Kia ora e te whanau...

Just a reminder that the Matariki Xmas Party is this Mon 19th Dec 2011. Whanau are all welcome. Mihi whakatau (informal greeting) will begin at 11am then followed with items performed by the children and staff. Hope to see you all there. Just below are a few awesome photos that some of the tamariki had taken, enjoy!

Tena koutou e te whanau...

Kia ora whanau, anei etahi whakaahua ano. Here are some photos of the tamariki going to get bamboo to make tee-pee and also a few tamariki helping to make porridge for morning tea, enjoy!

OUR RUGBY GAME

Hi whanau, here are just some of the photos of the tamariki having a game of rugby, enjoy!

"They playing rugby, Aniheta is kicking the ball." Naru

Ï'm kicking the ball and I'm getting the goal." Aniheta

"That my ball." Cedric

"We sitting, me and Hiiti-Tania watching the boys play rugby." John

"That's me with the headband, butter cups. We have a umbrella because we get hot." Makere

Ngaa mihi nui kia koe pirihimana Trish!

Tena koutou katoa e te whanau... I te Mane, i haere mai a Trish, (he pirihimana) ki te korero ki ngaa tamariki i ngaa tohutohu o te ora i te waa e eketia ana te motuka e ngaa tamariki. Tino kaha ngaa tamariki ki te whakautu i ngaa patai tika a Trish. Ngaa mihi nui kia koe Trish. Noreira e te whanau, anei ngaa pikitia e whai ake nei ma koutou, kia ora!

bey blade photos

Tena koutou katoa e te whanau

Just to let you know the holidays are upon us again in the next week and a bit. We’ll get the holiday programme out to you all by Wednesday next week. If we decide to take the tamariki to the movies during the holidays we will let you all know how much you may need to contribute for this. A reminder; if your child is not in during the holiday break please phone and let the centre know. Below are a few more photos of some of the tamariki during the bike-a-thon, enjoy.

Our Bey-blade Bike-a-thon

Just to let all our whanau know, the Bey-Blade Bike-a-thon was an absolute success. A thank you must go out to our whanau who got behind the kaupapa and sponsored their tamaiti in this awesome event. The bike-a-thon itself went throughout the whole day whereby those tamariki who chose to participate went in groups of three around the track as many times as they could. Below is a list of the amount of times each child rode around the bike track during the morning. Aniheta; 14 ½ times, Tutepakorarangi; 9 times, John; 8 times, Naru; 5 times, Rarotapuhikura; 25 times; Hare; 10 times, Te Kupu; 9 ½ times, Mihiata; 10 times, Kanuehi; 9 times, Wenarata; 4 times, Cedric; 1 time, Alyas; 6 times, Makere; 1 time, Tangitawhiti; 2 times, Georgia; 2 times. The Bey-Blades will be given to your tamaiti tomorrow afternoon along with a certificate of participation and a reciept for the purchase of your child's bey blade. Thank you also to Koro Rua who provided the pigtail poles for the track, management for providing sausages, bread and iceblocks, whanau who were able to pop in for the event, Kmart for suporting the event, whanau who gave bikes to the centre, whanau who brought their child's bike in for the day, staff who baked and cooked for the day, Puhi for sending letters out to whanau, Mark for mowing our lawn, and of course to all our Matariki staff who got behind the fantastic day. Ngaa mihi kia tatou katoa. Below is a few photos of our day.

Our Vist to Matata Early Learning Centre

Just a quick update on our trip yesterday, we were fortunate enough to be invited out to the Matata Early Learning Centre to spend the day with Whaea Margie, Whaea Lucy Rust and their whare kohungahunga ataahua. Vila and Whaea Muffy were able to take a group of 7 tamariki who thoroughly enjoyed their day out yesterday being able to see Whaea Lucy again, meeting new people and seeing a different environment to their own. None of us wanted to leave yesterday and couldn't believe how fast time flew by. Lastly, we would like to share a couple of photos that we were lucky enough to take of our time spent at Matata. Thankyou to Whaea Margie and her awesome whanau for having us yesterday what an awesome day it was!