Term 3 Week 6

Nurtured By Nature
This week we started our Nurtured By Nature Programme at Ivy Russell Reserve. We are so pleased to get this AMAZING nature discovery initiative up and running at Winton Kindergarten alongside a number of other Kindergartens within our Association who have taken up the opportunity! Our programme is being run at the Ivy Russell Reserve each Tuesday from 8:30-12:30pm for the 10 older children, and as children head off to school, new spots will become available. A BIG thank you to Cath Thompson and Leevonne Diack who gladly put their hand up to be our first Parent Helpers on Tuesday. We had a wonderful time exploring our new "place" and discovering hidden treasures. We shared some of our guiding principles and practices with the children, including our "cooyee" call. I was "lost" in the bush and the group had to listen for my "cooyee" call to hear the direction to go to find me - they thought this was great! We explored the heart of the forest, delving deep inside the trees and shrubs. Henry Thompson found a piece of bark that he thought was shaped like a dinosaur - a special memento from his first Nurtured By Nature adventure! We also collected Gum Tree Bark for Rupert's Hutch - a busy day in the bush! We look forward to our second outing next Tuesday.

The Originals! Back row: Tristin, Jessica, Annabelle, Albie. Front row: William, Henry, Ruby, Kenny, & Cedric

Families arriving @ Ivy Russell Reserve...Reading about Ivy and the significance of this special place in our community

Henry, Kenny, Annabelle, William and Tristin emerging from the bush after finding our "lost" teacher!

Heading back to Kindy with Gum Tree Bark for Rupert's hutch. Tristin, Jessica, Ruby and Annabelle

This week we said Happy School Days to Alyssa Batt off to Winton School.

We also welcome some new faces to Kindy: Noewen Tejada, Casey Laffey, and Tingah-Bell Falologo.

Izzy welcomes Tingah-Bell Faalologo to the Winton Kindy whanau

Jodie welcomes Casey Laffey to the group

We welcome Noewen Tejada to the TF Group...Cup of tea time!

Georgia McMaster our 3rd year student started her final posting with us this week. Georgia will be with us for four weeks - such an asset to our teaching team!

Hay for Rupert: If any of our wonderful families have some hay to spare we are getting low in supplies for Rupert's Hutch...See Sally if you are able to help out. Thanks.