Welcome back to Preschool everyone.

We hope that you all enjoyed your holidays and had wonderful times as families. We love hearing about what you got up to and have started a special display board with the photos you have been sharing with us – it looks like you have all had a great time.  Welcome to our many new children and families. Over the coming term we look forward to getting to know you, and supporting you, making sure you feel a sense of connection and belonging within Manaaki. If you have any questions or concerns at any time, please speak with a kaiako. We are excited to welcome Ashleigh back from her maternity leave. She will be working with us on Tuesdays and Fridays. It is great to have her back and she looks forward to seeing you all again and meeting all the wonderful families that have started in her absence. You would have noticed the wonderful extension that has now been completed, it looks amazing. We are lucky enough to gain some extra space in what was Whakanui - which we will slowly be moving into. 

As the term is beginning it is a good time to remember that we ask you to please sunblock your child before you arrive each day and we will reapply it around 11am each day. Please also make sure that you have a named hat in your child’s bag – as they will need a hat on in order to play outside (we do have a few spare hats, but not enough for everyone, so please put one in – we want everyone to enjoy being outside whilst being sun safe). Many of you would have taken your child’s learning Journal home over the holidays to enjoy. Please can you return these to us, so that we can continue to add to them. We would love to hear if there have been any changes to your child’s routines, interests etc that you would like to share with us. 

Manaaki team