MoE Licensing Criteria - nice to know From 1 January 2022, services will also be required to have regard for the National Education and Learning Priorities (the NELP) in both their annual plan...Read More
Currently the Ministry of Education is reviewing the ECE Regulations, which impacts on the Licensing Criteria. Playcentre already does a lot, if not all that is included in the NELPs, it is...Read More
Haere mai, nau ki te hui ahurei ākonga – the Playcentre Festival of Learning! The Playcentre PLD and Education teams, with funding from ACE Aotearoa, are bringing a series of Play Days and...Read More
Calling for three members to review a shiny, new parenting book: Parenting in the Anthropocene The book “explores ways to ensure the health and wellbeing of the next generations…from tikanga...Read More
8 July 2021 Clarification to the update regarding Group Supervision Following on from the latest Bulletin, here is some further information about the recent update to the Funding Handbook and...Read More
Tēnā koutou Playcentre Whānau, Thank you for your patience while Playcentre Aotearoa have been working through the details of the changes to our funding requirements and surrounding processes...Read More
Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) Te Whariki Inclusive Practice one pager TKI offer open source of ECE-specific resources; usually one page maximum content and super handy for inspiring reflective...Read More
Introducing Charmaine Thomson, Education Lead (she/her) Nō Te Whanganui-a-Tara ahau, no Tiamani ōku tūpuna, i whānau mai au kia Tapu-te-Ranga, i tupu ake au ki Aotearoa me Ahitereira, kei...Read More
We have had the following information confirmed by Ministry of Education regarding First Aid courses First Aid – Centre members can not be on site (at their centre) during licensed hours...Read More
Licencing Update On a licenced session you can only have the maximum number of children on session as per your centre licence. The limit on the licence granted by the Ministry refers to the...Read More