Top tips to improve staff wellbeing in ECE centres By Nikki Howard Over the years, an early childhood education teacher’s job has become more complex. There is always paperwork to complete, planning to prepare and targets to meet. When budgets can’t shift its systems that need to change. By simplifying [...]

Conservation Week 2019 – Use Kinder m8 for our environment Kinder m8 New Zealand feels that if there were beauty contests for countries, Aotearoa would win hands down. We are blessed to live in country where the beaches are mainly litter free, the bush is regenerating and brimming with birdlife [...]

How to keep dad in the communication loop With Father’s Day only a few days away we thought it appropriate to ask dads what they want to know about their toddler’s day and how to keep them up-to-date. When everyone rushes home, gets the dinner on and then it’s bath-time, [...]

Lanterns and Light Catchers with Kinder m8 Aotearoa Torches at the ready for the Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights at Snells Beach. Whanau bring your torches to the beach to spot the lanterns from 5.30pm onwards. FREE sausage sizzle, hot soup, fun and games at the beach at night. We [...]

ECE learning from both sides of the sandpit Seeing early childhood education from two perspectives, that is the teacher and the parent, gives a greater understanding of the importance of two-way communication. Little and often seems to be the answer to keeping whānau engaged and kaiako feeling like their hard [...]