WOW, we are so proud that we recently won the Hawkes Bay Chamber of Commerce Specialist Catergory Online Award. Here is what the judges had to say; “The judges were so impressed with the way Lumsden Kindergarten have incorporated technology...Read more
Wow! On the 1st of August a professional photographer is going to come and take individual photos of each child currently enrolled at Lumsden. She is one of our very own parents, Jodie Robertson, and will be photographing the children between 9:30...Read more
We are currently learning about London which introduces the children to the special place the Olympics will be held this year. We will be following the Olympics. Then holding our own version of the Olympics. We will keep you posted on the build...Read more
At Little Lumsden the children have been participaitng in a lot of active movement, discovering what their bodies can do whilst having so much fun! The children love to play with balls and have been interested in rolling balls down the tunnel onto...Read more
What an extra special treat we had at Lumsden, Amelia’s Mum, Miranda, brought in Amelia’s pet pony Bella and her horse Smokey. She also brought in Olivia, Amelia’s cousin, to help. Amelia LOVES her ponies and is always telling her friends and...Read more
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
We have decided to re-visit our study of Hawkes Bay for the month of February focusing on Art Deco. Olivia Jackson’s Mum, Sally, brought in her Art Deco car last October and she suggested we should study Art Deco in February coinciding with the...Read more
This year, the children chose ‘A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree’ to interpret and perform in front of their parents and whānau at our end of year concert. ‘A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree’ is the New Zealand version of the Twelve Days of Christmas, and...Read more
As part of our up-coming opening we had a morning tea at Little Lumsden to give families and children an opportunity to have a look around our lovely new centre. There were some familiar faces of parents whose older children attend Big Lumsden...Read more
We had two very exciting visitors at Lumsden! Ella brought in her lambs, Peter and Mary. We all loved having a turn at feeding the lambs their milk. Peter and Mary were lots of fun to play with, they even joined in with our rippa rugby practice! We...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.