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
This month we held another Meet and Greet session. This time it was a music session. We held two separate sessions, one for the babies and one for the two year olds. While everyone was arriving everyone was able to mingle and chat. It was really...Read more
The children have been learning about different aspects of dance. This has come about from many children currently having a huge interest in dancing. The teachers had noticed that the children at Little Lumsden were really enjoying moving and...Read more
On the 8th May we held our second Meet and Greet Morning Tea. This was decided due to all the fantastic feedback we had received after the first one. We did things a little bit differently to the first one in that we provided some messy play...Read more
We held the first Meet and Greet morning for our Little Lumsden families and what an amazing turnout we had. It was lovely to see some familiar faces as well as a few new ones also. The weather was perfect and we were all able to enjoy the sun...Read more
We had another AMAZING turnout for our Lumsden Art Deco Picnic 2014. We started our day with a visit from Robbie & Gracie Lewis’ Nanny Sue and Uncle Warrick, who had driven all the way from Wellington in their old car Humphrey. They...Read more
Our end of year pantomime this year was loosely based around the story of ‘Jack and the Bean Stalk.’ The children from both centres learnt this story at mat-time, listening to it and helping out using the magnetic story. We have...Read more
We have been lucky to have had some of the students from Hastings Intermediate visit Big Lumsden. These big kids have just completed a school project on making picture books. The students took time to write and illustrate their own books, then...Read more
Recently we celebrated NZ Book Month at Lumsden and we LOVED it! It has been fantastic to see how enthusiastic – kai-ngakau the children are to learn about and to share books. Many children brought their books in from home to share at mat...Read more
The day of our Lumsden Pantomime, The Three Little Pigs Lumsden Style, had finally arrived. The children and teachers were all really excited this morning as we got ready to put on our pantomime, even the rain couldn’t dampen our spirits. ...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.