This little piggy...

What a delight...a special new friend in the form of a rescued cute little piglet.

 "She's trying to eat the grass" said Sophia.
"Why does he eat grass a lot?" asked Jax.
"He's trying to get his nose off" replied Olivia.

 "She's really cute" said Asjah.

"She's making a hole because she's making a big home" said Mathilda.

"It's eating some dirt" said Jacob.

"It eats very fast" said Lachlan.

"He wagged his tail" said Jacob.

"Some pigs twirl their tails up" said Lachlan.

 "Why did he make that sound?" said Rowan.
"Because he's a pig!" said Jax.

"Maybe he's a baby pig?" said Zoey.

"It's a piglet" said Harper.

"He's trying to find his Mumma" said Sophia.

"I'm not his Mumma" said Brooklyn as the pig came over to her and snuffled around her feet.  (funny!)

Having a scratch.

"Have you got any questions about the pig...is there anything you want to know or find out about the pig?" asked Tania.

"I want to know why they eat dirt" said Terence.

"Yeah, why does it eat the dirt?" said Harper.

"Maybe it wants to eat dirt" said Jessica.

"How will we find out the answer to your question?" asked Tania.

"You can ask the farmer" suggested Harper.

"Papa knows everything, we could ask him" said Sebastian.

"Do you know who actually knows about pigs, my Uncle.  Unky Paul, he knows about pigs" said Jessica.

"Maxim and Jake are smart, we could ask them" suggested Sebastian.

"Ask my Mum" piped in Lachlan.  "My Grandad knows about chickens more than pigs.  He doesn't know about pigs" he added thinking.

"So maybe we won't ask him then" said Tania.

"No he doesn't know about pigs" replied Lachlan.

"I know" said Jessica, "we could make a pig machine and put it on the pig and then the pig could tell us!"

Hmm, I wonder what a pig machine looks like and how it will work?  
Wonder no more people, here is Jessica's idea of a pig machine...

"See it's got buttons on the side" said Jessica.

All through the day children brainstormed possible names for the piglet and we went with their suggestions... 

Hot contenders for names were Chime, Owna, Rainbow Dash, Sparkle, Tuesday, Twinkle, Piggles and Ebony 

 However, after much debate and high tension in election time, overwhelmingly children voted the winning name...

Sooky La La

We are excited to say that Sooky La La will be a regular visitor to kindergarten so tamariki can participate in what we like to call 'piggy time' (like hammer time, only piggy time...so funny!).

We anticipate that 'piggy time' will give tamariki the opportunity to develop deeper knowledge and understanding of pigs.  We anticipate children learning to be gentle and calm around our new friend...we anticipate children's empathy growing, as well as a nurturing love, care and respect for these unique and precious animals...we have high hopes for piggy time!

Here are some pigtures of Sooky La La that some children have made...


Artist - Alannni


Artist - Asjah


Artist - Zoey


Artist - Violet

Artist - Nate


Artist - Nate

Overall our first pig visit was a huge success and we're all really looking forward to catching up with Sooky La La again next week.  For now that's all we've got.  
Thanks for visiting.

Ngā mihi nui
Tania