Wellington South Kindergarten

Math learning is alive and thriving at Wellington South Kindergarten ⚖️🧮 From creating repeating patterns to sorting colours and exploring numbers, tamariki are engaging in rich, meaningful play that strengthens their curiosity and problem-solving.

These experiences support their growing ability to communicate ideas, as they notice, compare, organise, and explain their thinking in their own ways.

These photos capture just a glimpse of the creativity, focus, and joy our tamariki bring to mathematical thinking everyday 💭✨

Today we had a visit from kaiako Charmaine and Janie from St Marks school where tamariki enjoyed a group activity focusing on literacy and numeracy. The teachers talked about what being 'school' ready looks like, and the importance of children being able to recognise their name and manage their belongings, and this is something that we are focused on here at Kindergarten.

Eid Mubarak to all our whānau who celebrated in our kindy community. 🌙✨ Wishing you and your families a joyful week filled with love, connection, and special moments together. We love celebrating the many cultures that make our kindy such a beautiful place to belong. 💛

At kindy over the past few months we have had a beautiful time celebrating Lunar New Year together.
We discovered the story behind the Lunar New Year, and acknowledged 2026 is year of the Fire Horse.
We have enjoyed some traditional Luna New Year food - dumplings & noodles! This was a fun and tasty way to revisit our learning that we eat “long noodles for a long life” when we welcome the new year.
A highlight has been exploring Lion dancing, and seeing a Lion head up close, as we brought the celebration to life with our own Lion dancing to Lunar New Year music.

It was such a joyful way to learn about culture, traditions, and the meaning behind this special celebration. Happy Lunar New Year! 新年快樂 (Sun Nin Faai Lok) 🧧🦁✨

P.S - check out the Wellington Lantern Festival at The Botanic Gardens this weekend, it’s a beautiful free event wonderful for families 🏮

We had such a great day at the Newtown Festival today!

It was lovely seeing past and present kindy whānau and connecting with our community.

We were proud to share our E Tū Kaha campaign, advocating for high quality early childhood education for all tamariki.

Many families don’t realise that kindergartens are an affordable and accessible early childhood option with 100% qualified teachers.

If you love kindy as much as we do, help us spread the word with your friends and whānau! 💛

Teacher-only days are an important part of how we keep growing as kaiako and continue providing the very best for all tamariki. Yesterday we spent time deepening our understanding of oral language and literacy through the Kōwhiti Whakapae framework, reflecting together as a team and alongside our wider Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens kaiako, to strengthen the practices that support tamariki every day in our kindergartens 🌱🌸

He Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens continue to grow 🌱
Nau mai haere mai Taranaki Kindergartens to our whānau 🩵

💚 Today we proudly welcomed 24 Taranaki kindergartens into our whānau. This special day marks the formal coming together of Kindergarten Taranaki and Whānau Manaaki.

~ We are honored to have Taranaki kaiako, kaimahi, tamariki and whānau join us. Each kindergarten brings its own history, community connections and local identity - and that richness strengthens us all.

👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏽 Together, we share a commitment to high-quality, accessible early learning that puts tamariki and whānau at the heart of everything we do.

👉 You can find out more about our Taranaki kindergartens on the Whānau Manaaki website! https://wmkindergartens.org.nz/find-a-kindergarten

Last week our amazing teacher aide Nadia cooked the kaiako a traditional Moroccan tagine. It was delicious! Shukran Nadia! We are so lucky to have you as part of our kindergarten whānau. x

🚨𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 - measles cases are on the rise in the Wellington region. In response, we are running 𝟐 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩-𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐡ā𝐧𝐚𝐮 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 with Piri'anga Alofa Pacific and Community Services and Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora

📍 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝟑.𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦 - 𝟓.𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.

📍 𝐍𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝟖.𝟒𝟓𝐚𝐦 - 𝟑.𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝? 𝐍𝐨𝐰’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤!

~ Visit info.health.nz/immunisations/immunisation-clinics forlocal drop-in clinics near you.

~ Visit healthpoint.co.nz for MMR providers around the country, including pharmacies.

~ Book a vaccine online at: info.health.nz/bookavaccine