A mat for all to stand on
28 April 2021
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The history of early childcare and education in Aotearoa.
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28 April 2021
The history of early childcare and education in Aotearoa.
27 April 2021
A Samoan language pathway in Auckland starting at early childhood has helped affirm the importance of language and culture from the very beginning of a child’s
17 March 2021
Rongohia te Hau is a tool that, when used as part of a wider strategic change process, can drive transformative change for learners and whānau.
25 February 2021
A four-year nationwide study aims to measure the impact of supporting enriched oral literacy and self-regulation in early learning settings.
25 February 2021
A Lower Hutt kindergarten is finding that learning notes are helping teachers carry out a range of assessment across Te Whāriki
25 February 2021
Updating its approaches to external evaluation, the Education Review Office (ERO) has developed Ngā Ara Whai Hua: Quality Framework for Early Childhood Services
4 February 2021
In conversation with Emeritus Professor Helen May, the Education Gazette explores aspects of the history of early learning in New Zealand.
12 March 2020
An early learning service in Whangarei has become a lifeline for medically fragile and disabled children and their whānau.
12 March 2020
A powerful collaborative tool created by kaiako for kaiako.
12 March 2020
A collaborative visual curriculum produced by the Pukekohe Kāhui Ako to support the transition to primary school for tamariki and their whānau
12 March 2020
A whānau-led approach to services and support has made a difference for families with children living with disabilities.
12 March 2020
A Hokianga Playcentre that was closed and had lost its licence has been refurbished and reopened thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Ministry of Education.
12 March 2020
He Māpuna te Tamaiti is a new resource aimed at supporting kaiako in early learning services to develop children’s social and emotional competence
14 February 2020
New research has found that parents reading with young children has a positive impact on their early literacy and language learning.
28 October 2019
The Puna works with children from five Porirua primary schools and individual secondary school students.
27 June 2019
Every day offers the promise of outdoor adventures for children at Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre in Wanaka.
17 June 2019
Trout, mihi and mai mai are all integrated into the learning environment at Oxford Kindergarten in Southland, where connections and links with the wider world a
30 May 2019
Children at an early childhood education centre in Timaru are learning about growing produce and sharing the harvest with their families and the wider community
11 February 2019
Preschoolers and their teachers are learning with each other through a shared interest in the world around them.
25 January 2019
By following their children’s interest in birds and bugs, kaiako at Picton Kindergarten are helping children learn about conservation, whanāungatanga and kaitia
25 January 2019
Research indicated confusion about ‘learning stories’ from parents and teachers, an ELC has changed its practice to meet the needs of its learning community.
21 November 2018
Kaiako talking about learning and thinking is helping children at Papakura West Kindergarten to become confident in their decision making.
12 November 2018
Waverley Kindergarten is focusing on including bicultural perspectives in their practice to better teach tamariki and whānau the taonga of te reo Māori.
25 October 2018
Nestled behind Arohanui and Harinui Early Learning Centres is Ngaherenui, a great forest where children explore, discover and connect with nature.
16 July 2018
A North Island early childhood service explains how Te Whāriki has helped them to reflect on and improve their whānau-focused practice.