1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Healler duple see ala Well, thank goodness there are some 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: common sense left in this country. Country Kindy has been 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: given permission to stay open for another twelve weeks at 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: least now. I've been fascinated by this story since we 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: got wind of it a late last week. And what happened, 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: if you haven't been across it, is that Thursday last 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: week it was announced that the Ministry of Education was 8 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: going to close down Country Kindy from Monday, and then 9 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: Monday it was announced that Country Kindy was taking court 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: action to overturn the decision. And then yesterday it was 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: announced that David Seymour had now got involved in his 12 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 1: capacity as an education minister, and the Ministry had agreed 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 1: to allow Country Kenny to stay open for the next 14 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: twelve weeks while the court action takes place, which is 15 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: good because this situation is ridiculous. First of all, imagine 16 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: the impact on the parents of those twenty two kids 17 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: who are told on a Thursday that from Monday they're 18 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: going to have to find alternative care for their kids. 19 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: Good luck trying to get kids into an early childhood 20 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: center with two days notice, even in a place like Auckland. 21 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: She's got heaps and heaps of ece on offer. It's hard, 22 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: never mind trying to find that in the manner were 23 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: two somewhere in the middle of Fielding and Hunterville. I 24 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: don't know about you, but I don't think there's gonna 25 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: be a lot of Kinndys there in Auckland. To give 26 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: you an example of how tight it is, I was 27 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: on a waiting list for a candy for eighteen months 28 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: until I canceled it because I couldn't be bothered waiting anymore. 29 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: So imagine what it's like somewhere between Fielding and Hunterville. 30 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: Imagine the impact on those parents right, Imagine the impact 31 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: on their workplaces because one of them ain't coming to 32 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: work because I've got a preschooler at home now. And 33 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: imagine the impact also on the kids who just want 34 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: to go to kindy and see their friends. But worst 35 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: of all of this is why the candy was shut down. 36 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: It was shut down because it failed to meet seven 37 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: seven regulations, including my personal favorite three. Condition one a 38 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: philosophy statement that guides the services operation. Literally, it got 39 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: shut down because it didn't have a philosophy statement. Condition 40 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: five demonstrate that adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, 41 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: positive interactions to enhance children's learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. 42 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: Condition six. The practices of adults providing education and care 43 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: demonstrate and understanding of children's learning and development, and knowledge 44 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: of relevant theories and practice in early childhood education. The 45 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: teachers weren't beating the kids, they weren't starving the kids 46 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: to death locking them outdoors all day. There wasn't a 47 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: health and safety issue. Just didn't write a philosophy statement. 48 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: Apparently it means they need to get shut down. This 49 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: is ridiculous. What this is as a perfect example of 50 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: A why the early childhood sector desperately needs that red 51 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: tape review that David Seymour was doing, and B what's 52 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: gone wrong with the Ministry of Education because apparently, to them, 53 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: paperwork and philosophy statements are more important than kids just 54 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: being able to go to kindy. So thank goodness that 55 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: this place is still open and he is hoping that 56 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: the Ministry of Education gets a spanking in court. For 57 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: more from Heather Duplessy, Allen Drive. 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