Tena ra Koutou
(Greetings to you)

WELCOME – NAU MAI
We welcome to Jacob Bacon, George Wilson and Chloe Rosanowski who join us in the Kākā room.

FAREWELL – KA KITE
Farewell to Liam Doran and Louisa Norton from the Pukeko room. Happy school days Liam and Lou Lou.

WORKING BEE AT CENTRE
Thank you to the group of parents that offered to help at the working bee recently. This amazing group cut hedges, water blasted, added new plants to the garden and generally gave the Centre a fantastic tidy up. We appreciate your support.

HOUSEKEEPING
***Child Sign in/Sign out
A reminder to please always sign your child IN and OUT.
The Ministry of Education requires that every child is signed in and out every day. If the Centre holds a practice fire drill and children are not signed in for the day, theoretically they cannot be accounted for.
We use sign in sheets as the roll in an emergency. Our most recent fire drill last Friday had some children not signed in. It is important your child is included in our checks. Thank you.

***Daily Absence Reminder
If your child is absent for the day, please call the Centre before 8.30am to receive your 50% discount on the fee for the day.
This also helps with the organisation of our staffing for the day.
We have noticed during this holiday period some parents have their child absent from Creative Corner and have not rung to advise us of this. You will therefore be charged full fees for your child’s absence.

***Timekeeping
Please ensure that you are collecting your child by their booked time. If you come in early we welcome you to stay with your child until their booked start time.
We need to be quite strict on this as we run to ratios and if parents are early dropping off or late collecting we may not have either the space or the correct amount of teachers.
If you need to drop off early or collect late you need to discuss this with either Amy or Kate in advance so we can check that we have enough space and staff to facilitate your request.
Thank you for your attention to this.

KIA ORA FROM THE KĀKĀ ROOM
Tena koutou
First of all, I would like to welcome back Kirsty to the Kaka room! Kirsty was a member of the Kaka room THREE years ago before she had two of her own. Kirsty will be working Friday mornings, so please make yourself known to her.
In the Kakas this month there has been a huge interest in the three wheeler trikes. To support this interest, we have created obstacles for the tamariki to ride over as they are learning all about balance and that they speed up when they go down a ramp. It has also been a learning opportunity as the children have had to wait and learn about taking turns. We are also supporting our tamariki within their transition to the Pukeko room; we have been having wonderful afternoons in the Pukeko room to help them with this process. So If you cannot find us we will most likely be in the Pukeko room having a blast!!! (Katy)

KIA ORA FROM THE PUKEKO ROOM
Kia ora, we would like to thank some of those in the community who recently gave up their time to share their knowledge and resources with Creative Corner.
Firstly, Sasha from St John, who came and talked to the children about her role as an ambulance officer and how they are there to help and make others feel better.
Also, Jess Bacon, who gives up her time each week to conduct a music and movement session. The children love the musical instruments, dancing with scarves, ribbons and stretchy lycra. We would also like to thank Jess for lending us her sensory swing, which many of the children enjoyed.
(Kerry)

SAVE THE DATE
***WHIMSICAL WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
(Dress up day)

***TRIKEATHON FUNDRAISER
Saturday, 7 March 2020
Timaru Girls’ High School Tennis Courts
(10-12pm – see you all there)

***CCELC AGM
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 8.00pm
(At Creative Corner)

***CASINO NIGHT FUNDRAISER
Saturday, 20 June 2020
Oxford Restaurant
(More information to follow)

Ehara taku toa i te toa takimano
My strength is not that of an individual but that of a collective