4th July 2014
Dear parents and whanau
While it has been a very changeable term, weather wise, we have felt very privileged to have had Easymoves Gymsports come to our kindergarten with their fundamental movement programme. This has been enjoyed by all of the children, as well as the teachers, who have gained lots of ideas on ways to extend children in their physical development.
In addition to the Gymsports programme, we have also had a relaxing and fun PJ day for all children. We also had a fantastic train trip, with our afternoon session children, to the Johnsonville Police Station. Thank you to Blair (Braedon’s dad) who helped arrange this for us. Please check the blue learning snapshot board for examples of some of the planning and activities we have been doing.
We have been continuing with our focus on ‘literacy with Meaning’. With the current Matariki celebrations, being held in the community, we have provided the children with a range of stories and songs about stars and God’s creation to link in with this.
Welcome to Joshua Teal (mum Kellee and dad Rick) who has recently started at our kindergarten.
Early next term, we will have available an information sheet about the way we incorporate maths into our session. This will be placed into all of your profile books early next term.
Thank you to Colleen who has donated 20% of all her Nutrimetics sales. If you are interested in ordering, please see Mel.
Do you know someone who has access to wood, that is not tanilised, for our carpentry table? The afternoon children would greatly appreciate any wood that can be contributed. Please let one of the teachers know if you can help.
As the weather is now very changeable, please remember to include your child’s jacket for those changeable chilly mornings.
We would appreciate any donations of tissues for the current cold and flu season. There are lots of runny noses and it is important to have tissues available at all times.
If you have any friends who may be interested in enrolling at our kindergarten but would like to visit us beforehand, please encourage them to contact us so that we can arrange this. Word of mouth is a great way of connecting new families to Grace Kindergarten.
There will be a number of places coming available at the end of the year so now is a good time for new families to join the Grace Kindergarten community. We have flyers available for you to give to friends and family on the information table.
The Term Dates for this year are as follow:
| Term | Start | End |
| Two | Monday 5th May | Friday 4th July |
| Three | Monday 21st July | Friday 26th September |
| Four | Monday 13th October | Friday 19th December |