Kindergarten kaitiaki....part 2!

It seems that it isn't only our Ruru on our entranceway that is thinking about the idea of being a kaitiaki.... has your child mentioned this idea of late? Anne has spent a bit of time over the last few weeks unpacking this notion for our children - kaitiaki as a protector of the place and people. We had lots of ideas to investigate and tell her about our experiences with recycling, rubbish collection, looking after Tane's children ( the plants and insects and birds) and what we could do here at kindergarten to be Kaitiaki. It's an idea that resonated with lots of children. Heres's some pics of children taking it upon themselves to sort out the kindergarten grounds. Ka pai tō mahi tamariki! They look lots better! we've been looking after some new seedlings too. So much fun to see how fast they grow! It's been great to hear their stories f gardening at home.If you have anything to share about this let us know!

Some of the children's interest of late is no doubt influenced by seeing Lilibeth's Dad working in the grounds in our building project.... and certainly by  seeing Brendan Millar spend two whole days in this excruciating heat working on the overtaking fauna by the entranceway. They were very interested in the idea of taking on a big project such as this. The teaching team were merely extremely grateful - it's much easier to see the structure now and we'll re do the entrance garden soon to complement the entranceway. watch this space. Huge thanks to Brendan and to Craig Keen for helping him with the final afternoon of the removal.  Kindergarten never happens without parent support!

It seems a great time to mention the support of the committees of the last year or two, and parents who invested  fundraising time and  energy and  those who donated targeted funds to the entranceway project. It wouldn't be off the ground without you!