Uplands Kindergarten is 50 years young
We had a fabulous celebration of 50 years of Uplands Kindergarten yesterday. Thank you to everyone who joined us at church and afterwards in the kindergarten.
Special mention to:
Ken at Pacific Gold for the sausages - so yummy
Craig and his team for cooking them
Bakers Delight Remuera for the bread - so yummy (and Emily for picking up)
Martin for designing one huge cake with 50 candles and another smaller version for the church service. His interpretation of Uplands children's birthday ideas was delightful and very special - rainbow, heart, spider, elephant, unicorn, crocodile - and a quote from Maddie "I love you kindy"
Face Fatale - facepainting and pirate entertainment
Christine and the church hosting team for the set up, hosting and clean up
Our committee - Elliott, Anneliese, Tsana, Christine, Caroline
The teachers - past and present
Our minister Ivan Martinez for a beautiful and interactive celebration in Somervell Church
All our beautiful families - past and present who came and celebrated 50 years of happy memories at Uplands.
Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬
Make a hearty dish. Take just half a minute. Add four parts of kestrel. Then just add one. What have you made?
(Trev from Silverdale kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Trev!)
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Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
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