Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitumutumu

Te Aromātai

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu ki Rāhui-pōkeka. Ko te aronga matua o te whānau, kia ako ā rātou tamariki i tō rātou Kaitimutanga. He mārama ki a rātou te hononga o tēnei ki te Kīngitanga, ki te reo o Waikato, ki a Waahi Pā, ā, ki te marae o Tūrangawaewae hoki. E whakaae ana hoki Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, e whakaatu ana ngā tamariki ki ā rātou akoranga, te tino māramatanga ki tō rātou Kaitimutanga.

Ka arotake anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu i roto i te toru o ngā 

1 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu, ki te marae o Kaitimutimu i Rāhui-pōkeka. Ka whai pānga nui te Kaitimutanga ki te Kīngitanga, te reo ā-iwi o Waikato, me ngā tikanga me kawa o te marae, ā, e noho pūmau ana ki ngā akoranga a ngā tamariki. Ko Takitini te komiti matua, ā, ko ngā whānau ēnei o Te Kōhanga Reo o Rāhui-pōkeka rāua ko Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu. I whakatūngia te komiti hei āta kōkiri i te whakakotahitanga, hei āta tautoko anō hoki i te kāwanatanga o aua kōhanga reo.

2 Ngā Whakaaturanga o te Arotake

He pēhea rawa ngā tamariki e whakatinana ana i tō rātou Kaitimutanga?

Ka whakatinana ngā tamariki i te Kaitimutanga mā te whai wāhi atu ki ngā kōrero tuku iho me ngā whakanuitanga o Waikato, ngā kaupapa i runga i te marae, me te reo anō hoki o Waikato.

Ngā Taumata Whakahirahira

E ako ana ngā tamariki i tō rātou tū hei uri o Ngāti Whāwhākia me te marae o Kaitimutimu. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te ako i ngā tikanga me ngā kawa o aua marae. E ākina ana te whai wāhi a ngā tamariki ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo kaupapa i te marae. Ka hāpai ngā kaimahi i te ako a ngā tamariki, me te whakawhanaketanga o tō rātou māramatanga ki ngā kawenga a te tangata whenua. He pakari te tuakiri o ngā tamariki.

Ka rumakina ngā tamariki ki tētahi taiao ako o te reo Māori. Ka rongo rātou i te reo e hāngai pū ana ki tō rātou hapū me tō rātou iwi. Ko te taki i ngā tongi o Tāwhiao tētahi āhuatanga matua o te hōtaka o ia rā. Ko ngā kōrero tuku iho o Waikato me te Kīngitanga e hāpai ana i te whakawhanaketanga o te ako a ngā tamariki i tō rātou tuakiri. Ko te mahi whakarongo tētahi āhuatanga matua o te hōtaka akoranga. Ka whakamahia e nga kaimahi nga rautaki kia aata aro mai nga tamariki, ki te aata whakarongo ki nga korero me nga tohutohu i roto i te reo Maori, E āhei ana ngā tamariki tuākana ki te whakautu i ngā pātai me te whakawhiti kōrero anō hoki ki ētahi atu mā te reo Māori. He pārekareka ki ngā tamariki te tūhura i te reo Māori ki te kōhanga reo.

Ka ako ngā tamariki i ngā uaratanga o te aroha, te manaaki, me te awhi. Ka whakatauira ngā kaimahi i te whanonga papai me ngā tūmanako mā ngā tamariki. He riterite, he pakari, he pono anō hoki rātou i ia te wā, mō te whanonga o ngā tamariki ki te taha o ētahi atu. Ka whakaute ngā taunekeneke i ētahi atu, i ngā pākeke hoki. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te mahi ngātahi, te mahi manawanui anō hoki hei tuakana, hei teina. Ka aro nui i ia te wā, ki ngā whakamātau me ngā whakatutukitanga a ngā tamariki i roto i ngā akoranga. Ka tautāwhitia ngā tamariki ki te whanaungatanga.

E whakawhanake ana ngā tamariki hei ākonga tūmāia. Ka āta whakarite ngā kaimahi i te riterite o ngā wheako akoranga ōkawa me ngā wheako akoranga ōpaki hoki. I aua wā, ka āta whakapūmautia te aro nui o ngā tamariki ki ngā mahi. Ka noho matua ngā mātauranga o te rohe nei, ā, he aronga nui tonu ki te Kīngitanga. Haere ai ngā tamariki ki te Koroneihana, ngā poukai, te rīketa me ngā tūmomo huihuinga i te marae, hei whakatōpū tonu i ā rātou akoranga. Ka āta whakarite ngā kaimahi i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te whai i ō rātou ake ngākau nuitanga kia tūhura ai, kia hīraurau hopanga ai, kia mahi auaha ai hoki rātou. He pakari ngā tamariki hei ākonga.

Te Whakamahere me te Aromātai

Kua āta tuhia ngā hōtaka akoranga a ngā tamariki. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i tētahi hōtaka e arotahi ana ki ngā rautaki ka kōkiri i te ako. Ka tāutuhia ngā rauemi e tika ana mā ngā tamariki. He mārama ngā hononga ki waenga i ngā mahere me te āhua o te whakapuakitanga. Ka noho riterite ngā kaimahi, ā, ka whai whakaaro rātou ki ngā wheako ka whakawero, ka whakawhānui anō hoki i te ako a ngā tamariki. He pārekareka ki ngā tamariki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo taumahi i te hōtaka o ia rā.

Kei a Takitini ngā kawenga kāwanatanga a ngā kōhanga reo i te takiwā o Rāhui-pōkeka. I tēnei wā e whakahaerehia ana ngā kōhanga reo mā ngā tirohanga me ngā aratohu o te tūtohinga a Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo. E whakatutukihia ana e te whānau te aronga ki te whakapūmau i te reo Māori me te whakahaere a te whānau. Ko ngā māngai o te whānau i runga i te komiti o Takitini, e whai wāhi mātātoa ana ki ngā whakataunga katoa. Kua whakaritea ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru. Kei ngā kaimahi te kawenga ki te whakapūmau i te tuhi haere o ngā rehita. Ka whai hua ngā tamariki nā ngā pūnaha whakahaere e poipoi ana i tō rātou waiora me tā rātou ako.

Ka whakawhiti kōrero, ka pūrongo hoki te whānau i ngā āhuatanga maha e whai pānga ana ki ngā wāhanga matua o te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. He pai te tae ā-tinana atu ki ngā hui, ā, he kaha anō hoki ngā whakawhitinga whakaaro. Pūrongotia ai i ia te wā ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te pūtea, ngā take kaimahi, ngā take hauora me te haumaru, me te tiaki whare. Ka hāngai te arotake whaiaro ki ngā whakapaitanga. Ka riro i ngā tamariki ngā hua o te arotake tonu a te whānau i ā rātou whakaritenga, hei whakatairanga ake i ia te wā i te kounga o te mātauranga.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka Whai Ake

Kāhore anō te whānau kia whakatinana i Te Paki o Matariki, arā, i te tirohanga me te tikanga whakaaro i whakawhanakehia ai mō te whakakotahitanga o Te Kōhanga Reo o Rāhui-pōkeka me Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu. Ka whai pānga mārika tēnei ki ngā mahere rautaki me te ahu whakamua o te kōhanga reo mō meāke nei. Ka taea ngā whāinga rautaki me ngā wawata te whakawhanake i mua i te whiwhinga a te kōhanga reo i tētahi tikanga whakaaro ārahi e tino māramahia ana.

Kāhore anō ngā arohaehae a ngā kaimahi kia whakaotia. He mea nui kia whakatinana te whānau i ngā tukanga me ngā aratohu e pā ana ki te arohaehae a ngā kaimahi. Mā tēnei tukanga, ka tāutu ngā kaimahi i te whakawhanaketanga ngaio e tika ana mō ā rātou mahi ki te taha o ngā tamariki. Ka whai hua ngā tamariki mā te whakapiki ake i te mōhiotanga me ngā pūkenga o ngā kaimahi ki te whakatairanga i te kounga o ngā akoranga.

Hui ai ngā kaimahi i ia te wā hei whakawhiti kōrero mō te hōtaka akoranga. Ko te mahi ka whai ake i nāianei, ko te whakaaro ki tēnā i whakatutukihia ai, ki ngā āhuatanga kāhore i whai hua, me ngā mahi hoki ka whai ake hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te hōtaka. Ka whakapakari tēnei i te aromātai, ā, ka āta whakarite i te whiwhinga o ngā tamariki i ngā akoranga e aro nui ana ki ō rātou matea.

3 Te Whakataunga a te Whānau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te arotake, 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:

• te haumaru whatumanawa (tāpiri atu ko te ārahi mauritau, ko te ārai tamariki)
• te haumaru ā-tinana (tāpiri atu ko te mātakitaki tamariki; ko ngā whakaritenga whakamoe; ko ngā aituā; ko te whāngai rongoā; ko ngā whakaritenga akuaku; ko ngā kaupapa here me ngā tikanga haerenga whakawaho)
• te tū tika o ngā kaimahi (tae atu ki ngā taumata tohu mātauranga; te arowhai a ngā pirihimana; ngā rēhitatanga kaiako; me te tatauranga ki waenga i te kaiako me te tamaiti)
• ngā whakaritenga, tikanga hōneatanga e pā ana ki te ahi me te rū whenua.

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.

4 Ngā Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo ngā taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

• Whakatinana i tētahi aronga tikanga whakaaro hou mō te kōhanga reo
• Whakawhanake i tētahi mahere rautaki
• Whakapakari i te aromātai hōtaka
• Whakaoti i te arohaehae i ngā kaimahi.

Te Whakarāpopototanga

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu ki Rāhui-pōkeka. Ko te aronga matua o te whānau, kia ako ā rātou tamariki i tō rātou Kaitimutanga. He mārama ki a rātou te hononga o tēnei ki te Kīngitanga, ki te reo o Waikato, ki a Waahi Pā, ā, ki te marae o Tūrangawaewae hoki. E whakaae ana hoki Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, e whakaatu ana ngā tamariki ki ā rātou akoranga, te tino māramatanga ki tō rātou Kaitimutanga.

Hei ā hea Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga arotake anō ai i te kōhanga reo?

Ka arotake anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu i roto i te toru o ngā tau.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Kaiurungi Whakaturuki Arotake Māori

13 Whiringa-ā-nuku, 2016

Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kōhanga Reo

Evaluation

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu is in Huntly. The priority for the whānau is for their children to learn about their Kaitimutanga. They are clear that it is linked to Kingitanga, te reo o Waikato, Waahi pā and Turangawaewae marae. ERO confirm that through their learning children demonstrate a clear understanding of their Kaitimutanga.

The next ERO review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu will be in three years.

1 Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu is based on Kaitimutimu Marae, Huntly. Kaitimutanga is inclusive of Kingitanga Waikato dialect, tikanga and kawa of the marae and central to children’s learning. Takitini is the executive committee consisting of whānau from Rāhui Pokeka and Kaitimutimu kōhanga reo. The committee was established to oversee the amalgamation and support governance for both kōhanga reo.

2 The Review Findings

How well do children demonstrate their Kaitimutanga?

Children demonstrate Kaitimutanga by engaging with stories and celebrations of Waikato, activities on the marae and te reo o Waikato.

Ngā Taumata Whakahirahira

Children are learning who they are as descendants of Ngāti Whāwhākia and Kaitimutimu marae. Kaimahi provide children with opportunities to learn about the tikanga and kawa of these marae. Children are encouraged to participate in a range of activities on the marae. Kaimahi support children to learn and develop their understanding about roles and responsibilities as tangata whenua. Children are secure in their identity.

Children are immersed in a te reo Māori learning environment. They are exposed to language specific to their hapū and iwi. Reciting ngā tongi o Tawhiao is an integral part of the daily programme. Stories about Waikato history and Kingitanga help to develop children’s learning about their identity. Listening is a feature of the learning programme. Kaimahi use strategies to gain children’s attention and listen carefully to messages and direction in te reo Māori. Older children are able to respond to questions and converse in te reo Māori with others. Children enjoy exploring te reo Māori in the kōhanga reo environment.

Children learn about the values of aroha, manaaki and awhi. Kaimahi model positive behaviours and expectations for children. They are consistent, firm and fair about children’s behaviour with others. Interactions are respectful of others and adults. Kaimahi provide opportunities for children work co-operatively and with patience as tuakana, teina. There is regular attention given for children’s efforts and success in learning. Children are embraced by whanaungatanga.

Children are developing as confident learners. Kaimahi ensure there is a balance of formal and informal learning experiences. During these times children are engaged for sustained periods. Local knowledge with a specific focus on the Kingitanga takes precedence. Children attend Koroneihana, poukai, regatta and all activities of the marae to consolidate their learning. Kaimahi ensure children have opportunities to follow their own interests where they are able to explore, problem solve and be creative. Children are capable learners.

Planning and Evaluation

Children’s learning programmes are well documented. Kaimahi provide a programme focussed on strategies to facilitate learning. Resources are identified and appropriate for children. There are clear links between planning and delivery. Kaimahi are organised and consider experiences to challenge and extend children learning. Children enjoy the range of activities in the daily programme.

Takitini assumes governance responsibilities for kōhanga reo in the Huntly area. The kōhanga reo currently operate within the visions and guidelines of the National Te Kōhanga Reo Charter. The emphasis on maintaining te reo Māori and whānau management are observed by the whānau. Whānau representatives on Takitini are active in all decision making. Health and safety policies and procedures are in place. Kaimahi are responsible for maintaining registers. Children benefit from management systems that nurture their wellbeing and learning.

Whānau discuss and report on a number of aspects related to key areas of kōhanga reo operations. Hui are well attended and discussions are robust. Financial reporting, personnel matters, health and safety issues and building maintenance are regularly reported. Internal review is focused on improvements. Children gain immensely as whānau continue to review their practices to raise the quality of education.

Key Next Steps

The whānau have yet to implement Te Paki o Matariki, the vision and philosophy developed for the amalgamation of Rāhui Pokeka and Kaitimutimu kōhanga reo. This will have a direct impact on strategic planning and the future direction of the kōhanga reo. Strategic goals and aspirations can only be developed when the kōhanga reo has a clear guiding philosophy.

Kaimahi appraisals have not been completed. It is important for whānau to implement processes and timelines for kaimahi appraisal. The process will allow kaimahi to identify professional development relevant to their work with children. Children will benefit from increasing kaimahi knowledge and skills to raise the quality learning.

Kaimahi hold regular hui to discuss the learning programme. The next steps is to reflect on what the successes were, what didn’t work and what needs to happen to improve the quality of the programme. This will strengthen evaluation and ensure that children receive learning that responds to their needs.

3 Whānau Management Assurance on Compliance Areas

During the review, ERO looked at the kōhanga reo 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 kōhanga reo are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.

4 Recommendations

ERO and the Kōhanga Reo whānau developed the following recommendations:

• Implement the new philosophical direction for the kōhanga reo

• Develop a strategic plan

• Strengthen programme evaluation

• Complete kaimahi appraisal.

Conclusion

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu is in Huntly. The priority for the whānau is for their children to learn about their Kaitimutanga. They are clear that it is linked to Kingitanga, te reo o Waikato, Waahi pā and Turangawaewae marae. ERO confirm that through their learning children demonstrate a clear understanding of their Kaitimutanga.

When is ERO likely to review the kōhanga reo again?

The next ERO review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitimutimu will be in three years.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Deputy Chief Review Officer Māori

13 October 2016 

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