For Mother’s Day the tamariki made waffles for their Mum’s, and we celebrated by bringing our amazing Mums together for a beautiful breakfast of waffles, fruit, and cereal.

We had Caroline and Chuck from Maata Waka Animal Control come to visit us. It was lots of fun as the tamariki were about to interact with Chuck, and learn about safety around dogs.
If a dog comes rushing towards us, we be still like a tree, with our arms to our sides. If a dog pushes us over, we be like a rock – this is also the same as our “turtle safe” position we go into if we have an earthquake! If we pat a dog, chin and chest is best.
And most importantly, if we see a dog on it’s own, we leave it alone.

We love supporting The Cancer Society every Daffodil Day, and the tamariki make our preschool a sea of yellow as they get into the spirit of dressing up!

Our wonderful F.A.S.T are organising a fundraising dinner as we come together to raise funds for the new playground for our preschool.

Bamboo Garden Fundraising Dinner

We held our Matariki Celebration in July.
Matariki is the start of the Māori New Year. We celebrate the wonderful place in which we live, and give respect to the land we live on.

We were blessed to have so many of our families come out on a chilly winter evening to celebrate with us. To make this night even more special, five of the families in attendance were second generation families! Children that used to attend our preschool, now have children of their own who attend our wonderful wee preschool. Even taught by one of the same kaiako!