Busy Bees Te Rapa

Today our babies had so much fun exploring and creating their own little sheep 🐑✨ We used cardboard shapes and soft cotton wool in the middle, sticking it on with tape while the babies enjoyed touching and feeling the different textures 🤍☁️

We also sang “Baa Baa Black Sheep” together 🎶🐑 which made the experience even more exciting and interactive 😊 The babies were so engaged, curious, and happy throughout the activity 💕

To make their learning more meaningful, we displayed their beautiful sheep creations on the wall 🌈🖼️ so they can revisit and recognise their work again and again. Such a lovely sensory and creative experience for our little learners 🥰✨

🌸 Pink Shirt Day at Kōwhai Rūma 🌸

Today our tamariki at Kōwhai Rūma celebrated Pink Shirt Day by designing their very own pink t-shirts! 💗👕

Through creativity and conversation, the children explored the importance of kindness, inclusion, friendship, and standing up against bullying. Each design was unique and reflected the wonderful personalities and ideas of our tamariki.

We are so proud of our tamariki for sharing messages of aroha, kindness, and friendship with one another today. Thank you whānau for supporting us in celebrating a day that reminds us all to be kind and inclusive every day. 💕

Mother’s Day in Kōwhai Preschool 🌸

Our tamariki loved creating special handprint flower bouquets and collage cards for their wonderful mums and mother figures this Mother’s Day. 💖🌷

Wishing all our amazing mums and whānau a day filled with love and celebration. Thank you for all that you do! 💕

CM on the house!
Our Centre Manager, Sunita Centre Manager facilitated mat time with our preschool tamariki, guiding a meaningful discussion about the Kōwhai Rules in our room. Together, the children talked about the importance of being kind, using gentle hands, listening to others, sharing resources, and taking care of our learning environment.

Mat time is a wonderful opportunity for tamariki to build their understanding of respect, responsibility, and positive relationships. Our preschoolers actively shared their ideas and showed great confidence in contributing to the discussion.

We are proud of how our tamariki are learning to work together and create a safe, happy, and welcoming space for everyone at Kōwhai Preschool. 🌼💛