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
We have been so lucky at Lumsden because Maggie very kindly bought 2 scooter boards for each centre. Scooter boards are small, flat boards with four wheels on them. The only limit on how we can use them is our imagination!! Come and have a look...Read more
We had a very exciting and fun visit from Char. Char works for Sports Hawkes Bay and is the Early Years Active Movement coordinator. She tries to come to Lumsden once a term to play some fun games with us and to teach us new songs. Char does a...Read more
Coach Stu has begun to come to Lumsden once a week to take a 45 miute movement programme. The chlidren who attend Lumsden are rotated through, so that everyone gets a turn. Coach Stu takes 10 children at a time. Playball is a fantastic...Read more
Charlotte and Matthew were very excited when they noticed that our purple pots on the back deck had plants growing in them. They came and said to Christine“Hey look we found something ‘growed’.” While we were looking at the pots some other...Read more
The children at Lumsden have been enjoying a new way of playing with our rope ladder. The idea came from Jack Aitchison and Jonty. Jack and Jonty had pulled the wedge over to the rope ladder and had climbed up on top of it so that they could...Read more
Teachers have noticed there is a huge interest from the children about kicking balls, and in particular soccer. A lot of the children are playing either soccer or ripper rugby this year which is FANTASTIC. What a great way to meet new friends...Read more
Skateboarding has been a really big interest at Lumsden over the last few months. It has come from Beau, Callum and Oliver’s interest in this area and the fascination in this sport has just continued to grow. To support this interest we designed...Read more
Due to a HUGE interest in rockets and flying machines we have had the mobilo outside. We have been making all sorts of things with the mobilo. Some of us have made rockets, transformers, and racing cars just to name a few. Christine set up some...Read more
Christine found some balloons today and while we were outside we decided to find out what would happen if we filled them up with water from the hose. We all had different ideas about what would happen. Some of us thought that they would...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.