Fundamentals Preschool Marshland

Sometimes all it takes is a piece of ice to change how you see the world ❄️🩵

Cook Island Language week comes to an end at FUNdies and we couldn’t think of a better word to celebrate the final day. Meitaki (thank you) for following us along on this journey.

“Kia tupu ua te reo i roto i tō tātou ngākau”
May the language continue to grow in our hearts 🌺

Pronounciation: ah-ROH-ah

We’ve loved discovering the similarities between Te Reo Māori and Cook Islands Māori this week. Two peoples connected ❤️

Pronounciation: ah-eh (sounding like eye)

Kaiako are challenging themselves during Cook Island Language Week so listen out for Aere rā when we say goodbye!

Pronounciation: eye-reh rah

Tamariki enjoyed learning our Cook Island Language word of the day today - Meitaki meaning Thank you. We even squeezed it into our karakia kai ❤️

Pronounciation: May-tah-key

Just in time for the warm weather, our playground upgrade is complete and tamariki couldn’t be more excited! ❤️

Kia orana, e te whānau! 🌺🌊

This week we can’t wait to explore the beautiful culture, art and language of the Cook Islands with tamariki. Each day this week we will be exploring a new word together and will share it on our social media so whanau can learn alongside their tamariki at home.

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“Me kite koe i te tuatua i to’ou reo tupuna, e turanga rangatira tena nō’ou no te uki amuri atu”

“With our language as our foundation, we will embrace the future”

Collaborative art in motion 🎨 💨

Having Simon from Monster Music come to visit is always a highlight of our school holiday programme 🎶 👹

Tamariki loved showing off the rhythm and mātauranga (knowledge) they recalled from Simon’s last visit. What really stole the show was learning the pulse to our new favourite song Zombie by the Cranberries and having a turn with the traditional West African djembe drum! 🥁

Mānawatia a Matariki ⭐

Thank you to everyone who was a part of our FUNdies Matariki Stargazers Disco 🪩 🪐

This was the perfect opportunity to connect as a community and celebrate the end of our Pakirehua into Space. What an amazing time it was kanikani (dancing), decorating star cookies and getting to explore real telescopes!

We hope you all have an amazing Matariki weekend ✨