Matariki 2020

What a lovely two weeks we have had at Kids Cave preparing and making soup in celebration of Matariki! Thank you so much for your help everyone!
A huge shout out and thanks to Dinsdale Countdown and the team for their generous donation of dinner rolls.
Thanks to our whānau for bringing in a vegetable over the past few days for our soup too. Most appreciated.
We began creating stars, Maori art and planting with the children for our displays to celebrate Matariki, while the tamariki are working on their creations we are able to share the meaning behind what we are doing. We hope you enjoy a snapshot into our day.
Happy Matariki and have a wonderful week.

Te toia, te haumatia – Nothing can be achieved without a plan, workforce and way of doing things

2020 – May – Reunited

Its great to be back at the centre reunited with our friends.

2020 – Apr 19th – Out and About

Out and about in our community.

2020 – Mar 20th – Grandparents

Grandparents play an important role in the lives of children.

2020 – Mar 19th – Holi Celebration

Today we celebrated Holi with water and paint powder Calked Gulal. Holi is called the “festival of love” as on this day people get to unite together forgetting all resentments and all types of bad feeling towards each other.

2020 – Feb 29th – Endless Experiences Outdoors

Children need opportunities to explore, experiment, manipulate, reconfigure, expand, influence, change, marvel, discover, practice, dam up, push their limits, yell, sing, and create.

2020 – Feb 28th – Let The Children Play

If you were to imagine an idyllic scene of childhood bliss, I have very little doubt that your vision would include some version of play. Whether you fancy running, climbing, dressing up, acting out a scene, playing on teams or building things just to knock them down, you too probably loved to play as a kid. Across all cultures, babies and children spend as much time as possible playing.

2020 – Feb 6th – Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Most New Zealanders can tell you Waitangi Day is a very important day in Aotearoa as it celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840…

To celebrate this special day we all came together to make a treaty in our Preschool.

2020 – Jan 25th – Happy Chinese New Year Everyone

A wonderful day celebrating a beautiful culture.

A massive shout out to some of our Chinese parents for sharing their culture with us.