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October 17, 2018 0

Easing Your Child’s Entry into Preschool

Have you been thinking about sending your child to preschool? Would you…

Education

June 28, 2018 0

Why are teachers quitting in New Zealand

New Zealand at a very dire crossroads at the moment and it…

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June 28, 2018 0

New Zealand Teaching Crisis: A Rant by a fed up teacher

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A dozen students physically restrained each day

Easing Your Child’s Entry into Preschool

October 17, 2018

Have you been thinking about sending your child to preschool? Would you like to make the transition as easy as possible? Finding the right preschool is important. However, before you send your child to a school full time, enrolling them at a child care centre in Nerang is a great way to give them a head start at their preschool.

Your child needs to learn social and interaction skills before starting school and what better place to learn then at a day care centre. They get to interact with adults other than their parents. Get in touch with children their age. Learn the joys of working in groups and enjoying daily activities with their friends.

Research has proved that children who attend day care are much happier at preschool because they have made an early start when compared with their peers. They have less social anxiety. They are also friendlier and more open to new experiences. New places don’t scare them and this is why they can make the most of their learning abilities.

Why send your child to day care?

The following are some of the reasons why sending your child to day care at Kinder Cottage is such a good idea

Research has proved that children who are enrolled at daycare face less social anxiety. Since they meet different people and experience different sets of emotions, they also learn to handle those emotions at a much early age. When it’s time for these children to enter school, they are more confidant then their peers.
Children who attend day care are able to accept social challenges much earlier. This is because they are already interacting with children their age. They come out of their shell and this can do wonders for their confidence. Although it’s a process which is slow and gradual but one which is completely beneficial for your child. Children are social creatures and they learn best when they are having.
Children would follow a routine. At a day care there is a structured routine. There is time for play. There is time for napping and then there is a time for learning. At a day care your child would learn through a variety of activities. They would learn to know about themselves by practicing role play. They would learn to read. Improve their listening and speaking skills and even get some basic idea about writing.
Children thrive on play. At a day care you can rest assured that your child is never bored. When you are at work you wouldn’t have to worry about what your child is doing back home. Children who attend day care are much happier individuals when they get back home. This also reduces parental anxiety.

Just make sure that when you choose a day care for your child it should be a safe place. Get to know whether the admin is registered and licensed to run a daycare.

Why are teachers quitting in New Zealand

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

New Zealand at a very dire crossroads at the moment and it doesn’t seem like the situation is going to improve anytime soon either. Unlike most other developed countries, the biggest issue with New Zealand is that there are very few teachers available to teach the curriculum that is being offered. There are experienced teachers and professors at the top universities, but as we look lower down the pecking order, we find more and more staffing issues. And experts believe that this trend will also impact the best of universities in New Zealand. Education is one of the biggest sectors in the world and is fuelled by a lot of students flocking to colleges abroad. And for a long period of time, NZ looked like the perfect alternative to the west, with the price of education in Australia being too much for a lot of people in the developing world. But that trend looks like it might stop, with more and more staffing issues arising. So why is there such a situation in New Zealand? We are going to deep dive to find out why exactly the beautiful nation is facing such hardships.

The major reason is definitely the curriculum. The curriculum hasn’t been changed in decades and this has left a lot of teachers having to curb creativity in order to ensure that they finish the curriculum. The monotonous nature of the curriculum not only stresses out students, but also teachers. A lot of young teachers feel that they face burnout by the end of a 5-year time period and decide to either pursue further education or move on to an entirely different career path altogether.

The second reason is the lack of funds and the poor pay-scale for a teacher. Teaching is still one of the low-income professions in the country, and one study stated that farming paid more than teaching. The government has sat on educational improvement for far too long, and that is among the major reasons why they are facing such a huge backlash now. The fact of the matter is that not all teachers are going to pay at the same range as the best professors in universities, but for a nation that is trying to push forward the importance of education, it is a sorry sight to see teaching in the low-income bracket.

Large-scale changes need to be done, along with showing educational research its rightful place in the epicentre. But unfortunately for now, there seems to be no steps taken to improve the condition of teachers in New Zealand.

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