This week at Central Kids Ōpōtiki Kindergarten, we held our Annual Matariki celebrations.

This year we celebrated Matariki by having a delicious pumpkin and ham hock soup on a lovely sunny winters day.  The tamariki helped prepare the soup by peeling and chopping the vegetables alongside the kaiako.

Enjoying a lovely kai together as a whānau helps our tamariki to develop a sense of whakawhanaungatanga and kotahitanga.

Nau te rourou, naku te rourou – ka ora ai te iwi