Mana reo and Mana aotūroa actually mean when you are standing in the room.
28 July 2026 · 1 min read
How to write a learning story that actually says something
A plain-English method for turning one real moment into documentation that families read and assessors respect, without writing an essay.
28 July 2026 · 2 min read