Such a busy time at Kindy that we have combined Week 7 and 8 Blogs into one! In Week 7 we fare welled Poppy Burdon and Olivia Wilson, and Week 8 we said ka kite to Milly Turrell off on a trip to England before starting school next term. On Wednesday the children made pizzas for morning tea and decorated cupcakes in the afternoon to celenrate Milly's last day - so much fun! Happy School Days girls!
Snow:
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| Brownie making for Winter Solstice TF Group |
Wow we had a second sprinkling of the white stuff last week, and what fun we had making the most of it! Great to see children with their warm hats, jackets, gloves and scarfs heading outdoors and making the most of the conditions!
Winter Solstice:
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| Lantern making for Winter Solstice TF Group |
A BIG thank you to Rachel Reed and the Parent Group for organising, setting up AND cleaning up after our Winter Solstice/Matariki night - and to our parents who helped out with lantern making on Wed/Fri - they looked amazing, and the children's delicious chocolate brownie that they made with Georgia on the last day of her 3 week posting! Everyone who made it along on Friday said how much they enjoyed the Winter Celebrations! Toasting marshmallows around the fire, a delicious pig on the spit, lanterns, star gazing, and sparklers all added to the excitement - the memories of this night will stay with the children for a lifetime! If you were unable to join us PLEASE PLEASE do come along to our next Kindergarten event - our Celebration of Learning Evening on Tuesday the 9th of July from 6pm, and PLEASE RSVP :)
St Thomas School Cross Country:
On Tuesday 25th June we braved the elements and headed along to the St Thomas School Cross Country. Well done to all the children for participating and showing off their athletic abilities - special mention to Albie Reed 1st 4 yr old boys and Sienna Hunter 1st 4 yr old girls!! Some of the pupils and teachers will be coming down to Kindy on Monday morning @9:40am to present certificates to children who were placed 1st/2nd/3rd in the Cross Country - do join us!
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| Polyfest Self-Portraits Jodie Connell |
Polyfest:
Wow, MTW Group your self portraits look amazing. We are now in the process of collating families contributions on "What is special about me, my family, and Winton community" to accompany the self portraits. Please return your comments to Christina by Monday 1st July. On Wednesday we had Sarina in making lei flowers out of Ohai coal sacks - lots of great ideas!
What a wonderful surprise having Jan Cowan in on Monday and Tuesday this week relieving. Jan brought along her guitar and the children had some wonderful sing-a-longs in the afternoons. On Wednesday we had Carol Pikia reliving and now there is the foundations of a hut construction taking form outside! And thank you to Michelle Connell for coming in on Friday - much appreciated!
Nature Programme:
We look forward in anticipation to our Nurtured By Nature programme starting in Term 3. On Wednesday we had a visit from Clare, Fiordland Kindergarten. Fiordland were the first Kindergarten to implement a Nature Programme four years ago. It's success and popularity has seen Clare presenting nationally and internationally as well as publish their own book - we have just purchased a copy - please take the time to review this amazing resource!
Rupert's Rabbit Residence!
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| Jeremy McMaster taking measurements of Rupert's Hutch... |
Over the past two weekends Kyle Thorburn and his girls have come into Kindy in their weekends to renovate Ruperts hutch with sticks to make it look more natural...One problem - now it is too heavy for the teachers to lift! Georgia had a great idea to get the children to design their own blueprints for getting the cage up on wheels - lots of effort went into these - check out the Project room window for a sample! Georgia's Dad is in the process of constructing something for us!! Watch this space...
A warm welcome to Leo Cameron, Sarah Crowe, William Reid and Haylie Nicholls
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| toasting marshmallows around the fire |
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| beautiful table displays |
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| pig on a spit for tea! |
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