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We are making the most of raumati/summer here at Busy C’s. To cool down we made our own water slide. The excitement was very real with the water slide! Many different moves to increase speed and create big splashes were made. Lately, a favourite imaginary play game that also involves the fun of water has been a bike washing station. We have seen plenty of teamwork with this as someone is often delegated to drying while one washes the wheels and the other cleans the frames. When the bikes are clean there are many toys found around the playground that get washed too. The place is looking sparkling to start the New Year off!

In the New Year we have noticed that tamariki have been observing and pointing to the abundance of huaräkau/ fruit and huawhenua / vegetables growing in our m ä ra/garden. Lately we have had wh ä nau and kaiako share many of their veggies and fruit that they have spare. In the under 2’s the other day some zucchini slice was made. We are seeing that by encouraging the use of veggies from the “garden to the table” more connections are being made about why it is important to look after our garden for it to grow plenty of kai. The other day an older tamaiti was showing a younger tamaiti the röpere / strawberries and they said “they are not ready until they turn red, so don’t pick them yet”. From conversations like this we can see that tamariki respect T ä ne Mahuta and want to protect our whenua/ land by sharing their knowledge with others. We are looking forward to using our huar ä kau and huawhenua to make many different yummy creations.

Nga mihi o te Tau Hou / Happy New Year!

The Busy C’s Team