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June Newsletter

Ben's video to England

Ben has just moved from England to New Zealand.  He is missing his family and friends in England, and when I asked if he would like to make a video message for them all, Ben was very keen!

To ringa ki roto

Another great waiata to sing with the tamariki!

Big body play

What's happening here...

Developing social and emotional competency
The children are willing participants in a game of rough and tumble.  It's a load of fun!  At times it can get a bit boisterous...however these times provide opportunities where children are able to practice their conflict resolution and social skills.

Healthy heart
This vigorous big body physical activity is just the ticket to develop a fit body and mind.

Great article on rough and tumble play 101

Power to the people

Levi wanted to add to our kindergarten rules.  We encouraged him to share his idea at our ‘coming together’ mat time.  The other children were very  receptive to his idea, and we put it to the vote with very interesting results.

19 to 2 voted in favour of the new rule worded ‘When you’ve finished, clean your mess’.  However, two voters weren’t happy with the wording...proposed changes read as ‘When you’ve finished, pick up your toys and put them in the box’.

   

Literacy lunch!

Today we made alphabet soup!
It was very exciting to see all the little alphabet letters swell into a delicious yummy soup for a cold winter's day.

Once it was ready we all sat around our kai table and shared a cup of soup each.
The children loved hunting out their letters...

"It's my number" said Ben as he found a number 4.

 What better way to recognise letters and numbers than in our soup!

All the children had opportunities to communicate their ideas and listen to each others offerings.

The children enjoyed it so much there was NO leftovers!!!

                                                                     

This was a very fun experience for the children to be involved in
recognising their letters in print (edible print at that!).

"I found a T for Tyler"