Okay, so Matariki (the Māori New Year) was a few weeks back and we’re a bit late off the mark with this one. However, one thing that Matariki brings is a sense of reflection and it can take some time to think about everything that a special event like Matariki signifies. The idea of a […]
It’s been a busy last few weeks as we’ve settled into Term 3 and our community programme has fully ramped up again to allow us to connect with our educators, families and tamariki regularly.
Tiny Nation welcomes Minister Hipkins’ announcement yesterday that the home-based early childhood education (ECE) and care sector will move to a fully qualified workforce by 2025. The announcement comes following a review into home-based education and care in 2018 and a move to ensure better and more consistent quality for more than 17,000 New Zealand
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As we move to return to some kind of ‘new normal’ in the coming weeks, sometimes it feels as though we have more questions than answers when considering what a transition back to childcare and school will look like for all involved – children, parents, educators and teachers. It feels so big… and I think
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As a working mum, when I first considered by return to work and looked at early childhood care and education providers for my children, there were some key questions that I wanted to have answered. Funnily enough, those questions didn’t revolve around the facilities or size of a service provider. They didn’t revolve around the
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Today marks a full two weeks of lockdown. Two weeks since we retreated into our family ‘bubbles’ to stay home and save lives. While the enormity of what we are going through cannot be down-played, the speed at which we had to act as the Level 4 lockdown was announced probably left us all feeling
I’ve been wanting to write a blog on how we, as parents and colleagues and business owners, can cope through COVID-19 and the lockdown period. But before I put pen to paper, I came across an article written by NYS Pyschologist Eileen Feliciano. She’s been working up close and personal with patients where the singular
“Children see magic because they look for it.” – Christopher Moore Today my oldest son, Jack, the wee man who made me a mother, turned 7. I have to admit, I was a little unprepared (or so I thought). I hadn’t really thought much about presents (i’m normally a last minute kind of gal!) and
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I feel like there are no words that can really describe what is happening in our communities, our country and our world right now. As COVID-19 takes hold and we head into our first day of national lockdown, there is an overwhelming feeling that nothing will ever truly be the same again. As parents, we’re
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On Monday 24 February, a list noting the names and locations of early childhood services that breached minimum standards in 2019 was published by the Ministry of Education. While it’s disheartening to see an increase in ECE services that have breached minimum standards across the country (and across all different ECE service types), what is