A storytelling end to the year!

A fab two days of sharing stories and kai.....we really enjoyed welcoming our friend Dick Weir as manuhiri to a special mat time hui.We loved hearing his engaging style of storying, and being involved in stories....Rata and the totara tree, Māui and the sun, the Lion and the Mouse, and The Frog Prince of Northland!

We were like a kebab making machine as we made lots of yummy treats to share, and the novelty of having a shared picnic lunch on the soft fall and on the deck was so much fun!

Waiata Tamariki - Motoka iti rawa e

Waiata Tamariki - Whatiwhati To Hope

You might have noticed your young learner/s singing a lot of waiata of late... lots of our tamariki are very focussed on mastering words and moves of a range of kapahaka experiences. We greatly enjoyed  our visit on Wednesday from room 8 of Northland school as they shared some of their well practiced items.......and also taught the children one we don't do that often at Kindergarten. They did a fab job of trying it out. Here are the words of two of then..