30 Lake Terrace Road, Burwood, Christchurch
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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.
Happy Feet Childcare Lake Terrace is owned by Provincial Education Group Limited (PEG) which provides governance and management leadership. The service is supported by a regional manager and centre manager. The centre has three learning areas set up to meet the needs of the age groups attending. This is the service’s first review under new ownership.
Children’s exploration is encouraged through planned and spontaneous learning experiences. Teachers work alongside children supporting their learning. A variety of indoor and outdoor equipment and materials are provided to foster children’s differing abilities. Leaders and teachers use a process for ongoing self-review for improvement. Parents and whānau are consulted on policy review and other operational documents.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliance:
Licencing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Services 2008, HS9.
Key next steps are for Kaiako to increase:
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
6 October 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Happy Feet Childcare Lake Terrace |
| Profile Number | 65139 |
| Location | Christchurch |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 68 children, including up to 16 aged under 2. |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 90 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 23, NZ European/Pākehā 56, Pacific 4, Other ethnicities 7 |
| Review team on site | August 2021 |
| Date of this report | 6 October 2021 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Education Review, March 2016; Education Review, August 2012. |
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. 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:
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Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
Lake Terrace Preschool and Nursery is well placed to promote positive learning outcomes for children.
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
The centre is privately owned by Kids & Co Ltd and provides good quality education and care for infants, toddlers/and young children. This centre works closely at all levels of the organisation with another centre owned by the company in the area. This is having a positive effect on making shared decisions about continuing to improve what happens for children.
A nursery, preschool and kindergarten on-site offer an easy, well-planned education for children from infancy to five years of age. The facilities are well maintained with each area having its own outdoor space.
The centre has responded positively to meeting the recommendations from the August, 2012 ERO report. The disruption caused by the move to another site while earthquake repairs were made interrupted progress for a short time. The introduction of a new leadership structure is contributing to positive outcomes for all children.
Relationships between children and with adults are positive and respectful. The manager and teachers are caring and supportive of families and children's wellbeing. The centre has clear expectations for children, parents and teachers.
There is a strong link from children's learning to the centre's philosophy. Children have access to a wide range of suitable resources and experiences both indoors and outdoors. The well-presented learning environments encourage and promote children's options for choice and direction for their learning. There is a strong focus on developing children's independence and managing their own learning.
Infants and toddlers experience a personalised programme that focuses on individual needs, the learning environment and appropriate teaching practices.
The new leadership structure and closer collaboration with the other Kids & Co Ltd centre has resulted in a more consistent approach to planning and following children's interests. The systems for encouraging teachers to think about the impact of their teaching practice on children's learning, and the broad range of centre reviews is leading to improved outcomes for children. The robust appraisal process is helping teachers to improve practices.
The bicultural and multicultural aspects of the programme continue to be enhanced by the deliberate and positive actions of teachers in the programme.
The centre has well-developed relationships with parents and has developed effective ways to communicate with parents. The annual parents' survey is used well to identify ways the centre can improve outcomes for children.
The involvement of the centre in a local network of schools and ECE centres is supporting the development of positive transitions of children from the centre to schools.
The centre's philosophy, vision and strategic direction now need to be embedded in centre practice.
The licensee, managers and head teachers have identified that they will continue to strengthen:
Before the review, the staff and management of Lake Terrace Preschool and Nursery 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:
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:
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
The next ERO review of Lake Terrace Preschool and Nursery will be in three years.
Chris Rowe
Deputy Chief Review Officer Southern (Acting)
23 March 2016
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.
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Location |
Christchurch |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
65139 |
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Licence type |
Education & Care Service |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
68 children, including up to 16 aged under two |
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Service roll |
84 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 44; Boys 40 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
10 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80% + |
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Reported ratios of staff to children |
Under 2 |
1:4 |
Better than minimum requirements |
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Over 2 |
1:8 |
Better than minimum requirements |
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Review team on site |
February 2016 |
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Date of this report |
23 March 2016 |
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Most recent ERO reports |
Education Review |
August 2012 |
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Supplementary Review |
August 2009 |
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Education Review |
June 2008 |
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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.
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:
ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.
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.