Lollipops Waiwhetu

This morning gifted us with blue skies, crisp winter air, and a playground ready for a day of laughter, learning, and adventure. ❄️☀️ There’s nothing quite like a beautiful winter’s day at Lollipops Waiwhetu! 💙

Watching confidence grow, one letter at a time. ✏️💜

Providing meaningful opportunities for our tamariki to explore writing helps build confidence, concentration, fine motor skills, and a love for literacy. Every attempt is worth celebrating!

Concentration levels: 100%! ✏️🤭

Our Transition to School tamariki have been busy creating their own stories, using their imaginations to bring ideas to life. Through dedicated opportunities for story writing and storytelling, they’re building early literacy skills, confidence, creativity, and communication—all while having fun.

Every story is another step towards a confident and successful transition to school. 💛📚

🚑 A Visit from St John Ambulance 🚑

Today we were lucky to welcome the amazing team from St John Ambulance to Lollipops Waiwhetu! 💚

Our tamariki had the opportunity to learn all about ambulances, what they look like inside, and what might happen if they ever needed to ride in one. The St John team helped take away some of the fear by explaining that ambulances are safe places filled with kind people whose job is to help us when we’re sick or hurt.

There were lots of curious questions, thoughtful conversations, and eager hands raised as our tamariki learned about the important role our emergency services play in keeping our community safe.

A huge thank you to the St John team for taking the time to share your knowledge and help our tamariki feel confident and reassured. 💚🚑

✨🌟 Mānawatia a Matariki! 🌟✨

From all of us here at Lollipops Waiwhetū, we would like to wish all of our wonderful whānau and community a very Happy Matariki.

May this special time be filled with reflection, connection, remembrance, and hope for the year ahead. We hope you enjoy the extra time with your loved ones, make special memories together, and take the opportunity to rest and recharge over the long weekend.

Thank you for being such an important part of our Lollipops Waiwhetū whānau. We can’t wait to see everyone back after the break!

✨ Mānawatia a Matariki! Have a safe and happy long weekend. 💙

🏉🖤 Game day spirit is in the air! 🖤🏉

Sam and some of our tamariki are proudly backing the All Blacks ahead of this weekend’s big game! 🙌 From jerseys to big smiles, we’re getting into the rugby spirit and showing our support.

Good luck to the boys in black—we’ll be cheering you on all the way! 🏉⚫️

📚✨ One story, so many learning moments! ✨📚

There’s something truly special about sharing a book together. 💙 Through stories, our tamariki build language, spark their imagination, strengthen relationships, and develop a lifelong love of reading.

At Lollipops Waiwhetū, we know that some of the biggest learning happens in the quietest moments. 📖💕

💙