Clayton Park Kindergarten

Kia ora e te whanau,

Today our kindergarten was lucky enough to receive some free native plants from Paper 4 Trees.
We would like to thank the sponsors Cargo Plus and Te Whangai Trust for these lovely plants and we look forward to planting them in our gardens with nga tamariki.

Nga mihi nui 🪴🌿🌳

Talofa lava aiga,

Last week we celebrated Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa/Samoa Language week at the kindergarten. Nga tamariki were engaged in art activities, stories, songs, books, and dance from Samoa. Some of our tamariki wore traditional Samoan puletasi/dress and they looked just beautiful.

We were lucky enough to be able to watch our very own Lia perform a traditional Samoan dance for our aiga and their fanau. Well done Lia you danced beautifully and we were all captivated by your performance.

Fa'afetai lava 🌺🌸

Kia ora e te whanau,
Last week we were lucky enough to be able to watch Kaiako Maddie perform some of her kapa haka dances with poi. Maddie is in a kapa haka group who has now qualified for Te Matatini next year - congratulations! Please enjoy her performances.
Nga Mihi Nui

Titiro e te whaanau!
On Friday we celebrated Manaakitanga day for pink shirt day. Manaakitanga is part of our Clayton Park Kindergarten kaupapa which involves showing kindness to all. We had koorero about the importance of showing Manaaki to our e hoa, kaiako and te taiao. Tamariki had an amazing day filled with pick activities. Ngaa mihi e te whaanau for joining us in celebrating Manaakitanga day.

Morena e te whanau,

This morning nga kaiako organised morning tea sweet treats for all the Mums and Mother figures in our lives. We would like to thank Noelani's Mum Maria for baking the yummy cinnamon scrolls.

We would like to wish you all a very Happy Mothers Day for Sunday.

Hari ra mama.🥰💐

Kia ora e te whanau,

We would like to wish all our tamariki and their whanau a safe and happy ANZAC long weekend!

Clayton Park Kindergarten will be closed on Monday 27th April 2026 and open again on Tuesday 28th April 2026.

Lest we forget 🇳🇿
Kei wareware tatou

Kia ora e te whanau,

We hope you all have a good Easter Break/Kia pai to whakata Aranga!

Clayton Park kindergarten reopens on Tuesday 7th April 2026.

Nga mihi🐣🐰

Kia ora e te whanau

What a wonderful week of celebrating Easter here at kindergarten. Nga tamariki have been involved in Easter art activities, baking, singing and dancing. Then today we had a special visit from Mrs Bunny who had hidden some Easter Eggs in our garden for nga tamariki to find. It was lovely to see nga tamariki all dressed up for Easter celebration. Please enjoy looking at a snapshot of photos from the Easter week.

Nga kaiako would like to wish all tamariki and their whanau Nga mihi o te Aranga - a very Happy Easter.

Have a safe long weekend.

Kia ora e te whanau,

Nga tamariki were very excited to see the new resources nga kaiako have brought for the kindergarten. In the boxes there were lots of toys for our sandpit, water play and play-doh areas. Tamariki are all looking forward to playing with this wonderful equipment.

Nga mihi 🤩

Namaste whanau!
Holi is a special festival called the Festival of Colours. Today nga tamariki celebrated this festival and we had a day of fun and joy. Nga tamariki participated in a variety of colourful activities such as art, messy play and they dressed up in bright colours. This festival encourages our tamariki to learn about different cultural festival which teaches them about sharing, friendship, and happiness. At Clayton Park Kindergarten, celebrating Holi helps tamariki to understand the value of kindness and togetherness. What a wonderful way to enjoy learning about Holi and having fun with all our friends. Happy Holi!