Preschool news

We welcome two new friends to Preschool this week.  Sacha is coming up from Toddlers and Paige (teacher who has recently been covering Marama as our centre cook) will be replacing Shaina.

We are having fun preparing for our October 16 Trip to the Sky Tower.  There is much excitement in the air as we draw pictures, do facepaints and chat about the Auckland icon we can see from our window.

Sky Tower Trip - Preschool

The Preschoolers (only those booked in on a Friday) will be going on a trip to the Sky Tower on Friday, the 16th of October.  The children take a great interest in the Sky Tower, as it can be seen clearly from the Preschool Room.  They are often seen drawing pictures or constructing the Sky Tower.  The cost of the trip is $ 6.50, which will be deducted from your special account.  If you do not belong to this account you will need to pay cash prior to the day.  All children need to be at the centre by 8.45 at the lastest.  We will  be leaving at 9.20 a.m. and returning at approximately midday.

Sunflowers in Preschool

Come and see our sunflower display on the wall in Preschool.
On Thursday the 3rd of September Ethan Young brought in a packet of sunflower seeds from his home.
All of the children were very excited. There was plenty of discussion and lots of questions to be answered such as how long, how high, what colour etc.
We planted the seeds in containers for a week or so then planted them out into the garden.
We have been looking after seedlings by watering them regularly and (most importantly) by not touching them.
It has been lots of fun watching the tiny seed grow into seedlings and we will continue to watch as they
grow bigger and bigger.
Some comments from the children:
"I love flowers, and we like yellow too." - Alex
"We can't cut them or they will be sad and die." - Andy
"When the flowers die we can collect the seeds and grow them all over again." - Ethan
"I always eat sunflower seeds. Actually guys I've tasted sunflower seeds in my cereal." - Poppy

Erika - The Auckland Librarian Story Teller

 Erika - The Auckland Librarian Story Teller came to Bayfield to share stories and songs with the Preschool children.  She will be returning to see us on the 22nd of october and 19th November.  We look forward to seeing her.

The Week In Nursery

It has been another good week in the Nursery.  The weather has been a little random and we never really knew if we were going to get out or not but we managed to do so every day.
Today we went to the Toddler playground to say hi and had a lot of fun climbing their slide and fort.
We have welcomed Audrey and Imogene into the Pukeko Room and we are looking forward to watching them settle over the coming weeks.
Check out our busy week below.