Child Care News
Southland Wood Workers' Guild make tables for Barnardos Early Learning
Stuff - Jamie Searle - April 16, 2019A group of wood workers have used their spare time to build 14 children's tables for the needs of Barnardos Early Learning Homebased in Southland. Barnardos visiting teacher Helen Hart, of Invercargill, travels around 14 home-based educators to support them and to check...
Costs for childcare could be covered for local government representatives
Stuff - Emma Dangerfield - April 16, 2019When she was elected to the council in 2016, McLean asked the Remuneration Authority to subsidise care for her three children, then aged 7, 4 and 6 months, while she was doing council business. At the time, the authority covered cellphone bills, internet use and mileage for councillors, but not childcare...
Queenstown childcare investment on long-term lease
Voxy.co.nz - April 15, 2019A near-new, architecturally designed childcare centre for sale in Queenstown is likely to appeal to buyers across New Zealand seeking a long-term property investment in a stable, growing industry. The 2,178sq m property at 12 Onslow Road is well located in the main commercial precinct ...
Parents disappointed Franz Josef's only kindergarten is closing down
Stuff - Joanne Carroll - April 12, 2019Some parents will be forced to give up work when a small West Coast town's only childcare facility closes. South Island not-for-profit kindergarten group Kidsfirst has confirmed it will close its Franz Josef facility due to "financial issues". The company has also closed centres in Christchurch and north Kaiapoi...
Rotorua daycare grateful for its new look
NZ Herald - Shauni James - April 12, 2019A Rotorua daycare is grateful for the helping hand it received from members of the community last Saturday to spruce up its building. The Stepping Stones Learning Environment received sponsorship from Dulux including labour through its Accredited Painters Programme...
Celebrating 521 early childhood education graduates
Scoop NZ - Press Release: New Zealand Tertiary College - April 10, 2019New Zealand Tertiary College celebrates 521 early childhood education graduates New Zealand’s largest early childhood teacher education provider is thrilled to announce the sector will be supported with 521 graduates, with 411 eligible to apply for provisional teacher certification...
Helping Hands prove victorious as Nelson kindy gets a prehistoric makeover
Stuff - Carly Gooch - April 8, 2019Dinosaur footprints, a mud kitchen and a giant golden chair are just some new additions for the Victory Kindergarten children to enjoy. Mitre 10 Mega's Helping Hands initiative is at it again, spreading its handy work into a community project to upgrade a tired space...
Auckland private school Saint Kentigern sells $23m campus to Hebrew Congregation
Stuff - Caroline Williams - April 8, 2019Auckland private school Saint Kentigern has sold its Remuera Rd property to the Auckland Hebrew Congregation. The school's board of trustees said on Monday it had reached an agreement to sell the current site of its girls' school and preschool, valued at $23 million...
Keeping Gisborne kids warm this winter
Gisborne Herald - Kim Parkinson - April 8, 2019Jammies 4 June is back for its third year, bringing warm pyjamas and comfort to hundreds of Gisborne children. “We already have some schools and early childhood centres which will be holding special pyjama fundraising days,” says organiser Cassandra Blumfield...
Strikes loom again as primary school teachers reject latest pay offer
New Zealand Herald - Melissa Nightingale - April 8, 2019Primary teachers and principals have overwhelmingly rejected their latest pay offers. A nationwide strike for primary school teachers is being proposed on May 29. The New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) today revealed the results of voting over the Ministry of Education's most recent offer to settle the collective agreements...
Water survival lessons help avert tragedy after Coatesville, Auckland preschooler falls in pool
NZ Herald - April 7, 2019Willow Dando didn't know how to swim when she accidentally fell into the family pool soon after her third birthday. But she did know how to help save her own life. The Coatesville preschooler, now aged 4, used the "bounce to breathe" method taught to her in swimming lessons ...
Community groups invited to apply for environmental initiative funding from Horizons Regional Council
NZ Herald - Whanganui Chronicle - April 7, 2019Horizons Regional Council has $20,000 up for grabs to help with environmental projects. The council is inviting applications to its community grants programme which supports community groups, schools, early childcare centres and iwi/hapū with not-for-profit projects ...
Convicted sex offender living next to preschool and primary school
Stuff - Kelly Dennett and Bevan Hurley - April 7, 2019A convicted sex offender with more than 80 convictions was approved by Corrections to live next door to a preschool. Neither the preschool, nor the primary school or high school within a few hundred metres of James Anthony Nielsen's south Auckland boarding house, were informed by Corrections of his presence...
Taranaki kindergarten plans pose many questions
Stuff - Michelle Robinson - April 4, 2019Last month parents received an email from the Taranaki Free Kindergarten Association detailing the results of a parent survey about proposed increased hours. I'd somehow overlooked the pre-Christmas survey. Apparently 64 percent of us would "be happy" for our kindy to...
Early childhood education graduates celebrated in Auckland
NZ Tertiary College - April 4, 2019Close to a thousand people descended on Auckland’s Victory Convention Centre on Wednesday 3 April to celebrate the achievements of New Zealand Tertiary College early childhood education graduates. Qualifications ranging from bachelor to master’s level were awarded to...
