Week 7

This week we welcome Lucy Griffin and family to Winton Kindergarten on MTW; and Ashton Gold, Declan Schouten, Reilly Fieten and families to our TF sessions. We say farewell to Keira Stewart and Mikayla Colvin...Ka kite, best wishes for all the wonderful experiences awaiting you at school!

Amazing Me Programme: This week we are talking lots about taking care of our self and all the different body parts. In the project room and in Discovery Time, Sally is focusing on the skeleton and the knowledge and ideas children currently hold regarding the human body...LOTS of amazing facts and thought processes coming out!! It will be interesting to see what new or different theories emerge over the coming weeks as we find out more about the body in Amazing Me.

Monday: A big thank you to Tracey Adenforff for coming in today with baby Vanessa. The children loved seeing a 'real' baby being bathed, and we talked about why it's important to keep our self clean.

Tuesday: Today we headed along to our local library to perform our Polyfest entry for Willie and Weka Preschool...Well done we are so proud of all the tamariki for their passion for performing arts! Willie then read the children some stories...we were all drooling when he opened the chips and chocolate fish in 'Greedy Cat'! Thank you to our parent helpers who came along this morning...Your support makes spontaneous excursions like this possible.

 Wednesday: Tomorrow we have Mikayla Colvin's Kindy Birthday. We are also celebrating Daffodil Day early so our MTW tamariki can support this cause, as well as the TF children. Remember to dress in yellow (or think outside the square!); yellow plate for shared morning tea; and, a gold coin donation for the Cancer Society please.

Thursday/Friday Group: Daffodil Day this Friday...As above dress in yellow, yellow plate for shared morning tea, and a gold coin donation please.

Week 5 / Week 6

Week 5:
On Monday we said farewell to Timata and on Wednesday we said ka kite to Hannah Price, both heading off to school...
On Thursday we welcomed Jessica Hawkes-Fennelly to the Winton Kindergarten whanau.
On Friday we held our Mini Olympic Games and what fun we had!!
Everyone looked amazing dressed as their favourite country or athlete...We had lots of fun activities, including: egg and spoon race; dunking for marshmallows in a jelly concoction; searching for ball bearings in gooey slime; and competing in a challenge course!
The children were amazed by the feast presented by the Olympic Committee and a special mention to Michelle and Jodie Connell for the effort they put in; making flag tooth picks for their savouries...The children thought they were very flash!
It would be fair to say that the tamariki took a lot of pride in representing their country and sporting code, and all were awarded with an Olympic Participation Certificate and a Golden chocolate bar for their efforts!
WATCH THIS SPACE: The Fiordland Advocate have a number of photos from our Mini Olympic Day and we are hoping these will be published in this weeks newspaper!!

Week 6:
Amazing Me Programme starts this week, more information has been placed in parent pockets/on blog.

BEANS!
This week Sally and the children have been busy planting beans in glass jars. The children will grow their bean at home with their family and we look forward to seeing/hearing the progress...If your child wants to grow a bean please bring along a glass jar this week.

Wednesday Kindy Birthdays and Farewells: Danielle, Brooklyn and Luke.

Special thanks to Carol Pikia our relieving teacher who has been a wonderful asset to the centre while teachers have been away. Judy is taking a Head Teacher Day tomorrow (Wednesday) and Christina will be away on Friday. We are fortunate to have Carol covering for these days also.

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Weeks 4/5

What an action packed week we have had here at Winton Kindergarten!!
As you can see in our earlier blogs, we have been to Invercargill to perform on stage for Polyfest! Congratulations to all our wonderful tamariki we are all so proud of you!! Thanks you to all the families who helped out along the way; especially those of you who volunteered to come on the day...And to Tess Chapman, a special thank you to you for staying behind at the Kindergarten to look after the place!

We had a great time at Winton Primary School on Monday. The school children put on a wonderful performance and their kapa haka group were full of mana! For many of our children this was their first experience on stage. Well done!

Tuesday saw the children perform in full costume in front of Rockdale Park Kindergarten via Skype. This was a great opportunity for us to have a trial run for how things may go on the actual day...Lots of staplers and plastic bags were added to the list of necessities!!

Wednesday....POLYFEST DAY! The children arrived eager to show the rest of Southland what wonderful talent we have here at Winton Kindergarten. The day was a huge success and the children were just fabulous!

Thursday/Friday. The children have been making the most of the sunny Southland weather with lots of water play and challenge courses being constructed outside.








With the huge focus around the London 2012 Olympic Games we have decided to hold an Olympic Games Day next FRIDAY THE 17TH OF AUGUST. Come along dressed as your favourite country!

Parent Group Meeting:
Thank you to all those who came along on Wednesday night for the Parent Group Meeting. It's great to have so many parents supporting their children and their Kindergarten...If you didn't manage to make it along on Wednesday, then please feel free to join us next time on WEDNESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER @ KINDY.

Olympic Celebrations

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Polyfest Winton Primary School Performance

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOR OUR RECENT SUCCESS AT THE 2012 POLYFEST ARTS AWARDS!! 
Winton Kindergarten came away with First Place for Textiles, First Place for Ceramics, and Oliver White won First Place for Individual Sculpture with his telescope creation. Prize giving was held in Invercargill at the Museum on Friday night. Thank you to all the families who came along and supported us. Well done to everyone for all the time and effort you put in! 

Wow, another action packed week here at Winton Kindergarten! Final practices have been taking place in preparation for our Polyfest performance on the 8th of August.

On Monday the 30th of July we had lots of wonderful parent help come along and contribute their time and skills for creating out Tipare (Headbands) and Puipui (Costumes). Thanks to all those who made it, we really appreciate it!

Tuesday and Wednesday saw Dylan and interested peers build their very own Trike! They did a fabulous job with many ups and downs along the way before the final product was revealed and deemed road worthy!

The Olympic Games have been a hot discussion point with many of the children. We have watched a number of sporting events and shared our new-found knowledge of the Olympic Games. Hannah Price and friends created an amazing horse jumping arena in the block corner...I'm sure all of you will have seen the high tower they built for the spectators, (that is still standing a week later)!

Olympic medals have been a huge interest; especially with the Thursday/Friday group. I'm not sure how many medals came out of our production line but it's clear we have plenty of talent here in Southland...I wonder who will be representing Winton at the Olypmics in 20 years time??!!


COMING UP IN WEEK 4:

This coming Monday, the 6th of August, we are heading down to Winton Primary School to watch their performance AND to show off our Polyfest entry. This will be a great way to build confidence in the tamariki and to ensure we are more than ready for the big day! If you would like to help out on Monday or come along and watch, let us know. Also we have The Eye newspaper coming out to talk to us about our recent successes at the Polyfest Arts Awards...Watch this space!

Tuesday the 7th of August at 10am.
We are having a full dress rehearsal at the centre. Girls - please wear a white singlet on Tuesday AND please note that our Tipare (Headbands) won't fit with high ponytails; hair down or in a low ponytails will be fine. We will be having a Skype date with Rockdale Park Kindergarten so they too can watch our dress rehearsal. Parents and whanau are most welcome to come along for our final practice.

Wednesday the 8th of August.
POLYFEST DAY!! Today we will head to Invercargill to the Civic Theatre for our Polyfest performance. Thank you to all those who have put their name down to help out on the day...Your support makes opportunities like these possible! And thank you to the families and friends who have made arrangements to come along and watch our children representing Winton Kindergarten.
By now you will have received lots of information about plans for the day. The tamariki are looking forward to this special cultural event. We are also heading to the Museum to see our Polyfest Arts Exhibition.

PARENT GROUP MEETING:
This will be held on Wednesday the 8th of August at the Middle Pub. All welcome. It is great to have so many new families with us; make sure you come along and share your ideas!

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS:
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