Swings + Roundabouts Summer 2020

Sustainability brings life to the heart of a centre, New Shoots Children's Centre Keri Keri HOW TO DO A SWOT ANALYSIS Step 1. With the centre's team or leadership team develop a list of all the internal strengths of the centre. Step 2. Repeat the process to develop a list of all the internal weaknesses of the centre. Step 3. Repeat the process to list opportunities external to the centre. Step 4. Repeat the process to list threats external to the centre. Step 5: Use a prioritisation process to reduce these four lists down to five priorities within each list – e.g. each person ticks their five preferred options. The items with the most ticks then become the top five priorities. Ask the group to discuss these top five priorities within each list to confirm if they feel right. Then ask each person to rate them 1 to 5, with 5 being their strongest choice. Add up the scores and rank the highest scored to lowest scored in a SWOT Matrix. Step 6: Develop a strategic plan that focuses on the centre's opportunities and manages its threats using the centre's values, strengths, and weakness in a sustainable way, i.e. environmentally, socially, and economically. Strengths (internal) Weaknesses (internal) Opportunities (external) Threats (external) SWOT Matrix Phil and Tiffany Smith, owners of Collingridge and Smith Architects (UK) Ltd (CASA) have specialised in designing world-class education architecture for over 20 years, both in NZ and the UK. They believe in creating beautiful human spaces based on research that brings together architecture and evolutionary psychology. This is achieved through creativity, refinement, and care. They have been recognised for their achievements in sustainable early childhood architecture with their designs achieving many local and international awards for centres including Fantails Childcare; New Shoots Children's Centres, Three Trees Learning Centre, Campbells Bay Early Learning Centre, Chrysalis Early Learning Centre, Kristin Early Learning, and Te Mirumiru Childhood Education Centre. Website: www.casa-uk.com To be a genuinely sustainable we must understand our licence to operate within our local community, New Shoots Children's Centre Keri Keri Sustainability is defined as meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs, New Shoots Children's Centre Keri Keri How a centre chooses to operate environmentally, socially, and economically within their community impacts that community and will in turn impact that centre, New Shoots Children's Centre Keri Keri December 2020 { 21 }