ECC Update ECC UPDATE Nau mai, haere mai The Early Childhood Council (ECC) warmly welcomes the following early learning centres who recently joined the ECC: ● Stokes Valley Community Childcare Centre, Wellington ● Aranui Montessori Preschool, Auckland ● Little People, Auckland ● Immanuel Education and Care Ltd, Auckland ● Nga Puawai O Kaikohekohe, Kaikohe ● The Children's Garden, Nelson ● Wakefield Village Kindergarten, Nelson ● The Redwoods Country Kindergarten, New Plymouth ● Seedlings Nature Kindergarten, New Plymouth ● Inspiring Kids Early Learning Centre, Rotorua ● Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre, Auckland ● Kingdomcity Childcare, Auckland ● Central Kids Early Learning Centres – Whaihanga, Hamilton ● Kidettes Early Education Centres, Bay of Plenty ● Early Childhood Learning Centre, Christchurch ● Daisies Daycare Limited, Wellington ● Child's Wonder, Papamoa ● Somerset Smyth Private Preschool, Hamilton ● The Cathedral Grammar School PreSchool, Christchurch ● Nature's Nest Early Learning Centre Warkworth, Warkworth UPDATE - ECC AGM AND ECC NETWORKING EVENT ON 20 JULY The AGM will be held on Thursday 20 July from 4:00pm - 5.00pm at the Copthorne Hotel. It is free to attend. Members need to register to attend the AGM through ECC’s standard event process (it is not part of the ECC Conference). The Networking Event is for members only and will now be held at the Copthorne Hotel on the Wellington waterfront. You will be seated in regional groupings over lunch and ECC have invited a special guest to attend. I will be providing an update on 20 Hours ECE and any other important topics that you must know. ECC UPDATED RESOURCES Centre Health and Safety Checklist template It is particularly timely to review and update your Health and Safety as winter approaches. Centres must ensure all staff are aware and follow the procedures to keep staff and tamariki safe. The checklist template can be found under centre support/ health & safety/ tools & templates / other documents (templates). Privacy statement update Following the update to the wording of the privacy statement required on enrolment forms and clarifications to retention of documents used to verify the identity of children, the ECC has made the appropriate changes to our templates. If you are currently using previous editions, please replace these with the updated documents listed here: ● Privacy Policy - GMA 10 (20230327) (found under centre support/ policy management/ tools & templates/ Policies/ Governance, Management & Administration) ● Enrolment Form (20230330) (found under centre support/ policy management/ tools & templates/ Other documents/ Governance, Management & Administration) GMA7 Professional Growth Cycle Policy This new policy template is intended to assist centres in managing their Professional Growth Cycle systems (found under centre support/policy management/ tools & templates/ Guidelines/ Governance, Management & Administration) June 2023 { 10 }
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