CREATIVE CORNER Newsletter 29 January 2021

Tena ra Koutou

(Greetings to you)

WELCOME BACK
To our families and whanau
Tau Hou Hari Happy New Year and welcome back

We hope everyone has had a good chance to recharge your batteries over the Christmas break. We look forward to another successful year at Creative Corner.
It is great to see the children returning to Creative Corner, sharing stories about what they have done, with their friends and teachers. When we slip out of our normal routines, like when we are not at work/school over summer, remember it doesn’t take long for children to lose their normal behaviour patterns. It can take children (and adults) a couple of weeks to return to “life as normal” and sometimes we all need a little bit more time for our bodies to catch up with what our head wants to do.

WELCOME – NAU MAI
We welcome in the next couple of weeks Murphy Dunn, Nate Macpherson, Archie Howard, Archie Macpherson and Chloe King who join our tamariki in the Kākā room.

WELCOME – KA KITE
We farewelled MacKenzie Walther from the Pukeko room. Happy school days MacKenzie!

AMY’S TWO CENTS
It’s been lovely catching up with everybody on their return to preschool. Everybody certainly seems to have had a lovely holiday.
With COVID still being around in our lives, it is timely to remind everybody that we will be continuing our slightly stricter than normal wellness expectations of children. If your child has a green runny nose, fever, cough or any other flu like, cold like symptoms we request that you keep them away.
As most of you will know we had new Food Regulations come out from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health. For us, at Creative Corner, this means that we will be educating parents about making healthy choices for their children. We will not be banning any foods; we believe that parents will make suitable choices for their children. All families were emailed a copy of the new healthy eating guidelines. If you require more information, please see Amy. We will also be creating a display in the weeks to come.

NEW CHILDREN’S RESOURCE AT CCELC
And just like that Choo has a happy new home. Check out those smiles, the kids were super excited!
Thanks to The Complex 300 Hilton Highway (Toddy Mudie) for their kind donation to Creative Corner.

KIA ORA FROM THE PUKEKO ROOM
It has been lovely having the children settled back in for the New Year. Happy to reconnect with their preschool friends and whanau. Many have shared exciting stories about their Christmas and holiday adventures. The new ride along train has been a huge hit with the children. It was a great distraction for some on their first week back and it has also provided many opportunities to practice turn taking and waiting with patience. The inconsistency in weather has allowed for lots of fun digging and building in the sandpit, racing around on the bikes and getting wet from head to toe. While on our cooler days many of the children have been exploring writing and drawing at the art area, dancing and caring for their baby dolls.
Kerry

KIA ORA FROM THE KĀKĀ ROOM
Kia Ora from the Kākā room, it has been so wonderful seeing all your faces again after the Christmas break. It has been so lovely to hear all the new words the tamariki are sharing with us all. We have also seen a big shift in their physical development, as their confidence has grown during the few weeks.
Over the last few weeks we have also had lots of new faces visiting or starting in the Kākās, make yourself known to our new parents as I know they will appreciate it. On the 37-degree day we had a pool party that the tamariki enjoyed as a way to cool down and enjoy the morning before it reached too hot for us to be outside!
Katy

SAVE THE DATE
FAMILY PICNIC
Wednesday, 18 February
5.30-7.00pm
Caroline Bay Children’s Playground
Bring along some dinner and join us with other families. Keep this night free!

PARENT EVENING
Tuesday, 16 February
(More information to follow)