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28 May
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28 May 2020 Early Learning Bulletin (external link)
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- Gathering size increase
- Implementing Budget 2020 initiative aimed at improving Teacher Pay in Education and Care Services
- QR codes for early learning services
- RS7 Return update
- Financial reporting requirements for licenced early learning services for the financial year ending in 2019
- Hand sanitiser – last orders by 10 June
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26 May
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26 May 2020 Early Learning Bulletin (external link)
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- Funding update
- Identifying and reporting family harm
- Contact tracing apps
- COVID-19: Information for disabled people and their whānau
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21 May
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21 May 2020 Early Learning Bulletin (external link)
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- NZ COVID Tracer App
- Taking the temperature of children/staff
- Budget 2020: education and care
- Minimum salaries for certificated teachers
- Level 2 staffing survey
- Weekly attendance data collection
- Kindness for Kaiako
- Online learning resources
- New song resource for children
- Preparing for the 2020 ECE Census
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20 May
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20 May 2020 Early Learning Bulletin (external link)
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19 May
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Special Edition 19 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link) (external link)
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- Budget 2020: 100% funding band restored
- Wellbeing webinar
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15 May
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Special Edition 15 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link) (external link)
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- Alert Level 2 teaching/learning - guidance for leaders
- Wellbeing webinars
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14 May
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Special Edition 14 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link) (external link)
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- Kōhanga Reo – Budget 2020
- Early learning attendance & engagement
- Alert Level 2 advice for parents & whānau
- Wellbeing webinars
- Alert Level 2 guidance documents updates
- Attendance data now weekly
- Alert Level 2 licensing activity
- Flu vaccinations and reimbursement
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12 May
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Special Edition 12 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link) (external link)
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- Early learning attendance & engagement
- Welcoming teachers and children back
- Minister’s pre budget announcement
- Resource kits
- Informal playgroups
- Ministry of Social Development update
- Alert Level 2 guidance documents updates
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11 May
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Special Edition 11 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link) (external link)
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- Announcement on Alert Level 2
- Response to initial questions on Alert Level 2
- WorkSafe information for Alert Level 2
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8 May
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Special Edition 8 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link) (external link)
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- Update on the Childcare Subsidy
- Ministry funded flu vaccination vouchers available
- Alert Level 2 guidance documents
- Home Learning TV extended
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7 May
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Special Edition 7 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Key messages from the Prime Minister
- Welcoming staff and children back
- Public Health Statement for the Education Sector
- Alert Level 2 for early learning services
- Alert Level 2 funding
- Guidance on staff matters
- COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme
- Learning Support
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5 May
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Special Edition 5 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link) (external link)
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- Planning for Alert Level 2
- Services looking to open soon
- Hand sanitiser update
- Covid-19 On-site Student Log not required
- Childcare for essential workers initiative
- Distance learning supports
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1 May
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Special Edition 1 May 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Planning for Alert Level 2
- Daily COVID-19 check-in process
- Warrant of Fitness for buildings
- New enrolment agreement forms not required
- Hand sanitiser use, storage, delivery
- Good employment practice
- Playgroups
- Interview with a teacher
- Letter template for your community
- Next digital Education Gazette
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28 April
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Special Edition 28 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Ministry-funded flu vaccinations
- Adults and staff movement
- Alert Level 3 guidance now online
- Updates from MSD
- Update on hand sanitiser
- Learning Support
- Update on changing hours of operation
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24 April
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Special Edition 24 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Change of operating hours during Alert Level 3
- Changes to the Regulations to respond to COVID-19
- Alert Level 3 Checklist
- Combining services on a single site
- Recording who attends
- First Aid qualifications
- Children with Learning Support Needs at Alert Level 3
- Further advice on the operation of your service
- Teacher only days
- Study awards for further study in TESSOL
- Site poster for parents and visitors
- Sparklers at Home wellbeing toolkit
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23 April
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Special Edition 23 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Advice on the operation of your service
- Childcare assistance - Information from MSD
- Update on date for supply of hand sanitiser
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22 April
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Special Edition 22 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- ECE operational funding FAQs
- Supporting your staff
- Home learning kits for children
- Bubble size clarification
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21 April
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Special Edition 21 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Control measures to deliver COVID-19 strategies
- Accessing hand sanitiser
- Site preparation update
- Watching home learning | Papa Kāinga TV
- Childcare payment for essential worker childcare providers
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20 April
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Special Edition 20 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Preparations for moving into Alert Level 3
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17 April
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Special Edition 17 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- What Alert 3 could look like for schools and early learning services reopening – Director-General of Health’s message
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16 April
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Special Edition 16 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- What Alert 3 could look like for NZ – Prime Minister’s message
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14 April
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Special Edition 14 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Support and resources for learning from home
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9 April
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Special Edition 9 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Timeline for Alert Level decisions
- Cyber safety, emergency phone numbers, FAQs available
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7 April
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Special Edition 7 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- If children are due to enrol in school
- COVID-19 wage subsidy – more on who makes the claim for relief workers
- Great stories from services connecting with homes
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2 April
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Special Edition 2 April 2020 - COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Wellbeing + welfare support during Alert 4
- MSD childcare subsidy no longer available
- Visiting teachers and completing license applications not possible during Alert 4
- Visiting a service to feed pets
- Rent and parent fees
- Legal advice for businesses
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30 March
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Special Edition 30 March 2020 – COVID-19 and employment relationships (external link)
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- ECE Funding subsidy paid as usual
- COVID-19 wage subsidy details
- Term break doesn’t affect early learning services
- Employment matters, annual leave, disputes
- Parent fees
- Private home-based care arrangements
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28 March
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Special Edition 28 March 2020 – COVID-19 update (external link)
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- COVID-19 wage subsidy – who makes the claim for relief workers
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27 March
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Special Edition 27 March 2020 – COVID-19 update (external link)
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- COVID-19 info videos available in other languages
- In-home care arrangements for essential/non-essential workers
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26 March
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Special Edition 26 March 2020 – COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Key dates March-April
- Key Alert 4 principles
- COVID-19 wage subsidy
- Education Secretary’s new powers
- Websites for COVID-19 info
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25 March
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Special Edition 25 March 2020 – COVID-19 update (external link) (external link)
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- Provision of childcare for essential workers
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24 March
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Special Edition 24 March 2020 – COVID-19 update following Government lockdown announcement (external link)
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- Parent fees
- ECE funding subsidy details
- COVID-19 wage subsidy details
- Self-isolating groups and good hygiene
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23 March
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Special Edition 23 March 2020 – Moving to Alert Level 3 and then Level 4 (external link)
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- Prime Minister announces a move from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 3 then 4
- Letter to send to your community
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21 March
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Special Edition 21 March 2020 – COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Principles of Alert Level 2 regarding non-essential travel and people aged 70+ or with compromised immune systems
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20 March
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Special Edition 20 March 2020 – COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Keep children in a regular routine
- Cleaning guidelines
- What if services close?
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19 March
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Special Edition 19 March 2020 – COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Rules on gatherings do not apply to early learning services
- Case of COVID-19 in a school
- Procedure for closing a school/service
- When is ‘sick’, sick?
- Letter for your community
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17 March
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Special Edition 17 March 2020 – COVID-19 update and FAQs (external link)
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- $12.1b Economic Response package
- Self-isolation requirements for arrivals to NZ
- Current ECE regulations continue
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12 March
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Special Edition 12 March 2020 – Coronavirus update (external link)
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- COVID-19 classified a pandemic
- How to talk to children about COVID-19
- Letter for your community
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6 March
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Special Edition 6 March 2020 – Coronavirus update (external link)
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- Fourth confirmed case linked to NZ schools
- Misinformation on social media
- Confidence in the Ministry of Health’s comprehensive pandemic plan
- Seek medical attention if you are sick
- Support for victims of racial abuse
- Letter for your community
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5 March #2
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Special Edition 5 March 2020 – Case 3 COVID-19 announced today (external link)
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- Schools and services still open
- WHO update on COVID-19
- Good hygiene
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5 March #1
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Special Edition 5 March 2020 – COVID-19 update (external link)
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- Third COVID-19 case linked to NZ schools
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3 March
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Special Edition 3 March 2020 – COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) update (external link)
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- Travelling advice
- Good hygiene tips for children
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18 February
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Special Edition 18 February 2020 – Novel coronavirus update (external link)
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- Border restrictions
- Links to support organisations for victims of abuse
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5 February
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Special Edition 5 February 2020 – Further information regarding the novel coronavirus (external link)
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- Health guidance updates
- How to deal with racist behaviour
- Student visas
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31 January
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Special Edition 31 January 2020 – Updated advice on Novel coronavirus (external link)
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27 January
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Special Edition 27 January 2020 – Coronavirus message from the Education Secretary (external link)
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- COVID-19 evolving internationally
- Specific nature of the virus unclear
- Those who may have been exposed or have symptoms should self-isolate
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