Pohutukawa Early Learning Centre and Playhouse

18/12/2022

23/01/2022

Morena whanau just a reminder of what it looks like for us within the traffic light system.

24/09/2021

Fun in the sun on this beautiful spring day ❤🌞

23/06/2021

Kia ora whanau,

The Wellington Region (includes Wairarapa and Kapiti Coast) is moving to Alert Level 2 at 6.00pm Wednesday 23 June.
We will remain open during Level 2.
We kindly ask you to use your COVID tracker app. There is hand sanitizer ready to be used as you enter & exit.
If you are feeling unwell, 🤧 or have been in contact with anyone that has a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case, we recommend that you please stay at home and call your GP or Healthline.
❤️

08/05/2020

Kia ora koutou Pohutukawa Whanau

Like us, I am sure you have followed with interest the announcements made by the Prime Minister.

It is reassuring to hear how well our country has done at minimising the impacts of COVID-19. Alert Levels 4 and 3 have not been easy and I thank you for your ongoing support for the work we are doing.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister advised that in Alert Level 2 early learning services are safe environments for children and staff and that additional public health control measures are in place to prevent the spread of disease and to support contact tracing.

The good news is that when we are able to, we look forward to welcoming all our children and staff back again.

The key Public Health approach is to minimise the risk that someone gets infected in the first place, and second to ensure we can identify and contact anyone who has been in close contact with a person, if someone in an early learning service is infected.

You can be assured that in Alert Level 2 we will know who is at our service, who our staff and children have been in close contact with and take appropriate measures to keep everyone safe.

Physical distancing is a good precaution to prevent the spread of disease. We do, however, know it is near impossible in an early learning environment, so good hygiene practices and regular cleaning are even more important here. This includes staff and children coughing into their elbows, handwashing and drying and regular cleaning of commonly touched surfaces.

Under Alert Level 2, we ask you to keep any children home if they are sick, and we will contact you and send anyone home immediately if they show any symptoms.

Our early learning service has safe and sensible practices to maintain the health and safety of everyone on our site. As described by Dr Payinda in his NZ Herald article, “Covid's not measles or chickenpox, it doesn't hang in the air for hours waiting to infect passers-by. It travels on invisible drops of spit. You don't have to cross the street to avoid anyone. Just avoid getting in their 'moist breath' zone”. We all just need to remember to have some breathing space at Alert Level 2!

It’s important however that not just at our early learning service but at home, safe hygiene habits are practised by everyone, as this is essential to minimise the risk that someone gets infected with Covid-19.

For more information about the public health measures at Alert Level 2, you can visit the covid19.govt.nz website: https://covid19.govt.nz/

We will be in touch again when we have more information on our opening procedure after the announcement on May 11th.

Ngā mihi

Colette, Neens and Paulette (Management Team)

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Hope everyone is staying healthy, thinking of you all... very cool ideas on this page below
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24/03/2020

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24/03/2020

The Pohutukawa bear is currently on my washing line! But tomorrow maybe he needs to find a hiding place......

How about you hide a bear & then on your safe walks get your children to search for other bears.

The social-distanced teddy bear hunt is growing popular across New Zealand.

24/03/2020

*With permission from her mum

I’m posting Lily’s play ground, such a wonderful wide open space to explore......and you never know what you might find!

24/03/2020

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