We have been busy little bees at Lumsden Kindergarten learning all about Spring. During our mat times we were learning about the new life and growth that spring brings in our gardens, orchards and on the farms. It was so great having the children...Read more
Wow it was exciting arriving at Lumsden this morning! We all spied the huge trailer load of dirt on the lawn. We all knew that this dirt was to fill up the new vegetable gardens. We were so disappointed when it started to rain and rain as it...Read more
We had the very hard and rewarding job of building our first raised garden. Christine had been to Mega Mitre 10 to buy the wood that we needed so now it was up to us to create the best raised gained we could. The first job we had to do was to...Read more
The gardening company Tui are holding a gardening competition to look for the best vegetable garden on school/early childhood centre grounds. This competition is designed to inspire and assist all levels of schooling to start growing vegetables...Read more
After carefully looking after our garden it is now starting to produce some fruit. We have really enjoyed hunting through the plants to find ripe red Strawberries and big peas. The Snow Peas were very popular and were eaten as soon as they were...Read more
Spring has finally arrived and it is now time to do all our Spring planting. We have decided to plant some more vegetables and some herbs. Christine has been to the plant shop and bought some sweet corn, carrots, pod peas, and yellow cherry tomato...Read more
As an extension of our garden Linda and a group of children have been making a cloche for our Snow Peas. First they researched what materials were needed and how to make a cloche. They used the tape measure to work out the width, length and height...Read more
We have noticed that there is a big muddy patch in the middle of our lawn. We discussed this problem with Linda, who suggested that we could sow some more grass seed. We all thought this was a fantastic idea and we soon set to work preparing the...Read more
Christine has been to the Farmers Market and brought us a bucket of ‘Grow Your Own Mushrooms.’ Christine told us that we have to keep them in a warm, dark place to grow and that we need to make sure we keep the soil nice and moist. Mushrooms...Read more
It is time to tidy up our Lumsden strawberry patch growing in our Kindergarten garden. Jill had told us before she left for Thailand that in June we would need to break off the ‘runners’ growing from the strawberry plants and re-plant them...Read more
We are super appreciative of all the work the whole team at Lumsden have done for Jasmin and have nothing but nice things to say about each and every one of you. We would highly recommend Lumsden to anyone who'll listen!
I am particularly impressed with the wonderful teaching and learning that occurs in the art room and also the teaching of different languages to the children. ... I have nothing but praise for this kindergarten.