There has been lots of rocket play outside as we blast off into outer space. Our imaginations have taken us on some great journeys to interesting planets. Unfortunately we have also encountered a few problems… running out of fuel and even a rocket crash. But not to worry our quick thinking tamariki managed to fix the ship and refuel!
This play is what has sparked our wonderful mixed media rocket art.
3,2, 1 Blast off!
Today was Pink shirt day where as a community we take a stand against bullying. It was also a great chance for us to talk with our tamariki about being kind and friendly towards others.
We had a fabulously PINK Day!! Thank you for all your donations and supporting this worthy cause xx
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Project Jonah Comes to Visit Kindy
This afternoon we had 'The Jonah Project' come to visit us at Uxbridge. The aim behind this organization is to educate our children how we can help our mammal friends in the ocean whether it is picking up litter on our beaches or learning how to help if you spot a stranded ocean mammal.
The children were captivated as Amy arrived with a huge inflatable Orca that was set up in the sandpit. We joined her on the mat to hear all about the different types of Whales, Orcas, and Dolphins. We learnt sadly that there are only 50 Maui Dolphins left in the world, that live on the West coast of New Zealand.
We then used a tape measure so that the children could see how big some of these mammals were. Some were as wide as our class room, and the largest whale in the whole world measured from our sandpit all the way and more to the other side of our playground!.
A lot of children had prior knowledge about whales, knowing how they breath through their blowhole, dolphins balance with their dorsal fin Another interesting fact is that their tongue is as big as an elephant and their heart as big as a car.
With all this knowledge the children were excited to go to the sandpit and learn about how to tip water onto the stranded orca safely and where to stand and the importance of having towels covering it so it would stay wet and be protected from the sun.
Heather, our lovely student teacher noticed the tamariki's keen interest in the garden as we planted new vegetable to grow. This parked a lot of conversation about healthy eating with Chloe P even bringing in a heathy eating poster she has at home.
Heather decided to make some heathy smoothie's with the children to extend on this learning which everyone enjoyed. Everyone helped to cut, pour, mix, blend and of course drink the yummy delicious and very healthy smoothie. Thanks Heather!
I love my Mummy, I love my Mummy, I love my Mummy yes I do.
Here's a kiss and a hug for you, Thank you Mummy for all you do,
Happy Mother's day, Happy Mother's day Happy Mother's day ...I love you....
What a beautiful performance the children did at our Mother's day morning tea. We enjoyed showing our Mum's our favourite things to do at Kindy, making bracelets and flowers together, painting, building and presenting them with our special gift and card we made. Of course we had a delicious morning tea together too with yummy cakes, sandwiches, pikelets, sausage rolls, cheese and crackers and lots of more yummy treats to enjoy. What a great morning!
