119 Rowandale Avenue, Manurewa, Auckland
View on mapAkarangi | Quality Evaluation evaluates the extent to which this early childhood service has the learning and organisational conditions to support equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners. Te Ara Poutama Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most are the basis for making judgements about the effectiveness of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. Judgements are made in relation to the Outcomes Indicators, Learning and Organisational Conditions. The Evaluation Judgement Rubric derived from the indicators, is used to inform ERO’s judgements about this service’s performance in promoting equity and excellence.
ERO’s judgements for Ako Langimalie are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) |
Whakatō Emerging |
Ngā Akatoro Domains |
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Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions |
Whakatō Emerging Whakatō Emerging |
Ako Langimalie provides a bilingual curriculum that promotes lea faka Tonga and is grounded in Tongan beliefs and cultural values. The service is governed by the Tongan Health Society Incorporated, who also oversee the provision of health and social welfare initiatives within the community. Most of the children enrolled are of Tongan heritage.
Children have a strong sense of belonging. They settle quickly and explore the activities teachers provide. Teachers’ relationships with children and families are positive and responsive. Children express themselves well and know that their needs will be met.
Children of mixed heritages, particularly Māori and Pacific, experience an affirming curriculum that celebrates their cultures. Teachers are yet to design and implement a curriculum that purposefully responds to the identity, languages, and cultures of all children at the centre.
Children with additional learning needs are well supported. Teachers seek guidance from external agencies to help them work closely with individual children and their family.
Infants and toddlers experience a curriculum that is responsive to their individual needs. An unhurried programme provides a calm environment and promotes their independence.
Teachers use Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, to guide their curriculum planning. Opportunities are provided for parents to contribute their skills and knowledge. These opportunities have not yet extended to learning-focused partnerships between families and teachers that focus specifically on children’s learning. Planning and assessment practices do not yet consider children’s learning and development over time.
Systems and practices to support quality improvement are not yet been established at this service. Leaders and teachers need to develop their understanding of how to do and use internal evaluation for improvement. This focus is likely to help them identify the impact their decisions have on children’s learning outcomes.
Ako Langimalie will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Make individual children’s cultures, languages, and identity evident in assessment documentation.
Build teachers’ understanding of useful assessment, planning and evaluation practices.
Develop a shared understanding of internal evaluation processes to help guide improved outcomes for children.
Before the review, the staff and management of Ako Langimalie completed an ERO Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
curriculum
premises and facilities
health and safety practices
governance, management and administration.
During the review, ERO looked at the service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher registration; ratios)
relevant evacuation procedures and practices.
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following area of non-compliance:
Having a record of emergency drills carried out, and evidence of how evaluation of the drills has informed the annual review of the service’s emergency plan (HS8).
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
9 November 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Ako Langimalie |
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Profile Number |
46124 |
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Location |
Manurewa, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
50 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 years |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
42 |
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Review team on site |
August 2023 |
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Date of this report |
9 November 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, March 2021; Education Review, May 2017 |
ERO’s Akanuku | Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards. Further information about Akanuku | Assurance Reviews is included at the end of this report.
Regulatory standards | ERO’s judgement |
| Curriculum | Meeting |
| Premises and facilities | Meeting |
| Health and safety | Meeting |
| Governance, management and administration | Meeting |
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Ako Langimalie provides a bilingual education and care programme that is deeply grounded in Tongan cultural values. The service is governed by the Tongan Health Society Incorporated. This association allows children and families access to health services focused on the holistic health and wellbeing of Tongan people and communities.
The service curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture, and it encourages children to understand and respect each other. There are a range of opportunities to enhance children’s learning and development, both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups.
The unique place of Māori as tangata whenua is acknowledged. Children are given opportunities to develop knowledge and an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Ongoing monitoring of the implementation of systems, processes and practices will be required to ensure the service continues to meet the licensing criteria.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
31 March 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Ako Langimalie |
| Profile Number | 46124 |
| Location | Manurewa, Auckland |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 50 children, including up to 10 aged under 2. |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80%+ |
| Service roll | 49 |
| Ethnic composition | Tongan 45 other ethnic groups 4 |
| Review team on site | February 2021 |
| Date of this report | 31 March 2021 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Education Review, May 2017 |
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.
Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulated standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through: