Murrays Bay Childcare Centre - MBCC

Congratulations Allison! 🎓 It has been a delight to watch you grow and learn over the last couple of years and we know you will love your time at school. Sending you so much aroha and best wishes for this next part of your learning journey. We will miss you! Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui. 💚💚💚

We do love our fruit trees here at MBCC… this little orange tree is producing great big oranges for us this year. This afternoon we picked one and cut it up to share with friends. The children described the fruit as sticky, cold, sweet and sour - the smell and taste was a sensory delight for our tamariki! Delicious! 🧡🍊💚🍊💚🍊🧡

Happy Tuesday! The sun ☀️ is shining and our MBCC tamariki are off for a cruise in their new hummer. 🚖 Toot toot! They are loving this special new addition to the playground, as well as the lovely new load of bark that was delivered last week. 🙏 So much fun to be had outside here at Murrays Bay Childcare! 💚💚💚

Our beautiful pounamu inspired clay pendants are back from their final firing at the kiln. This is a project that Palak and our older children at MBCC have been working on for a few weeks now and everyone has been eagerly anticipating having their finished pendant to take home. The careful application of the glaze by Palak and the tamariki has resulted in the beautiful green glossy finish you see here. Each pendant can now have their cords applied and be packed up for taking home. What a beautiful and meaningful Matariki project.

“Mā te pohewa mā te auaha hoki, ka whakapuaki ngā kura e huna ana.” (With imagination and creativity, a hidden jewel can be revealed).

Congratulations to our three MBCC graduates for today. Tiana, Tilly and Harrison, you have all been a delight and a pleasure to have at MBCC and we have loved watching you learn and grow in your time here. Happy school days to you all, we know you will love the next stage in your learning journey. Wishing you all so much happiness. Arohanui ki a koutou. 💚🎓💚🎓💚🎓💚

Great news! Our pounamu inspired pendants are back from their first firing (the bisque firing) in the community kiln and they all survived! 🙏
Now they can have a clear glaze applied and be sent back for their final firing. Such an exciting process! 💚💚💚

Wishing our MBCC families and community a happy Matariki. ⭐️ May this weekend be a time for reflection, whānau and togetherness as we pause to celebrate Matariki and the people, memories and aspirations that guide us forward. ✨ Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori. ✨

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Congratulations Harry 🎓…. Building, construction and engineering 🔨👷‍♂️ expert; outstanding sportsman 🎣 🏉 ; and kind and respectful friend… what a lot of fun you have had at MBCC. We know you will love school and we are so excited for you as you take the next step of your learning journey. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui. 💚💚💚

Note: Harry’s graduation red carpet was thoughtfully set up by his younger sister Georgia. 🙏