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Explorations with Rakau
Over the past 5 weeks we have had the pleasure of having Israel (Izy) Tahere join our team whilst completing his final teaching practicum. Amongst other skills and talents Izy has shared with us at...
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Celebrating Christine
Yesterday we had a surprise celebration to congratulate Christine on her exemplary completion of the teachers registration process.Christine graduated from Auckland University in July 2010 and over the...
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Making decorations
December has arrived, it is less than three weeks till the end of term, and it is time to start thinking about celebrating Christmas at Mairtown (if we’re honest the children have been talking about...
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Our Nature Programme Workshop for Fellow Educators
Over the past two years the Mairtown teaching team has worked hard to set up our successful Nature Programme. This is a programme that is of great interest to other educators who are devoted to...
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End of year Celebration
We are into our final week of Kindergarten before our Christmas break. This term seems to have gone so quickly! At the end of the year we feel it is important to celebrate the past 12 months'...
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Welcome to a new year at Mairtown Kindergarten
Welcome back to a new year at Mairtown. We are so excited to be back at Kindergarten and are really looking forward to an amazing 2013.We would like to warmly welcome back all the familiar faces of our...
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Planning for posibilities
Over the past few months we have been revamping our family/whanau play area at Kindergarten which has so far included new wallpaper, paint, furniture and resources.With the start of a new year, we are...
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Monarch Butterflies
The season is upon us again when Monarch butterflies lay hundreds of eggs causing swan plants to be demolished by hungry little caterpillars. Only this year we have had hardly any caterpillars on our...
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Happy Chinese New Year - 恭禧發財
This week begun at Kindergarten with some discussions (researching and sharing of knowledge) about the Chinese New Year. This festival starts with the New Moon on the first day of the New Year (this...
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Explorations with Clay
Clay is a resource which is readily available in our Kindergarten. We choose to offer it instead of play-dough as we believe that as children develop an understanding of clay and its possibilities they...
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Family Involvement
Here at Mairtown Kindergarten we really value our families and whānau. We value the time that they spend at Kindergarten and appreciate all the wonderful skills and talents that they bring. Parent and...
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Sunflowers feel like the Sun
Over the last couple of weeks at Kindergarten we have been studying sunflowers. We have had some beautiful sunflowers growing in our flowerbed; these have been the inspiration for provoking a group of...
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Spaces of inspiration and self-directed play
Tucked into one corner of our kindergarten is our jacaranda and mature pittosporum trees which provide both a shady haven in the summer heat, as well as offering many opportunities for the children to...
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The Three Little Pigs
Over the last couple of weeks the children have shown a strong interest in fairy tales. They have been bringing in stories from home to share and we have been digging out all the wonderful tales we...
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Decorative Easter Eggs
Easter is nearly upon us, so this week at Kindergarten we have re-visited making our own decorative Easter Eggs. This is something we did for the first time last year, and several of our children...
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Great White sharks and a partnership for learning
Our attending children and families arrive at kindergarten with a wealth of knowledge, skills and expertise which are abundant and varied.Recently we have had the opportunity to share some of these...
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Wheel-a-thon Family Fundraiser
On Tuesday afternoon we held our annual Wheel-a-thon fundraiser at Kensington Courts, and what a fabulous afternoon we all shared together.In the morning the children were all excitedly discussing the...
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Article 7
Today we celebrated our last day of term one with a hikoi to Mair Park. This was a fantastic day full of wonderful family involvement. Thank you for everyone who joined us.
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Our new door
Kia ora rā kōrua. Greetings to you all. We warmly welcome you to term two.During the holidays we had our beautiful door installed into our family corner.We were very excited to observe the children’s...
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Nature Programme Autumn 2013
Last Friday we began our ‘Nature Programme’ for term 2. This is where we take our 10 eldest children into the bush for nature education once a...
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