Pinkalicious Cupcakes!!

 What a fun day we had bringing one of our beloved storybooks to life — Pinkalicious!

The children worked together to mix the ingredients and bake delicious pink vanilla cupcakes. There was lots of excitement as we measured, poured, stirred, and watched our creations bake in the oven.

Once the cupcakes had cooled, the children carefully decorated their own with icing and pink sprinkles, just like the ones “Pinkerella” enjoyed in the story. They showed great patience and creativity as they added their special touches.

Of course, Cheeky Jojo couldn’t resist taste-testing a few cupcakes… and just like in the book, her face turned pink! Luckily, she remembered to eat some cucumber to turn herself back to normal. What a funny moment that had us all giggling!

We then gathered together on the mats outside in the shade to enjoy our delicious cupcakes. Sharing this sweet treat with our friends made the experience even more special.

What a wonderful day of storytelling, teamwork, and tasty fun! 🍰💗

Welcome back :-)

We have had such an exciting start to the year back at Uxbridge. The children have loved reconnecting with one another, sharing stories from their wonderful summer holidays, and strengthening friendships. They have been enthusiastically exploring a variety of play experiences, from storytelling, role play and creative arts to challenging themselves with new physical activities, gardening and music & movement.

We have noticed a growing interest in literacy, which we look forward to extending, alongside the children discovering and exploring some of our exciting new resources. A particular favourite has been Colby the coding mouse, as tamariki begin to explore STEM concepts through play.

It has been so lovely to see our tamariki supporting and welcoming the new children who have joined us this year... ka pai! what kind and caring friends you are. We are excited to watch new friendships continue to grow and to see all the amazing discoveries that lie ahead.

Uxbridge Xmas Party

What a truly wonderful Christmas celebration we had at Kindy! With the sun shining brightly, the children had an amazing time enjoying delicious food, chasing bubbles, and bouncing with excitement on the bouncy castle. A very special highlight was the beautiful face painting by Fairy Taffy, which brought lots of smiles and sparkle to the day. Of course, the excitement peaked when the children met the big man himself, Santa, receiving a special present and having their photo taken with him. It was a joyful day full of laughter, fun, and festive cheer... a perfect way to celebrate the holiday season together. 🎄✨ 

Elf antics!

Our Elf arrived on the 1st December bringing us iceblocks! Yum, what a treat!!  He has been hiding each day of December for us to find, he has been in some funny places!  We have been excited to go on a hunt every day to find him and each day he leaves a rhyme or note for us in the advent calendar with something for us to do, sometimes a little xmas treat.

He sent us a new xmas book, ingredients for making reindeer food, cards to make for our loved ones, a super fun unicorn sprinkler, a baking tin and recipe to make a gingerbread man, paper and stamps to post letters to Santa, a wiggly worm elf, sprinkle biscuits and a salt dough recipe to make Christmas decorations.

That cheeky elf makes his magic overnight, even dressing up Melvin our Monkey.  

December has brought so much Christmas cheer and fun at Uxbridge.