We hope everyone had a relaxing Term Break ... the children have come back buzzing !!! Happy Schooldays to ... Beth Anderson, Matthew Mansell, Carlin Gold, Blair Wilson, Sam Robson & Chloe Telke who finished @ the end of term. And a BIG warm welcome to Shayla Payne (into morning kindy) & Alyssa Smith, Baris Ilhan, Brooklyn Day & Gypsie Leonard to our Afternoon Kindy group.
We also welcome Ginny Cowie to our teaching team. Ginny is our .5 Teacher who joins us with both Teacher & Head Teacher experience. Ginny has 3 children & her husband Dave, is the local Otautau policeman. Ginny joins us on a Tue, Wed & Thur. Please don't hesitate to approach Ginny & introduce yourself. We also have with us both a 1st year & 2nd year Students ... Krista & Natalie. Krista & Natalie are currently on a 2 week practicum ... again don't hesitate to introduce yourself.
Check out our Planning Wall ... our Term 2 Planning is based around 'Decision Making' ie 'WHAT WILL I CHOOSE?' After spending two terms with 'Questions & Questioning skills' we have watched the children develop some wonderful research skills and have now noticed the children in a dilemma of which choice to make, when seeking more information ie Do I Google? Do I look in reference books @ Kindy or the local Library? Who will I ask? Who can I ask? So our term planning is based around Decision Making. Have you any planning ideas? Write them up on the Planning Wall & share them with us.
Our current interest is 'Duck Shooting'. So all the best for all our Duck Shooters for the weekend. The children & Kylie have made a pretty cool MaiMai ... and we have had some great debates in our morning Buzz Group about 'What is a MaiMai?'. We also had Cass (Judy's Duck Dog/Pet Labrador) in on Fri morning to show everyone how she loves to fetch things (so hopefully she will fetch some ducks in the weekend!!!). We watched a YouTube clip on training labradors & on some duck shooting exploits. And Charlie Daicks 'Poppa' is one of our local 'Gun Licence' people, is coming along to talk about Gun safety, as we begin to make our own Gun Licences @ Kindy.
And let's not forget 'Mothers Day' on Sunday. The children have made some cards (both in ht eAfternoon & Morning groups) so if you didn't receive one, ask Kylie, Ginny or Judy. To all our Mum's we hope you can have a 'Chill Out' day on Sunday ... ENJOY!!!
We thought the cartoon by Shaun Yeo in Saturdays Southland Times quite relevant. It's a weekend of 'Guns & Roses' ... but never the twain should meet !!!
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