Term 3, Week 6

Daffodil Day

Thank you to everyone who took part in Daffodil Day here at Kindy!

We had some beautiful yellow children, and some delicious yellow kai shared. During these days we  took time to reflect on what Daffodil Day represents.
This year our donations will be gifted to the Scobie family as Jackson's Mum is currently under chemotherapy treatment and is awaiting surgery.

Your donations were very appreciated, you are so kind!!  

Colourful Daffodils

This week the children have also noticed the changes in our garden as we head into Spring. Outside over the past few weeks the children have been keeping a close eye on the new growth, and this week we spotted some daffodils!! Christina thought these beautiful flowers would provide the perfect opportunity for a bit of science. Gus Tisdall carefully picked some of the daffodils  and placed them in jars with different coloured water (the same as an experiment we did in Term 1). This investigation has provoked the children to think about plant growth and survival as they saw the changes in the flowers each day. Wow what beautifully coloured flowers!!

Pungaawerere

After a discussion with our Discovery Time children we came to the conclusion that it was time to release our pungaawerere (spider) back into nature. Our pungaawerere has provided the children with  opportunities to strengthen their knowledge of spiders, webs, their environments, and other insects. This journey has grown nga tamariki ecological identity and reiterated the importance of insects in our environment. 

Our Spider was released on Wednesday by the fire pit where it was originally found all those weeks ago.

Ka kite pungaawerere, we will all look out for you.

Tūmanako

The Royal Albatross that we have been closely watching over this year is still foraging around its nest at its home on the Otago Peninsula. Jodie White, April's Mum has shared with us some very important information. Our albatross will soon be migrating as it takes flight with it's Mum and Dad this September. You can check out the royal albatross cam at :

http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/albatrosses/royal-albatross-toroa/royal-cam/  

This is very exciting news as we have watched the chick grow from an egg to this beautiful huge black and white bird!!

Forest Kindy

This week we had two new members join our Forest Kindy team; Liam and Ashar!! Welcome tamariki!!!

At Ivy Russel Reserve the children had a wonderful time exploring the 'Monster Track Hills' after a fresh rain fall. This made the perfect opportunity for mud hill slides and feeling the texture of the sticky, squishy mud between their fingers!

Happy Fathers Day Dads!!

With Fathers Day this Sunday the children have been busy exploring their creative side as they each created a special gift to give to a special male role model this Sunday!! It was awesome working with the children to make these as they strengthened their fine motor and literacy skills as they created their very own drawings and wrote some special words for Dad!! Tino Pai tamariki, thank you all for trying so hard, the cards all look amazing!!

Enjoy this Sunday Dads!!

Your Winton Kindy Teaching Team :)