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Newsletter – June 2018   Hi Everyone, Here is our latest newsletter. We trust you will enjoy reading about the amazing learning the children have been involved in, our upcoming events and centre news! Click on the link for the PDF version.

We would like to invite you all to join us for ‘Breakfast at Preschool’ on Monday 18th June. We will be celebrating Matariki and the Winter Solstice, with our families. The breakfast will be from 7.45 am on Monday 18th June, and hopefully this means that many of you can join us, and then

Yesterday the children and staff at Rangi Ruru Preschool worked together to make a Korowai, a feather cloak, as part of our celebration of Matariki – the Maori New Year. At circle time we all coloured paper feather in beautiful colours – every feather looked different from all the others

On Tuesday 12th June, at 12.30 pm, we will be having a visit from the St John’s team.  We will have the opportunity to view an ambulance and some of the equipment they use. As part of our developing interest in emergency services and people who help us, this will be a beneficial visit for [&h

Cooking with the children is a regular event, here at Rangi Ruru.  Today’s baking involved baking biscuits in the shape of Planets, stars and other elements from the Solar System – a great tie in with some of the inquiry learning the children are driving at present. Baking and other coo

We are pleased to be able to bring the Playball programme to our families.  Working with Elanza and her coaches, Chase and Shaun, our Tuesday mornings offer the chance to participate in a fun sports-based activity programme. The children, who are signed up to participate, love the new challenges, f

Yesterday we ventured out into our local community, as we do regularly.  This time our walking trip took us into Little Hagley Park and the surrounding area. We have been discussing conservation and recycling a great deal, participating in activities related to sustainability, along with striving t

What makes Rangi Ruru Preschool special… Rangi Ruru Preschool is fortunate to be part of the Rangi Ruru Girls’ School community and this provides your child with a unique learning opportunity.  There are many reasons that make our community-based centre special, but here are some of the key dif

We set our families some homework, over the Easter break – creating Easter bonnets. Clearly we have some unexplored talent among our families. This week we are taking great pride in venturing into the school and showing our creations off to the big girls and faculty members. Once again thanks,

During our teacher only days we had a professional development session with Julie and her assistant, Victoria. Taking time to learn more about the elements of musical development, instrument usage and crafting of a music session was very beneficial for our team.  We made a decision to offer a progr