Tamatea Kindergarten

07/05/2026

Today we celebrated all the wonderful woman who love, teach, encourage and raise all our beautiful Tamariki.

We hope you all enjoyed the coffee and baking at Tamatea Kindergarten on this beautiful Friday morning

12/03/2026

Happy and sad news…
Unfortunately for Tamatea Kindergarten Kristi will be finishing up. She is not going far and will still be teaching within our association. Kristi has taken up another teaching role where she has the opportunity to grow her skills further. While we are devastated for the children, whanau and the teaching team we are so happy for her and her new kindergarten who are gaining such a knowledgeable, dedicated, fun and loving teacher. Kristi’s last day at Tamatea will be Friday the 27th of March.

A personal note from Kristi…
It is with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to all the amazing tamariki, whānau, and kaiako of Tamatea Kindergarten. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, and it has been an absolute pleasure and privilege to be part of the teaching team, supporting the learning and growth of your precious taonga.

As my teaching and learning journey now takes me to Greenmeadows Kindergarten, where I will continue to grow and further develop my leadership skills, I wish you all the very best for the future.

Thank you for the many special moments, the laughter, and the connections we have shared. Tamatea Kindergarten will always hold a special place in my heart.

Aroha nui,
Kristi

20/02/2026

Step back in time with us- Here's a sneak peak at our Art Deco celebrations for 2026 at Tamatea Kindergarten! We brought the glitz and glamour by dressing in style, invited in our whānau for a shared morning tea of pikelets, scones, jam and cream, and revived some games of yester year. A huge ngā mihi to all our whanau who were able to join us, and to the Paterson whānau for so generously sharing their homemade pikelets with us for morning tea. Your kindness and thoughtfulness made our day extra special.

18/02/2026

Art Deco Celebrations are this Friday! Come along for hopscotch, sack races and egg and spoon races - a step back in time.

Thank you to those that have RSVP. There will also be scones, jam and cream for morning tea. Please let us know if you and your family are coming, on a list by the sign in sheets.

12/02/2026

03/02/2026

One of our amazing local photographers... We support local at Tamatea Kindergarten

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered 🤍
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02/02/2026

This afternoon we were so lucky to have a spontaneous visit from the lovely Susan from St Johns. She arrived in her special uniform and armed with a wealth of knowledge and equipment to share with us. All the Tamariki were invited to the mat, where Susan introduced herself, and the most important role that she serves out in the community. She showed us pictures of her Ambulance and then asked for a group of helpers to come up the front, where she dressed them in her hat, her vest, and her stethoscope. She explained the purpose of each item and then showed us how to use a bandage and a pad to stop a bleed. Next, we were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to practice using a bandage on ourselves and our friends. Susan had such a wonderful way of sharing her knowledge, and referred to her bandage as Gary the snail, and her pad as Sponge Bob. Next, she invited teacher Jenny up the front to be a patient and talked through the process of what to do if we find someone unresponsive on the floor. 3 of our Tamariki then helped Susan act out what we had just learnt and put Jenny safely into the side stable position. Lastly, Susan read us a story that supported what we had just learnt. Thank you so much Susan, we all had so much fun, while we added to our kite of knowledge.

10/12/2025

Another amazing prize for the raffle… This was donated by Brooke Wielinga from Ascend Accounting. A swimming lesson voucher to the value of $75 for Splash Swim School. Tickets will be sold until 2.45pm Friday the 12th December.

08/12/2025

Last week to get your tickets for our amazing Christmas raffle. We still have some fantastic prizing coming in.

*A hand-crafted wooden chopping board from – Andy Sinclair, Handy Andy-Hawkes Bay
*Eye Trio voucher from Bobbies Beauty & Tans
*$100 voucher from Sage Skin co
*Puretec inline under bench water filter valued at $241.00 from Devine Plumbing

Such great prizes and such a great cause. Stage 2 of the lower kindergarten redevelopment to enhance the bike track.

02/12/2025

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU….
Our Christmas raffle is looking amazing. Prizes include….
4x Spray tans from ‘Beauty In The Bay’
Skittle Garden Game from ‘Bryan and Brenda Fulton, Harcourts Hawkes Bay’
Christmas mini photo shoot with ‘Flora Photography’
2x Seven day passes to ‘BFT Napier’.
$100 towards Brow Tattooing from ‘S.M Brows and Aesthetics’
$50 Voucher from ‘Bev Ridges on York’
3X one month Passes to ‘Snap Fitness 24/7 Napier’.
Beautiful hamper from ‘Tamatea Pharmacy’
And of course, all the amazing items our Whanau have donated.
Please support these businesses that are supporting your children. Share this post as we still have a few weeks to sell tickets for these amazing prizes.