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Mya

Hello Mya!! What have you been into??

Magic Moments in the Tui room!

Next Monday, 26th of April, we are inviting all the Tui children attending to dress up in their magical outfits!!

They may like to come as

Fairies

Magicians

or Witches!!

We look forward to seeing you all then!!

Kind regards from Helen, Carmel, Marlize, Christine and Lillian.

Olivia

Olivia did some great paint work

and then washed the paint off in the bucket!!

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Up, Up and Away!!

Recently Taylor, Tudor and Jaelynn were playing with balloons outside. They decided to see what would happen if they tied all three balloons together. They wondered if the balloons would be strong enough to carry them up into the sky.

After our adventurous 4 year olds tried and failed to get lift off and escape from the Pukeko playground, they came and asked me why the balloons wouldn’t carry them away. I asked them why they thought the balloons wouldn’t lift them up. Taylor said, “Because they haven’t got any gas in them”. Ha Ha now you're thinking Taylor. The next day we had a visit from a business group and they brought a big bunch of helium balloons. Perfect! Now we could have some fun experimenting with helium gas.

We had a few hiccups along the way. Like when Saira let them go to show everyone how balloons filled with helium go straight up. Oh dear! Saira let them go on the highest side of the room and they were clinging to the ceiling leaving Saira having to think very quickly about how she was going to get them back. After a lot of pressure from Taylor and Tudor, Saira came up with a plan. So with the help of Tudor and Taylor, we rescued the balloons and were able to start some more experimenting. We decided to right a message on the balloons and let them go, hoping someone might find one of them and contact us to let us know how far it had travelled.

A Butterfly is Born!!

This week we witnessed two amazing things. Firstly, we watched a caterpillar turn into a chrysalis, and secondly we watched a butterfly being born.

These experiences have absolutely fascinated some of the Pukeko children. Freya, Novak, Luka, Olivia and Victoria especially have been particularly interested in how the life cycle of a butterfly actually occurs.

Each morning, as soon as we open up the doors to go outside, they run to see if any changes have occurred. For example, they ask, “Have any more eggs been laid”, “Do we have any more caterpillars”, “How many crysalises do we have now”, “Have any butterflies been born?”


So yesterday afternoon when the children discovered one of our crysalises moving, they stood in anticipation waiting very very patiently, to see if a butterfly would actually begin to hatch... and to their amazement it did...and they were right there at the right time to watch the entire process unfold. How exciting!


Whilst we were unable to hold this particular butterfly there and then, the following day, once its wings had been given the chance to dry out overnight, I approached the butterfly carefully, and encouraged it to walk onto my hand, so that I could show the children what it looked like up close.


The descriptive language that the children used to describe what they saw through their own eyes was fascinating to listen to. Olivia said, “It looks silky smooth”. Novak said, “It’s orange and black”. Freya said, “It’s got circles and lines on it”. Victoria said, “We have to be careful because it’s soft isn’t it Mel”. Molly said, “It’s got two long eyelashes” (she was pointing to its antennae). And Luka said, “It’s beautiful eh Mel!”

 
 

The Pukeko Virtue of the Week award goes to:

                          Ellie Kerr!!                          

for showing us all throughout the week what

                           Caring means!

Ellie, you have been so caring towards all of our new Pukeko's!  You have taken Daniel by the hand and shown him around, and you have made sure that all the Tui children who have transitioned over have been included in your play.  Thank you Ellie for being such a caring girl.  You have made all your teachers and friends on several occasions this week smile!!