The beginning of our day

Written By Kim Manunui

If you’ve been the first whanau to arrive to kindergarten on any given day you may have found the teaching team gathered around a candle in our wharekai (dining and kitchen space).  Whilst the kindergarten day begins for tamariki at 8.30am, kaiako arrive around 8am and we come together to begin our day with lighting a candle, and sharing a verse.

Into our thinking let there flow light,

Into our feeling let there flow warmth,

Into our willing let there flow strength,

That with enlightened purpose,

We may nurture ourselves, our loved ones, our communities and the earth,

Caring with hearts love,

Bringing peace, joy, wisdom and humour in all things.

Adapted from a verse shared by Rudolf Steiner

It’s a really special time of the day, we look at the day ahead, and all that it may bring.  New tamariki may be visiting or beginning their journey with us, there’ll be tamariki who have new challenges needing extra love and support, or something we as kaiako may need support with or wisdom from our fellows during our day.  We might share an echo from the night, thoughts that came to us upon waking to a new day.  It’s a deeply connecting time, and helps us to prepare for receiving each tamaiti and whanau with the reverence deserved.

Bringing our connection time to a close before 8.30am, we can then be fully present to welcome the kindergarten day and all that it brings.

One of the kaiako will move onto to checking the kindergarten, looking for any potential hazards that might cause harm.  Tree health is monitored, fallen branches from a tree removed, animal droppings are looked for around the grounds, the temperature of the fridge is checked (to keep food safe), all doors and gates are checked to ensure they are functioning as they should, and our indoor spaces are checked for warmth (or cooling) depending on the season.  We invite whanau to raise any concerns they may have in regards to our physical environment, sometimes with such deep familiarity of our space, we don’t see things the way whanau do.

We feel blessed to be gifted tamariki to nurture each day, it’s deeply rewarding work.  We also cherish working alongside each other as kaiako, with a philosophy that equally holds and nurtures us.

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

The digital world is never static and neither are we.

And I say ‘we’ because I work with an awesome group of talented people who I gather together as required to complete a project.  Whatever your business, not-for-profit or individual needs are we gather the best team to get the job done.

Collaboratively we are creative, share sustainable values and work hard for great outcomes because that’s the buzz of satisfaction that drives us.

If you have an audience and market to reach, we can make that happen. Creative design, words that work and smart behind the scenes stuff that cuts through the online noise. We’ll design your website and then build it. We’ll manage the content as well as all your hosting needs. We can handle your online advertising so you get noticed,
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