Roslyn Kindergarten Dunedin

Our Autumn Rainbows 🍂🍁

Due to ice, snow and treacherous road conditions we have a 10am start today (10th August).

Our tamariki loved visiting the Teddy Bears Hospital. Book in or go along to the Teddy Bears Hospital on Saturday the 5th of August or Saturday the 16th of September.

Kia ora Whᾱnau
Term two starts tomorrow - Monday 24 April and we would like to welcome everyone back to a fun filled term. We close on Tuesday for Anzac Day.
Nga mihi
Roslyn Kindergarten Teaching Team

Kia ora Whanau
We would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter and term break. We have had a fantastic term with your amazing tamariki and look forward to seeing you all back on the 24 April.
Take care everyone
Nga mihi
The Roslyn teaching team

Along with many other kindergarten associations, Dunedin Kindergartens will close all kindergartens in response to NZEI’s intention of strike action on Thursday 16th March. We recognise and respect the process of employment negotiation and regret the inconvenience this might cause for families. We’ll welcome children back to kindergarten on Friday 17th March.

Looking forward to seeing all our tamariki and whānau tomorrow. One sleep to go ❤️

Welcome to 2023! All of our Kindergartens are open from Monday 23 January. We look forward to seeing you there.
If you are looking for a kindergarten, some of our sites have spaces available now, contact us today!

We have had an awesome Crazy Hair Day - Bring along a donation for the food bank. Thank you so much to all our whānau for your donations.

Snow Fun at Roslyn today. Creating snow people adding colours, twigs, sticks, parsley, wood chips and other treasures throughout the day. Experimenting with snow, hail, ice, water and sand seeing how the colour is absorbed. We have left all our experiments outside to see what happens overnight.

Special times at Roslyn Kindergarten shared by Rainbow Rosalind❤️ That birthday chair is still the special 5 year old chair ❤️ How special for the tamariki at Roslyn to see and hear Rainbow Rosalind and her Dad perform ❤️ A special moment captured ❤️

Special Memories shared by Rainbow Rosalind ❤️

All kindergartens have a late start today with a 10am start. Apologies for the late notice.

Kia ora
Please keep up-to date by checking Storypark
Have a great day
Roslyn Kindergarten Teaching Team

Since our Annual General Meeting looks a bit different this year so does our Annual Report. You can now view the Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2021 by visiting the homepage on our website www.dunedinkindergartens.org.nz or asking your kindergarten to share it with you.

The latest update from Unite against COVID-19

NZ moves to ‘Red’ setting at midnight tonight.
ALL kindergartens will remain open, however if you can supervise your child at home you are encouraged to do so.
Masks are now compulsory for all parents/caregivers when dropping off/picking up.
Thanks for supporting these practices to keep your children and our kaiako safe.

November is Diabetes awareness month. Today we had a blue day to raise awareness about Diabetes. It is close to our heart at Roslyn as we have had and continue to have children with Diabetes attend Kindergarten. Scarlett was diagnosed earlier this year and this is her journey with Diabetes.

This is Scarlett. She was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on the 14th of January 2021. Type 1 diabetes happens by chance and no one knows what causes it, but we do know that once you have type 1 diabetes, you will have it forever.

Diabetes happens when the pancreas makes little, or no insulin for the body. When the body doesn’t make enough insulin, sugar from food and drink stays in the blood. The sugar can only be removed by replacing the insulin that the pancreas doesn’t make, by injection. Sometimes the sugars in the blood can also go low. This needs urgent attention, as it can be fatal. When this happens, we give Scarlett fast acting sugar, such as juice or a lolly.

Scarlett needs insulin either by injection, or from a pump, multiple times a day to stay alive. Currently, Scarlett is on an insulin pump that delivers her the correct amount of insulin she needs to keep in a safe range. She needs insulin 10 to 15 minutes before she eats anything. Everytime she eats. We have to calculate the amount of carbohydrates she will be eating, and enter the information into her pump so the insulin can start working in her body before she eats.

There is a lot of amazing technology available for diabetes, and Scarlett is very lucky to have a Dexcom continuous glucose monitor. This is a wee device that stays on her arm for 10 days at a time, and sends continuous glucose readings to her device. This technology enables us to monitor Scarlett when she is at Kindy, to make sure she is ok. We can also see if her sugars are going up or down, how fast they are changing, and it alerts us when to take action. This is especially helpful during the night, as we were having to wake Scarlett up every 2 or 3 hours to finger prick her and test her blood. Sadly, this technology is not funded by the government.

Scarlett has been a superstar this year with all the challenges that come with having type 1 diabetes. There has been so much to learn about diabetes, things we never understood before. Our goal is to now educate as many people as we can about type 1 so people understand what many children, young adults and adults deal with on a day to day basis. We are so thankful that the teachers at Roslyn Kindergarten have been so supportive and helpful with Scarletts highs and lows. We often phone and check in, but they are always on top of everything and have already dealt with the situation. It is so reassuring to have this ultimate trust in the care of our child. Scarlett is a happy wee girl, we are so proud of her and how she has taken this disease in her stride!

Evans family and Roslyn Kindergarten

With the move to Alert Level 2 occurring on Tuesday night, we will be reopening all our DK Kindergartens for all children on Thursday 9th September.
There will be additional health and safety practices in place that parents must follow and your teaching team will be in contact about these on Wednesday.
We look forward to getting back into teaching and learning with your children. 📚😀👍🏀🎨🧩🛴

Kia ora 😀Here is the latest update from Dunedin Kindergartens

Roslyn Kindergarten Dunedin updated their business hours.

At Kindergarten we have been celebrating the wider world through exploring what is happening in our local community and beyond. We highlighted sea week, discussing and extending on our knowledge and talking about what we can can do to look after our sea and environment. We celebrated St Patrick's day and we enjoy learning about and celebrating the diversity of different cultures at Kindergarten. We have been following the America's cup creating the Roslyn America's cup to explore and experience the different aspects of sailing.