A play about friendship - by Liz and Anu

Teacher Liz and Teacher Anu put on a play today for the children with a very special message.  It seems that the Taniwha (Anu) was out to steal the America's cup!!  Oh no!!  We had to stop this!! Teacher Liz had a very important job for the children and she asked them at mat-time to keep a very careful watch out incase the Taniwha came looking for the cup.  A few moments later, along came the Taniwha snatching the America's cup and running off.  "There" shouted the children and they jumped up pointing to the Taniwha.  Lucky teacher Liz was quick!  She caught the Taniwha and then asked her "Why would you steal our very precious cup?"  The very scared Taniwha replied that she was lonely and had no-one to play with, no friends, she was sad!  Teacher Liz then explained that you don't steal or snatch to be friends, you have to be kind and sharing and ask to play with friends.

What a wonderful message for our children as we look at building our relationships.  Teacher Liz and Teacher Anu definitely put on a great show too, we were all so interested in watching and listening to the play!