KCC Christmas Carnival 1

What a beautiful wonderful Christmas event shared with all our friends and families.  Weren't our children fantastic in their performance!! They practiced every day, twice a day for some, we were so so proud of them. A big thank you to all that attended, we wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas xox.

Christmas Party on PhotoPeach

KCC Christmas Carnival 2

Santa Photo's on PhotoPeach

Trip to the Santa's Grotto

Santa's Grotto Trip on PhotoPeach

Decorating the Xmas Tree

Decorating the Xmas Tree on PhotoPeach

Terry the Pig comes to visit

What excitement there was with the arrival of a new visitor to kindy today!!  Terry the pig was happy to visit and even shared some morning tea scraps with us.  Thanks Nicole and Ayla for bringing him in, we loved meeting him and getting to have a close up pat xox.

Our baby chicks are getting bigger!!

Our baby chicks are growing up so fast, look at how big they are now!!

Yeay, the tramp is back!!

What excitement there was today when the man came to fix the trampoline.  Everybody was so eager to get their turn, we had our own little waiting line at Phoenix House!!

Honey cone treats for our birdie friends!!

Water Slide Fun!!

Nothing better on a warm sunny day!!

Making Iceblocks

Sky tower building

The memories of our sky tower trip were re-visited this morning as a group of children worked together all morning to build their tall tower, complete with observation deck.  It is great to see that building is still such an interest and how well they worked together.  They were very proud of their creation and wanted to keep it standing all day!!

Our Spring Garden

With summer just around the corner, it was time to start our gardening.  Using our donated pellets and recycled milk bottle containers, we set ourselves the task of building our own patch full of herbs and flowers on the Phoenix House deck.  We had lots of keen gardeners who helped out with the planting and design, haven't they done a great job??

Flax Weaving

Thanks to our student Juliet who brought some flax in this week and taught us all how to weave.  It is great to be able to use different natural resources at kindy.

Welcome chicky number 3

We are delighted at the arrival of our 3rd and last baby chicky!! Our babies are getting quite curious now, exploring their surroundings and playing with each other and as they have been growing quite fast we have had to make their house a little bit bigger. Check out their new home!!

Diwali Celebrations 2013

Diwali Celebrations on PhotoPeach

Oscars dad comes to visit!!

Last week we had a very special visitor in Phoenix House to come and talk with us. It was not only a New Zealand Police officer but he is also Oscar’s Dad.  Shayne was kind enough to take some time out of his busy day to come in and visit us at Phoenix House. Everyone was so excited to see him and had lots of questions to ask.  Shayne started off by showing us his uniform and all the special things he carries everyday to help him do his job. Oscar loved showing us his favourite part of his Dad’s uniform that he loves to play with... his special torch. Everyone also really enjoyed having a look at the hand cuffs he carries, we all had a turn of trying them on. He then talked about what a police man does, which many of you already had some good ideas such as “putting people in jail” “chasing bad guys” “helping people" which are all correct but some other things we learnt about a police man’s job was that we can call them when we are lost and need help, and what number we can all, which most of you know as 111. He also talked about only calling that number in an emergency when we really need help.  The most exciting part of this visit was getting to play in his police car. He opened up the doors and everyone got a turn to sit inside and he even turned on the different sirens and lights!  What an exciting mat time we had today. Everyone learnt a lot of new information and we have already seen lots of police role playing in the playground.  Big thanks to Oscar and his Dad for this great experience, I don’t think it will be forgotten any time soon.