Busy Bees Mangakakahi

This week, our tamariki have been busy finding pink shapes on the whiteboard. Through fun, hands-on learning, they're developing their colour recognition, shape identification, and visual scanning skills while building confidence every step of the way. We can't wait to see what colour and shapes we find next week.

Welcome to the Busy Bees Mangakakahi CommonWealth Games!!! In the pepe unit tamariki have been having ago at some of the events that are heald at the CommonWealth games this year in Glasgow Scotland. These events were weight lifts (lifting wooden blocks), long jump (jumping & run), shootput (bean bag throwing) and our favourite rythmic gymnastics (dancing with ribbions). Tamariki even came up to the podium to recevie their medal.

In support of our athletes representing Aotearoa on the world stage, we held our very own little Commonwealth games over the past week! We adjusted the games we played to make them accessible to all akonga regardless of age, race, gender or abilities.
Just look at our wonderful little athletes taking part in a round robin of games!🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🕺💃🤸‍♂️
Posted below are children taking part in our
- sack racing
- shot put target practice
- long jump
- weightlifting
- and rhythmic dancing!
At the end, our winners were rewarded with their respective medals with beams all around. Well done tamarki ma! Kia Hihiri tonu!

The tamariki in the over twos have been enjoying the opportunity to explore carpentry through open-ended, hands-on play! 🔨

With real tools, natural materials, and plenty of curiosity, they worked at their own pace to hammer, build, create, and problem-solve.

It has been wonderful to watch their ideas come to life as they designed, experimented, and proudly shared their creations.

Our tamariki have been busy painters this week; exploring bright and cheerful colours through a fun marble painting activity. By rolling marbles dipped in yellow paint across the paper, they created beautiful patterns while developing their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity 💛🌞

Its very exciting having builders in the pepe, building the new deck and play space. Tamariki have been watching with great anticipation seeing the builders using the tools, hearing all the differet noises coming for out.

Watch this space whanau, great things are happening....

Big milestones begin with little moments.

Busy Bees Mangakakahi has limited spaces available in our Under 2s room, where our nurturing kaiako create a safe, loving environment for every pēpi to learn, play, and grow.

Book a visit today and discover what makes our centre so special.

From stars and night skies to meaningful art inspired by this special time of reflection, remembrance, and new beginnings, our babies have loved exploring with their hands and senses. We are so proud of their creativity and the joy they've shown throughout our Matariki celebrations.

A big thank you to Annette from St John for coming to visit us! The children had a wonderful time listening to a special story, hearing their friends' heartbeats through the stethoscope, and trying on the St John uniform. It was a fun and engaging experience, and we really appreciated Annette taking the time to share it with us. Thank you for such a memorable visit!