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This page contains resources and local contact information that you can view and use. It is targeted at people working with children aged under 5 in Hawke's Bay.
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If you are ready to stop smoking and you live in Hawke’s Bay you've landed in the right place, because we help people just like you become smokefree!
The National Emergency Management Agency and the Ministry of Education have jointly developed this Best Practice Guide to help ECE services develop emergency plans and put them into practice.
Safety in pre-school centres, plants which existing literature suggests should not be grown or tolerated in pre-school centres.
A register in te reo Māori for kura kaupapa Māori to track student immunisation.
A register for Early Childhood Services to track student immunisation.
This details the immunisations each child should have at every age.
Keep this handy so that you can assess a sick child.
Resource for the November 2018 ECE Hauora Hui co-ordinated by HBDHB and MoE detailing services, supports and contacts for the under 5's sector.
Sport NZ provide brochures providing a variety of fun activities to get little children moving.
A resoruce tool for teachers about nutrition and healthy food so knowledge can be applied within their early childhood education centres, Te Kōhanga Reo, or playcentres.
Suggestions of healthy food choices and portion sizes suitable for children from 0 – 5 years old.
Early childhood centres must take all reasonably practical steps to make sure that no one smokes on the premises at any time, and that signage is prominently displayed. These signs should be at (or immediately inside) every entrance to the school and the outer entrance to every building or enclosed area forming part of the premises. Click here to order signs FREE from the Health Promotion agency.
Click here for access to a wide range of local support services, resources and information.
You could use this draft policy to help you develop your own.
You could use this policy as a guide to developing your own.