Thank you to all our fabulous Art Collectors for supporting our Cancer Society appeal - limited works of art are still available for purchase - but be quick, these one-off masterpieces won't last long!!
Principles of Kaitiakitanga - Investigation: "Where have all the Tui Birds gone?"
This week we introduced the delicate Native Birds of New Zealand Dress-Up Wing Set, as a provocation following along from the question posed by Ivy and her Mum Hollie on their first day in our Taiao Tuhura Discovering Nature Programme: "Do we see Tui Birds at Ivy Russell Reserve?" "No," was our response, not since the end of last year, when the pine trees were cut down and the Tui's relocated to the tall towering trees around our Kindy Castle, for a brief few weeks. Since then, we listen and look - but alas, no Tui song can be heard. Thankfully, Hollie shared about Tui Bird Feeders and how these help to attract the Tui Birds...Perfect! And so the seed was planted - let's try and encourage the beautiful birds back to Ivy Russell Reserve!
At Te Wananga Time/Discussion Time on Monday, we shared our dilemma with the group, seeking advice, ideas, and fabulous problem solving dispositions! And they delivered!....
Charlie M: "Maybe we could plant the seeds of the kind of trees that they like to live in!"
Archie: "We could catch them - with a fishing rod - and take them to Forest Kindy!"
Ashton: "Why don't we make the sound that the Tui make and they will hear us and come back to Ivy Russell?!"
Heidi: "We could make our own wings and we could fly to where they are and then fly with them back to Forest Kindy!"
Then we discussed what they like to eat and drink...mmmm, sugar water! But how would we get the sugar water to them? Following along on the ideas and creations Linda had instigated with some of the children at the beginning of the Term, we set about designing feeders for the Sugar Water. On Tuesday, some of these ideas came to life, as we constructed and tested these out at Kindy, ready to take with us to the Reserve next week....watch this space, or should we say, watch out for the Tuis!!
Signage for our Bespoke Kitchen
Hollie made a special sign to accompany the beautiful Mud Kitchen kindly donated by the Roskam family, with pallets from the Hunt family at the end of last Term. "Roskam's Mud Kitchen" ... perfect!
Fire Engine Fun!
Sooo much hands-on learning this week! A big thank you to Poppy and Hollie's parents - Steve and Mike of the Winton Volunteer Fire Brigade for bringing down the Engine to both Kindy AND Forest Kindy on Tuesday! Testing out the helmets, sitting in the seats, getting soaked under the powerful hose, and learning about Fire Hydrants as we refilled the empty tank - all in a day's work for our next generation of Emergency Service Recruits!
Principles of Kaitiakitanga
We have set up a special place to share our Taiao Tuhura Discovering Nature Ecological Journals with everyone. These journals sit beautifully alongside our Curriculum Design - Group Learning Focus: "What if we lived our lives as if Nature mattered?" Each week our Discovering Nature children share their ideas, values, principles of Kaitiakitanga, ecological discoveries and learnings through The Language of Art and verbal storytelling, narrating and illustrating entries into their personalised learning journals. Please to take a moment to enjoy our mahi.
Principles of Kaitiakitanga - Holders of Takitimu knowledge.
Today we had a special visit from Carol and John, whom having heard about our research and Takitimu Waka Project, got in contact with us, with Carol wanting to build her connection to the Takitimu Mountains and her whakapapa. It was very humbling to have them acknowledge our mahi and show such personal interest in what we do here at Winton Kindy. Our learning is touching the hearts of so many groups of people throughout Southland and afar - we continue to be blown away!
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