Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri

Education institution number:
40240
Service type:
Te Kōhanga Reo
Definition:
Not Applicable
Total roll:
11
Telephone:
Address:

7 Kauri Street, Levin

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Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. E hāngai ana tēnei pūrongo ki ā rātou pūnaha, ki ā rātou whakaritenga, me ā rātou mahi whakahaere. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi.

2 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri ki Taitoko. He tino hononga ā-whakapapa, ā-mahi hoki ō te kōhanga reo nei ki a Ngāti Raukawa rāua ko Ngāti Tūkorehe. He tautōhito tō rātou kaiako, ā, ka whakaako ia i te reo Māori ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Ka whakapuakihia e te whānau te tangongitanga o ō rātou pūkenga, ā, ka whai wāhi nui rātou ki ngā whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo i ia rā.

I kitea ki te arotake Mana Whakahaere a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te Hui-tanguru o te tau 2022, te pai o ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau i ia rā ki te kōhanga reo, te hāngai nui o te taiao ki te ako a ngā mokopuna, me te rongo o ngā mokopuna i te whanaungatanga hei āhuatanga tonu o ā rātou wheako o ia rā. I taunaki Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga kia whakawhanake te kōhanga reo i tētahi mahere mahi e hāpai ai i te whakatutukitanga o tā rātou tirohanga rautaki.  

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te whakapuaki mai o ngā mokopuna i te whanaungatanga?

Ka poipoia ngā mokopuna ki tētahi taiao e whakatairanga ana i te aroha o te whakawhanaungatanga.  

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga – Mana Mokopuna

Ka whakapuaki ngā mokopuna i te whanaungatanga mā te tangongitanga o ngā tūmomo taunekeneke. He mātātoa te whai wāhi atu a ngā mokopuna ki ngā wheako ako whakaongaonga me ngā whai wāhitanga ako e whāngai ana i te hōhonutanga o te reo. He matatau ngā kaimahi ki te kōrero i te reo Māori, ā, ka whakamahi i ngā rautaki pērā i te whakatauira, i te akiaki, me te tāruarua hoki ki te hāpai i te whakawhanaketanga o te reo Māori. Ka whai wāhi hoki ki tēnei, ko te reo me ngā tikanga o Ngāti Tūkorehe, me ngā tātai hono ki ngā tūpuna me ngā atua Māori, tae atu hoki ki ngā pepeha me ngā tātai whakapapa. Ka ngākau nui ngā mokopuna ki te aroha o te whanaungatanga māhorahora, e tautāwhitia ana rātou e tō rātou whānau.

Kei te mauritau ngā mokopuna, ā, he harikoa tō rātou noho tahi. Ka waiata rātou i ngā waiata e pā ana ki a rātou anō me ō rātou hononga ki ō rātou hapū me ō rātou iwi. E whakatinana ana ngā mokopuna i ngā pūmanawa o ō rātou tūpuna, mā tā rātou aro nui ki te manaaki manuhiri. E āta tautokona ana ngā pēpi e te whānau, ā, ka whai wāhi nui rātou ki tētahi hōtaka akoranga e hāngai tika ana ki ō rātou reanga. Ka ngahau ngā tuākana ki te taha o ngā tēina me te whānau. He pārekareka ki a rātou te tūhura i ō rātou whakaaro, me te whai i ō rātou ake ngākau nuitanga. Kei te mārie, kei te ngāwari hoki ngā kaimahi i roto i ā rātou taunekeneke ki ngā mokopuna. Kei te mauritau, kei te harikoa hoki ngā mokopuna hei ākonga.

Tuhia ai ngā akoranga me ngā ahu whakamua a ngā mokopuna i ia te wā, ki ngā kōnae mokopuna. He pārekareka ki te whānau te whakapā atu me te pānui i ngā kōnae mokopuna. Nā te whanaungatanga me te ako i te purapura, ka whakapuaki, ka whakapakari hoki ngā kaimahi i ō rātou mōhiotanga ngaio me ā rātou whakaritenga. Tū ai te tukanga arohaehae i ia te wā. Ka whai hua ngā mokopuna nā te aronga o ngā kaimahi ki te whakawhānui i tō rātou āheinga ngaio.  

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake 

E whakaae ana te whānau, me nahanaha ake te aronga ki te whakatutuki i ō rātou wawata kia piki ake te raihana o te kōhanga reo, kia rahi ake ai ngā tini mokopuna ka uru mai. E hiahia ana hoki rātou ki te whakatairanga ake i te wāhi nui o waho, mā te whakatū i tētahi ārai, me tētahi hanganga tākaro e poipoi ake ai i ngā matea o ngā mokopuna. Ko te whakawhanake me te whakatinana i tētahi mahere rautaki e whai kiko ana, me te whai wāhi hoki o ngā mahere mahi, ka ārahi i te aronga o te whānau, me ngā tono mō ngā pūtea, ā, ka hāpai hoki i te takune o te whānau ki te whakapiki ake i te tatauranga tamariki.  

5 Te Whakatau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te arotake, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha ki te whakahaere i ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei, arā, ki:

  • te haumaru ā-whatumanawa, tae atu ki te ārahi mauritau me te ārai tamariki

  • te haumaru ā-tinana, tae atu ki te mātakitaki tamariki, ngā whakaritenga whakamoe, ngā aituā, te whāngai rongoā; me ngā kaupapa here, ngā tukanga hoki mō ngā haerenga whakawaho

  • te tū tika o ngā kaimahi, tae atu ki te tika o ngā tohu mātauranga, ngā mahi arowhai a ngā pirihimana, me te tatauranga ki waenga i te kaiako me te tamaiti 

  • ngā whakaritenga ohotata me ngā tikanga ohotata e pā ana ki te rū whenua, te ahi, te waipuke, te tai āniwhaniwha, me te mate urutā.

6 Te Taunakitanga

E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo, kia whakawhanakehia, kia whakatinanahia tētahi mahere rautaki e whai kiko ana, me tētahi mahere mahi, kia tutuki ake ai ngā matea o te whānau me te hapori.  

Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori
Services

04 Haratua, 2022

 

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kōhanga Reo

Te tūwāhi

Kei Taitoko

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

40240

Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo

09D097

Te tūmomo whare

He kōhanga reo

Te raihana

Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008

Te tokomaha mō te raihana

12, kia tokowhā ki raro i te rua o ngā tau

Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa

10, tokowhā kei raro i te rua o ngā tau

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori 10

Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake

Hui-tanguru 2022

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo

4 Haratua 2022

Ngā pūrongo o mua a
Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga 

Arotake Mana Whakahaere,  Hui-tanguru 2022;

Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2017;

Arotake Mātauranga, Hakihea 2014

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau, leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. This report reflects their systems, operations and management practices. ERO reports provide important information for hapū and iwi.

2 Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri is located in Levin. The kōhanga reo has close whakapapa and working relationships with Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tukorehe. They have an experienced kaiako who provides language tuition at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Whānau bring a range of skills to the day-to-day operation of the kōhanga.

The ERO February 2022 review of Mana Whakahaere practises found whānau managed the operations of the kōhanga well, and they provided a conducive learning environment where mokopuna experienced whanaungatanga as part of their daily experience. ERO recommended the kōhanga develop an action plan to support the realisation of their strategic vision.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do mokopuna express whanaungatanga?

Mokopuna are nurtured in an environment that promotes loving relationships.

4 Findings - Mana Mokopuna

Mokopuna express whanaungatanga through a variety of interactions. Mokopuna actively engage in stimulating learning experiences and participate in rich language learning opportunities. Kaimahi are experienced speakers of te reo Māori and use strategies such as, modelling, prompting, and repetition to support te reo Māori development. This includes te reo me ngā tikanga o Ngāti Tukorehe, ancestral and Atua Māori connections, as well as pepehā and whakapapa connections. Mokopuna enjoy natural loving relationships where they are embraced by the whānau

Mokopuna are settled and happily engage with each other. They sing waiata about who they are and their connections to their hapū and iwi. Mokopuna embody traits of their tupuna through their attentive care of manuhiri. Pēpi are well supported by whānau and enjoy an age-appropriate learning programme. Tuakana have fun alongside teina and whānau. They enjoy exploring their ideas and following their interests.  Kaimahi are calm and gentle in their interactions with mokopuna. Mokopuna are settled and happy learners.

Mokopuna learning and progress is regularly documented using kōnae  mokopuna. Whānau enjoy reading and accessing mokopuna profiles. Whanaungatanga and ako through the Purapura allows kaimahi to share and build their professional knowledge and practice. A regular process of appraisal is in place. Mokopuna benefit from kaimahi focused on extending their professional capability.    

Key Next Steps

The whānau agree a more strategic approach is required to realise their aspirations of increasing the kōhanga licence so more mokopuna can attend. They also want to enhance the large outdoor space with appropriate shade and a play structure that would better meet the needs of  mokopuna. Developing and implementing a detailed strategic plan and accompanying action plans will guide whānau direction, help with applications for funding grants and support the intention of whānau to increase the roll.

5 Assurance on Legal Requirement

During the evaluation, ERO looked at systems for managing the following areas:

  • emotional safety including positive guidance and child protection
  • physical safety including supervision, sleep procedures, accidents, medication, excursion policy and procedures
  • suitable staffing including appropriate qualifications, police vetting, ratios
  • emergency procedures and practices for earthquakes, fire, flood, tsunami and pandemic.

Recommendation

The kōhanga reo develops a detailed strategic plan and an accompanying action plan to better meet the needs of whānau and its community.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori
Review Services

4 May 2022

7 Information about the Kōhanga Reo

Location

Levin

Ministry of Education profile number

40240

Kōhanga Reo Identification Number

09D097

Licence type

Te Kōhanga Reo

Licensed under

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Number licensed for

12 children, including up to 4 aged under 2

Kōhanga Reo roll

10 children, including up to 4 aged under 2

Ethnic composition

Māori 10 

Review team on site

February 2022

Date of this report

4 May 2022

Most recent ERO report(s) 

Mana Whakahaere Report, February 2022; Education Review, October 2017; Education Review, December 2014

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. E hāngai ana tēnei pūrongo ki ā rātou pūnaha, ki ā rātou whakaritenga, me ā rātou mahi whakahaere. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi.

2 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri ki Taitoko. He tino hononga ā-whakapapa, ā-mahi hoki ō te kōhanga reo nei ki a Ngāti Raukawa. He tautōhito tō rātou kaiako, ā, ka whakaako ia i te reo Māori ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Ka whakapuakihia e te whānau te tangongitanga o ō rātou pūkenga, ā, ka whai wāhi nui rātou ki ngā whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo i ia rā.

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te whakapuakitanga mai o ngā mokopuna i te whanaungatanga?

Ka rongo ngā mokopuna i te whanaungatanga ki tētahi taiao e hāpai nui ana i te ako.  

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga – Mana Whakahaere

He pai te mahi ngātahi a te whānau ki te whakahaere i te kōhanga reo. Hui ai te whānau i ia te wā ki te whakatau i ngā whakaritenga e pā ana ki te kōhanga reo. E arahina ana te komiti matua e ngā kaimahi, ā, ka āta whakarite rātou i te noho mārama o ngā tūranga me ngā kawenga mahi. Ka mahi ngātahi te whānau ki te arotake i te tūtohinga, ā, ko te arotake i ngā kaupapa here tētahi āhuatanga tonu o ngā hui ā-whānau. Kua whakatakotohia tētahi mahere ā-tau hei ārahi i ngā take whakahaere matua, puta noa i te tau. He pai te whakahaere i ngā pūtea, ā, ka pūrongotia ki ngā hui ā-whānau.

Ka aro atu ngā whānau ki ngā whakarerekētanga, ā, ka āta mahi ngātahi rātou, tētahi i tētahi, ki te whakatika i ngā wero i pā mai nā te Kowheori 19 me te ako tawhiti. Ka whakapuakihia te ako me te ahu whakamua a ngā mokopuna e ngā kaimahi ki ngā hui ā-whānau. Ko te ako a ngā mokopuna, me tō rātou waiora, kei te pūtake o ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau.

Ka aro nui ngā mahere ki ngā ngākau nuitanga me ngā matea o ngā mokopuna, ā, ka hāngai hoki ki ngā wawata o te whānau e whakaraupapa matua ana i te reo Māori. Hui ai ngā kaimahi i ia te wā ki te whakawhiti kōrero mō ngā take e pā ana ki te kōhanga reo, tae atu ki te hōtaka akoranga me ngā tūmomo huarahi e whakapai tonu ai i te hōtaka akoranga. Tae atu ai ngā kaimahi ki ngā hui o te purapura, ā, i reira rātou whai wāhi atu ai ki te ako ngaio me te āta whakapakari anō hoki i ō rātou hononga ki ngā kaimahi o ētahi atu kōhanga reo o te takiwā. E poipoia ana ngā mokopuna ki tētahi taiao e whakatairanga ana i tō rātou waiora.  

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake 

I āta kōrerohia nuitia te aromatawai a ngā mokopuna i te wā o te hui i whakatūngia ai e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ki te taha o ngā kaimahi. Ka arotake Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā whakaritenga aromatawai hei wāhanga tonu o te aromātai Mana Mokopuna.

Ahakoa kua whakatakotohia te mahere rautaki, ka whai hua hoki ngā mokopuna mā te tāpiritanga anō hoki ki tēnā, ko tētahi mahere mahi e āta whakatakoto matawhānui ana i ngā rautaki ka whāia e te whānau ki te kōkiri whakamua i tā rātou tirohanga.

5 Te Whakatau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te arotake, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha ki te whakahaere i ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei, arā, ki:

  • te haumaru ā-whatumanawa, tae atu ki te ārahi mauritau me te ārai tamariki
  • te haumaru ā-tinana, tae atu ki te mātakitaki tamariki, ngā whakaritenga whakamoe, ngā aituā, te whāngai rongoā; me ngā kaupapa here, ngā tukanga hoki mō ngā haerenga whakawaho
  • te tū tika o ngā kaimahi, tae atu ki te tika o ngā tohu mātauranga, ngā mahi arowhai a ngā pirihimana, me te tatauranga ki waenga i te kaiako me te tamaiti 
  • ngā whakaritenga ohotata me ngā tikanga ohotata e pā ana ki te rū whenua, te ahi, te waipuke, te tai āniwhaniwha, me te mate urutā.

6 Te Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

  • whakawhanakehia e Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri tētahi mahere mahi e hāpai ai i te whakatutukitanga o tā rātou tirohanga rautaki.  

Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori
Services

24 Huitanguru, 2022

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kōhanga Reo

Te tūwāhi

Kei Taitoko  

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

40240

Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo

09D097

Te tūmomo whare

He kōhanga reo

Te raihana

Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008

Te tokomaha mō te raihana

12, kia tokowhā ki raro i te rua o ngā tau

Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa

10, tokowhā kei raro i te rua o ngā tau

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori 10

Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake

Whiringa-ā-rangi 2021

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo

24 Huitanguru 2022

Ngā pūrongo o mua a

Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2017;

Arotake Mātauranga, Hakihea 2014

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau, leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. This report reflects their systems, operations and management practices. ERO reports provide important information for hapū and iwi.

2 Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri is located in Levin. The kōhanga reo has close whakapapa and working relationships with Ngāti Raukawa. They have an experienced kaiako who provides language tuition at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Whānau bring a range of skills and contribute to the day-to-day operation of the kōhanga.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do mokopuna express whanaungatanga?

Mokopuna experience whanaungatanga in an environment conducive to learning.

4 Findings - Mana Whakahaere

Whānau work together to manage the kōhanga operations well. Whānau meet regularly to make decisions for the kōhanga reo. The committee matua is led by kaimahi who ensure roles and responsibilities are clearly understood. The whānau work collaboratively to review the charter and policy review is a normal part of whānau hui. An annual plan is in place to guide key operational matters throughout the year.   Finances are well managed and reported to whānau hui

Whānau are responsive to change and worked closely in support of one another to overcome the challenges of Covid-19 and distance learning.  Mokopuna learning and progress are shared by kaimahi at whānau hui. Mokopuna learning and wellbeing are the focus of whānau management.

Planning is responsive to the interests and needs of mokopuna and aligns to whānau aspirations that prioritise te reo Māori. Kaimahi meet regularly to discuss matters pertaining to the kōhanga reo including the learning programme and how to further improve it. Kaimahi attend Purapura hui where they participate in professional learning and strengthen relationships with other local kōhanga kaimahiMokopuna are nurtured in an environment that promotes their wellbeing. 

Key Next Steps

Mokopuna assessment was spoken about in depth during the hui ERO held with kaimahi. ERO will review assessment practice as part of its Mana Mokopuna evaluation. Although there is a strategic plan in place mokopuna would benefit from a supporting action plan that details the strategies whānau use, to work towards their vision.

5 Assurance on Legal Requirement

During the evaluation, ERO looked at systems for managing the following areas:

  • emotional safety including positive guidance and child protection
  • physical safety including supervision, sleep procedures, accidents, medication, excursion policy and procedures
  • suitable staffing including appropriate qualifications, police vetting, ratios
  • emergency procedures and practices for earthquakes, fire, flood, tsunami and pandemic.

6 Recommendation

ERO developed the following recommendation:

  • Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri develop an action plan that supports the realisation of their strategic vision.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

24 February 2022

7 Information about the Kōhanga Reo

Institution Name Te Kōhanga Reo o Kauri
Ministry of Education profile number 40240
Kōhanga Reo Identification Number 09D097

Location

Levin

Licence type

Te Kōhanga Reo

Licensed under

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Number licensed for

12 children, including up to 4 aged under 2

Kōhanga Reo roll

10 children, including 4 aged under 2

Ethnic composition

Māori 10  

Review team pre onsite date

November 2021

Date of this report

24 February 2022

Most recent ERO report(s) 

Education Review, October 2017;

Education Review, December 2014