Children’s Immunisation and ECE.
One of the key international measures of a healthy population is a country’s percentage of children fully immunised against diseases.
The higher the immunisation rate, the more successful NZ is seen to be in protecting young children’s health. However, there are things you need to know and issues
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Bubble Size and the need to bring in Requirements for Maximum Class Sizes into Early Childhood Education Regulations. November 5, 2021. The Ministry of Education
The “supervision while eating” criterion is often misunderstood, especially the fact that it covers not only high‑risk choking foods but also allergic reactions, which can create real confusion about what supervision in practice looks like. This article explains the core requirements and provides practical indicators so you can keep children safe, protect yourself from allegations of harm, and ensure your service remains fully compliant.
Education minister Erica Stanford is apparently concerned that children are starting school without being toilet trained.
The Press reported this week that Stanford spoke to primary school principals about the problem at a meeting in Southland in July.
It is “not safe, or hygienic or OK to be changing nappies at a school, which I know happens in some instances,” she is quoted in the story as saying.
The Office of Early Childhood Education agrees that it’s worrying that children are reportedly starting school lacking basic life skills.
However, in our view, policy changes recently introduced by the Government that Stanford represents will only exacerbate the issue.
Research on helping teachers to develop teaching practices to foster toddlers’ emotional learning. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
ANALYSIS. OECE, 13 May 2025.
The long-running pay equity claim for early childhood teachers – alongside their primary and secondary school colleagues – has been scrapped after Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden last week announced changes to the Equal Pay Act.
But, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the e
There is to be an ECE Teacher Pay mass meeting on Sunday 14th July 3 – 5 pm in Wellington. Early childhood education has long
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