Mr Bean Seed November 5th

November 5th: Mr Bean Seed in the vase is growing in the vase pressed against wet serviettes. No soil.....only wet paper. Two seeds are growing; unfortunately one of the plants got broken. See them in the photo.

Mr Bean

Mr Bean Seed growing in a vase:


October 19th: We are watching to see if a Scarlet Runner climbing bean seed can grow in a glass vase pressed between the glass and some wet serviettes. We need to keep the serviettes wet. The bean seed has no soil. Will it grow?????

November 4th: Mr Bean seed in the vase is growing very nicely. All three are growing (unfortunately i broke the stalk of one but the other two are doing fine - one better and taller than the other). Interesting isn't it that a seed will grow with water alone......no soil.

Today some children drew a still-life drawing of Mr Bean Seed. Hannah drew the picture above. Hannah said, "This is Mr Bean. He is growing so tall. And he will grow so big".

Neve also drew Mr Bean Seed. Neve said, "This is Mr Bean. Mr Bean is growing in a jar. He has got roots for pushing up out of the water. He has leaves. He pushes up into the sun to grow. The seed opens up". Pretty amazing words, thinking, and observations from Neve.

We will continue to watch Mr Bean Seed and measure his growth.

Jump Rope For Heart Jump-a-thon November 2010

On Thursday 4th in the afternoon and Friday 5th November in the morning all the children present at Kindergarten participated in the Heart Foundation Jump-a-thon to raise monies for the Heart Foundation. Bayview Kindergarten is a 'Healthy Heart' kindergarten. This year we earned and were presented with the GOLD HEALTHY HEART AWARD being the very first early childhood centre in the North Island to receive a GOLD award. Our Kindergarten Philosophy is about keeping healthy through lots of Active Movement and Eating Healthy too. We enjoyed participating in the Jump-a-thon. Children brought in gold coins which will go to the NZ Heart FOundation. Thank you everybody!

Learning about the KAKAPO

The children have been learning about KAKAPO as part of the Kakapo Recovery Programme, the theme of this year's Kindergarten Awareness Month. Last October 26th, we had a great opportunity to skpye with a ranger from the Department of Conservation in the far away Codfish Island to ask questions and learn more about the endangered native bird called kakapo. It was an exciting experience for the children and even the adults at Bayview Kindergarten!