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Planning a post-COVID kick start?
As we get back to some kind of normal, there's lots of uncertainty about how the lives of our whānau will change, and what it will mean...


Entries close today - great prizes!!
We've had a fantastic response to the further call for entries for the Kidsfirst #betterbecause Values awards, and you only have a few...


Facebook Kindy Stories
Thank you so much to everybody who has sent in photos and captions for the Facebook pages - it's great to have that content up there - it...


From Sherryll
It's been great to see everybody working so hard to settle tamariki and whānau in, and also a steady flow of waitlists and enrolments as...


Making the most of Educa
Educa is one of the most effective platforms available to us to coordinate communication with parents and whānau, and share learning and...


New website update
It's nearly here! The infrastructure is all but built, and we're in the testing phases now. Next steps are to transition over the...


Celebrating COVID teddies
Fantastic work from Kidsfirst Sumner on creating a Treaty of Care for their kindergarten and creating an event to honour the soft toys...


Jen's update
Predictably, the COVID-19 lockdown period was slow, with a great deal of community uncertainty, whānau unable to visit kindergartens, and...


Our Kidsfirst Champions
Our sincere thanks, ngā mihi nui, to those teachers and head teachers who took part in our 'expert video' series that has been running on...


New AGM date - 29th July
We're still not sure what the format will be due to Covid-19 restrictions, but save the date, anyway. We're really looking forward to...


Check out our all-star campaign!
As we all prepare for the next Alert Level change, we've also been getting a brand new ad and parent information campaign ready so we can...
Building resiliance starts with self-care
We often hear the term 'look after yourself', but many of us aren't so great it doing it. We found this great piece from the NZ Institute...


A new year winner
An earlier start to our New Year advertising, the Open Day, your individual kindergarten efforts and a big advertising boost added up to...


Combination of everything fills rolls at Belfast
Kidsfirst Belfast was officially removed from the ‘Spaces Available’ section of the website last week - an achievement that is always...


KUDOS : Time to reveal out February star performers
Using 100% Maximum Child Funded Hours: Hawea and Wales St. Using 96%+ Child Funded Hours: Alexandra, Burnham, Cashmere, Halswell,...
Confidence builder grows community connection
Some of the very best kindergarten activities turn out not only to be great experiences for the children, but to be real community...
New Brand Advertisements
Ngā tamariki, te ako, te katakata Our new series of brand advertisements will start running on Facebook in February. Our thanks to...


Multiple points for whānau contact
There are so many ways for people to hear about Kidsfirst - they can see a sign when they're walking down the street, a Google or...


What a day!
It's been so great to receive so many positive reports after last week's Open Day - while we were confident that we would garner more...


Keeping in touch with potential parents
Frustrated when parents visit, but you have no way of contacting them again? Every one is a lost waitlist or enrolment opportunity, but...
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