In this week's newsletter

1. Exciting News for ECE Service Operators and Managers
2. Celebrating Fathers Day Ideas
3. Spotlight on Sun Protection for Children and Adults
4. ECE Service Money, Business Systems or Strategy Questions - Help is Available
5. ECE Money Management and Accounting Made Simple and Profitable
6. Exchange Everyday Articles Link

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1. Exciting News for ECE Service Operators and Managers

There's a top line up of speakers on key management topics, including ECE policy at the Forum this coming Thursday, 1st Sept in Wellington.  If you live outside of Wellington its well worth an airfare to attend.  Representatives from across home-based and centre-based services and playcentre are attending. 

If you have not already booked your space, email us quickly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   

Information about this big event in the early childhood calendar for ECE managers and operators is available from the childforum.com website 

2.  Ideas for Marking Fathers Day

Fathers Day is Sunday 3rd Sept.  That's only one week away!  How are you supporting children to acknowledge their appreciation of their dad or male adult who is special to them?  For some information and top ideas see our article on this on the ChildForum website.

* READ MORE:  Father's Day Traditions and Ways to Mark this Special Day

3. Sun Protection Taken Seriously but Policies and Practices in ECE Services Could Be Better 

Summer is not far away now, and as we look forward to hot days and deep sunshine there is a big question mark over how prepared early childhood services are to ensure young children's sensitive skin and eyes are not harmed.

New research on sun protection in teacher-led ECE services provides important insights. Researcher, Mary Duignan, interviewed key informants from a sample of early childcare centres, including nationwide organisations, kindergarten associations and a district health board early childhood health promoter.  As well, sun protection policies supplied by informants were analysed along with Ministry of Education information and requirements.

4. ECE Service Money, Business Systems or Strategy Questions

This is a FREE service only for ChildForum members.  Have you got a question about finance, money, or a business aspect of your ECE service?

Contact Bevin Fitzsimons author of the ChildForum Audit-Ready Kits for Community and Privately-Owned Services for a quick answer or pointers on how to resolve the issues raised.  Phone Bevin on 021 528 539 or Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

5.  ECE Money Management and Accounting Made Simple and Profitable

Have you got an Audit-Ready Kit for your early childhood service yet?  It pays to have the Kit!

“Thanks for saving us $19,000 income tax paid in advance on our two services. The Grants worksheet guarantees accuracy and is easy for us, helps our accountant and saves accounting & auditing time and cost. The Teacher Support Grants Registers are most helpful and in a good format to plan with the teacher as well as being easy to audit. What an Awesome Kit!"  (Mike Lee-Houtwipper, company director)

“The Kit covers many gaps which I was aware of but had not the resources to rectify.  It incorporates many useful governance and management tools, ranging from the quick daily profit measure, through to situation analysis and long-term strategy planning tools for all aspects of our service, not just the money ones. The spreadsheets and other templates are easy to use and to modify for our centre.  I found the whole resource interesting and quite fun to use"  (Meg Moss, head teacher community centre)

* READ MORE:  Community Kit ordering information (click here).  Private ECE owned service Kit ordering information (click here).

6. Exchange Everyday Articles Link

We received an email this week from a person wanting to know how they can personally access the American 'Exchange Everyday' articles which a NZ EC centre lobby group republishes as its news articles. 

Exchange Every Day is the official electronic newsletter for Exchange Press, Inc. You can subscribe to it for free and have it sent straight to your in-box.  It rarely contains news stories (and usually not of relevance to NZ), but it does provide little bits of lovely inspiration, reports on trends in the USA, and quotes and stories with links to products sold or promoted by the Childcare Exchange.  Click here to go through to a link to subscribe for FREE to the 5 weekly article emails from Childcare Exchange.