TERM 4 WEEKS 6&7

Tuia250

A 'hands up' to Christina as she embarks on a very special commorative bicultural celebration  - she boards the flortilla on Tue 25 Nov @ Picton & disembarks in Wellinton on Sat 28 Nov. We look forward to hearing ALL the 'happenings' throughout this amazing encounter.

Tuia te muka tangata ke uta. Weaving people together for a shared future. The Tuia250 commemoration is a programme of events, education & over 50 Projects enriching communities nationwide.  It celebrates Aotearoa NZ Pacific voyaging heritage & acknowledges the first onshore encounters between Maori & Europeans in 1769-70.  It's an opportunity to hold honest conversations about the past, the present & how we navigate our shared future.

For further info click on the link ... there is also an interactive tracker - you'll be able to track Christina as they begin to sail into Wellington & disembark tomorrow.

Tuia 250

Christina returns to Kindy on Monday - we look forward to hearing all her tales of the 'Marlborough Sounds' & all the adventures of the flotilla!

Winton Open Day -Wreath Making Display

Wow, our naturalist wreath placed 2nd in the Competition which was on display for the Winton Open Day Sun 17 Nov. We named our art piece 'Turangawaewae' - representing us as a Community of Learners & our 'sense of belonging' to OUR Place. The collection of branches & leaves on our walks through our iconic Ivy Russell Reserve & from around the Kindergarten were thoughtfully woven into our wreath. To further cement our connection - from the past as well as the present we included some of our beautifully created Xmas decorations.  A BIG congratulations to Drummond Kindergarten who created the winning wreath.

Tino Pai Drummond Kindergarten

As the festive season draws closer, you will have noticed some subtle decorating and extra fairy lights filling the light and shadow spaces creating a magical ambience on arrival in the mornings.

Amazing Me

Curriculum Strand:  Communication.  Stop, Think & Act have been the attributes this week.
Suzy also covers feelings (sad, angry, happy) and how important it is to share them with others. 'No' is also discussed as the children were encouraged to say "No please stop!" If someone touched them, or treated them in a unacceptable way. Some of the tamariki shared their thoughts with us:
             "I feel sad when Georgia pushes me. I call out...Mum!! To get help" Hunter W
             " You need to Stop Think and Act!" Heidi
             "Please stop give me back my toy!" Michaela
             "I'm angry!! Is what you say when your mad." Hunter R

We also continue to discuss what an 'Emergency' is & looks like along with familiarising ourselves with where's our 'Safe' place @ home (in case of fire or earthquake) & where IS home.  Tks to those who have sent in a pic of nga tamariki standing beside the homes & mailboxes - what a wonderful & meaningful visual way to know/learn our addresses (just in case).  Google Earth (find your home/house) is another way - & something you can do @ home.  Next week we have our Fire/Earthquake drills scheduled - so it sits & fits well into our programme.  Next week the final epilogue to our 'Amazing Me Programme' begins as we introduce the Curriculum Strand - Exploration.

The Joy of Giving

This year the tamariki have been busy creating some beautiful naturalistic decorations in 'Santa's Workshop'. We have decided to keep these a 'surprise' - clue something to hang on your Xmas tree each year. In keeping with the Christmas spirit the decoration your tamaiti takes home will be created by another as we love to encourage our Winton Kindy whanau to embrace the act of giving, being kind and sharing happiness with others. 

FYI - Sunscreen 

End-of-Year Celebration - Whānau Night

Our Winton Kindy Parent Group are busily organising our 'End of Year Celebration Family Night' to be held at Kindy on Thursday the 5th Dec - we look forward to celebrating a successful year with our wider Kindy whanau.

Kindy closes for the year on Thursday 19 December and re-opens for Term 1  Monday 20 January 2020.

Kirihimete Koa
Winton Kindy Teaching Team

TERM 4 WEEK 4 & 5

123 AMAZING ME!!!

All About Me - Taku Ahuatanga Whanui

This term we've introduced 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' programme. It includes introducing strategies & skills in keeping oursevles safe from harm.   It sits & fits well with the UN Convention of the Rights of Children ... Childen have a right to our protection. Children have the right to feel good about themselves.  Children have the right to feel safe.

Week 4/5  - Te Whariki (NZ Early Childhood (ECE) Curriculum) - Strand Wellbeing

Throughout the video's and prompts, and reflections focused around the first video 'Wellbeing' the tamariki have strengthened their knowledge of there own body and how to keep themselves safe through washing, naming body parts and dressing themselves

Evie shared how she got lost in the supermarket once and how she asked for help  "Can you help me?"
Michaela shared that you can shout "Help!!" if you lose Mum or Dad.

Week 5 - Te Whariki - Strand Contribution
This video shares about different families & living environments and encourages children to think about the people who live in their house. It also discusses emotions and the importance of scaring how you are feeling "I'm Scared!" and calling out for help when it's needed.

Kaylee's thoughts 'Wow ... she has seven people at her house'
Olivia's thoughts  "Help, I'm scared ... when she is feeling that way'.
Maci's thoughts 'She tells her Mum when she is feeling scared'.

Next week - Curriculum Strand Belonging.  Where do we live?  Who lives in our community?  What's an emergency?  What's our emergency number?

Limehills School Pet Day

Monday 4 Nov 2019 - These wonderful encounters not only embody our Southland tradition of mixing & mingling, of show & sharing but also provide an opportunity to acquaint ourselves with & within various local school culture.  Tks for inviting us along Limehills School.

XMAS WREATH MAKING ...

Thanks to Toni Mills for facilitating the creation of our wreath named “Turangawaewae”.  Our wreath represents us as a community of learners and our sense of belonging to this place. Our tamariki, matua and kaiako have collected branches, and leaves on walks through our iconic Ivy Russell Reserve and from around our Kindergarten. To further cement our connection with Winton Kindy tamariki from the past as well as the present we have included some of our beautifully created Christmas decorations from years past including 2016, 2017, 2018. Keep an eye out in the Memorial Hall on Sunday @ the Winton Open  for our entry.

TAIAO TUHURA

Our Taiao Tuhura continues its 'naturalistic' pathway through the sociocultural context of relationships.  Relationships with others, with our local Reserve, with family and with Kaitiaki values.

We celebrated Jack Johnstone's final Forest Kindy by showcasing Ivy Russell Reserve to his Grandad Bruce - aka Fishing in the stream! Jack and his family have kindly donated a fishing net/bug catcher. We will certainly think of our friend Jack when we go fishing on a Tuesday! Thank you for the delicious morning tea shared beside the stream Jack! And with Jack's departure we welcomed Hunter Wylie to the band of eco-warrioirs.

PARENT GROUP

Tks to all our whanau who were able to come along on Tue night.  Keep looking out on our FB page for Xmas highlights - 6 Dec for our Xmas Extravangza & before the end of term a visit from 'the Man in Red'.

Winton Open day ...

Sunday 17 Nov 2019 ... here's hoping the weather Gods are aligned.  Enjoy a great day out!

THE TEACHING TEAM

TERM 4 WEEK 2 & 3

Last week began with the opportunity to partake in a professional theatrical performance. The children were mesmerised. The props & pageantry captivated everyone. Thank-you so much Capital E (Wellington) for travelling around NZ sharing your charismatic performance with us all - especially in the South!

Patch Theatre Company's Mr McGee and the Biting Flea

By Pamela Allen

Monday the 21st October at the Civic Theatre Invercargill

Prepare to be mesmerised and enchanted as huge packing cases open and new worlds emerge, filled with quirky characters and stories.

Capital E’s National Theatre for Children is bringing back this much-loved collection of tales from popular children’s author, Pamela Allen. Using an assortment of props and found objects, the three performers bring the tales to life. This wonderful production features adaptations of the stories ‘Mr McGee’, ‘Alexander’s Outing’, ‘Belinda’, ‘Brown Bread and Honey’, ‘Mary Elizabeth’s House’ and ‘Mr McGee and the Biting Flea’.

The books by Pamela Allen are published by Penguin Books Australia and New Zealand and licensed by Tim Curnow, Literary Agent and Consultant, Sydney

Mr McGee
In this story Mr McGee is a puppet with a balloon as his head! The balloon gets pumped up so that he can y around the stage area.

Alexander’s Outing
When a straggling, inattentive duckling falls down a deep hole in the road passers-by use their ingenuity and join together to come to the rescue.
The ladders and suitcases are arranged to create a small city for a family of ducks to go on an outing. The ducks are toy rubber ducks. Alexander the duck is walking with his mum and brothers and sisters. During their outing Alexander goes missing – he has fallen down a hole. Don’t worry- he gets rescued in the end by some kind passers-by.

Belinda

This is the story of Belinda the cow, who only lets certain people milk her.
Two of the performers dress up as Belinda the cow. During this story Farmer Tom tries to milk Belinda and to begin with she doesn’t want him to, so she runs away from him which is quite funny. Belinda the cow and Farmer Tom come out to the audience and run along the front of the stage. Farmer Tom eventually dresses up as his wife Bessie and Belinda the cow lets him milk her.

Brown Bread and Honey
The king loves to run and jump and ride his horse - but he also loves to eat. Soon he is too fat to run, jump and ride his horse and the delicious dishes prepared by his cooks no longer seem so good. One night he is really sick from over-eating and he sacks the cooks. As he feels better and a little hungry, he is upset when he is unable to nd anyone who can make him breakfast. The next day the stable boy nds the king hungry and sad and gives him his lunch - brown bread and honey! From then on, the two lunch together and soon the king is able to run, jump and ride his horse again.
The performers become French chefs in this story and have French accents. If you listen carefully you can understand what they are saying. The performers also play many other characters to act out the story.

Inside Mary Elizabeth’s House
There is a monster at Mary Elizabeth’s house – but her classmates don’t believe her! One night she invites them all home to dinner, and they realise she isn’t lying!
The monster in this story is the audience. When the boys come over to Mary Elizabeth’s house, she introduces them to the monster – and as part of the audience you can join in and do a very loud, monster roar! The boys get scared of your loud roar and run away.

McGee and The Biting Flea

Mr McGee went out to play, down to the beach one windy day, the story begins. His happy mood is spoilt when he is bitten by a ea, a ea that he can’t get rid of. The only solution is to take o all his clothes and jump into the sea because of course, eas don’t like the sea. Mr McGee and the ea are nally separated, and the ea moves on to the hair of a dog instead.
It is very funny when Mr McGee starts to take his clothes o to nd the ea. We see pretend large red spots where the ea has bitten him. He eventually takes all of his clothes o but hides behind a suitcase, so we don’t see him fully naked."



What an amazing show it was!! It sure had us sitting on the edge of our seats and bursting with uncontrollable laughter - both tamariki and adults!! The tamariki reflected on the show when we returned with some beautiful re-tellings and drawings created on the blackboard.  Thanks heaps to all of our 'helpers'.

Lights, Camera, Mercy - St Thomas Aquinas School

 'Lights, Camera, Mercy' by St Thomas Aquinas School. Seeing our past students on stage is heart-warming mixed with pride.  The performance was scripted & choreographed by the students.  Interesting was that a lot of OUR Kindy kids weren't so familiar with Nursery Rhymes.  Here's a challenge - share a Nursery Rhyme each night.  The wonderful flow of rhyming words & poetry is a wonderful way to build delight & intrigue in the acquisition of language.

Amazing Me

Along with being immersed in the Performing Arts over the last couple of weeks we've also captured the Visual Arts this week ...

   Artist in Residence:  Jomae Basgunit  

Note the distinct differences of the two portraits - long eyelashes & no eyelashes.  Self-portraits will begin next week as we introduce the 5-week Amazing Me programme.

Winton Open Day Wreath Competition

Let's get creative ... it is who we are.

We are looking out for some natural remnants to make our Winton Kindy Xmas Wreath.  With one teacher down @ the moment we wondered if SOMEONE could both share their creative spirit & work alongside the children.  Our entry is due in Winton Open Day 17 Nov 2019. 

Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose ...

Thanks to Winton New World for all your recycled remnants.  If you have anything intriguing lying around (packaging is great) bring it in. Creativity is what makes us ... US.

Antonia's Care Package ...

A big thanks to everyone for your kind contributions.  Christina delivered our 'Care Package' to Antonia yesterday & shared that Antonia is profoundly 'BORED'.  It is indeed a waiting game - hopefully your next Ortho appointment might mean a 'moon boot' & a bit of mobility.  

Admin Support

A bit of an update ... Heather Cruickshank was unable to 'take up' the Admin Support position so a warm welcome to Leesha Moore.  Some of you may know Leesha from her involvement @ Dipton Playgroup & Dipton School.  We await Police Vetting & then Leesha will be supported by Sheryl (Lead Administrator Kindergartens South) with training.

Winton Policy/Procedures ...

Take a minute to have a read our terms Winton Kindy Policies/Procedures.  They are a great way to understand/appreciate/discuss/review our day-to-day practices.

Lost Property ...

Please have a fossick through all the Lost Property clothing. Next week we'll wash all the clothing & donate it to The Hospice shop.

Taiao Tuhura ... Discovering Nature

A warm welcome to Evie Howard who joined our eco-warriors this week along with Dad (Mark).  Last term we were involved in the ecology of our stream through our liaison with Environment Southland - today along with considering the hydrodynamics of the stream ... another consideration was can anyone find 'Neil the Eel' or maybe a fish.  Oh ... it's fishing season - let's go FISHING!!!



Next week (actually Monday) we are off to Limehills School Pet Show Day.  A thanks to Ester, Josh, Danny, Raff & Keeley for inviting us.

We still need some HELPERS.  Can anyone help out?

A heads up to the All Blacks as they head in to their final game of the 2019 RWC.  We are NOT defined by one game but by our continuity & humility - debrief, regroup ... come back STRONGER. The Silver Fern netballers played their last international for the year in the Trans-Tasman Constellation Cup last weekend in Perth.  The girls didn't bring back any silverware but they still have the accolade of being World No 1.  NZ League also came away without a win last weekend along with Scott McLaughlan crashing on the Gold Coast.  Our sporting stars were definitely NOT aligned last weekend.


See you next week!

The Teaching Team.