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Poor Quality Early Childhood Education Questioned
Mon, 5 Aug 2013 11:22:57 +1200 | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG spokesperson Associate Professor Mike O'Brien says the government is short-changing vulnerable children, ignoring research that high quality early childhood education is crucial for at risk children.More >>
Nominations for New Zealand Homebased Educator of the Year
Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:30:47 +1200 | Home-based Early Childhood Education Association
The New Zealand Homebased Early Childhood Education Association in conjunction with Planwise Financial Services today announced the nomination process for the inaugural award of New Zealand Homebased Educator of the Year.More >>
Ministry expects schools to reopen following earthquakes
Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:49:24 +1200 | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education expects schools in Wellington and Marlborough to be able to re-open as scheduled next week following Sunday’s earthquake. More >>
Ministry of Education Wellington Earthquake update
Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:50:14 +1200 | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has today started assessing damage to schools and other education facilities following Sunday’s earthquake. More >>
Arson at Natural Steps Early Childhood Centre, Auckland
Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:28:12 +1200 | New Zealand Police
The North Shore Police are investigating a fire at the Natural Steps Early Childhood Centre situated at 78 Apollo Drive, ROSEDALE. The fire started around 3.15am on Sunday morning. The fire which has caused extensive damage to the building is being treated ...More >>
Bennett wants kindy teachers to dob in beneficiaries
Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:57:27 +1200 | Green Party
The National Government is expecting early childhood education (ECE) centres to monitor the attendance of beneficiary children and to "dob in" parents whose kids don't always attend so their benefits can be cut, information obtained by the Green Party shows.More >>
The Wotwots Series 2 Lands On Channel 5’s Milkshake!
Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:07:36 +1200 | Pukeko Pictures
Following the success of the first series of The WotWots on Milkshake!, Channel 5 welcomes the adorable SpottyWot and DottyWot back for Series 2 in August, narrated by British broadcasting legend, Nicholas Parsons OBE.More >>
Multi lingual ‘ready for school’ programme about to begin
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:48:14 +1200 | Kids Planet Childcare
A brand new languages, music and a technology curriculum will be launched for North Shore Preschoolers as part of the Kids Planet Childcare ‘ready for school programme.’ More >>
Early childhood education in our rural regions
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:38:15 +1200 | Ruahine Kindergartens
Living in rural areas can sometimes be isolating, particularly when access to services city people take for granted are many kilometres away. While education and community experiences are not always readily available, the Hunterville Mobile Kindergarten ...More >>
$1.1M giving young families a healthy start
Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:47:37 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Government is investing $1.1 million in a nutrition and activity programme for pre-schoolers and their families in parts of the Waikato. More >>
New Zealand children getting better start to life
Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:17:13 +1200 | New Zealand Government
New Zealand children are getting a better start in life as a result of progress towards the Government’s Better Public Services results, social sector Ministers Tony Ryall, Paula Bennett and Hekia Parata say.More >>
Association supports increased Homebased EC
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 16:29:29 +1200 | NZ Homebased ECE Assoc.
The NZ Homebased ECE Association has today expressed regret that the Ministry of Education has cancelled the Homebased ECE Review as announced last December but is happy to see that they are taking a measured approach to continue working with the ...More >>
HELO supports the Ministry of Education decision
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 15:53:55 +1200 | Home Early Learning Organisation
New Zealand’s home-based childcare providers have welcomed the Government’s decision to work more closely with the sector, rather than putting it through a review process. More >>
Cancellation of home-based review - substandard education
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 14:46:57 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
The cancellation of the Government’s review of home-based early childhood education, announced this morning, ‘leaves thousands with substandard education and care’, says the Early Childhood Council.More >>
Strengthening home-based early childhood education
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 10:48:23 +1200 | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education says it is working closely with the home-based Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector to ensure all children get the best start in education. More >>
ChildForum Early Childhood Network
Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:07:18 +1200 | ChildForum
Confidence in the early childhood education sector remains low, according to a new survey by national early childhood network, ChildForum. More >>
Parata off target with ECE
Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:51:47 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, will need to play a quick game of catch-up if she is to reach her goal of having 98 per cent of Kiwi tots participate in early childhood education, says Labour’s spokesperson for ECE Sue Moroney.More >>
Preschool gets creative with fundraising
Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:45:01 +1200 | Capital City Preschool
A non-profit preschool, Capital City Preschool (CCP), is getting creative with funding new innovations around its premises. Since the Government’s budget has effectively been cut for the fourth year in a row, the preschool has increasingly had to rely ...More >>
Canterbury schools rose to meet challenges of earthquakes
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:21:01 +1200 | Education Review Office
Canterbury schools and early childhood services rose to meet the challenges of earthquakes, new ERO report shows More >>
Maori Health Supports Tobacco-Free Early Childhood Centre
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:29:47 +1200 | Waikato District Health Board
Te Puna Oranga, Waikato District Health Board's Māori Health service, has celebrated another victory in the war against tobacco with a ceremony to honour Bright Stars Educare as the first early childhood centre in New Zealand to become Tupeka Kore ...More >>
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