Term 2 Week 2

It's that time of the year again ...

Our Camo Day/Duck Hunters day carried on from Fri into & onto our Mon, Tue, Wed group.  Many accolades have been shared - What happens on Tour stays on Tour!!!  

We hope EVERYONE enjoyed all the camaraderie that goes with this annual outing!!!!

A BIG thanks to Sophie for popping in to help with an iconic Duck Shooting delight ... Bacon n Egg pie!!!  We've had Bacon n Egg Pie for lunch each day this week ...  I think we might just have a few converted pie lovers in amidst!

Taiao Tuhura - Forest Kindy 

A welcome back to our Taiao Tuhura programme ... Nature Discovery Day on Tue @ the Reserve.  How eco-friendly this space continues to be.  A welcome to Emma, Mila & Shahn to our programme this week along with sharing parents Kyle, Gemma & Nyssah! Tks for joining us! Next week Mark Oster from Environment Southland joins the group to share his passion & knowledge of the great outdoors!

Mud Mud ... glorious Mud!!!

We also welcomed to the Reserve Nature Play presenters from Christchurch Celia & Emma.  The Teaching Team (Judy, Christina, Antonia) carried on to the Salvation Army Hall Tue night to participate in their Southern REAP 'Nature Play' workshop! Celia & Emma also 'popped' into Kindy on Wed morning & were captivated by our naturalistic & calming environment.  We are pretty proud of it too! Tks Celia & Emma!

A BIG warm welcome back to Kindy - Ex-Kindy kids

Great to see you all both familiar & unfamiliar friends.  Along with rekindling friendships we hosted & shared a 'fruit break' morning tea with the Winton School New Entrant class.  Tks for a GREAT morning everyone!

Mother's Day

Eco-Kindest !!! To ALL our Mums, Grans, Nan & Nanna's out there have an AWESOME day on Sunday!

Next week Mon, Tue, Wed group we are off to the Memorial Hall for a Puppetry encounter ... Kokako's Song by Birdlife Productions Tue 12.30pm!  The performance is open to the public so all families are most welcome to attend at their own leisure.

The Teaching Team

Term 2 Week 1

Haere Mai ... Welcome Back everyone!

A warm welcome to everyone ... especially all our new families!

A busy first week ... we welcomed everyone back with a fitting tribute to all our ANZAC soldiers.

Lots of excitement to be back ... & lots of helpers to build our new rabbit cage for Rupert.

LOTS of thinking, problem-solving & contributing to resurrect our new Project Room shelving.

Check this out ... A HUGE thanks to Alister Jukes who popped in on Monday & donated this hand-made rocking horse to us as a gift!  

Eco-Camo Day today has been a HUGE day of excitement ... and a BIG part of our culture.

Tks for sharing Dad today Ebony!

We welcomed Cass (Judy's duck/rabbit/quail shooting Chocoloate Lab) to Kindy today. Cass says ... thanks to everyone for looking after me.  I had a NEAT day!!! Keep safe our there everyone! We'll keep everything set up for another Camo Day on Monday!

 
We also welcomed back today our Limehills School SVA (Student Volunteer Army) to Kindy - Caitlin, Annalise & Cameron who came dressed up for our Camo Day!

Great to be back ... great to meet & greet both old & new friends.                                                      'It's NOT what we have in life but who we have IN our lives'.

See you all next week!  

The Teaching Team

Term 1 Week 12

We hope everyone enjoyed a chocoholic Easter weekend.  We had what felt like a very quick 3 day week!  During our 3 day week we paid particular attention to noticing the magic happening outside.

Noticing The Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Nga tamariki have been sharing their curiosity with their friends and kaiako..."Why are there so many leaves on the ground!?" WOW, this has been a magical sight to behold, noticing how the different shades of green, yellow and brown leaves cover the ground at our feet.  Lucas and Judy captured photos of the trees outside to provoke nga tamariki with wonder and curiosity even further..."Why do leaves fall off trees, how does the tree know how many leaves to grow?"  These discussions flow through using The Arts as a learning tool, which can be seen in one example below.  Lucas drew his interpretation of what he perceived happening in the photos of the trees.  He explained different theories of why the trees appeared different, "The wind and Winter cold makes the leaves want to fall off."




Eco Fairy Outfit Designing 

After the Fairy moved out of the Hobbit/Fairy House, created by nga tamariki last Spring, she needed somewhere new to live. "We need her to sprinkle her magic" Shahn shared with us...which lead us to think maybe she could live in the garden and sprinkle her magic on the tomato plants.  We're very eager for our tomato plants to keep growing so we needed to ensure the Fairy would stay warm outside, and keep her magic alive.  "But what should she wear?"  Nga tamariki designed some amazing outfits, check them out below.






We hope to complete our Fairy outfits next week and see if she enjoys her new home before we finish kindy for term break.  Please help keep our kindy beautiful and clean by choosing a job to do on the cleaning schedule, located by the sign in/out sheet. Thank you!

The Teaching Team