MAKING A VOLCANO!

The children made a volcano in the sandpit. Then they mixed vinegar and baking soda together in the 'crater' and watched it 'erupt'!! (photos attached)

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Our Week 27.07-31.07.09

FISH AND CHIP NIGHT (FRIDAY, 27TH OF JULY)

A big THANK YOU to everyone that came to our Fish and Chip night on Friday. It was a great success with everybody (children and adults alike) enjoying themselves! Have a look at the attached photos (You might see yourself!!)

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FANCY DRESS UP DAY

On Friday, 24th of July, we had our Fancy Dress Up day at Pupuke. Everyone made a great job of dressing up even the teaachers!! We had princesses, a ballerina, supermangirl!, a ladybird, spiderman, a doggy, Cat in the Hat, Sleeping Beauty, a cowgirl and bumble bee! The children had their faces painted and had a great day! (photos attached)

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OUR WEEK 20.07-24.07.09

FINGER PAINTING FUN!

In the Pukeko Room we started off with a table full of cornflour fingerpaint. The next thing we knew we were painting the window with it and writing our names and making patterns! Luckily it washed off easily. (Photos attached)


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MAKING HAIRY HARRYS

This week in the Pukeko room we make 'Hairy Harrys'! We first put our name on the bottom of a yoghurt container, then we cut some pantyhose to fit over another container. We then filled it with potting mix and grass seed and tied the bottom off. We put it into our yoghurt container and will keep it moist and watch and wait for 'Harry's hair to grow!!


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FANCY DRESS UP DAY & FISH & CHIP NIGHT!

Just a reminder to everybody for Friday, 24th of July, it is Fancy Dress up day so come dressed as your favourite character. From 5.30pm onwards we are having a 'Fish & Chip' (bring your own please) dinner to celebrate the end of our Light Exploration programme. We are providing drinks and Tomato sauce!! We look forward to seeing you all!

OUR WEEK 13/07 - 17/07

OUR NEW CAR/TAXI/TRUCK/BUS!!!

This week we have got a new toy in the Pukeko Room! It is this fantastic steering wheel!! It can be whatever we want it to be! Much fun has been had on it. Have a look at the photos.

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OUR TRIP TO GOLDILOCKS & THE 3 BEARS

On Wednesday, 15th of July, we went in a taxi van to the Bruce Mason Theatre (which is only down the road). We all loved the show and some of us even got to meet the characters afterwards!! We came back to the centre and got dressed up like the characters in the show! Here are some photos of us enjoying the trip!!





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WARNING,WARNING! A FROG PANDEMIC HAS SWEPT OUR CENTRE!

Riley lay on the floor and I asked him what was wrong. He very quietly whispered: “I am dead”. “OH dear” I said how did you die? He said: “I have a frog in my tummy!!!”
“Oh no, well if you are dead there is nothing I can do for you except bury you in the sandpit” I replied. He laughed and said: “Okay, I’m just sick, with a frog in my tummy”.
Now this conversation soon got a small group of children involved wanting to know what was wrong. Riley asked for the ambulance and Marcus kindly pulled the trolley closer. Riley hopped on, being extremely ill of course.
Marcus soon took over the ambulance first aider’s responsibilities. Open wide Riley!!!


Riley complied with the man in charge and opened his mouth very wide. “I can see the frog Helen” Marcus called out very excited. Isabelle saw the commotion and made her way across in a dash with her stethoscope in hand ready for her “job”. Very excited she said: “I see”. I quickly said: “hurry that frog is going to hop out soon”. Isabelle and Marcus both started to giggle. Riley then said: “oh no it’s back in my tummy”. Isabelle took the trolley and said: “you need a doctor”, with a big smile.



Raynelle came closer for an inspection geared as the doctor. She gave one look, put the stethoscope to his tummy and said very firmly: “You’re ok now, get up and just walk”. Riley complied with the “doctors” wishes got up and said I feel great now.


Now this is where the pandemic spread, our “specialist doctor” (Raynelle) came down with the viral infection, she held onto her tummy saying: “I got a frog in my tummy”. Sam saw this from where he was pretending to make coffee for everyone; he ran to the trolley and said: “I got a frog too”.
We had all staff on deck this time. Ella, Mimi (the hairdresser) Doctor Riley, who miraculously recovered from the illness and Specialist doctor Raynelle who put her own “health” to the side to help her fellow doctors.

This must have been a far more serious case of “Frog Flu”, because Sam had to be taken to the “hospital”. The nurse (Isabelle), Doctor Ella and Hair dresser Mimi were all involved trying to make our poor Sam well again. The miracle of recovery and love paid off and Sam stood up with no side effects of his terrible ordeal to the hospital. But we were not out of the woods just yet. Doctor Riley became ill once again, I think the Frog flu developed a new strain.


Again it was all hands on deck, Doctors and Hairdressers all involved in making Riley healthy again. Even grateful patient Sam changed careers and became a doctor in just a few minutes.

Finally our ordeal was over. Riley made a swift recovery but still has some amphibian withdrawal symptoms and grows a tail every now and again and growls: “I’m a T-Rex dinosaur”, Doctor Ella changed careers and saw her talents being used in the Hairdressing industry and Hairdresser Mimi decided she wanted to help, and took on the role of the doctor with a wardrobe to suit.
Teachers’ voice: The children enjoyed this experience and it was self initiated from a previous experience with Saira-Jaine. They have been role playing as well, Saira being our poor victim that has succumbed to the Frog Pandemic. They have tried to revive her, but to no avail. We will miss her terribly may she rest in peace.

This is an ongoing experience for the children and we will continue to support them in whatever role playing the children want to do next.
To provide them with more ways to be expressive in their interests, we decided to go on a trip to the Theatre and watch Goldilocks and the three bears.
We have also talked to the children about safety and what to do in an emergency. We explained to them to call the emergency number 111 and we have also made “mobile phones” out of wood. This will be ongoing throughout our program and the children’s ongoing interest in their environment. With the fire station so close to the centre we regularly provide the children with information about emergencies and how the firemen, police and ambulance staff are all there to help when someone’s in danger. The sirens mean that they need help immediately and the vehicles are in a hurry to go and help. These discussions are all linked throughout the children’s daily play and routines.

Observed by Helen van der Merwe
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Some Tips About Your Fees

* Fees are due on the 1st of each month, in advance, for the following months charges. Please make sure that you make ONE payment for the FULL amount of the invoice and not part payments. If you are consistently late with fees a 10% penalty will incur.
* Please ensure you pay by eftpos or direct credit only. NOT CASH OR CHEQUES. This creates a banking problem for us as well as a concern for safety as we would prefer not to hold any cash/cheques on the premises.
* Fees can be paid to either - Rhonda, Shona, Helen, Mel or Saira-Jane. There is always one of these people in the Centre at the beginning or end of the day so please approach them with your payments.
* Please remember fees are still paid on public holidays. The only time fees are not payable are at Christmas when the Centre closes for approximately three weeks.
* Any changes to hours must be done with an amendment form being completed and two weeks notice given.
Thank you to those parents who always pay regularly and on time.

REMINDER ABOUT THE GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS TRIP

Hello everyone
Could everyone please pay the $16.00 (not $12.00) to Mel for the trip by Friday morning (10/07) as she needs to go and buy the tickets. If left any later it might all be sold out!!
Many thanks

Rhonda

PERKY GOES TO ENYA'S HOUSE!

Perky got to go home with Enya for the weekend as she had recieved the Virtue of the Week for Consideration.
Perky met all of Enya's family and they enjoyed a trip to the library and also went shopping. Lucky Perky!!

Virtue of the Week goes to ....Enya for Consideration

Congratulations Enya!
Enya, you have shown true consideration this week by always listening to the teachers at mat-time. You have been caring and considerate towards Sylvia when she was upset and helped her settle back into the Pukeko Room easily. You also have been considerate of others at rest time. We hope you enjoy the weekend with Perky and look forward to hearing about your adventures. Ka pai Enya!

Rhonda

SAM'S WORM FARM

For the last 3 weeks the children have had great interest in Sam's Worm Farm. Sam brought in many buckets of dirt and worms from his garden until we thought he would have none left at home!! We have been feeding them vegetable and fruit scraps and now we have some tiny little baby worms. There is a huge worm which Sam has called 'Sharky'!! A very suitable name for a worm!!
The children have seen the worms through the magnifying glass turn into 'snakes'!

Rhonda

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Dear Pupuke Parents



As many of you know we have been trialling out the two rooms for the past week. This has not been too successful. Our group of Tui children is still quite small and we feel that it is too stressful to remove them from the larger group of children in the Pukeko Room and isolate them in the other room.

To this end, we will be operating as one group of children and teachers based in the Pukeko Room. However, we will open up the playground and inside area of the Tui Room as well so all of the children can have access to both rooms and playgrounds. This will ensure that, when the time comes to open up the Tui Room on a regular basis the younger children will be very familiar with their environment.

We have a new teacher, Crystal, starting with us on the 13th of July. Crystal has worked at Bayfield Early Education Centre for the past four years and has over ten years experience working in Day cares. She is a qualified teacher with 3 young children. Please welcome her to the team at Pupuke Early Education Centre.

Any questions please see me

Kind regards
Shona Hewitt
Centre Manager

The Light Room

Hello all

The children have been exploring with light and shadows in all sorts of ways. A corner of the Pukeko Room has been set up with fairy lights, torches, fluroescent lights etc. They have darkened the room and turned on torches to create shadows and make hand puppets! Have a look at the pictures to see them in action enjoying the "Light Room'!!

Rhonda

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