Child Care News
10 child per bubble limit sees some Auckland early childhood centres hit capacity
1 News - Corazon Miller - October 5, 2021Early childhood education centres across Auckland say they have virtually no more physical space to open their doors to children beyond those of essential workers that they are already caring for. On Monday the Government announced all ECE facilities...
Government Causing Chaos In Early Learning Sector
Scoop - October 5, 2021The Prime Minister’s ill-considered announcement yesterday claiming more children could return to early learning centres in Auckland from tomorrow has caused chaos in the sector, National’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says...
Covid-19: No guarantee teachers are jabbed, no way to find out if they are
Stuff NZ - Josephine Franks - October 5, 2021When early childhood centres reopen more widely on Wednesday, parents will have no guarantee teachers are vaccinated, and no way of checking if they are. Speaking on Breakfast on Tuesday morning, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson said the education...
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Early Childhood Council calls for clarity before opening on Wednesday
NZ Herald - Zoe Holland - October 4, 2021Early childhood education will reopen this week, with limits of groups of 10 in a bubble and infection control processes. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the reopening of early childhood education was part of the three-step plan that would allow...
Early childhood centres to reopen in Auckland
TVNZ - October 4, 2021Though Auckland is remaining in Level 3, the region’s early childhood centres are set to reopen to everyone from Wednesday, and schools can return after the holidays. Jacinda Ardern on Monday announced Auckland would not be moving down a level...
Covid-19: Early childhood sector split over whether reopening in Auckland is a good idea
Stuff NZ - Josephine Franks - October 4, 2021Childcare centres will reopen at step one of Auckland’s roadmap out of lockdown, but questions remain over how risks will be managed and whether it’s a good idea. Early childhood education (ECE) centres will be able to open for more children from Wednesday...
Property Investors Come In To Play As Brand-new Daycare Centre Goes Up For Sale
Scoop - October 4, 2021The freehold land and day care facility premises which will accommodate the Morrinsville Early Learning Village being built on the corner of Lockerbie Street and Fairway Drive are now being marketed for sale at auction on October 28 through Bayleys Hamilton...
75% Of Early Learning Providers Worse Off By Accepting Pay Parity Offer
Scoop - September 30, 2021The government’s early learning teacher Pay Parity offer is failing to deliver on its promise, with three quarters of surveyed providers saying they’d be worse off by opting in. Damning feedback shows the offer designed to close the gap between kindergarten...
Early childhood centres say they can't afford pay parity scheme
Stuff NZ - Josephine Franks - September 29, 2021Some early childhood providers say they will not be able to afford to be part of the government’s pay parity offer, with many poised to reject it. The scheme is designed to bring pay for the lowest-paid early childhood teachers in line with what their colleagues...
70% Of Early Learning Providers Reject Or Unsure On Pay Parity Offer
Scoop - September 29, 2021There’s widespread uncertainly about the government’s teacher Pay Parity offer, with 70% of surveyed Early Childhood Council members either rejecting or still unsure, three days before the deadline to opt in. Providers have been given two weeks to...
Early childhood teachers are stressed, run off their feet, and quitting
Stuff NZ - Susan Bates - September 28, 2021OPINION: There is a serious shortage of early childhood teachers in this country. Even before 2020 and the disruptions of Covid-19, they were leaving the sector at the rate of 5 per cent a year. Retaining early childhood education (ECE) teachers...
New Zealand teacher and advocate opposes reopening of early childcare during COVID-19 outbreak
WSWS - Tom Peters - September 28, 2021Schools and early childhood centres (ECEs) have partially reopened for small numbers of children. The decision to ease restrictions in New Zealand’s largest city, before the outbreak of the highly-infectious Delta variant of COVID-19 has been stamped out, has been...
Simon Laube Appointed Early Childhood Council CEO
Scoop - September 27, 2021The Early Childhood Council is delighted to announce the appointment of Simon Laube as CEO. Simon Laube joins the ECC from the Ministry of Education, and has a long early learning association in key influential positions, including Principle Advisor and Director...
Still in the sandpit at 80: Napier kindergarten teacher stays young at heart
Hawkes Bay Today - Sahiban Hyde - September 17, 2021"Here I am at 80, and I am still in the sandpit." Steph McCallum might be the "old duck" of Hawke's Bay childcare, but she says being a fully trained and registered kindergarten teacher for 52 years has kept her young. "I was never one to sit down and twiddle my thumbs...
Teacher Education Refresh programme fees free
Scoop Independent News - September 15, 2021Open Polytechnic signs agreement to continue offering the Teacher Education Refresh programme fees free. The Open Polytechnic recently signed a new agreement with the Ministry of Education which will enable eligible teachers whose registration has lapsed to study the online...
