Term 4 Week 5

"Who are the people that you live with? 1 or 2 or 3 or more..." Can be heard throughout the Kindy as the children revisit the learning from this week's Amazing Me Programme focus "Contribution". We have been contributing via our Facebook page and through The Arts, sharing with the group who makes up our AMAZING family, where we live and our contact details. Annabelle shared with us that she has been learning her Dad's phone number - yet another important piece of information to share in an emergency! Ka pai to mahi! Utilising our ICT forums within our programme reiterates our conscious efforts to reduce our environment footprint - less photocopying and more trees - yes please!! Learning to keep our self safe, others safe, and our planet safe - Our Ecological-Self! Thank you to our families for contributing to our Facebook questions posed each week - this week we have shared many family photos with the group.

Our contributions can now be enjoyed with our re-vamped entrance way. A welcoming and inviting way to arrive at Kindy in the morning - seeing our beautiful, unique and creative Self Portraits and "I am AMAZING because..." statements, greet us!

This week we have also continued our learning about Keeping Ourselves safe in an emergency ... Where Do I Live?  Tks to Toby Langford, George Collie & Sam Carins for their personalised pics of THEIR house ... including their addresses.

Thanks for all the family pics - keep them coming - nga tamariki LOVE seeing themselves, their family and their friends families - further strengthening the connections between home and Kindy!


And our Thur/Fri group have been sketching THEIR families today ...

Who are the people that you live with Skylar?

Ecological Investigations and Keeping Our self safe at Ivy Russell Reserve...On Tuesday Annabelle and Ashar took us off the beaten track andto the heart of the forest where we rediscovered The Three Little Pigs House made of Sticks. Off to the Dragon's Nest, Sophie and Georgia were eager to deliver their special toanga - handmade gemstones for the Dragon, following along from our Dragon research. Kirk (Annablee's Dad) shared with us what Dragons sound like using YouTube - we now know what to listen out for when we visit this special place! We now wait in anticipation for the Dragon to discover our gifts...


Have a great weekend ... commiserations to the All Whites v Peru (on Wed) & a GO the All Blacks against Scotland this weekend.  Tks for a GREAT week ... see you all next week!

Judy, Christina, Antonia, Linda & Rachel - The Teaching Team.