Term 2 Week 3

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Head Teachers Report - 18 May 2016

Click below to read our Weekly Newsletter - 20 May 2016

Weekly Newsletter - 20 May 2016

Welcome Jacob

Hi Georgia!

A warm welcome to Georgia Wylie and Jacob Beer.  Farewell to Lochlan Davidson

Polyfest T-Shirts and Waka Art Project
Thanks to families for returning their T-Shirt Competition entries, we have until next Friday, the 27th, to collate these.

Sharing ideas and thoughts

Family Portraits to inspire our Polyfest Art journey

Discovery Time waka depictions 

Information and templates regarding our Art Project went out today for the TF Group and will be available to our MTW Group on Monday. You may have noticed the Discovery Time children have been working on ideas around "navigation" and "journey", sourcing images and ideas for waka, and creating family portraits - yes we are indeed a very busy bunch of learners! Please take the time at the end of the day to 'check out' our efforts - we LOVE to share with our families all that we are up to at Kindy.

We are also on the look out for a wooden waka/boat frame to up cycle as part of our whole Kindy Polyfest Art Entry. Please send us an email if you have something suitable.

This year we would LOVE to purchase a set of KapaHaka Uniforms for our on stage performance at Stadium Southland and are looking into options. At this stage, with the high cost of purchasing a set, we are exploring the idea of local sponsorship. If you are keen to help us out, or have a suggestion, please let one of the teaching team know. Many Thanks.


Forest Kindy
This week we welcomed FOUR new faces to the group... Olivia Anderson navigated our way through the forest to the Hillary Street entrance, where we learned about WHO Ivy Russell was and her role in the community, and WHY this special place has been named after her. This term we are actively seeking out avenues to discover who we are and our place in the natural world around us - our social and ecological identity.

The Title Page for our Forest Kindy Journals

On return to Kindy, the group created their own Forest Kindy Journals during Discovery Time in the Project Room. Our vision is to add new ideas and learnings each week, and share our discoveries through our art and creative writing....watch this space!

Liam's Bird House

Liam patiently waiting and watching for the birds to arrive...

At the beginning of the year we participated in the annual Winton Autumn Flower Show. Liam Ankerson was awarded a special prize for his bird house entry. Unfortunately, the strength of our glue did not match the weight of his masterpiece...until this week! Liam worked tirelessly to reinvent his bird house, which now proudly swings from the silver birch tree beside the fort...filled with bird seeds to invite the natural world into our special place! Ka pai to mahi, great work Liam!