Flying Kiwi Preschool

Education institution number:
45176
Service type:
Education and Care Service
Definition:
Not Applicable
Total roll:
23
Telephone:
Address:

48 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson, Auckland

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Flying Kiwi Preschool

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

Flying Kiwi Preschool is a privately owned service under new ownership since 2019. Governance is provided by a director/owner. A qualified centre manager leads a team of six teachers, three of whom are qualified. An ethnically diverse teaching team reflects the cultures of children and families enrolled at the service.

Summary of Review Findings

The service’s curriculum is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and is inclusive and responsive to children as confident and competent learners. Teachers support children’s developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour. Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their own learning.

Leaders and teachers provide regular opportunities, both formal and informal, for parents to communicate with them regarding their child, and to be involved in decision making concerning their child’s learning.

Consistent monitoring and implementation or licensing requirements is needed to maintain regulatory standards.

Key Next Steps

Key next steps include continuing to develop:

  • shared teacher understandings of children’s learning and development aligned with current theories of practice in early childhood education

  • the range of experiences and opportunities for children to learn and explore in the outdoor space, even when the weather is wet.

Actions for Compliance

Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence to show the following non-compliances have been addressed:

  • Ensuring the design, construction and location of the nappy changing facilities provides some visibility from another area of the service (PF25).

  • Ensuring furniture and items intended for children to sleep on, that will be used by more than one child, are securely covered with, or made of, a non-porous material (PF30).

  • Providing clean, individual bedding for sleeping or resting children (PF31).

  • Ensuring premises, furniture, fittings, equipment, and materials are kept safe, hygienic and maintained in good condition (HS1).

  • Having a procedure for the changing of nappies that aims to ensure hygienic practices are undertaken (HS3).

  • Ensuring heavy furniture, fixtures and equipment that could fall or topple and cause serious injury or damage are secured (HS6).

  • Maintaining an emergency plan that includes the details of the roles and responsibilities that will apply during an emergency situation (HS7).

  • Ensuring adults who provide education and care carry out relevant emergency drills with children, on at least a three-monthly basis (HS8).

  • Ensuring that hazards to the safety of children are eliminated, isolated or minimised, and that the hazard list includes, but is not limited to, all requirements of this criterion (HS12).

  • Providing evidence that parents/caregivers have given prior approval of the proposed adult: child ratio for regular excursions at the time of enrolment (HS17).

  • Maintaining a medication record that includes the amount of medication given to children (HS28).

  • Ensuring all children’s workers who have access to children are suitably safety checked in accordance with the Children’s Act 2014 (GMA7A).

  • Ensuring that a person must be 17 years or older to count as an adult (Education and Training Act, Regulation 44 (1) (b).

Next ERO Review

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

Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)

19 September 2023 

Information About the Service

Early Childhood Service Name

Flying Kiwi Preschool

Profile Number

45176

Location

Henderson, Auckland

Service type

Education and care service

Number licensed for

50 children aged over two years of age

Percentage of qualified teachers

100%

Service roll

29

Review team on site

May 2023

Date of this report

19 September 2023

Most recent ERO report(s)

  Akanuku | Assurance Review, July 2021

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 regulatory 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; safety checking; teacher certification; ratios)

  • relevant evacuation procedures and practices.

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.

Flying Kiwi Preschool

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

Flying Kiwi Preschool is a privately owned and operated education and care service. The centre is licensed for 50 children two years of age and over. Children attending the centre come from diverse cultural backgrounds. This is the centre’s first ERO review as Flying Kiwi Preschool.

Summary of Review Findings

Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children. The service curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Maori as tangata whenua.

The design and layout of the premises support the provision of different types of indoor and outdoor experiences. A philosophy statement and annual plan guide the service’s operations.

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

  • hot water stored in any hot water cylinder is kept at a temperature of at least 60 degrees Celsius (HS14)
  • the location of nappy changing facilities is in an area that ensures children’s dignity and right to privacy is respected (PF25).

Next ERO Review

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

6 July 2021 

Information About the Service

Early Childhood Service Name Flying Kiwi Preschool
Profile Number 45176
Location Henderson, Auckland

Service type

Education and care service

Number licensed for

50 children aged over two years

Percentage of qualified teachers

80%+

Service roll

41

Ethnic composition

Māori 7
NZ European/Pākehā 2
Chinese 11
Indian 9
Tongan 5
other ethnic groups 7

Review team on site

April 2021

Date of this report

6 July 2021

Most recent ERO report(s)

Previously Happy Kids Childcare Centre:
Education Review, March 2019

Previously Kinderhaven Preschool Henderson Valley:
Education Review, August 2017

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.