Term 1 Week 6

Marking the 4th Anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquakes with the children this week...Discussion, YouTube Footage, families sharing their experiences, images, recall, the language of art as children represented their learning pictorially...

Images of the devastation

The iconic Christchurch Cathedral

Casey illustrating our display - "all the metal"

Rianne shares her learning- "They are getting hurt - they are falling down"

Forest Kindy - Welcome to Liam Hartley, Ava Chapman, Riley Scobie and Lexi Dickson who all joined the Forest Kindy group this week! And a big thank you to our helpers this week - Gladys Chavez, Anna Pulley, Sam Scott and Sarina Faalologo. This week Tingah-Bell and Mum Sarina shared with us their secret blackberry bush and took us into the heart of the Forest where they had started to construct a stick house over the weekend. With everyone on board we soon had one side well camouflage - perhaps we will use this as our maimai was one suggestion:)

Sally and Ayden make their way up the tree in the heart of Ivy Russell Reserve

Adding foliage to Tingah-Bell's stick hut

Weaving cabbage leaves through the stick walls of the shelter

Enjoying morning tea in the hut together

Thanks  to our  helpers this week

Fletcher making his way up the tree

A warm welcome to Dylan Swain who joined our TF Group this week.

Plunket's Hug a Bear Appeal - Teddy's Bears Picnic - invites went out this week to join in on the fun next Wednesday and Thursday...Bring along your best loved bear (named), a healthy snack for shared picnic and if you would a donation for Plunket. We have Plunket visiting the group as well as other fun planned for each day :)

Term 1 Week 5

Happy School Days to Max Laughton off to Hillside School!

Casey Laffey and Max Laughton at Forest Kindy this week

Forest Kindy - This week we welcomed Rianne Timpac to the group. Thanks to our Helpers: Campbell Laughton and Brenda Harvey.

Winton Autumn Flower Show- check out some pics from our walk along to the Show today. Thanks to all our helpers! We had a great time viewing, smelling, and being involved in this special community event. Well done to everyone who was awarded certificates - ka pai to mahi/great work!

Our group entry

The TF Group have been busy bees at their construction site aka the sandpit...Designing, digging, sculpting, and working as a huge team to create our own Oreti River - many hands really do make light work!

This week we introduced pasta and whitebait patties at lunch times - what a hit!! Thanks Dick Brown for the whitebait

Ryan eating the pasta by request

By special request from Henry Mitchell - whitebait!!!

mmmm whitebait!

Angus munching on a whitebait pattie

Coming up: We have the Plunket Hug a Bear Appeal coming up in the week of the 2nd of March. Next week we will be busy getting Kindy ready for our special days and more information will be out next week....Watch this space for a special invite to join in on the Teddy Bears Picnic :)

Term 1 Week 4

Another busy week at Winton Kindy!! Happy School Days to Isaac Ellis, off to Winton School.

Forest Kindy was a blast, a big thank you to our helpers , Jeff ("Pop"), Brenda and Gladys. River crossing skills, tree climbing, insect investigations and more...Welcome to Jovi our newest Forest Kindy kid!

Our Wear Red for Healthy Hearts Days were a huge success - everyone looked radiant in red, and what delicious and healthy morning teas we enjoyed on Wednesday and Thursday! Linda Harris of the Heart Foundation joined us on Wednesday to talk to the group about our heart and healthy lifestyles. Click on the NZ Heart Foundation link on the right for more updates. We raised $34.50 for the cause, awesome!

The Winton Autumn Flower Show takes place next week ... Fri 20 Feb. The TF Group have been busy working on our group entry, while the Discovery Time children from our MTW Group have been working on individual kites made from sticks gathered at Ivy Russell Reserve. A notice went out today and their is a permission sign sheet at the desk (8 helpers please).

Making our dragon eggs

Filling our dragons nest

The TF Group giving the dragon a new paint job

Our Winton Autumn Flower Show Entry

Our resident Dragon gets a make over for the Flower Show

Kate holding the Huhu Beetle that Tingah-Bell found at Kindy

Max, Ayden, Kate, Tingah-Bell and Casey fishing off troll bridge

Isaac's Pop Jeff helping Fletcher cross the stream on Tuesday

Learning about the world around us

Wear Red for Healthy Hearts MTW Group

Judy, Christina and Sally with Linda Harris from the Heart Foundation

Happy School Days to Isaac Ellis

Welcome to Flynn Turner MTW Group

The Fiordland Advocate came to visit - check out next week's paper!

Casey Laffey's lego love heart for our table centre-piece

The TF Group enjoying their shared morning tea yesterday

Term 1 Week 3

This week we farewelled Oliver Keith and family off to Winton School. We welcomed Flynn Turner to our MTW Group - great to have you with us again Turner family! Forest Kindy has started, and what an adventurous morning we had at the Dragon's Den renovating the Kindy Castle, burying each other in the fallen leaves, eating morning tea inside the Castle, creating Ninja Turtle swords and nunchucks with sticks and string, exploring our special place - Ivy Russell Reserve, and, learning some of the rules and culture of this unique group with our five newbies on Tuesday.

WINTON AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW 19TH & 20TH FEB

It's now only two weeks to go until the annual Winton Autumn Flower Show...The children while be busy during this time working on our group entry. We will walk down to the event held at the Memorial Hall with the TF Group...A notice and sign sheet will be out next week :)

WEAR RED FOR HEALTHY HEARTS 11th & 12th FEB - Notices were put into Parent Pockets this week for our special days next week in support of the National Heart Foundation. On Wednesday and Thursday next week we ask families to dress in red, bring along a healthy red snack for shared morning tea, and a gold coin donation...We can't wait to see how creative our children and whanau can be with their costumes and kai/food! 

A group shot from our "Wear red for Healthy Hearts" Day 2014

James with his Sand Dollar that he found in the weekend at Monkey Island

A BIG thank you to the Ellis Family, preparing our delicious kai, and offering a helping hand around Kindy on Monday!!

Thanks Ash and Oliver for the Paua Patties for your Kindy Birthday Morning Tea

Thea just LOVED the Paua Patties on Monday!!

FOREST KINDY BACK IN ACTION...Welcome to Ella, Ayden, Corran, Kate and Fletcher who all started this week

"THIS IS NOT A STICK...Ella's Pirate Ship made with the helping hand of Dad Steve

Max and Tingah-Bell relaxing in the long grass