Shalom Kindergarten Newsletter

FEBRUARY 2019

576 2891 –  021 191 9933

info@shalomkindergarten.co.nz

PO Box 6056 Tauranga

Dear Parents/whanau/caregivers,

Kia ora and welcome back to Shalom for 2019. It is great to see you all again, and thanks to all our new whanau/families for choosing to bring your tamaiti/child to our centre.

Already the tamariki/children, have shown great interest in a range of water play activities, and insects – especially the cicada shells (exoskeletons). It will be amazing to see where these interests lead us, and what fascinating things we will all learn – as sometimes the kaiako/teachers are learning as much as the tamariki!

We’d love you to join us on learning journeys and add your knowledge and skills to what we are discovering, so come and korero/talk with us about what you might like to do, or what you can share with the tamariki/children.

Now that it is getting warmer, please remember to send your tamaiti/child with their named:

Sunhats
Shoes – as both mattings get very hot from the heat of the sun, and the older tamariki/children do need footwear when they are doing carpentry.

Sunblock – please put this on your tamaiti before arriving at Shalom
Drink bottle

Change of Clothes – please ensure a full change of clothes as the tamariki do get wet with water play, and also include a number of changes if your tamaiti is toilet training

All belongings – please ensure these are all named

Yoghurt – we discourage yoghurt due to most tamariki/children not eating a full pottle, and the spillages are messy. However with the invention of the tube/pouch version – this is more manageable

Values and attitudes that are wonderful to have

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.

How do we encourage these in our tamariki/children? This is a big task and a big ask of us all. We are busy, and it seems like it is just another thing to try and do.
However, often we are already doing it. How? you ask. The tamariki are observing us all the time. They are watching our responses and interactions all the time. So if that is so, we need to ask ourselves if we are showing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control in all the interactions with those around us. And maybe also those thoughts that we speak out loud too – that we might not realise they are listening to. Maybe if we can show our tamariki all these attributes, then they can learn them from us.

NAMING YOUR CHILD’S BELONGINGS

We have recently received some information about label s for the belongings of tamariki/children.  Have a look at this website – as you may find it suitable

www.preciouslabels.co.nz

A NOTE FROM SHARON:

It has been wonderful working with your tamariki while we look for a new teacher.  Children develop so fast and we get to partner with you in

celebrating the good and frustrating moments.

Thanks for sharing your tamariki with us!

Blessings from the Shalom team: Sharon V, Sharyn W, Vanessa H, Vanessa P, Kristy, Sharron C, Michelle and  Raewyn.

So lovely to have you all back at Shalom for 2018.

If you are looking at coming to Shalom for a visit please contact us or just pop in. We love visitors and showing you around is one of the things we do best. We are currently enjoying some very warm weather so we get to play under the shade of our trees and run in our large playground. The children are talking about colours, transport and sharing. What is your child interested in learning by playing, talking and investigating?
Come and join us – our children enjoy Shalom from 2 years old until they are ready to go to school.

See you soon !

We had a great Fathers Night again ! It was lovely to see our children and their Dads, Poppas and significant men come together to share kai/food and play together. This year we had the theme of Camping so we played in a tent, built some carpentry creations and toasted marshmallows! The evening finished with singing and action songs sang with gusto by the children and their men. This event has become so popular we have 2 each year now so please look out for the next one possibly in November.

Thank you for coming and enjoying an evening with us .

It will be great to see a number of our Shalom whanau/families join together for a picnic tea at Kulim Park on March 16th, 2018 from 5.30-7.30pm

A relaxing night, eating takeaways, chatting and getting to know each other and of course tamariki/children running around having lots of fun.

Our Family Picnic is an annual event, organised as a social time to get to know each other. As kaiako/teachers, we love having a relaxing time getting to know our whanau/families and seeing them build relationships with each other.