An Nur Childcare Centre

Education institution number:
65070
Service type:
Education and Care Service
Definition:
Not Applicable
Total roll:
37
Telephone:
Address:

48 Springs Road, Hornby, Christchurch

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An Nur Childcare Centre

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.

ERO’s Judgement

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.

Background

An-Nur Childcare Centre is one of two Muslim centres operating under the Al Noor Charitable Trust.  The centre provides education and care for Muslim and non-Muslim children. It is the only Islamic service in Christchurch. The multicultural teaching team reflects the ethnic diversity of children and their families.

Summary of Review Findings

The curriculum is based on Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and Islamic beliefs. It is informed by assessment, planning and evaluation, that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau and life contexts. Children are supported to be confident in their own culture and encouraged to understand and respect each other. Teachers provide opportunities for children to be involved in decisions about their learning experiences and support them to be confident and competent learners. There is sufficient quantity and variety of furniture, equipment and multicultural resources provided that are appropriate for the learning and abilities of children attending.

Key next steps

Next steps include:

  • building capability to use the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, to analyse and interpret significant learning from which to build a rich and relevant curriculum for every child.  

During the onsite visit the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it addressed the following non-compliance:

  • hazards identified in the outdoor area to the safety of children were isolated or eliminated. [HS12]

Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non compliances:

  • a written procedure for safety checking that meets requirements of the Children’s Act 2014
  • all children’s workers are safety checked in accordance with the Children’s Act 2014.

Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Services 2008, GMA7A.

Next ERO Review

The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.

Dr Lesley Patterson
Director Review and Improvement Services (Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini

1 July 2021 

Information About the Service

Early Childhood Service Name An Nur Childcare Centre
Profile Number 65070
Location Christchurch

Service type

Education and care service

Number licensed for

38 children, including up to 8 aged under 2.

Percentage of qualified teachers

50-79%

Service roll

37

Ethnic composition

Māori 1, Somali 7, Middle Eastern 5, Ethiopian 3, Afghani 4, Egyptian 4, Ethiopian 3, Other ethnicities 13

Review team on site

June 2021

Date of this report

1 July 2021

Most recent ERO report(s)

Education Review, November 2016; Education Review, June 2013.

General Information about Assurance Reviews

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.

ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based service:

having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’ that has moved from a provisional to a full licence that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership where an Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.

Management Assurance on Legal Requirements

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:

  • curriculum
  • premises and facilities
  • health and safety practices
  • governance, management and administration.

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:

  • 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; police vetting; teacher certification; ratios) evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.

As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:

  • discussions with those involved in the service
  • consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems
  • observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.

An Nur Childcare Centre - 24/11/2016

1 Evaluation of An Nur Childcare Centre

How well placed is An Nur Childcare Centre to promote positive learning outcomes for children?

Not well placed

Requires further development

Well placed

Very well placed

An-Nur Childcare Centre is well placed to provide positive learning outcomes for children.

ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.

Background

An Nur Childcare Centre is one of two Muslim centres operating under the Al Noor Charitable Trust. The centre provides care and education for Muslim and non-Muslim children aged from birth to school age. It is the only Islamic early learning service in Christchurch. A sister centre has recently been opened in Dunedin.

The Christchurch centre focuses on upholding Islamic traditions and these are embedded into the centre's programmes. The multiculturalism of the teaching staff reflects the ethnic range of the children and their families. Diversity is valued and celebrated. Two of the teachers are qualified early childhood teachers and most of the other staff are working towards an early childhood qualification.

The centre's philosophy focuses on supporting children in the local and wider community. A centre van provides transportation for children who do not live locally. The centre manager is involved in the local learning cluster of schools.

Since the last review, there have been significant changes in staffing including new team leadership. Staff are making progress with the 2013 ERO review recommendations, specifically with assessment and planning.

The Review Findings

Teachers provide an inclusive environment with a strong focus on supporting children to interact respectfully with one another. Professional development opportunities for staff extend these understandings and create a sense of ako, learning from one another, including adults learning from children. This is especially significant for parents where English is not the first language. Teachers model care and respect for one another, the children and their families.

Children enjoy a wide range of interesting learning activities including the integration of science, mathematics and literacy. Children's language, culture and identity are highly valued. Teachers provide opportunities to hear and learn in the children's home language and to develop understanding and use of the English language.

Learning is based on Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and Islamic beliefs. Teachers are responsive to children's interests. Individual learning goals are identified and made visible in the learning environment. The centre manager has high expectations for teaching and learning, and has developed useful processes to support teaching staff to create meaningful learning.

The centre manager's in-depth understanding of internal evaluation means a culture of reflection and review is developing amongst the teaching staff. The centre manager encourages leadership capacity and a collaborative culture to ensure positive learning outcomes for children.

Children under two years old benefit from warm, calm and responsive relationships. Teachers are responsive to individual needs and plan specific activities for these young children.

Informal and formal conversations are held with parents about their children's progress and learning goals. Teachers provide thoughtful and well-presented learning stories both digitally and in individual profile books to show learning over time. Opportunities are made for families to share their views and are encouraged to take an active role in the children's learning.

Social media is used to communicate with families and the wider community about activities and significant community events that the centre is involved in.

Key Next Steps

ERO has identified and the centre manager and team leader agree, that the next steps are to continue to strengthen:

  • understandings and use of in-depth internal evaluation

  • teacher appraisal processes to better align with the Education Council criteria for endorsing practising certificates

  • planning for children’s learning and teaching strategies in te reo and tikanga Māori in centre documentation and practices.

Management Assurance on Legal Requirements

Before the review, the staff and management of An Nur Childcare Centre 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:

  • 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; police vetting; teacher registration; ratios)

  • evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.

All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.

Next ERO Review

When is ERO likely to review the service again?

The next ERO review of An Nur Childcare Centre will be in three years.

Dr Lesley Patterson

Deputy Chief Review Officer Te Waipounamu/Southern

24 November 2016

The Purpose of ERO Reports

The Education Review Office (ERO) is the government department that, as part of its work, reviews early childhood services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ERO’s reports provide information for parents and communities about each service’s strengths and next steps for development. ERO’s bicultural evaluation framework Ngā Pou Here is described in SECTION 3 of this report. Early childhood services are partners in the review process and are expected to make use of the review findings to enhance children's wellbeing and learning.

2 Information about the Early Childhood Service

Location

Christchurch

Ministry of Education profile number

65070

Licence type

Education & Care Service

Licensed under

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Number licensed for

24 children, including up to 8 aged under two

Service roll

24

Gender composition

Girls 15; Boys 9

Ethnic composition

Māori

Pākehā

Pakistani

Fijian

Middle Eastern

African

1

4

2

4

5

8

Percentage of qualified teachers 0-49% 50-79% 80%+Based on funding rates

50-79%

Reported ratios of staff to children

Under 2

1:4

Better than minimum requirements

Over 2

1:6

Better than minimum requirements

Review team on site

October 2016

Date of this report

24 November 2016

Most recent ERO reports 

Education Review

June 2013

Education Review

November 2008

Education Review

February 2006

3 General Information about Early Childhood Reviews

ERO’s Evaluation Framework

ERO’s overarching question for an early childhood education review is ‘How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?’ ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the bicultural framework Ngā Pou Here:

Pou Whakahaere – how the service determines its vision, philosophy and direction to ensure positive outcomes for children

Pou Ārahi – how leadership is enacted to enhance positive outcomes for children

Mātauranga – whose knowledge is valued and how the curriculum is designed to achieve positive outcomes for children

Tikanga whakaako – how approaches to teaching and learning respond to diversity and support positive outcomes for children.

Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.

ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.

A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.

For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to ERO’s Approach to Review in Early Childhood Services.

ERO’s Overall Judgement and Next Review

The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:

  • Very well placed – The next ERO review in four years
  • Well placed – The next ERO review in three years
  • Requires further development – The next ERO review within two years
  • Not well placed - The next ERO review in consultation with the Ministry of Education

ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.

Review Coverage

ERO reviews are tailored to each service’s context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.