Rhyme and Reason Early Learning Centre

Please help Rhyme raise awareness to fund breast cancer education, patient support, research, and advocacy.

This is a brilliant opportunity to raise a big sum for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ to help fund research and support services!

With all our thanks, as always, for your continued support of these causes so close to our hearts. We are so close to our target and appreciate every cent.

The Rhyme Team xx 🎀🎀 xx

Help me support Kiwis living with breast cancer. I'm fundraising for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, to help fund breast cancer education, research and patient support. Please donate to help the 3,500 Kiwis diagnosed with breast cancer each year in NZ.

Merry Christmas & happy holidays to all our Rhyme whānau and community! 😘

Gumboot Friday Update:

We would like to thank everyone who donated to this amazing cause! We are excited to say that our total amount raised was an epic $1710!

A huge shout-out to the following amazing businesses that provided vouchers or products for our Gumboot Friday Fundraiser: Thank you to each and every one of you and a special mention to our wonderful kaiako Ashleigh who was instrumental in making this all happen 🥰

Mitre10 Ferrymead Mitre 10 New Zealand
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/...
Coffee Culture.
https://coffeeculture.co.nz/
Claude’s Kitchen. Claude's Kitchen
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100056707431397
Fush FUSH
https://www.fushshorebro.co.nz/
Deluxe Cinemas. Deluxe-Cinemas
https://www.deluxecinemas.co.nz/
Glamour Cakes. Glamour Cake
https://www.facebook.com/breeglamourcake/
Storm Tattoo. Storm tattoo
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063662225316
Una Bakery UNA Bakery
73 Centaurus Road, Huntsbury, Christchurch
https://www.facebook.com/unabakerychch/
The Warehouse Belfast
https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/
Jurassic Adventure
https://www.jurassicadventure.co.nz/
International Antarctic Centre
https://www.iceberg.co.nz/?gad=1...
Lone Star
https://www.lonestar.co.nz/
Cobb and Co
https://www.cobb.co.nz/store/papanui?gad=1...
Gelato lab The Gelato Lab
https://www.facebook.com/TheGelatoLabNZ/
Fox and Ferret The Palms
https://www.foxandferret.co.nz/
Oasis The Palms
https://theoasis.co.nz/
Inflatable world Hornby Inflatable World Hornby
https://www.inflatableworld.co.nz/
Move X
https://www.movex.co.nz/
Ferrymead Heritage park
https://www.ferrymead.org.nz/
Smokey T’s Smokey T's
https://www.smokeytsbbq.com/
Christchurch City Council Pools and Tumble times
https://recandsport.ccc.govt.nz/swim/pools/
Joe’s Garage
https://www.joes.co.nz/
Deano Yipadee Yipadee
https://www.facebook.com/mryipadee
Hanmer Holiday Homes
https://www.hanmerholidayhomes.co.nz/?gad=1...
Lilly Creations
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089223558867
https://www.instagram.com/lilly_creations22/

Gumboot Friday is nearly here!

This year for Gumboot Friday at Rhyme we are doing (quite a few) very cool raffles and we have some amazing prizes up for grabs! Some pretty fabulous organisations have helped to support us by donating some epic prizes just for this special event. Check them out!

All the proceeds raised will be going to Gumboot Friday, and Rhyme is proud to get behind such an important cause. We want to raise as much as we can for this incredible cause! Raffles are $2 and $5 - check out the photos to see what you can win.

If you want to buy some raffles and/or donate to this please message me and I will give you the bank details, or pop into Rhyme any time to get your entry in and see what else is up for grabs - we also have silent auctions going too!

Thanks for helping us to get behind such a great cause. Aroha nui, the Rhyme Team.

Have you seen our amazing busy box in our Nursery? Thank you to Mitre10 for donating the wood to Rhyme, and a huge shout out to the very talented Adam from BD Construction and our lovely friend Laura (who was also our student recently) for putting this all together, just for us! Our littlest tamariki just love this, and it will continue to be treasured at Rhyme by many more. We are so grateful 🥰

Today is Rhymes first birthday, we are one! We've had a fun day celebrating 🎉

Today, and every day, we celebrate and wish all our wonderful mums and mother figures at Rhyme and beyond a Happy Mother's Day! 💞

At Rhyme our tamariki have been reflecting on and remembering our fallen Anzacs and the importance of this special day for our soldiers who fought so bravely for our country, and for those who still continue to do this today. We shall remember them ❤️

Effective 1 April 2023, more people will be eligible for subsidy and the hourly subsidy rates will increase. Changes to Childcare Subsidy include an increase to income thresholds for Childcare Subsidy and Out of School Care and Recreation (OSCAR) Subsidy

At Rhyme, we recognise that Christmas is also a time for giving and reaching out to help others in need. Recently we have been busy making little gift bags for the Kmart Wishing tree. Our tamariki are having a lot of fun creating these amazing presents, whilst chatting, learning and reflecting about helping others less fortunate than us. They turned out amazing and we can't wait to donate them all to the children who need them💛

We have also been supporting The Nest Collective Charity - where anyone can donate new baby items to be distributed to families who need them most. Our box is almost full with wonderful donations from our whānau (amazing, thank you everyone)! Anyone from our community is most welcome to pop by to add to this, there is still some space! It will be collected at the end of next week 👼

Just a refresh that we raised an incredible $400 for Gumboot Friday - I am hope! What an amazing few months we have had together by helping our community and making a difference in our world🤩

We are so, so proud to be a part of such a wonderful, caring community! 🥰

🎄🎅What a fabulous day we had at our very first children's Christmas party at Rhyme! It warmed our hearts to see so many families come to support us, and help celebrate to make the day more special for our tamariki! Thank you all so much for coming💕

🎄It's starting to look a lot like Christmas, at Rhyme.....😍🎄

We're supporting Gumboot Friday! We have loved to see you all engaging with our fun wee fundraiser - and we wonder who will take the lead to be dunked tomorrow! 🤔🤭😏

We all have until midday Friday until we talley up and one of us is going to get very wet!

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The hard mahi at I AM HOPE makes a huge difference to the mental health of our tamariki! So we hope you consider donating! And don't forget your wellies tomorrow! ❤️

Congratulations to our amazing kaiako Harriet who had her ECE Teaching Graduation ceremony yesterday! We are all so proud of you❤️🎉🎊

Kia ora e te iwi ❤️ Kua timata Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori ko te kaupapa e whāia ana mo tēnei tau ko “kia kaha te reo Māori”!

Māori Language week has begun and the theme for this year is “let’s make the Māori language strong”! 💪

To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, swipe to learn a few common kīwaha or sayings for the week!

💛Donating for Daffodil Day💛

Rhyme proudly supports fundraising for Daffodil day, and with your support, every dollar raised will go towards cancer care for patients and their whānau, education and awareness programmes, and life-saving cancer research.

If you are in a position to donate, please do so. Every little bit is greatly appreciated 💛

Please click on the link below:

https://daffodilday.org.nz/rhymeandreasonearlylearningcentre

Hello to our Community!
We have an abundance of Covid RATS tests which you are most welcome to come and take! We will leave them on our front porch - please help yourself, or take for anyone who needs these! (We have about 500)!
Thank you, the Rhyme Team 😊

Bula! We have enjoyed discovering and learning about Cook Islands Language Week, this week at Rhyme 😊