Owhata Reserve, Owhata, Rotorua
View on mapE tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Moananui ki Ōwhata, i Rotorua. Ka āta whakanuia te kōhanga reo mō tōna whai wāhi nui ki tō rātou purapura. He tokomaha ngā kaiako i roto i te purapura i whiwhi i ā rātou tohu mātauranga i a rātou e mahi ana ki Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Moananui. Kei te tatauranga tamariki o tēnei wā, te tokomaha o ngā tamariki kei raro i te toru o ngā tau te pakeke.
E whanake ana te māramatanga o ngā tamariki ki ō rātou tuakiri me ō rātou tūrangawaewae.
Kei te harikoa ngā tamariki, ā, he pai anō hoki ā rātou taunekeneke ki ētahi atu. Ka whakarite te whānau i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te taunekeneke ki ngā pākeke. Ko ngā taunekeneke me te ako a ngā tamariki e poipoia ana ki te aroha, te manaaki, me te atawhai. Ka poipoia anō hoki te noho tahi o te tuakana me te teina. Ka whai wāhi nui ngā atua Māori ki ngā akoranga a ngā tamariki. Ka whai wāhi atu hoki ngā tamariki ki ngā tikanga o te marae. Ka whakanuia ā rātou whakamātau me tā rātou whai wāhi mai ki ngā akoranga. E tino tūmāia ana ngā tamariki hei ākonga.
E whakawhanake ana ngā tamariki i tō rātou māramatanga ki te tuakiri. Taetae mai ai ngā kaumātua ki te kōhanga reo i ia te wā, hei hāpai i ngā tamariki me ngā kaimahi. Ka whakarato te whānau i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te ako i ō rātou pepeha me ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te hapori. Ka hāpai ngā kaimahi i te ako a ngā tamariki mō te whenua hei pātaka kai. E mōhio ana rātou ki ngā tamariki me ō rātou whānau. Ka whakatakoto rātou i ngā tino mahinga mā ngā tamariki, kia noho wātea, kia noho haumaru hoki ngā tūmomo taunekeneke a ngā tamariki ki roto, ki waho hoki i te whare. He ngākau titikaha tō ngā tamariki ki tō rātou taiao ako.
E rumakina ana ngā tamariki ki te whanaungatanga. E akiaki ana te whānau me ngā kaimahi i te whakawhanaungatanga pai ki ētahi atu. Ka whakarite rātou i ngā tūmanako me ngā mahinga e whakatairanga ana, e whakapūmau ana hoki i te whanonga pai. He tino whanaunga ngā kaimahi katoa. Ka whakatauira rātou i te whakahirahiratanga o te whakawhanaungatanga me ngā hononga ā-whānau. Ka akiaki rātou i ngā taunekeneke a ngā tamariki e poipoi ana i te tohatoha, te manaaki, me te aroha. He pai te whakahaere i te ako a ngā tamariki mā te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo rautaki. Kei te harikoa, kei te pākiki hoki rātou ki te taiao o te kōhanga reo. E ako ana ngā tamariki i ō rātou hononga ki ētahi atu.
E ākina ana, e tautokona ana te ako a ngā tamariki i te reo Māori. Ka whakatauira, ka aroturuki hoki te kuia i te kounga o te reo Māori ki te kōhanga reo. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo rautaki e hāpai ana i te whakawhanaketanga o te reo i ngā horopaki ōkawa me ngā horopaki ōpaki. Ko ētahi o aua rautaki, ko te whāngai kupu, te patapatai, te waiata, me te whakapūmau pai. He pai te whakamahinga o ngā pikitia hei hāpai, hei whakawhānui anō hoki i te māramatanga ki te reo Māori me ngā kaupapa mahi. Ka harikoa, ka hihiri hoki ngā kaimahi i a rātou e akiaki ana i ngā tamariki ki te kōrero i te reo Māori. Ka ākina nuitia te whakautu me te whakawhiti kōrero a ngā tamariki. Ka tohu ā-tinana, ā-kanohi hoki ngā pēpi hei whakaatu i tō rātou māramatanga. Ka whakatauira te whānau i te wairua o te reo Māori. E whanake ana ngā tamariki ki te kōrero i te reo Māori.
E whai wāhi atu ana ngā tamariki ki tētahi hōtaka akoranga i āta whakamaheretia ai, ā, e tuituia ana ki te Mana Atua me ngā kaupapa e whai pānga ana ki te hapori. Ka kitea ki ngā tuhinga, ko ngā hononga ki Te Whāriki me Te Korowai. Ka āta whakaatuhia ngā mahere ki te kōhanga reo, hei ārahi i ngā kaimahi, ā, hei whakamōhio hoki i te whānau mō ngā mahi i te hōtaka akoranga. E whakarato ana te whānau i ngā whai wāhitanga ki te whakapuaki whakaaro mō te hōtaka akoranga. Nā tēnei, ka hāngai pū te hōtaka akoranga ki ngā kaupapa o te rohe me ngā tūpuna. E whiwhi ana ngā tamariki i ngā painga o tētahi taiao ako ngohengohe e aro nui ana ki a rātou.
Ka aroturukitia, ka tuhia hoki te ako a ngā tamariki. Ka āta whakarite te whānau kia puāwai mai ai ngā painga o te hōtaka akoranga mō ngā tamariki. E mārama pai ngā kaimahi ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga mahi. Ka āta whakarite rātou kia whakamōhiotia te whānau i ia te wā mō te ahu whakamua a ngā tamariki. Ka whakapuaki katoatia ngā mōhiohio e pā ana ki te ako me te ahu whakamua a ngā tamariki ki te whānau i ngā hui e tū ana i ia te wā. Ka whakatinana ngā kaimahi i tētahi hōtaka akoranga e aro nui ana ki ngā matea o ngā tamariki me ō rātou whānau. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo huarahi ki te pūrongo i te ahu whakamua a ngā tamariki. E whakatutukihia ana ngā matea ako o ngā tamariki.
Whakawhiti kōrero ai ngā kaimahi i ia te wā, mō te āhua o te hōtaka akoranga. Ka kōrero rātou mō te whakawhanaketanga o te reo Māori o ngā tamariki. Ka whakarerekē haere rātou i te hōtaka akoranga i ngā wā e tika ana. Ka aro nui rātou ki ngā matea o ngā tamariki.
E whakahaere ana te whānau i te kōhanga reo hei painga mō ngā tamariki. Kua whakaritea te tūtohinga. E hāpai ana te mahere rautaki me te mahere ā-tau i te whakatutukitanga a te whānau i ō rātou wawata. Kua whakaritea ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru. Kua whakapakarihia e te whānau ō rātou māramatanga me ō rātou mōhiotanga ki te aromātai o roto, whai muri i te arotake o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga. Kua āta whakaritea ngā pūnaha ki te whakahaere i te tari. Ka whakapūmau te kuia i te kairangi o te kawenga takohanga me te māramatanga, me te whakawhanake tonutanga o ngā kaimahi me te whānau. Ko te noho haumaru o ngā tamariki ki te kōhanga reo tētahi aronga matua.
He mahi nui, he mahi taumaha hoki ngā whakaritenga i tēnei wā mā ngā kaimahi ki te aroturuki i te ako a ngā tamariki. Ka aru, ka whakatakoto haere rātou i te ahu whakamua mā te tini o ngā tūmomo huarahi aromatawai. E mōhio ana ngā kaimahi, e tika ana kia whakamahinetia, kia whakatinanahia hoki tētahi pūnaha aromatawai ka whai hua ake.
I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha o te kōhanga reo ki te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei e whai pānga nui ana ki te waiora o ngā tamariki:
Ko te tikanga, ka whakatairanga ngā kōhanga reo katoa i te hauora me te haumaru o ngā tamariki, me te arotake anō hoki i ia te wā i tā rātou whakatutukitanga i ngā herenga ā-ture.
I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
Ka aromātai anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Moananui i roto i te toru o ngā tau.
Lynda Pura-Watson
Kaiurungi Whakaturuki Arotake Māori
23 Kohitātea, 2018
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Rotorua |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
40194 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
05A027 |
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Te tūmomo raihana |
He kōhanga reo |
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Kua raihanatia ki te ture |
Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008 |
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Te tokomaha mō te raihana |
25, kia 12 ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei te rārangi ingoa |
18, tokowhitu kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te ira tangata |
Kōtiro 10 Tama 8 |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori |
100% |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Whiringa-ā-rangi 2017 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
23 Kohitātea, 2018 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga |
Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga |
Hakihea 2014 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2011 Paenga-whāwhā 2008 |
Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Moananui is situated in Owhata, Rotorua. The kōhanga reo is well regarded for the contribution it has made to their purapura. Many of the kaiako currently within the purapura gained qualifications while working at Te Kōhanga Reo o Moananui. The current roll includes a significant number of children under the age of three.
Children are developing their understanding of who they are and where they come from.
Children are happy and positive towards others. The whānau create opportunities for children to interact with adults. Interactions and learning with children are managed with love, care and affection. Tuakana teina relationships are fostered. Atua Māori are an integral part of children’s learning. Children experience tikanga of the marae. Their attempts and contributions to learning are valued. Children are very confident learners.
Children are developing their understanding of identity. Kaumātua are frequent visitors to the kōhanga reo to support children and kaimahi. The whānau provide opportunities for children to learn about their pepeha and local stories. Kaimahi help children to learn about the whenua as a food source. They know the children and their backgrounds. They establish clear routines for children to enable free and safe interactions indoors and outdoors. Children are confident in their learning environment.
Children are immersed in whanaungatanga. The whānau and kaimahi encourage positive relationships with others. They provide expectations and routines that promote and reinforce positive behaviour. All of the kaimahi are closely related. They model the importance of whānau relationships and connections. They encourage interactions between children that foster sharing, caring and aroha. Children’s learning is managed positively using a range of strategies. Consistent and clear expectations support children to develop positive behaviour and relationships. They are happy and curious in the kōhanga reo environment. Children are learning about their connections to others.
Children are encouraged and supported to learn te reo Māori. The kuia models and monitors the quality of te reo Māori within the kōhanga reo. Kaimahi use a range of strategies to support language development during formal and informal situations. These include prompting, questioning, waiata and positive reinforcement. Pictures are used well to support and extend understanding of te reo Māori and kaupapa mahi. Kaimahi are positive and animated as they encourage children to speak te reo Māori. Children are prompted and encouraged to respond and converse. Babies use non-verbal gestures to show their understanding. The whānau model te wairua of te reo Māori. Children are developing as speakers of te reo Māori.
Children experience a well-planned learning programme that incorporates Mana Atua and local content. Documentation shows links to Te Whāriki and Te Korowai. Planning is displayed prominently in the kōhanga reo to guide kaimahi and inform whānau of the learning programme. Whānau are provided with opportunities to contribute to the learning programme. This ensures the learning programme is pertinent to local events and ancestors. Children benefit from a responsive, flexible learning environment.
Children’s learning is monitored and recorded. The whānau ensure that the learning programme results in positive outcomes for children. Kaimahi have a good understanding of their roles and responsibilities. They ensure whānau are regularly updated on children’s progress. All information of children’s learning and progress is shared with whānau at regular hui. The kaimahi implement a learning programme that responds to the needs of the children and their whānau. Kaimahi use many different methods of reporting children’s progress. Children’s learning needs are met.
Kaimahi regularly discuss how the learning programme is going. They talk about how children are developing in te reo Māori. They make changes to the learning programme as necessary. They are responsive to children’s needs.
The whānau manage the kōhanga reo in the interests of the children. The charter is in place. Strategic and annual planning support the whānau to achieve their aspirations. Health and safety policies and procedures are in place. The whānau have strengthened their understanding and knowledge of internal evaluation since their last ERO review. Administrative systems are well organised. The kuia insists on high levels of accountability and transparency, and ongoing development of kaimahi and whānau. Keeping children safe in the kōhanga reo is a priority.
The current practices for monitoring children’s learning are time consuming and onerous for kaimahi. They track and record progress using multiple assessment methods. Kaimahi acknowledge the need to refine and implement a more efficient system of assessment.
During the evaluation, ERO looked at the kōhanga reo systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
All kōhanga reo are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
ERO and the Kōhanga Reo whānau developed the following recommendation:
The next ERO evaluation of Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Moananui will be in three years.
Lynda Pura-Watson
Deputy Chief Review Officer Māori
23 January 2018
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Location |
Rotorua |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
40194 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
05A027 |
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Licence type |
Te Kōhanga Reo |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
25 children, including up to 12 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
18 children, including up to 7 aged under 2 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 10 Boys 8 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
100% |
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Review team on site |
November 2017 |
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Date of this report |
23 January 2018 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review Education Review Education Review |
December 2014 October 2011 April 2008 |
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Ko te kōhanga reo te poutokomanawa o te whare
E pupu ake ai te mana, te ihi, te wehi
Me te wairua o te Māori
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Moananui ki Owhata, ki Rotorua tonu. He kārangarangatanga te nuinga o te whānau nō te hapū o Te Roro-o-te-rangi o Te Arawa.
I kōwhiria e te whānau ko Mana Whenua hei tahū mō te arotake. Nā rātou te pātai arotake i waihanga hei pou mō te arotake:
He pēwhea te tū a ngā tamariki kia kitea ai tō rātou tau me tō rātou harikoa i roto i te kōhanga reo?
He tau, he harikoa hoki ngā tamariki i roto i te kōhanga reo.
He rawe ki ngā tamariki te ako tahi me ō rātou whanaunga ki roto i tētehi ahurea haumako, ngāhau nei me te ao Māori. Waihoki e rata ana ki a rātou te ako mō tō rātou whakapapa me tō rātou tuakiritanga. E wana ana ngā tamariki ki te waiata i ngā mea katoa e mōhio nei rātou. Ko te tū o ngā hui whānau te kaiwhakatupu i te whanaungatanga i waenganui i te whānau. E whakahīhī ana ngā tamariki i tō rātou kōhanga reo.
E korikori ana ngā tamariki i te pai o te whakahaeretanga o te hōtaka ako. E tupu ana te māia i roto i ngā tamariki ki te arahi i tā rātou i hiahia ai ki te ako. E whai wāhi ana ngā haerenga ki wī, ki wā i roto i te hōtaka ako. E aroha ana ngā tamariki ki te whai pānga ki ō rātou whenua. Ka manaakitia, ka tiakina e ngā tamariki tō rātou ahurea.
He pai te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo e te whānau. Ko ngā whakatau, ngā tikanga mahi, me te rautaki whakamua a te whānau e hānagai katoa ana ki te ekenga o te tamaiti ki te angitū. Me kore ake te rautaki whakamua i pai ai tā rātou tū ki te whakatutuki i ngā wawata, haere ake nei.
E manaakitia ana te tupu o ngā tamariki i roto i te reo me ngā tikanga, i te horopaki o te ao Māori, e te whānau.
I mua o te arotake, i īnoi te whānau kia whai whakaaro ki ā rātou kaupapa motuhake mō te arotake.
Kātahi ka whakaritea ngā tino kaupapa motuhake mō te arotake, whai muri o te whakawhitiwhitinga kōrero i waenga o te rōpū arotake o te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau.
I whakaritea e te whānau ko tāna kaupapa arotahi ko:
Ko te katoa o ngā arotake mātauranga ā te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i roto o ngā kōhanga reo e arotahi ana ki te kounga o te mātauranga. Ki tā te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, kei roto i tēnei ko te kounga o te:
Ko ngā kitenga ā te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i roto i ēnei wāhanga, kei raro iho nei.
He pēwhea te tū a ngā tamariki kia kitea ai tō rātou tau me tō rātou harikoa i roto i te kōhanga reo?
He tau, he harikoa hoki ngā tamariki i roto i te kōhanga reo.
He rawe ki ngā tamariki ngā akoranga mō rātou tonu, mō tō rātou whānau ake me ngā kāwai whakapapa. Ko ngā haeretanga te wā e whai wāhi atu ai ngā tamariki ki te hono atu ki ō rātou whenua e karapoti ana i a rātou, ka mutu, he ako i ngā tino mō tō rātou ahurea, wairua nei, kikokiko nei hoki. Nā te haumako me te rerekē o te hōtaka ako i whai wheako ai ngā tamariki ki te poipoi i ō rātou mōhiotanga mō ngā tikanga, te haumarutanga, te whaioranga, te tangata whenuatanga, ngā Atua Māori me ngā kāwai whakaheke. He māia, he tau, he hikaka ngā tamariki ki te ako.
Kei ō rātou ake taumata ngā tamariki. He maha ngā wā ka whai wāhi atu rātou ki ngā horopaki o te ao Māori e whakaareare nei i ō rātou taringa ki te reo me ōna whakamahinga, me ōna marae kōrero.
E hiri ana ngā mahara o ngā tamariki ki te ako. He hikaka ki te whakatauira i ō rātou mōhiotanga, i ō rātou pūkenga hoki. He nui o rātou aroha ki ngā waiata e mahi ngātahitia ana. E pōkea ana ngā mātua i te koa, i te kī mai, e tino koke ana te māiatanga me te pūkengatanga o ā rātou tamariki, ki te whakakōrero i roto i te reo Māori ahakoa ki whea, ki te kāinga, ki waenganui i te whānau hoki.
E piki ana te māia me te harikoa o ngā tamariki i te pai me te māro o te taura whānaungatanga me te manaakitanga ka pā ki ngā tamariki ki te kōhanga reo. He pai te whakatairanga a te whānau i te whanaungatanga. E mōhio pū ana ngā tamariki e arohatia ana rātou, ā, he taonga nō te whānau. E tau ana te noho a ngā kohungahunga. Kei te āta poipoia ngā tamariki kei taumata kē atu kia huraina mai ai te pitomata i roto i a rātou.
Ko ngā āhuatanga i rerekē ai te tamaiti, ko te mahi tahi me te oranga o te tamaiti ngā tino whāinga.
Ko te kokenga o ngā tamariki ki te ako te aro matua o te whānau i tēnei wā i roto i ngā mahi whakahaere whānau me te rautaki whakamua. He pai te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo e te whānau. He whai mana ngā āhuatanga whakahaere katoa mō te wāhi ki te whakatinanatanga me te mātakitanga. Ko te ngākau tapatahi ki te whakatupu me te whakaniko te take i nui ai ngā hua ako ki ngā tamariki.
E noho māro ana te tūtohinga, ā, he pai te whakamahinga hei arahi, hei mātakitaki hoki i ngā tikanga mahi. E mārama ana ki te whānau he aha ngā tino mea me te rautaki whakamua. E tino whai hua ana ngā tamariki i te kaha o te whānau ki te aro ki ngā āhuatanga o te kōhanga reo, arā, ngā rauemi me ngā āhuatanga whakawhanake i ngā kaimahi.
Ko te kokenga o ngā tamariki, ō rātou hiahia, me ō rātou pūkenga ngā tino aro o te mahere me ngā whakahaere. He tau tā te whānau whakahāngai i Te Whāriki, kia ngāhau ai, kia haumako ai, kia rerekē ai, otirā kia nui ai ngā wheako ki ngā tamariki i roto i te reo Māori me ngā tikanga. E aro nui ana ki te whakawhanake i te tamaiti me tōna hononga ki tōna ūkaipō me tōna mōhio ki ōna kāwai whakaheke.
Haere nei te wā e arotakengia ana te hōtaka ako e ngā kaimahi, ā, ka āta mātakitakina tōna pānga ki ngā tamariki. E whai mana ana ngā rautaki hopu i te koke o ngā tamariki i te kōhanga reo. Ko te ataahua o ngā akoranga i roto i te ao Māori te pūtake, mā ngā mātua, i kitea ai te kokenga o ngā tamariki mai i te timatanga. Kua māro ngā tikanga aromatawai. Kua kitea, kua mana hoki tā ngā tamariki angitū ki te ako.
E kitea ana e te whānau ngā hua o te mahi whaiaro me te pānui kōrero mō ngā whāinga o te rautaki me ngā tino mō te tau. Ko te aro i kōnei he whakakaha i te mahi whaiaro me te pānui anō i ngā hua me ngā āhuatanga e koke ana, i roto i te wā, puta noa i te kōhanga reo.
I mua o te arotake, i whakakiia e te kaipupuri raihana, te whānau, me ngā kaimahi o okiuh, tētahi Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a te Whānau o te Kōhanga me tētahi Rārangi Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i ēnei tuhinga i oati rātou, i whāia e rātou ngā huarahi whai take hei whakatutuki i ā rātou herenga ā-ture e pā ana ki:
I te wā o te arotake, i whakamātauhia e te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei, i te mea he nui te pānga o ēnei ki ngā hua ka puta ki ngā tamariki:
Ko te taunakitanga a Te Tari Arotake, kia whakatupuria te mahi whaiaro me te hopu, te pānui hoki i ēnei mea e pai ai te āta mātakitaki i te mahere rautaki, ngā tupunga-ā-tau, me ngā angitūtanga a te kōhanga reo.
Tērā ka whakahaeretia e te Tari Arotake Mātauranga te arotake whai muri, i roto i ngā tau e toru.
Lynda Pura Watson
National Manager Review Services Māori (Te Uepū-ā-Motu)
2 Hakihea 2014
Ko te kōhanga reo te poutokomanawa o te whare
E pupū ake ai te mana, te ihi, te wehi
me te wairua o te Māori
Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Moananui is located near Owhata Reserve, Rotorua. Most children and their whānau affiliate to the hapū of Roro-o-te-Rangi, Te Arawa.
The kōhanga whānau chose Mana Whenua as their focus area for this Education review. Their evaluation question informed the review:
How well do children show that they are confident and happy in kōhanga reo?
Children are confident and happy at kōhanga reo.
Children love learning with their whānau in their rich, vibrant, te ao Māori kōhanga reo environment. They especially enjoy learning about their cultural heritage and identity. Children sing with great confidence and pride all the waiata they know. Regular whānau gatherings grow positive relationships and connections. Children show a strong sense of belonging to their kōhanga reo whānau.
Children are stimulated in their learning from well managed activities. They are growing in confidence to make choices about their own learning. Regular haerenga are a feature of the learning programme. Children love to fully engage in their local area. They show great respect for and appreciate their physical and natural environment.
The whānau manage their kōhanga reo well. Decision making, practices and the whānau strategic direction focuses on successful outcomes for children. Their well planned strategic direction places them well moving forward together to achieve desired outcomes.
Children’s early learning foundation with te reo Māori me ngā tīkanga, in te ao Māori contexts, is well cared for by whānau.
Before the review, the whānau were invited to consider its priorities for review.
The priorities for review were then determined following a discussion between the ERO review team and whānau.
The whānau chose as its focus area:
All ERO education reviews in kōhanga reo focus on the quality of education. For ERO this includes the quality of:
ERO’s findings in these areas are set out in the report findings.
How well do children show that they are confident and happy in kōhanga reo?
Children are confident and happy at kōhanga reo.
Children enjoy learning that is about them, their whānau and their heritage. Regular haerenga allows children to physically connect to their surroundings, and learn about the significance of the natural and physical environment. The rich and varied learning experiences children have help them to develop in their knowledge of tīkanga, health, safety and wellbeing, tangata whenua roles, atua Māori, and ancestral heritage. Children are confident, settled and stimulated learners.
Children are at their own levels of learning. They have regular opportunities to participate in different Māori contexts which help them become more receptive to the language used in different circumstances and settings.
Children are passionate to learn. They are keen to show others what they know and can do. Children love all the waiata they perform together. Parents overwhelmingly report that their children are developing well in confidence and ability to use te reo Māori in their everyday life, including at home with whānau.
Children’s confidence and happiness as learners is enhanced through the positive, strong bonds and interactions they experience at kōhanga reo. Whānau promote the values of whanaungatanga well. Children know they are loved and special to their whānau. Babies are happy and settled. Children with higher learning needs are recognised and successfully nurtured to realise their inner potential.
Children’s individual uniqueness, participation and wellbeing are a priority.
Children’s success in learning at this early stage is a focus for whānau management and the strategic direction. Whānau members manage well their kōhanga reo. All areas of management are effectively implemented and monitored. A strong focus on growth and continued improvement contributes to positive learning outcomes for children.
The whānau charter is well developed and is used well to guide and monitor practice. The whānau are clear about their shared priorities and strategic direction. Children are greatly benefiting from whānau investments made across the kōhanga reo, including resources and kaimahi professional learning and development.
Children’s development, preferences and abilities are well planned and managed. Te Whāriki learning programmes are well designed by the whānau so that children experience te reo Māori me ngā tīkanga in stimulating, rich and varied ways. There is strong emphasis on developing children’s sense of belonging, self and knowledge of their cultural heritage.
Programmes are regularly evaluated by kaimahi and used to closely monitor its impact on all children. Children’s learning journey at kōhanga reo is well documented. Their rich learning experiences in te ao Māori captures for parents how well their children are developing holistically. Assessment practices are well developed. Children’s success and learning is recognised and affirmed.
The whānau see the value of using self review and reporting for strategic goals and annual priorities. This next focus is stronger review and reporting of success and growth across the kōhanga reo, overtime.
Before the review, the licensee, whānau and staff of the kōhanga reo completed an ERO Kōhanga Reo Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents, they have attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to:
During the review, ERO checked the following items because they have a potentially high impact on outcomes for children:
ERO recommends that the whānau:
ERO is likely to carry out the next review in three years.
Lynda Pura Watson
National Manager Review Services Māori (Te Uepū-ā-Motu)
2 December 2014
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Location |
Rotorua |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
40194 |
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Type |
Kōhanga Reo |
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Number licensed for |
25 including 12 under 2 years old |
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Roll number |
18 including 2 under 2 years old |
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Gender composition |
Girls 8 Boys 10 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
100% |
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Review team on site |
10-11 September 2014 |
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Date of this report |
2 December 2014 |
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Most recent ERO reports |
Education Review Education Review |
October 2011 April 2008 |