Bethlehem College Kindergarten

04/12/2025

Recently, we were very blessed to have special visitors from the BC Secondary School Art Department who came to complete their service component with us by teaching a creative arts process of relief print making.

Using the primary colours of red, yellow and blue, we discovered how secondary colours like orange, purple and green are made.

Using Christmas-themed shapes and ink rollers, tamariki created bright, colourful prints.

By listening to instructions, observing the older ākonga and trying a new creative process, children stayed focused, engaged and confident. The secondary students supported the tamariki beautifully, creating a warm example of tuakana–teina in action.

A big thank you to Mr Morgan and the students for sharing their skills with us.

13/02/2025

It is so lovely to see how the seeds of Omokoroa Christian Preschool are starting to flourish. If you have friends or family in Omokoroa, they can follow the centre through their page:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1FcqL99tYh/

Ōmokoroa Christian Preschool

At Bethlehem Early Learning Centres we have a big heart for children, families and our local communities. We believe relationship is the heart of learning and that when children feel loved, learning naturally follows.

29/01/2025

🏮Just a reminder about the Asian Food Festival happening tonight at the Historic Village.🏮

https://www.historicvillage.co.nz/whats-on/event-details/tctl/24325_eventdetails/event/ab40840b-8f19-403b-92aa-ceb4bd56a521

29/01/2025

🏮Happy Lunar New Year to our BC Whanau.🏮

Today was a festive celebration filled with some delicious dumplings🥟, traditional songs🎵 as well as some our Chinese Families sharing all about why this is a special time of the year them. It is wonderful to be able to extend our understanding and appreciation of the diverse cultures within our community.

"Xīnnián hǎo" (新年好)

20/12/2024

🎄What a busy time it has been at BCK! 🎄

🌟This Festive Season, our tamariki created their own beautiful Christmas decorations to cherish forever. 🌟
Thanks to Lynda from the 🏺Bethlehem Pottery Club🏺who so kindly fired them in a kiln for us.
Please go and check out their wonderful pottery studio just on Bethlehem Rd.

https://www.bethlehempottery.com/

16/11/2023

Magic of Christmas season❤️
Peace, joy and love at Kindy.
Children help each other on swing, monkey bar, climbing tree 🤣
Families help teachers making Christmas recipe
Sing up praises to Lord for such a special place where the seed of Christ - centered education planted from such a young age!

24/10/2023

Dear BCK whānau,
Please contribute to our Christmas recipe book for 2023. Today we had Chinese families making Christmas steamed buns with tamariki. Three colors of dough brought so much toi (creativity) and whakawhetai (joy).
Some of them made their special person for Christmas season, some made nativity( baby Jesus, the tomb…), some made animals(God’s creations).
Above all, we celebrating this season with joy as baby Jesus, the king of kings arrived this earth for us❤️

Really appreciate the Aroha atu, aroha mai (love received, love given) by our whānau and community.
If you want to contribute to the recipe book, please contact a kaiako(teacher) with a recipe and list of ingredients.
Aroha nui,
BCK team

14/10/2023

Term4 2024, warmer weather, calmer atmosphere
We started to talk about Christmas, a season of choosing faith over fear, shalom over anxiety

“Na kia penei ta koutou inoi: E to matou Matua i te rangi, Kia tapu tou ingoa. Kia tae mai tou rangatiratanga. Kia meatia tau e pai ai ki runga ki te whenua, kia rite ano ki to te rangi. Homai ki a matou aianei he taro ma matou mo tenei ra. Murua o matou hara, me matou hoki e muru nei i o te hunga e hara ana ki a matou. Aua hoki matou e kawea kia whakawaia; engari whakaorangia matou i te kino. Nou hoki te rangatiratanga, te kaha, me te kororia, ake, ake. Amine.”
‭‭Matiu‬ ‭6‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭MRI1952‬‬

02/10/2023

Team work makes the dream work! We worked together scrubbing all chairs in the morning. So we had a picnic underneath the cherry tree as a reward. What a blessing to have Bethlehem Collge families at the campus letting us visit their property! ❤️ LOVE our community

“For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭NIV