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The spirit of Christmas was alive and well at the Peninsula Club retirement village last week when the children of Stanmore Bay Kindergarten sang songs and gave homemade cards and decorations to residents. Resident Ngaire Coley, right, is pictured receiving a card from Jacob Gallagher and his mother Jo. A visit by around 50 festively dressed children from Stanmore Bay Kindergarten brought some early Christmas cheer to residents of the Peninsula Club.
The visit, on December 6, was the second time that the kindergarten has visited the retirement village at Christmas.
As well as sharing morning tea, the children sang Christmas carols such as ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ to the residents. The children also handed out cards and decorations that they had made themselves.
Head teacher Stacey Sainty says that the idea is to teach the children that Christmas is about showing
kindness to others.
“Our intent is to teach the children that Christmas is not just about receiving presents themselves, but about giving joy to others and ‘filling other people’s buckets’,” Stacey says.
