Fun happenings

Lots of further opportunities to explore active movement when Amanda from Sports Otago visited to present the gold award accreditation. All that hard effort finally paid off!

Some children have loved the sensory experience of Nevaeh's gelli baff.

During the week we have taken the chance to explore our wider world when Maja and Sophia's papa/dad taked with us about Germany. Rajneesh (Rachel's mum) brought some very tasty Fijian/Indian cuisine for us all to try. There was even dessert and many went back for seconds! Thank you Sascha and Rajneesh and families for bringing something of your cultural identity into our learning community.

Kia Ora and Hello

Hi yet another week has gone by. Time flies... our programme has included incorporating Kaupapa Maori with Senior Teacher Lee & Kaumatua Huata. We learnt some fun interesting facts and songs and our very own mihi too.

We have enjoyed more growing, planting and care of fruit and vege plants including tomato, strawberry and sunflower seedlings too. See you here on Thursday 11.30am as we receive our GOLD accreditation from Sport Otago. Bring a plate of yummy , healthy food to share. Here are some photos for your viewing pleasure :)

Warm weather = water + sand + sunhats + outdoor learning fun!

Our sandpit is a popular place for outdoor learning and this moves to another dimension with the addition of water to make rivers, lakes, waterfalls (and of course pools to splash and jump in)In the childrens words water makes the texture of sand change from 'dry'.......to 'sticky'.........to 'sloppy'.......to 'liquid.' 'Why does it disappear into the sand instead of staying on top of it?' Not only are spades used for digging, they can also be to 'stood' in a row to be counted and identified by colour and size (maths concepts are everywhere)

When we need repairs and maintenance done at kindergarten, if at all possible we involve our children as well. This week they have learnt about repairing punctures in their bikes and how to keep the bolt in the gate working properly by cleaning out the bolt hole....ka pai - well done. And isn't great to see so many wearing sunhats. Remember - No hats = no outdoor play!

Fruits, Vegetables, Gardening and Gold Award

Hi Everyone :). What an exciting fortnight it has been! Firstly, we received the Gold Accreditation Award for our Active Movement Activities from Sport Otago. The official presentation by Amanda Taylor will take place at our Celebration Lucheon. We have also been successful with obtaining over $1000 funding from HEHA (Healthy Eating Healthy Action) for enhancing our outdoors with vegetable/fruit gardens, equipment & resources. This will benefit our kindergarten & our wider community :). Come along on 25th November at 11.30 am for our Celebration Lunch. Please bring a plate of Healthy Food to share. Here's to Gold :). Please feel free to post a comment as we love your feedback. Thanks :).

Here are some pics from our Halloween Night -

Those that turned up to the Halloween/bbq/disco evening had a great night

The govt cuts to early childhood are of great concern. Your support at the quiet march (in response to these hard hitting funding cuts) this Saturday beginning at 1pm from the dental school would be appreciated. Our children deserve more! Lots of participation in active movement. Building fundamental movement patterns through actions such as rolling, balancing,jumping and stepping. Keep on the move,everyone

Changes had to be made to our proposed ripper rugby session with Amanda Taylor from Sports Otago. Rain meant we were confined indoors- however we had some awesome active movement indoors instead. A ripper rugby session is proposed for next term instead