Of the huge funding boost coming for early childhood education, Playcentre has been left with just the crumbs, writes Kate Barber. Amid all the celebration of the $430m funding boost for early childhood education (ECE) announced in this year’s budget, little attention was paid to the plight of Playcentre. The organisation has been earmarked just … Read more
Longer hours have some parents up in arms, but Emily Writes argues that kindergartens are only doing what they have to in order to survive. My son’s kindergarten is one of my favourite places in the world. My first baby began his learning journey there and it feels like our home away from home. I … Read more
Sarah Watkeys and her playcentre whānau are grieving the loss of their community hub. Over the weekend, a fire destroyed the Belfast Playcentre in Christchurch completely. Here she writes about the pain she and local families are going through. We’ve just lost our playcentre. Fire. It has been a fixture in our lives since my … Read more