He kurī.

 Last week Harakeke read the book "He Kurī".

First we painted a grassy background for the kurī to come...

After painting a background - Harakeke painted some kurī. We thought about all the colours of paint that may have fallen on the kurī...

After lunch Whaea Gemma brought her kurī to visit Harakeke. Her dogs name is Rico. We talked about dog safety and how we should never approach a dog we don't know. That we needed to be calm around dogs to help them stay calm.

Rico is a really lovely dog that sat calmly as each tamaiti came to pat him.

Manakitanga applies to dogs too! Tino hiainu a Rico!

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe Whaea Gemma! We loved having Rico visiting us! He has really soft fur!