Harewood Road Montessori

We are in our Olympics era...

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How cool would this be! We would love your help by commenting our centre name in the comments of the original post.

🎉 The Ultimate Preschool Experience Giveaway! 🎉

We are excited to announce a special giveaway! One lucky preschool, kindergarten, or daycare in Christchurch will get an unforgettable visit from Pooh and one of his friends!

This is a magical opportunity to create lasting memories at your preschool for all your tamariki.

How to Enter:
✨Comment the name of your preschool below.
✨Share this post with parents and friends to let everyone know!
✨The preschool with the most comments/mentions will win!

What’s Included:
🍯A magical visit from Pooh and one of his friends
🍯Meet & Greet for your whole Centre!
🍯Photo opportunities for lasting memories

Rules:
🐻Open to preschools, kindergartens, and daycares in Christchurch.
🐻Entries close and winner will be announced on [09/08/24).

Don’t miss out on this magical opportunity! 🌟 Good luck to everyone!

A few new resources added to our Practical Life area this week...

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Last week, the Prep room enjoyed some fun games and an obstacle course challenge inside!

Perseverance and Challenge...
The Trinomial Cube prepares the tamaiti to learn advanced mathematical concepts.

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Science Day...
To start the day off, we unleashed our STEM superpowers with Nanogirl! Followed by some of our own experiments all across the centre.

Wednesday was our Wild Winter Day!

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Gusto and Chop!
The highlight of the school holidays - having Josh join us with Gusto, a Police dog in training and puppy Chop.
Then, being able to try on a Police vest and ask Josh lots of questions.

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Ahoy, Matey!
Today was all hands on deck!
Avast Ye (pay attention and check this out!)
🏴‍☠️🦜🏴‍☠️

Our final day was dedicated to...
✨️ MATARIKI ✨️
Matariki is connected to health and wellbeing and is often viewed as a sign of good fortune and health for the coming year. A bright and high Matariki star cluster in the sky signals wellbeing, peace, and good luck for those who see it.

Today, the focus was on wellbeing. The tamariki enjoyed yoga sessions to calm their bodies and set a positive tone for the day and star gazing. The Prep tamariki enjoyed a spa session with hair and makeup salons, where they got their hair, nails, and faces painted followed by arts and crafts activities included making stars, headbands, and coloring Matariki posters.

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On Thursday, we celebrated and explored two stars
🌟 Hiwa-i-te-rangi 🌟
The star connected to the promise of a prosperous season, also known as the wishing star. We look to this star to set goals and resolutions for the year to come.
We did this through exploring what they would like to be when they grow up and by setting goals for ourselves, like learning to ride a two wheel bike.

🌟 Pohutakawa 🌟
This star is for us to remember those loved ones who have passed. Tamariki made stars to put on our starry sky. We also reflected on members of our family who live far away and who we don't see often.

✨️ Ururangi ✨️

Ururangi is the star that is connected to the atmospheric conditions, the wind, and the sky. Ururangi means 'winds of the sky'.

As part of our explorations on Wednesday we had lots of fun making kites, wind catchers, and windmills that we could test outside in the breeze.

E tū Ururangi e
Tukua mai he hau kōtengitengi
Tukua mai he hau pūrekereke
He hau hei miri i te kiri

Behold Ururangi
Send a gentle breeze
Send a puff of wind
A wind to caress my skin

On Tuesday, we delved deeper into the Matariki Water Stars!

✨️ Waitī ✨️ Waitā ✨️ Waipuna-ā-rangi ✨️

We learnt how Waitī looks after the fresh water, Waitā the sea water and Waipuna-ā-rangi the rain.

This week, as part of our holiday programme, we are celebrating the stars that form the Matariki cluster.

On Monday, we celebrated and explored Tupuānuku - the whetū that is connected to anything associated within the soil, including cultivated and uncultivated foods grown in the ground.

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Tupuārangi - the whetū connected with food that comes from the sky and is linked to birds. It is also connected to the harvesting of elevated foods such as berries and fruits.

It was a perfect opportunity to showcase Kotahitanga (coming together) to create a beautiful vegetable soup for lunch and smoothies for afternoon tea. Our tamariki enjoyed peeling, cutting, and preparing the kai ready for both meals. Then we enjoyed all the hard work and ate our creations.

Thank you to everyone who was able to contribute a vegetable towards the soup, and we hope some of you enjoyed taking some home at the end of the day!

We are extremely proud that we have received a Pā-Harakeke Tohu Manawa Ora | Healthy Heart Award from the Heart Foundation for the amazing things we do here to promote healthy food and physical activity. ❤

Our fabulous centre cook, uses our Nourish menus to provide food that is minimally processed, avoiding recipes that are high in added sugar instead using fresh, real and wholesome ingredients.

Check out our Winter Nourish menu in centre now! 🥦🥕🧅

Discover how Montessori methods can nurture your toddler’s growth and development. Dive into our latest blog for a delightful and insightful read. Click here to explore! ✨

https://busybees.org.nz/news-and-updates/supporting-your-toddlers-development-through-a-montessori-lens/

🌺 Lest we forget. Today, we pause to remember and honour the bravery and sacrifice of all those who served and continue to serve our country. 🌺

Lets get MOVE'ing! ⚽🤸

Our tamariki love our physical activity programme MOVE, which provides countless fun opportunities to learn, practice, and master physical skills, whilst developing their resilience, perseverance, patience, coordination, teamwork, and much more!

🌟 Looking for a centre filled with aroha and warmth?
💖 Passionate about working with children?

We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Registered Teacher to join our team at Harewood Road Montessori! If making a positive impact on children's lives fuels your passion, we want to hear from you! 🚀👩‍🏫

For more information or to apply, click the link below:
https://busybeesanz.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/1/job/Harewood-Rd-Montessori-by-Busy-Bees/ECE-Registered-Teacher---Harewood-Road-Montessori-by-Busy-Bees_JR103157

Are you passionate about food and enjoy cooking? Can you whip up delicious, nutritious meals that children will adore?

We are on the lookout for a Centre Cook to join our amazing team for a fixed term period!

Click on the link below to apply now!
https://busybeesanz.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/1/job/Harewood-Rd-Montessori-by-Busy-Bees/Centre-Cook---Harewood-Road-Montessori-by-Busy-Bees_JR102766

Harewood Road Montessori Family friendly environment with a calming atmosphere. With fantastic outdoor spaces. Stimulating le

Welcome to 2024!

A New Year brings the opportunity for wonderful new memories to be created! We wish our families all the very best for the year ahead and look forward to sharing in your little one’s special moments and milestones!

🎄 Meri Kirihimete 🎄
Wishing you a magical day making memories with your whānau 💖🌟

We are on the lookout for a Centre Cook to join our amazing team for a fixed term period! As our cook, you will play a vital role in preparing dishes that not only nourish our tamariki but also provide them with the essential energy they need to thrive, learn, and engage in playful activities! 🍉🥝

This fixed term role is 30 hours per week, Monday – Friday from February 2024 – February 2025. 🐝😊

Sound like you? Click on the link below......

Centre Cook | Harewood Road Montessori by Busy Bees Are you passionate about food and enjoy cooking? Can you whip you delicious, nutritious meals that children will adore? Do you find joy in creating meals that children love? We are on the lookout for a Centre Cook to join our amazing team for a fixed term period! As our cook, you will play a vital r...

Relief teacher opportunity – your flexible career awaits! ✨

We are looking for relief teachers to join our team, if you are someone who has a genuine interest in supporting and caring for tamariki and is looking for flexible hours, this is the perfect for you!

Feel free to reach out for a chat or apply right away.

Unregistered Relief Teacher | Busy Bees Harewood Road Are you looking for a job that can offer flexibility, a change of scenery and a supportive team environment? We are on the lookout for unregistered ECE Teachers to support our centres! We have over 70 centres across the nation, whether you are looking to relieve at just 1 or a handful, have a kōrer...

We have an exciting opportunity for a nurturing Unregistered Teacher or Teacher in Training to join our wonderful team! This is a part time role from 9:00am – 3:00pm, Monday – Friday.

Click on the link below to Apply Now!
https://busybeesanz.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/1/job/Harewood-Rd-Montessori-by-Busy-Bees/ECE-Unregistered-Teacher-Part-Time---Harewood-Road-Montessori-by-Busy-Bees_JR101980

A beautiful evening sky as we close off our first day as Harewood Road Montessori. Thank you to everyone who noticed and complimented the new uniforms. Signage should be up any day! Join us tomorrow to celebrate new beginnings the best way we know how.... by dressing up!!

We are looking for a Registered Teacher to join our amazing team at Tigger’s Montessori for a fixed term period! As a kaiako with us, you will be fostering and developing our tamariki, as well as steering their passion for knowledge on a fulfilling journey

This is a fixed term position from 17th July – 15th December 2023 with opportunities to extend! Don't miss this opportunity to join our whānau!

For more information or to apply, click link below:
https://busybeesanz.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/1/job/Tiggers-Montessori/Registered-Teacher--Fixed-Term----Tigger-s-Montessori_JR100348

Developing our self-help skills.
Now the weather is getting colder we are encouraging the tamariki to put on their own jackets. Julie demonstrated this to the tamariki this morning.

Our little builders have been very busy!