Behold, The Time Has Come For The Gingerbread Man Performance

 

Putting up our Christmas Tree

                                        

It was a very exciting day at Uxbridge as we put our Christmas tree up.  Cohen helped unpack the tree and we looked at the instructions and saw that it was colour-coded.  

                                  

Austin helped put the branches in as well.  We worked from the bottom up. 

                                                      

We then all started adding the decorations.  These were special as we all made our own personalised bauble.

We have added so many more - please come downstairs to see your child's decoration.

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

A gingerbread play!

In the last few weeks we have been making character masks for the Gingerbread Man story of which the tamariki have been thoroughly enjoying.

The plan was to stash these beautiful masks away so they can be reused time and time again doing mat time performances of the Gingerbread Man.

Today we decided to give it a shot!

The characters were:

Lachlan- Gingerbread Man

Keelan- Old lady

Chloe A- Piggy

Zoe- Girl

Oliver-Fox

The old lady (Keelan) baked a delicious Gingerbread man but he wanted to get away before being eaten! He visited each character along the way and ran away before meeting Mr Fox ( Oliver). He was coaxed into crossing the river…first on the Fox’s tail, then back, then nose and YUM! The gingerbread man became lunch for the fox!

Our audience members gave a wonderful applause as the characters took their bows!

It’s all about the fun, gaining confidence in front of a group, learning to speak in front of others clearly, using hand and body actions and learning the story through repetition. We will continue to explore ways to perform the Gingerbread Man and know that as we practise more we will be able to add our own creative flair to the story to enhance it!

Super job to our actors and actresses today!!!

Hedbanz Gingerbread Man!

Thanksgiving at Uxbridge

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time for families to come together for food, good company, and good cheer before all the hustle and bustle of Christmas preparations begin. Although we often describe Thanksgiving as a time to show gratitude, it's important to teach our children the history of the holiday as well.  

Here at Kindy we have been thinking of all the things we are thankful for, and it has been displayed on a beautiful turkey.  We also have learnt a special song called "5 little turkey's ", This was really fun at mat time, we all got a chance to participate and roleplay the sound that a turkey made. 

We also enjoyed turkey painting, crayon and dye pictures and making paper plate turkey.

Here are a few of the things we are thankful for............

Sebastian - My dad because he earns the money

Charlotte - Ostriches and Panda's

Ashton - Puzzles

Ralph - Sheep and Horses

Ivy - Animals and Sea monsters 

Chloe R - Flowers

Penelope - Biscuits

Lastly we enjoyed preparing a special dinner plate of food .  We had to think about what food was special to our families and we learnt that at Thanksgiving we have new and interesting foods to try called pumpkin pie . We all got so hungry looking at this food during this activity , but had so much fun. 

I wonder what we will get up to next Thanksgiving and if any of your friends and family members celebrate Thanksgiving here in New Zealand or abroad.  

Captivating carpentry

Carpentry is an enjoyable way to spend time on a rainy day.

You get to be creative, learn how to use new tools,

We learn what size nails we need to complete a job

We have lost the end to our hand drill however it is still an interesting tool to fiddle with

The magnet makes picking up the nails a simple and fun job

We look after our hearing with our earmuffs

After we built our projects some of us painted them

Our Carpentry area requires shoes, using tools safely and supervision

Dance upon a time - The gingerbread man!