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Weekly Newsletter
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Formerly Wellington and Rimutaka Kindergarten Assn
103 13 October 2016
Issue
Kōrero
I n t h i s i s su e :
T R C C - Tā t a i a ko
Re g i o n a l S ta f f Me e t i n g s
OM EP Mo n th l y Me e t i n g s
Ka p i t i Su s ta i n a b i l i t y Ne t wo rk
En v i ro sch o o l s
Wh a n a u Co n t r i b u t i o n s
I n i t i a t i o n o f Ba rg a in i ng
En d o f Ye a r Ce l e b ra t i on s
Hello - Kia Ora - Talofa lava - Kia Orana - Fakaalofa lahi atu - Malo e lelei - Malo ni - Talofa - Ni Sa Bula Vinaka - Ming la ba - Hola - la Orana - Halo ola keta -
Mauri - Sabaidee - Namaste
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MEETING DATES
MAORI WORD OF THE WEEK
Whiua te pōro Throw the ball!
Tuesday, 11 Whiringa-ā-nuku 3.00 pm Head Teacher Meeting Tawa Central Kindergarten
Wednesday, 12 Whiringa-ā-nuku
3.00 pm Head Teacher Meeting Copthorne, Masterton
Thursday, 13 Whiringa-ā-nuku 3.00 pm Head Teacher Meeting Cossie Club, Upper Hutt
Tuesday, 18 Whiringa-ā-nuku 3.00 pm Head Teacher Meeting Churton Park Kindergarten
Thursday, 20 Whiringa-ā-nuku 3.00 pm Head Teacher Meeting Ngahina Kindergarten
Friday, 21 Whiringa-ā-nuku 3.00 pm Head Teacher Meeting Miramar Central Kindergarten
Tuesday, 25 Whiringa-ā-nuku 3.15 - 5.00 Sustainability Cluster Trentham Kindergarten
Monday, 7 Whiringa-ā-rangi 6.30 - 8.00 Staff Meeting Nuanua Kindergarten
Tuesday, 8 Whiringa-ā-rangi 3.30 - 5.00 Staff Meeting Zealandia, 53 Waiapu Rd, Karori
Wednesday, 9 Whiringa-ā-rangi
3.30 - 5.00 Staff Meeting ASB Arena, Kilbirnie
Thursday, 10 Whiringa-ā-rangi 3.30 - 5.00 Staff Meeting Cossie Club, Upper Hutt
Tuesday, 15 Whiringa-ā-rangi 3.30 - 5.00 Staff Meeting Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua
Wednesday, 16 Whiringa-ā-rangi
3.30 - 5.00 Staff Meeting Southwards Car Museum, Kapiti
Thursday, 17 Whiringa-ā-rangi 3.30 - 5.00 Staff Meeting Carterton Event Centre
Monday, 24 Whiringa-ā-rangi 9.30 - 3.00 All new Head Teachers WMK Offices
TRCC - TĀTAIAKO REGIONAL STAFF MEETINGS
All Day and Pasifika Kindergartens Apologies for the confusion over the time of your
meeting. To confirm, the meeting time is 6.30 to 8.00pm
with dinner at 6.00pm for those who can make it and is
being held at Nuanua Kindergarten.
In the term break Senior Teachers attended a course on Tātaiako and will be using information gained at this course to inform our Te Ao Māori Strategy. We were very proud that one of our kindergartens,
Paparangi, played a key role in delivering this course by
presenting workshops around what they are currently
doing.
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OMEP - OCTOBER MONTHLY MEETING KAPITI SUSTAINABILITY NETWORK
Wednesday 26th October (Week 3 of Term 4), 3.30 pm - 5 ish at Waikanae Kindergarten. Hannah Zwartz ( KCDC Green Gardner) and Pete Mackie a local Bee Keeper will join us to share their expertise to enable us to contribute to enhancing local bee habitats. These hui are being facilitated with the intention of inspiring and supporting a network of ECE interested in sustainability. They are open to any and all ECE in Kāpiti. If you are an established Enviroschool you are encouraged to attend as well, and contribute the value of being an Enviroschool in this forum. Over time, we also hope to develop the capacity to allow more ECE to join the Enviroschools Programme. Please RSVP to indicate your attendance: Amanda Dobson - [email protected]
OMEP is bringing Professor Claire McLachlan to Wellington to talk about a research project she has been involved in around children’s physical movement. Physical activity in ECE – are we doing enough? It is a ‘hot topic’ as you can appreciate. You are very welcome to attend these sessions. I have a distribution list that is paid-up members and a list that I call ‘friends of OMEP’ who want to know what the monthly PLD topics are so they can attend the ones they want. I would be happy to put your centre on the list if you would like. Date: Monday, 17 October Time: 6.00 - 7.30 pm Venue: Te Rito Maioha - Early Childhood NZ 191A Thorndon Quay, Wellington Cost: $5.00 for members, $10.00 for non members. Ngā mihi Deborah
Secretary Wellington OMEP chapter [email protected]
Your families may be starting to ask about Term 4 requests for Whānau Contributions. These will be emailed out next week and hard copies will be posted to kindergartens also next week. Please remember to have all your info in Infocare up to date by Friday. Thank you.
ENVIROSCHOOLS
Below is information about Enviroschools and a date for you to attend a meeting if you are interested, thinking about or just what to explore becoming an Enviroschool kindergarten.
WHĀNAU CONTRIBUTION LETTERS
Applications invited to join the Enviroschools programme We are pleased to announce that Enviroschools Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui is now able to offer a new group of Wellington City ECE the opportunity to join the Enviroschools programme. The Enviroschools programme has been running for more than 10 years and now supports more than 1000 schools and early childhood centres nationally. The Enviroschoools programme offers a framework for schools and early childhood centres to develop their own self-paced journey to become a sustainable community and support our tamariki to become the sustainability leaders of the future. It is supported through resources, PD, facilitation and connection with a network of other centres and schools. To find out more about what being an Enviroschool involves and the application process please join us at Khandallah Kindergarten, 24 Everest st, Khandallah https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/Wellington+Region+Free+Kindergarten+Association/@-41.2481616,174.7913862,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6d38ae0b44ef4555:0x25455b8f06788636!8m2!3d-41.2481657!4d174.7935749 on Tuesday 18th of October, 3.15 til 4.30 pm . If your centre is able to send a representative to the meeting, please RSVP to Amanda Dobson.
INITIATION OF BARGAINING FOR THE KTCA
We have been officially advised that NZEI Te Riu Roa have initiated bargaining for the Kindergarten Teachers, Head Teachers and Senior Teachers’ Collective Agreement. Please see the letter attached.
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Thanks to everyone who responded to the survey about end-of-year celebrations. The survey results revealed an even split between support for money to go to individual teams and having one big end of year celebration. There was limited support for celebrations in re-gions. So we have determined the following:
That this year we will provide funds to each team to contribute towards their own celebrations, and that next year, we will have an Association end of year celebration.
We have already penciled in a couple of venues for next year and we’ll confirm the final venue in Term One. We can confirm the date at this stage though, so put the following date in your diaries now:
Friday, 8 December 2017 So this year, we will provide each team with money to contribute towards an end of year event/occasion that they want to engage in – it may be that you all go out for lunch, or have a shared meal, or go to the movies together, whatever. We’ll provide $100 to each team with 10 staff or less, and $200 to each team with 11 staff or more. By staff, we mean support staff, Kindergarten - based students, and itinerant relievers. We acknowledge it is not a highly sophisticated way of doing things, but the intention is that this money contributes to something that you can do together as a team.
We’ll look at organizing more smaller social occasions throughout 2017. We’ve received a number of ideas and suggestions, and so they’ll all be fed into our planning.
END OF YEAR CELEBRATIONS
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DONATION
Please contact Tai Tamariki Kindergarten 04 802 4041 or email [email protected] if interested in this table. A donation would be appreciated.
This school holiday Wairarapa Forest School opened a closed fb group https://www.facebook.com/groups/132540263853029/ The Wairarapa Forest School venue is open for kindergarten groups and whanau to come and visit.
WAIRARAPA FOREST SCHOOL
We are collecting goods for a give a way day for needy families in Porirua on the 19th November. We would love donations of any household goods, children’s clothing etc. Please email Aiga at [email protected] with details of any donations you or your kindy families may have. Thank you.
COLLECTION FOR GIVEAWAY DAY
