Child Care News
Kindergarten where disabled 4-year-old boy was injured has licence downgraded
Stuff - Laine Moger - October 18, 2019A kindergarten had its licence downgraded after a disabled 4-year-boy suffered nasty facial injuries on the premises. The boy uses a wheelchair and fell down the stairs at Manurewa West Kindergarten on October 10. But because the kindergarten did not contact anyone about the incident....
The day it ‘snowed’ at a Sth Auckland preschool
NZ Catholic - Colleen Gleeson - October 17, 2019Staff at St Peter Chanel Preschool in Clover Park, South Auckland, wanted the children in their care to experience what is happening to the world today and to learn about the many changes that occur, including climate change. Therefore “The Winter Wonderland” event was organised...
Early learning success builds children’s wellbeing
Scoop Education - Press Release: A Better Start National Science Challenge - October 16, 2019New research into early learning success builds children’s resilience, cultural connectedness and wellbeing. The foundations of early literacy success and subsequent educational achievement and healthy wellbeing are developed in the early childhood period...
Boy's horror facial injuries at Auckland kindergarten: Police now investigating
NZ Herald - October 16, 2019The mother of a disabled boy badly injured at an Auckland kindy says her son is too scared to go back - and she wants answers about exactly what happened to him. Four-year-old Masua Tusa has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. While he was at Manurewa West Kindergarten...
Boy, 4, with cerebral palsy suffers horrific injuries at Auckland kindergarten
NZ Herald - Ben Leahy - October 11, 2019A horrified Auckland mum was left in tears when she arrived at her 4-year-old son's kindergarten to find his face covered in painful scratches and bruises. Staff at Manurewa West Kindergarten said Masua Tusa - who has cerebral palsy and is permanently wheelchair-bound...
Govt must ensure children’s safety at ECE centres
Mirage News - October 11, 2019The Ministry of Education must ensure children enrolled at Manurewa West Kindergarten are safe and, if necessary, suspend the Kindergarten from caring for children while investigations are underway, National’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Nicola Willis says...
Auckland measles outbreak has peaked, cases now declining
There have been more than 1400 cases of measles in Auckland but it appears the outbreak has now passed its peak, with new cases declining, experts say. Three people remain in hospital in Auckland and they are all children in the Counties Manukau area. However, with the school holidays...
Kindy teacher loses job after being convicted of assault for slapping her 9yo daughter
Stuff - Laine Moger - October 9, 2019A kindergarten teacher who slapped her 9-year-old daughter in the face will lose her job after an appeal was dismissed. The 34-year-old mother, who Stuff has chosen not to name, was convicted of assaulting a child and was sentenced in June. The Teaching Council must cancel...
Papakura childcare teacher accused of pulling child across room and plonking him on deck
NZ Herald - October 9, 2019A childcare teacher faces a charge of serious misconduct for pulling a child across a room and "plonking" him on the deck outside. The teacher, whose name is suppressed..
A Tātau Kōrero: Erin Jones
NZ Herald - October 7, 2019Erin Jones grew up in Taupō and moved to Tūranganui-a-Kiwa over 30 years ago. She works as the manager of Central Childcare and Education Centre and has been part of early childcare for over 25 years. She speaks to us about bringing her children up through Kōhanga Reo ...
Call for free childcare as parents feel the squeeze
Stuff - Susan Edmunds - October 5, 2019For mother-of-three Brooke Gibson, the cost of childcare is "unsustainable". The cost of childcare almost pushed her to the point where she decided it wasn't worth working, she said. "When I was on my own I was paying over half my income in childcare costs and in the school holidays..."
'It’s been awful': Shock at closure of much-loved childcare centre
Otago Daily Times - Phillip Chandler - October 4, 2019Families and staff of a highly-regarded central Queenstown childcare centre are furious its business owner has pulled the plug. In a shock move, corporate Evolve Education Group has advised it’s closing Little Earth Montessori, in Robins Road, on November 1. In an August 30 letter...
Fair pay campaign in early childhood education launched by NZEI Te Riu Roa in Rotorua
NZ Herald - Cira Olivier - October 2, 2019A bold new campaign to fix the pay gap in early childhood education has launched in Rotorua this morning. New Zealand Education Institute Te Riu Roa (NZEI) launched the campaign at its annual conference where hundreds of teachers have gathered. There is an average 23%...
Education Minister says addressing ECE pay 'top of the pile' issue
Stuff - Benn Bathgate - September 20, 2019Addressing the pay gap for early childhood education staff is "top of the pile" for Education Minister Chris Hipkins. He made that promise at the New Zealand Educational Institute conference in Rotorua on Monday. Hipkins said ECE staff pay levels had been frozen for a decade..."
Kindergarten teachers' roles a commodity as pay gap widens for early childhood educators
Stuff - Jessica Long - September 30, 2019Kindergarten teachers are likely hanging onto their jobs while the next group of graduates scramble for highly-competitive positions with better conditions and pay. Graduates hopeful of landing a kindergarten job before the year is out have been told not to hold their breath...
