Kia ora Whānau

What a fantastic initiative Neurodiversity Week is which we will celebrate next week! It's wonderful to have an opportunity to encourage open discussion and fostering an environment where everyone can better understand and appreciate the talents of neurodivergent individuals. Celebrities including Sir Richard Branson, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, and Maggie Aderin-Pocock talk about their neurodiversity as being a superpower and what a powerful message that is.  We encourage you as whānau to discuss what your tamariki have learned each day so all of us are challenged to think about stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. 

We are all thoroughly enjoying the Science kits that are arriving each fortnight and the sense of curiosity and wonderings that these are promoting have been excellent to hear. We hope you enjoy hearing from He Atawhai about what they are having fun with.

During our Art sessions, we are exploring the work of Colin McCahon, focusing on his use of shapes, colors, and text in paintings. His bold and meaningful use of shapes, colors, and text has always had a way of sparking deep thought. It will be exciting for the tamariki to draw inspiration from his style while developing their own unique artistic expressions.

We share Ethan’s, Benedicts and Bianca’s creative expressions here below...

Our playgroup Mainly Play is underway again and we’d love you to spread the word and invite any friends or neighbours to come along and join us. Every Friday morning from 10 - 11:30 in our library. 

Thanks so much for all the wonderful parents who helped transport and supervise the cricket on Wednesday - unfortunately, rain cut it short but we are grateful for your help. 

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Denise