Term 4 Week 3

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A big kia ora to Evelyn Barrie who joined us this week!


And a fond farewell to Cooper McDowall - best wishes for your adventures at Winton School!


Forest Kindy - wow, what an action-packed day we had in honour of our friend and leader Cooper's last Forest Kindy Day! Racing round the dirk bike track pretending to be American Mustangs, bulldozing the Kindy Castle tracks, tree climbing, watching Nick Batt dump dirt off for the College vegetable garden - a fitting farewell for our petrol-head! And a fun0filled way to welcome Lucas and Greta to the group also! We searched for Huhu Grubbs for the tuatara at the Southland Museum...digging in the rotting logs and stumps at the Reserve. And with so many new children, we stopped in at the Ivy Russell Reserve sign to talk about who this special lady was, challenging the group to find her portrait back at Kindy!



Capital E Production of Shu's Song at the Civic Theatre

We invite you to step inside the imaginary world of our engaging character; Shu, and watch the ordinary world become extraordinary.

This live show will delight and inspire young people as Shu discovers the secret life of everyday objects in a home office. Shu’s imagination brings these objects to life in this charming and inventive story about exploring our environments and building relationships.

Sound and music are key elements of the show, using tone, volume, and composition to demonstrate emotion, communication and purpose. In fact, sound, movement, puppetry and light replace speech, creating a non-verbal visual theatre experience that provides each audience member with opportunity to connect and understand the story through their individual perspective.

Shu’s Song reflects a young person’s world of discovery and imagination. It tells a story we will all recognise – a path to understanding our complex world and the challenges faced along the way.

The show provides a great opportunity for children to explore and discover drama and sound, to understand the concepts of what can be achieved when working together as a group, and to respond to live theatre – another experience that may be new in their lives.

Created by Laura Gaudin, Rachel Callinan & Gina Moss

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Happy School Days to Flynn Harland - off to Winton School. :)

Our Forest Kindy Leader Flynn taking the front seat for our bus ride back to Kindy on Tuesday!

A warm welcome to Summer Chapman, joining our TF Group this week - great to have the Chapman's back with us.

Kia Ora Summer!

Forest Kindy started back this week...And with the down pour of rain came many magical moments! The frothing at the bottom of the tree trunks as the rain fell, poking our tongues out to catch the rain drops, noticing the flowering kowhai trees, bulldozing the path at the Kindy Castle, and welcoming Sydney and family to the group!




Amazing Me Programme began this week for our MTW Group - Our focus for the week has been around Wellbeing - how can we look after our amazing self? ...
Brushing our teeth, washing our bodies, dressing ourselves, making healthy food choices, getting lots of fresh air and lots of rest, and of course, being loved!
During Te Wananga Time, Judy has been in discussion with the group about "The Rights of the Child" ... Izin: "The Right to go to the beach"   Walter: "To have blankets at night"  Greta: "To have fresh clean water to drink".

The group deep in thought during Te Wananga Time as we discussed, "The Rights of the Child"

Making the most of the sunshine on Thursday 

Toby working on his Egyptian Pyramid to house the Mummies!

Our little garden is not so little...we wait in anticipation for the seeds to sprout!

Olivia has taken on the role of Resident Gardener this week, thanks Olivia!

Winton Library visits!
Our story time with the Winton Library started back up on Thursday afternoon, with Raewyn coming down to share 3 books with the group. The children look forward to this special time once a fortnight!

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A warm welcome Ellie Morrision our fabulous new teacher! The children have loved listening to your songs on the Ukulele this week!

Kia ora Ryan

A warm welcome Ryan Walker, Blake Henry and Monty Dolan - joining the TF Group this week!

Monty saying hello to Rupert!

Hi there Blake!

Planting - Our vege garden looks amazing - thanks to all our "Green Fingered" Friends for their help this week with planting our peas, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes and strawberries! Our strawberries "had" to go in the hanging baskets, as Walter Reed proudly informed the group - "I will sneak the strawberries out of the garden!" I don't think you're alone there Walter! We now wait in anticipation for our delicious fresh garden to flourish! And a big thanks to Lucas Campbell for bringing along all his double-ups of the New Worlds Little Garden range.



Amazing Me Programme - This term we will partake in the Amazing Me Programme, information went out in the MTW Group Parent Pockets at the start of the week. The programme will go for 5 weeks, with each week being a new subject on ways to keep ourself safe, and to look after our AMAZING self. Some pics below.