Term 2 Week 6

Happy School Days to Jodi Graham and Rianne Timpac!! We warmly welcome Mikko Milligan and Paige Graham to our TF Group.

Pink Ribbon Days!!
WELL DONE US!! A big thank you for your generous support of our Annual Pink Ribbon Days. To date we have raised over $560!!! Outstanding!!! Advocacy, empathy, awareness, citizenship, participation...just a few of the beautiful virtues fostered through your efforts - wonderful! Smilebox slide shows for each day have been emailed out - please send me an email if you did not receive this.

Forest Kindy
Thank you to Anna, Rio, and Janet this week. We made the most of the Autumn Weather by making some timely repairs to our Kindy Castle, cooking cheerio sausages on Sally's gas cooker, and walking down to the Troll Bridge where we found materials for carting back up to the castle for some weather-proofing.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
MONDAY 1ST JUNE  - QUEENS BIRTHDAY, NO KINDY
TUESDAY 2ND JUNE - FOREST KINDY AND ST THOMAS SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY @1:30PM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 3RD JUNE  - PARENT GROUP MEETING - ALL WELCOME

ST THOMAS SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY - TUESDAY THE 2nd OF JUNE
A notice and sign sheet went up on Wednesday with details for the event, if you have missed signing permission for this please do so on Tuesday morning. Also, if you are able to come as a parent help please send us an email as we still need a couple more for ratios please.We will walk down to the School at 1pm - helpers please be at Kindy before this time. Please bring your running shoes. Racing should begin at 1:30pm approx. Following the race we will walk back to Kindy in time for 2:30pm pick up. PLEASE NOTE: 12:30PM children/children who do not attend Kindy that day are most welcome to participate - just come along to St Thomas School by 1:20pm to take part in the fun!!

Term 2 Week 5

Forest Kindy - St Thomas School Came to visit
Thanks to our helpers Hayden, Gemma and Mark this week. It was awesome to see so many familiar ex-Kindy faces and Forest Kindy graduates back in the bush with us! Another special treat - sausages on the gas cooker - thanks Hayden!!

Zoo Boogie
Wow, we certainly love to sing and dance - a fun morning out! Thanks to all our helpers on Wednesday.

Next week: Pink Ribbon Breakfast supporting the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
Invites went out this week for our Pink Ribbon Morning Teas to be held on Wednesday the 27th and Thursday the 28th of may. Please dress as pink as you like, and bring along something pink for a shared morning tea...families most welcome to join in on the fun! If you would like to make an online donation please use the link below for our Host's Page, or bring along a coin on the day...every cent counts - our goal is to top last year's efforts, with a target of $500....watch this space! 

http://pinkribbonbreakfast.co.nz/page/wintonkindergartenshostpage

Some pics below from last year's Pink Ribbon days...

Term 2 Week 4

A warm welcome to three new children this week....Lucas White, Caydence Hunt and Sam White.


Polyfest!!!
Terms 2 and 3 each year see us taking part in the region-wide Polyfest festival - a celebration of all things Pasifika and Maori. The Arts makes up a huge part of our Kindy philosophy, with the Language Of Art providing the medium for communicating ideas and knowledge. Polyfest encompasses a t-shirt design competition, a community korowai/cloak display, the art competition, and the on stage performance at Stadium Southland. This year's Polyfest theme is "Embrace your Identity".

Polyfest T-Shirt design competition:
This week we handed out the template for families to use to design their own unique t-shirt designs. Please grab one next week if you missed out! These are due in by Monday the 25th of May for us to enter into the competition...we can't wait to see how creative you can be!

Polyfest The Arts Competition
Last year we took out the Overall Winner Award for our entry - what a huge accolade acknowledging our children and families efforts - ka pai to mahi - great work! Please do take the time to review our documentation and art on display... This week in Discovery Time(1-2pm Mon-Wed with our oldest children) the group created their own clay nests as well as taking apart and reassembling our huge stick nest - the nest representing our idea of "Embrace your identity"...we will build on this over the term...more information to follow...

Polyfest Performance
This week we started our waiata/song practices with the MTW Group who will represent the Kindy on stage at the end of August.

Our Polyfest Performers at the Stadium last year

our winning entry on display at the Southland Museum

Showcasing our Polyfest Art at the Hideaway Art walk last year

Our special award!!

Looking proud of our Kindy's efforts at Prizegiving!!

Upcoming events:
*Zoo Boogie on Wednesday - please return all permission slips and money by Monday please.
*Invites will go out next week for our Pink Ribbon Morning Teas...Mark Wed the 27th and Thur the 28th of May on your calenders :)

Term 2 Week 3

Duck shooting Camo Day on Monday

Forest Kindy on Tuesday

World War One Display at the Southland Museum on Wednesday

Bright Sparks Road Safety Campaign on Thursday

Mothers Day baking on Friday...Happy Mothers Day to all our wonderful parents out there!

Happy School Days to Jovi Chavez and Tahi Payne this week.