Saturday, October 23, 2010

Ngaa mihi ki ngaa whanau katoa!

Just to let you all know, I (Vila) have returned back to mahi after taking some time off to help Ata and our new baby called Hiiti Tania Ruawai settle in. Term 3 was an exciting term for us and hopefully for you and your whanau. I received some awesome feedback from staff regarding the parent interviews over the holidays. To all the whanau that were able to take the time out and chat with staff about your child, we are grateful. Your expectation for this term will again be sent out to you in the next week so please fill these in. If you have already filled these out, thank you.

And of course we are now well into our 4th term. Please read the UP AND COMING EVENTS below to find out some of the things we have planned. If more come to mind I will endeavour to write these up in due course.

The kaupapa (Tunu Kai) for this term is well and truly on, with tamariki enjoying cooking and baking a variety of foods from here and from other countries. Therefore don't be alarmed if your child's lunch box is full. They have either baked or cooked and eaten this or someone has had a birthday. If you are still concerned as to whether your tamariki has eaten his/her lunch, let us know.

One of our aims for this kaupapa is to send our camera home with your child and get you to take photos of some of the kai you cook at home. Or whether your child helps you cook. Another aim is to encourage you all to send in yours or your child's favourite kai recipe so that we can try and cook/bake it here. By the end of the term we are hoping to create a unique Matariki recipe cook book for all the tamariki , whanau and staff to share.


Arohanui
Ngaa kaimahi o Matariki



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great to see what you've all been up to. Tunu Kai is such a fun kaupapa! Remember last year we made dog biscuits? Haha Zac LOVED that!
Arohanui