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Little Lumsden’s Name Board

The children at Little Lumsden have been showing a lot of interest in their name cards and the name board so the teachers have decided to begin using the name board in the same way it is used over at Big Lumsden. Every morning there will be a new...Read more

NZ Book Month

March is NZ book month and as we LOVE books at Lumsden we were very excited to celebrate it. We have been learning about fiction and non-fiction books. We have also been learning that books are written by Authors; the pictures are created by an...Read more

Developing our Literacy with YouTube

At Lumsden we have access to YouTube throughout the session. We use YouTube as a research tool to answer any questions that we may have and to extend our knowledge on the various interests that we share. Some of the things that we have been...Read more

‘Real’ Books.

At Lumsden we have children who are WONDERFUL early readers and writers and many have taken an intrerest in writing stories and books. As an extension of this interest in writing books, Rakelle asked those children if they would like to make a...Read more

Great Literacy and ICT Work!

Ella, Poppy and Suzanna decided our current literacy cards were too old and we needed some new ones.  The three girls used the ‘Kids Camera’ to take photos of things, and people around Lumsden Kindergarten. Once the photos were taken...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!

Bryce and Alena
Parents of Jasmin

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.

Barbara Jenks
Grandmother of Tilly