Happenings in 2018
Finding Fossils
Making Sushi
A big thank you to Keagan, and his mum Jess, for coming in and teaching us how to make sushi. What a great feast we had.
Leaves, Leaves, Everywhere....
Making Bird Feeders
We used pine cones, dripping and wild bird seed to make our bird feeders. We had to wait patiently for the birds to come and try these yummy treats...but they finally came.....
The Hospital is Open
Monarch Caterpillars and Butterflies
We had lots of cocoons everywhere!
Our trip to the Boulder Bank
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Our tamariki really enjoy the legend of how the Boulder Bank was made and Matua Madsen often tells this story during our Kapa Haka sessions, so it was amazing to be able to go on a bus trip to the Boulder Bank and listen to the legend being told and sing some waiata.
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A visit from the Irish Dancing girls to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
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Happenings in 2017
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Matariki Family Evening
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Science Fun
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Finger Paint Fun
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Digger Hunt
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Roading Gang
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Water Safety Morning
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Sandpit Fun
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Rock Hunting and Exploring Washbourne Gardens
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Physical Challenges
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The Family Corner gets a Makeover
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Our New Basketball Hoop
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Our Busy Fire Station
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Mat Time on the Fort
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Make & Create
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Learning about our Emotions
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Learning about Dog Safety
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Getting Ready for School
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Happenings in Term 3 2016
Kapa Haka
We continue to enjoy our weekly Kapa Haka sessions with Manaaki and Bailee and Mason. The children really do enjoy these sessions learning new waiata, poi waiata, the haka and listening to the stories and seeing the taonga that Manaaki has shared with us this term.
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Just Gym Visit
The children continue to enjoy their fortnightly sessions with Linda Mace at Just Gym.
Visit from Jerri Piric
Jerri came to share her book that she has just written and the children enjoyed the activity she provided after the story - making mud for the pig!
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Visit to Henley School
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Exploring the Neighbourhood
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Disco Night
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Daffodil Day
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Craig's Hockey Session
Craig Brett from Nelson Hockey came to Kindergarten and did a great session with our children and we followed this up with a visit with a group of children to the hockey turf with a at Saxton Field where the children enjoyed the wide open spaces to really hit the ball around!
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Bubble Fun
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Olympics Day
We embraced the Olympics, celebrating our medal winners each mat time and talking about the different sports they were competing in. We had a map of the world up on the wall with the flags of the different competing countries. The Getting Ready for School group did different activities like decorating both the Olympic flag and the New Zealand flag and drawing and writing about what sport they would like to compete in if they went to the Olympics. We also set up different activities in the playground for the children to explore - weightlifting, hurdles, long jump into the sandpit and ‘horse riding’. To finish our focus we held our own Richmond Kindergarten Olympic day.
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We had five teams representing countries that have connections with our families - Cook Islands, Thailand, England, India and New Zealand with the children encouraged to dress in the colours and their chosen group. We had our opening ceremony where we marched with our countries flag behind the Olympic torch to the sand pit where the flame glowed throughout the games surrounded by the flags.
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The children moved around in their groups and tried out rhythmic and floor gymnastics, equestrian, rowing, weightlifting, sprints, javelin, long jump, shot put and hurdles.
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The children very proudly received their medals at the medal ceremony in front of the many proud whanau supporters and we finished off our day with a shared lunch with many delicious choices to eat. A huge thank you to all the parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles and siblings who came along to share this day
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Happenings in Term 2 2016
Tasman Makos Visit
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St Johns Visit
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Our New Headphones
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Our New Equipment
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Nelson Giants Visit
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Kapa Haka with Manaaki
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Just Gym
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Getting ready for Matariki
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Making the Seven Matariki Kites from the Story
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Hangi for Matariki
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Matariki Parent Evening
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Happenings in Term 1 2016
Water Fun
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Visiting the Library
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Robots and Rockets
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Painting Together
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Making Our Dinosaur Garden
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Making Easter Biscuits
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Making a Horse
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Just Gym Visit
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Harvesting Berries
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Finger Painting
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Dramatic Play
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Happenings in Term 4 2015
Family Christmas Evening
To finish off the year we practiced very hard and put on a concert for our parents at our Family Christmas Evening.
We had a great turnout and our grand finale was doing the cha cha slide dance and the parents were asked to join in as well!
We had a great turnout and our grand finale was doing the cha cha slide dance and the parents were asked to join in as well!
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A lot of fun was had by all with a bbq tea, balloon animals, and Mrs Whippy was also part of our evening.
Family Night at the Trains
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We also had a Family Night at the trains. The children wore themselves out running from train to train, and there were squeals of delight through the tunnels. This was also a great turnout and a big thank you to our parents.
Fairy Garden
We have a new installation which is very cool and the children love to look at it.
Here is a sneak peak... you are welcome to come and have a look and discover the wonder for yourselves... |
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A & P Show
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We created flower arrangements and art work to continue the annual tradition of entering the A & P Show. Thank you to parents & grandparents for bringing along flowers and helping out on the morning. There were quite a few prize winners too!!
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Fire Safety
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We continued our focus on Fire Safety this term.
The children learned the smoke alarm song and information was sent home to parents.The children reported back about smoke alarms, safe meeting places, etc at their homes. |
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Playground fun painting cardboard to make our own fire engine!
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Our New Scooter Bikes
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The children have loved having turns and mastering the techniques needed to get them moving.
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Sandpit Fun
Enjoying the warmer weather.
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Big Ball Fun
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Happenings in Term 3 2015
Animal Farm Visit
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To finish off the term we took a bus trip out to Animal Farm.
We got to meet Ginger and her piglets, feed the hungry baby lambs and baby goat, pet the rabbits and the guinea pigs, meet little and big horses and much more! A big thank you to all the parents who came along and supported us on this day. Without parent support we would not be able to offer this fantastic experience to our children. 
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Our New Garden Sculpture
We now have an awesome garden sculpture installed outside our Kindergarten. We would like to thank Rochelle and Warwick for repainting 'Richmond Kindergarten', Leif for picking up and cutting our pencils to size, Karyn for painting them, Kim for installing them, and Neil and Fergus from the BNZ for installing and planting the planter boxes. We think it looks fabulous!
Next term we will be installing murals created for us by the art students at Waimea College - watch this space...
Next term we will be installing murals created for us by the art students at Waimea College - watch this space...
Celebrating Spring
Spring Flowers
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We made and painted our own daffodils and spring flowers.
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Spring Planting
The children helped plant four new fruit trees in the playground. Thank you to Waimea Nurseries for their kind donation.
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Spring Lambs
We had a visit from Anna & Kristoff and we were able to help feed them their bottles and have a pat and a play with them. Thank you to Jenny, Sophie and Ben for sharing them with us.
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Making Butterflies
As a follow on from The Very Hungry Caterpillar, we decorated our own butterflies and they are hanging proudly in the Kindergarten.
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Dance Moves
This term Laura & Catherine came along every Friday to teach us some dance moves.
It was such a lot of fun and it was great each week to build on the moves learned from the week before until we put together a dance routine. We learned about good toes, naughty toes, soft moves and hard moves, tuck jumps, plie', soute' and more! |
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Just Gym
This term we have been walking over to see Linda Mace at Just Gym where the children have enjoyed a varied programme of physical movement. We will continue to visit Linda next term.
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Our Fame Has Spread
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Word had got out that the Richmond Kindergarten children are very good at Kapa Haka and as it was Māori Language Week, Waverley Street Kindergarten invited us to their kindergarten to perform our waiata.
They were very impressed with our performance.
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They had made morning tea for us including some very yummy Māori bread made by Debbie. We also had the opportunity to explore the different curriculum areas at Waverley Street. And of course the children got to see Rochelle!!
A big thank you to Waverley Street kindergarten for inviting us to come and for making a delicious morning tea. We would also like to thank the parents who walked with us as without their support we could not take our children on these great learning excursions.
Weaving Skills
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Happenings in Term 2 2015
Matariki Celebrations 2015
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Our Matariki celebrations began in the morning when we planted two mandarin trees at the Kindergarten.
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In the evening the children held a performance for their Parents showcasing some of the special songs and dances they had been practicing in their kapa haka lessons.
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We were thrilled with the number of parents that were able to attend, and even join in on the 'Matariki Macarena'!!
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Ice Fun
The cold winter days give the children the opportunity to explore and experiment with ice in the playground.
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Lee Corlett Sessions
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Lee Corlett from Sporting Initiatives visits us once a fortnight to run a physical skills programme with our children. They love the fun games and activities he provides while learning and perfecting new skills!
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Kapa Haka Lessons
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Our children enjoy weekly Kapa Haka lessons where they practice using poi and sticks while learning traditional Maori songs and dance.
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Buckle Bear & Driveway Safety
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This term we focused on safety for our children. Buckle Bear visited promoting the importance of always wearing a seatbelt. We practiced driveway safety and learnt where to stand to keep ourselves safe.
Booster Rooster
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Booster Rooster came to visit us to tell the children about the importance of being in a booster seat when in a car.
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Kori the Penguin visits us to promote Water Safety
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Fun at the Weekly Swimming Lessons
Some of our children attend weekly swimming lessons at the local pool.
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