Please remember we will be having class photos at Glen Innes Primary School tomorrow morning -Monday 13th June.
Saturday, 11 June 2016
Thursday, 9 June 2016
AERE MAI!!
We would like to welcome our newest addition to the Akirata room (Under 2s) Elijah Messine Tarapu who is Terrell's (who also attends the apii) little brother. He is also the great grandchild of our Mama Mii and Papa Tere (who also work in the apii) and the grandchild of Miss Pat (board member). We look forward to watching you learn and grow here at Apii Potiki alongside your new friends :)
Our visit to Aoga ale Teuila
Celebrating Samoan Language Week
Our children were very fortunate to be invited to Aoga ale Teuila to celebrate Samoan Language Week with them. There were cultural activities set up for us to participate in like learning how to scrape taro using the top lid of the coconut cream, peeling the green bananas using a stick, and also weaving.
We also played a traditional game where children had to throw their small rock and get it closer to the big rock at the end of the mat. There were also performances shared between both centres and Aoga ale Teuila also showed us the well known story of 'Sina and the Tuna.'
Our children also got to share a meal with Aoga ale Teuila which consisted of the delicious Samoan food - pork, green bananas, taro and chop suey. Our children definitely enjoyed their meals as they were asking for second and third helpings. Yuuum!
Faafetai lava to the Aoga ale Teuila Preschool for allowing us to share this special celebration with you. We definitely had a good time playing and learning about your culture.
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Friday, 20 May 2016
PINK FRIDAY
Today we acknowledged the national event 'Pink Shirt Day' by wearing lots of pink, discussing the importance of being kind to others, and sharing some homemade cookies with our neighbours.
Our cookie drop offs to neighbouring houses not only encouraged our tamariki to see that giving is better than receiving, our walk also enabled us to introduce ourselves to people who live in the surroundings of our Apii.
We met a little boy named Sione, and his mum Mel who live directly next door to us. We also met Gloria, Terina (Hosea's mum), and Lua who live across the road. We ended our walk at Glen Innes Primary School, where we met Christine and Nora. When tamariki presented our neighbours with bags of cookies, our neighbours were quite surprised and very grateful.
MEITAKI MAATA to all our whanau, staff, and tamariki for taking the time to get involved. With your help, our tamariki are developing a sense of compassion (Wellbeing), and community awareness (Belonging).
Friday, 13 May 2016
WEAR PINK FRIDAY 20th May 2016
In noticing that our tamariki need constant reminding about our Apii rules lately, we have all been working toward providing a learning environment that fosters kindness and compassion.
Some experiences that teachers have set up this week included, a collaborative kindness mural, group discussions about respect , and art shapes that enabled tamariki to share their thoughts about being respectful to others.
On Friday we will be supporting 'Pink Shirt Day' as it is reflective of our recent discussions with our tamariki.
In the coming week we are also planning to bake some cookies and deliver them to our neighbours as an act of kindness.
Saturday, 7 May 2016
Happy 3rd Birthday Apii Potiki
Over the course of the week, our tamariki enjoyed lots of arts and craft experiences which resulted in the creation of many handmade gifts for their beautiful mum's for Mothers Day.
Also this week, Friday 6th of May, we celebrated our 3rd birthday. Here, we partied with games, dance and music, and ate yummy birthday cake.
Happy Birthday Everyone!!! and Happy Mothers Day to all our wonderful, supportive Mum's!!!
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