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One Year Anniversary
This week we have celebrated one year of being part of the Ako Rolleston community. We would like to thank everyone who has been on the journey with us, stood by us, and joined us along the way. We are really looking forward to the year ahead and what opportunities 2021 will bring.
Diwali
We are super excited that Diwali is just around the corner and we are getting our classrooms ready. Being the festival of lights, we are creating all sorts of art works full of colour, decorating our rooms, preparing dress up days. Our Indian families are joining us in our planning and sharing their own knowledge ...
Te Moana Glow Show
We love to get out and about here at Ako Rolleston, and yesterday we had our biggest adventure yet. A small group of children took the bus into the Isaac Theatre Royal to see the Te Moana Glow show. The children were absolutely fascinated with the glow in the dark puppet show set under the ...
Visiting Rolleston Primary School
On Friday the 23rd October, 2020; a group of our T-Nui children went on an excursion to Rolleston Primary. They enjoyed constructive free-play experiences with the Room 8 new entrants children. Enjoying and engaging in outdoor play was the highlight of the visit where we got to meet most of our graduated tamariki from our ...
Posting Our Jammies
Yesterday a small group from our Tamariki Nui Classroom took a walk down to our local post office to post the Jammies bought from our Jammies in June fundraiser. Tamariki knew that the Jammies they were posting were going to Middlemore Hospital for children less fortunate than them and who may not have Jammies of ...
Blossom Art
Poipoia Te Kākano Kia Puawai – Nurture The Seed, And It Will Blossom. Our Nursery Pepi today were so fascinated by the blossom blowing around their playground, they made it into art.
Swimming Fun
We all know Toddlers LOVE wai , and to support this interest in our Toddler Space we took a small group of tamariki to the Selwyn Aquatic Centre. Nga tamariki had the most amazing time in the wee toddlers pool, in fact, the excursion was such a success we think we should make it a ...