Please solve the programming task below using a self-contained code snippet in a markdown code block.

You are given a 0-indexed integer array candies, where candies[i] represents the flavor of the ith candy. Your mom wants you to share these candies with your little sister by giving her k consecutive candies, but you want to keep as many flavors of candies as possible.
Return the maximum number of unique flavors of candy you can keep after sharing  with your sister.
 
Please complete the following python code precisely:
```python
class Solution:
    def shareCandies(self, candies: List[int], k: int) -> int:
```