6 R Liddy Place, Papakura
View on mapKua 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. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi.
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Kiwitoa ki te taha o te kura tuatahi o Kelvin Road, ki Papakura. Nā te whānau me ngā kuia i Tokoroa te ingoa i tapa, i tā rātou whakatū i te kōhanga reo i te tau 1986. Ka whakawhiti atu te nuinga o ngā manu pīrere ki te kāhui reo rua o te kura tuatahi o te hapori nei. Kua tūhono atu te whānau ki ētahi atu kōhanga reo me ētahi atu kura i te takiwā o Papakura.
He pēhea rawa te whakaatu mai o ngā mokopuna i tō rātou harikoa hei ākonga?
Ka kitea ki ngā mokopuna tō rātou harikoa hei ākonga, nā ō rātou wheako me ā rātou taunekeneke ki te taha o ētahi atu.
Kei te whai wāhi atu ngā mokopuna ki ngā taunekeneke e poipoi ana i te whanaungatanga. Kei te harikoa rātou ki tētahi taiao e noho rāhiri ana, e ngahau ana, ā, e aro nui ana hoki ki te whānau. Ka whai wāhi nui ngā mokopuna ki ngā taumahi whakangahau, ā, ka katakata, ka kanikani, ka tākaro ngātahi hoki. Ka harikoakoa rātou ki te whakapuaki i ō rātou pepeha, ki te tūhonohono ki ngā whānau me ngā wāhi, ā, ka waiata hoki rātou i ngā waiata e tohu ana i tō rātou manaakitanga mō ētahi atu. Ka whakakoia ngā kaimahi i ngā whakamātau a ngā mokopuna, mā ngā mihi me ngā kōrero urupare. Ka whakatauira ngā kaimahi i ngā uara o te aroha, te manaaki, me te tiaki. Kua taunga, kua riterite hoki te hōtaka akoranga me ngā mahinga o ia rā. Kei te tino mōhio ngā kaimahi ki ngā mokopuna, ā, ka aro nui hoki nā runga i te āhua o ngā matea o ia tamaiti. Kei te harikoa te āhua o ngā mokopuna hei ākonga.
Ka arotake te whānau i ētahi āhuatanga o ngā whakahaeretanga ki te kōhanga reo. Kei te pūtohe rātou ki te whakapūmau i ngā akoranga a ō rātou kuia, i a rātou e whakapakari ana i tō rātou māramatanga ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga. Kei te tautuhi te mahere ā-tau i ngā take whakahaere matua, me ngā pūrongo i ngā hui ā-whānau. Kua whakatakotohia te nuinga o ngā tukanga whakahaere kaimahi. Ko ngā mokopuna kei te pūtake o ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau.
E hāpai ana ngā mahere hōtaka i te ako a ngā mokopuna. He mahere o ia rā, he mahere ā-wiki, ā-wāhanga, ā-tau hoki, hei ārahi i ngā kaimahi, ā, hei āta whakatau i te whai aronga o te hōtaka ki ngā pūmanawa me ngā ngākau nuitanga o ngā mokopuna. E arahina ana te hōtaka akoranga e ngā mahere e tautuhi ana i te kiko o ngā mahi, i ngā rautaki, ā, i ngā rauemi hoki. Kei te whakamaheretia, kei te whakahaerehia hoki te ako a ngā mokopuna, kia whai pūtake ai.
Ahakoa kua whakatakotohia ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru, e mōhio ana te whānau, kua roa nei te kore arotakenga o aua tūāhuatanga. Me āta whakatau te whānau, kia whakaritea e rātou ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga pakari e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru, ā, kia hāngai hoki ērā ki ngā herenga ā-ture o te wā. Ki te kore he kaupapa here o te wā hei ārahi i ngā whakaritenga, ka noho whakamōrearea te hauora me te haumaru o ngā mokopuna.
Kua tīmata noa te whakawhanaketanga o ngā mahi aromatawai. Kāhore anō kia tino mārama, kāhore anō hoki kia whakatinana ngā kaimahi i te tūāpapa aromatawai ā-hiko, ā, he iti noa te mōhiotanga o ngā kaimahi ki te ako me te ahu whakamua a ngā mokopuna. Me whakapakari i te aromātai hōtaka. Ka hui ngā kaimahi ki te whakawhiti kōrero mō te hōtaka akoranga, engari kāhore aua kōrero e tuhia ana. He mea nui, kia tuhia aua kōrerotanga, kia taea ai te kounga o te hōtaka akoranga te aroturuki. Kua tae ki te wā kia toro atu te whānau ki te tautoko e tika ana mō ngā kaimahi, kia whakapakarihia ake e rātou ō rātou pūmanawa me tō rātou āheinga ki te whakapuaki i tētahi hōtaka e whai hua ai mā ngā mokopuna.
Kua roa nei ngā tau kāhore e whakatutukihia ana te arohaehae kaimahi. Hei whakatutuki i te Employment Relations Act 2000, me whakawhanake, me whakahaere hoki te whānau i ngā take kaimahi ki tā te herenga ā-ture. Ka whakatairangatia, ka tautokona ngā whakaritenga ngaio a ngā kaimahi, mā tētahi tukanga arohaehae pakari e whai pūtake ana.
Ka whakamōhiotia te mahere rautaki ki Te Ara Tūāpae. Engari, e ai ki te whānau, he iti noa tō rātou māramatanga ki tōna takunetanga. Kua tae ki te wā kia whai māramatanga ngātahi te whānau ki te pūtake o te mahere, ā, me arotake i ngā whāinga me ngā kaupapa matua, hei āta whakatau i te whai pūtake tonutanga ki te tautoko tonu i te rōnakitanga o te kōhanga reo. Me whakawhanake hoki te whānau i tētahi mahere mahi, hei hāpai i te aroturukitanga o te ahu whakamua, kia tutuki ngā whāinga me ngā kaupapa matua.
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.
Hei whakatutuki i ngā herenga ā-ture, me tahuri rātou ki te:
whakarite i tētahi tukanga o te arotake whaiaro, o te aromātai o roto rānei e whakahaerehia ana i ngā wā katoa, hei hāpai i te kōhanga reo ki te whakapūmau me te whakapai ake i te kounga o te mātauranga me te atawhai
[R46 Ture Mātauranga (Kōhungahunga) 2008; GMA6 Paearu Raihana mō ngā Kōhanga Reo kei raro i te maru o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo 2008]
whakatinana i tētahi tukanga aromatawai hei aroturuki, hei tuhi haere hoki i te āhua o ngā akoranga a ngā tamariki, me te whakarite i tētahi tukanga e aromātai ai i te whai huatanga o te hōtaka akoranga
[R43 Ture Mātauranga (Kōhungahunga) 2008; C1 Paearu Raihana mō ngā Kōhanga Reo kei raro i te maru o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo 2008]
āta whakarite i ngā whakaritenga e tika ana mō te whakahaeretanga o ngā pūmanawa tāngata, tae atu ki te arohaehae i ngā kaimahi me te whakaratonga o te whakawhanaketanga ngaio
[R47 Ture Mātauranga (Kōhungahunga) 2008; GMA7 Paearu Raihana mō ngā Kōhanga Reo kei raro i te maru o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo 2008]
I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
mahi te whānau ki te taha o te tari ā-rohe o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo, kia whai tautoko rātou ki te whakatutuki i ngā take āwangawanga i tautuhia ai ki tēnei pūrongo hei whakaritenga matua kia whai ake.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services
09 Huitanguru, 2023
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Papakura |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
25109 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
03I008 |
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Te tūmomo whare |
He kōhanga reo / he whare kōhungahunga |
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Te raihana |
Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008 |
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Te tokomaha mō te raihana |
18, kia tokorima ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa |
12, kotahi kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori 12 |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Whiringa-ā-rangi 2022 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
09 Huitanguru, 2023 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a |
Arotake Mātauranga, Here-turi-kōkā 2019; Arotake Mātauranga, Pipiri 2016; Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-rangi 2011 |
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. ERO reports provide important information for hapū and iwi.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Kiwitoa is located next to Kelvin Road Primary School in Papakura. The name was originally from whānau and kuia in Tokoroa who established the kōhanga reo in 1986. Most graduates enrol in the bilingual unit at the local primary school. Whānau have established relationships with other kōhanga reo and schools in Papakura area.
Mokopuna show they are happy learners through their experiences and interactions with others.
Mokopuna experience interactions that foster whanaungatanga. They are happy in an environment that is welcoming, fun and whānau centred. Mokopuna enjoy fun activities where they laugh, dance and play together. They happily share their pepeha, make connections to whānau and places as well as sing waiata that show care for others. Kaimahi affirm mokopuna efforts with praise and positive feedback. Kaimahi model values of aroha, manaaki and tiaki. The learning programme and daily routines are familiar and consistent. Kaimahi know the mokopuna well and respond accordingly to individual’s needs. Mokopuna appear happy learners.
Whānau review aspects of the kōhanga reo operations. They are determined to uphold the learning from their kuia as they strengthen their understanding of their roles and responsibilities. The annual plan identifies key operational matters and reporting to hui whānau. Most personnel management processes are in place. Mokopuna are the focus of whānau management.
Programme planning supports mokopuna learning. Planning includes daily, weekly, term and annual plans to guide kaimahi and ensure the programme is responsive to the strengths and interests of mokopuna. The learning programme is guided by planning that identifies content, strategies and resources. Mokopuna learning is purposefully planned and managed.
While health and safety policies and procedures are in place, whānau have acknowledged that these have not been reviewed for some time. Whānau must ensure they establish sound health and safety policies and procedures and that these align to current legislation. Mokopuna health and safety is compromised in the absence of up-to-date policies to guide practice.
Assessment practices are in the early stages of development. Kaimahi are yet to fully understand and implement an electronic assessment platform and there is limited kaimahi knowledge of mokopuna learning and progress. Programme evaluation requires strengthening. Kaimahi meet to discuss the learning programme but do not record these conversations. It is important that discussions are recorded in order to monitor the quality of the learning programme. It is time for whānau to seek support for kaimahi to build their capability and capacity to deliver an effective programme for the mokopuna.
Kaimahi appraisals have not been completed for a number of years. In order to meet the Employment Relations Act 2000, whānau must develop and manage personnel matters in accordance with the legislation. Kaimahi professional practice would be enhanced and supported through a robust and purposeful appraisal process.
The strategic plan is informed by Te Ara Tuapae. However, whānau articulate they have a limited understanding of its intent. It is time for whānau to develop a shared understanding of the purpose of the plan and to review its goals and priorities to ensure they are relevant and continue to support the sustainability of the kōhanga reo. Whanau should also develop an action plan in order to help monitor progress in relation to the goals and priorities so that these are achieved.
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.
To meet compliance requirements they must:
ensure there is an ongoing process of self-review or internal evaluation to help the kōhanga maintain and improve the quality of its education and care
[Regulation 46 Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008; GMA6 Licensing Criteria for Kōhanga Reo affiliated with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust 2008]
implement a process of assessment to monitor and record children’s learning and establish a process to evaluate the effectiveness of the learning programme
[Regulation 43 Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008; C1 Licensing Criteria for Kōhanga Reo affiliated with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust 2008]
ensure suitable human resource management practices, including appraisal for staff and the provision of professional development
[Regulation 47 Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008, (GMA7) Licensing Criteria for Kōhanga Reo affiliated with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust 2008]
ERO and the kōhanga reo whānau developed the following recommendation:
whānau work alongside the district office for support with the concerns identified in the key next steps.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
9 February 2023
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Location |
Papakura |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
25109 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
03I008 |
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Licence type |
Te Kōhanga Reo / Early Childhood Centre |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
18 mokopuna, including up to 5 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
12 children, including up to 1 aged under 2 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 12 |
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Review team on site |
November 2022 |
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Date of this report |
9 February 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, August 2019; Education Review, June 2016; Education Review, November 2011 |
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Kiwitoa ki Papakura, ki Tāmaki-makau-rau ki te tonga. Kua āta rangona e ngā tamariki me te whānau te wehenga atu nō nā noa nei o te kuia o te kōhanga reo ki tua o te ārai, a, kua tahuri rātou i nāianei ki te whakapūmau tonu i ōna whakareretanga iho. Ko ngā tamariki tonu kei te manawa o te kōhanga reo.
Kei te mauritau, kei te tūmāia hoki ngā tamariki i a rātou e whai wāhi atu ana ki te hōtaka akoranga ki te taha o ngā kaimahi me ō rātou hoa.
E ako ana ngā tamariki ki tētahi taiao e whakawhanake ana i tō rātou noho mōhio ki ngā tikanga me ngā kawa. Ka whakarato te whānau i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te ārahi i ngā karakia me te whiriwhiri i ngā hīmene me ngā waiata e tika ana. He tino tauira rātou mō ngā tamariki i ngā horopaki ōkawa. Ka ako ngā tamariki ki te whai i ngā kawa i a rātou e whakatau ana i ngā manuhiri ki runga i te marae, ki tō rātou kōhanga reo rānei. E mōhiotia ana, e māramahia ana e ngā tamariki te whanonga e tika ana ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo horopaki. Kei te harikoa, kei te mauritau te āhua o ngā tamariki.
Ka whiwhi ngā tamariki i ngā hononga e poipoi ana, e manaaki ana hoki i a rātou. Ka hāpai ngā kaimahi i ngā tamariki ki te whakawhanake i ngā hononga e whai pūtake ana. Ka whakatauira, ka akiaki hoki rātou i ngā taunekeneke papai. Kua āta whakaritea ngā mahinga e ngā kaimahi, ā, he tūmanako anō hoki ō rātou i whakatakotohia ai mō ngā tamariki. Ka māoriori te tū o ngā tamariki ki te ārahi i roto i te kōhanga reo. E ai ki te whānau, ka whakawhiti atu ā rātou tamariki i ngā tikanga a te karakia ki ō rātou ake kāinga. Ka tautoko, ka manaaki hoki ngā tuākana i ō rātou tēina. E tino arohaina ana ngā pēpi e te katoa. He ngākau titikaha ō ngā tamariki i roto i ā rātou taunekeneke ki te taha o te hunga whānui.
Kei te waia haere ngā tamariki ki te taiao māoriori e noho nei rātou. Ka whakamahere ngā kaimahi i ngā hōtaka akoranga e mau ana i ngā kōrero tuku iho a ō rātou tūpuna mō te āhua o ngā mahi e manaaki nei i te taiao. Ka whakapuaki rātou i ngā mahi a te waewae kaikapua a Māui, me tōna whai pānga nui ki te ao tūroa me te ao tūturu nei. Kei te tīmata te mārama haere o ngā tamariki ki te whakahirahiratanga o ngā whetū mō te whakatere waka me te whakatō, te hauhake hoki i ngā kai. Ka hāpai ngā kaimahi i ngā tamariki ki te whai māramatanga mō tō rātou hononga ki te taiao mā ō rātou whakapapa. E ako ana ngā tamariki i tō rātou tū ki te ao.
E ako ana ngā tamariki i te reo Māori mā ngā huarahi e whai hua ana. Ka āta whakamāramahia e te whānau te noho matua o te reo Māori ki te kōhanga reo. E ākina ana te whakapau kaha a te whānau ki te whakamahi i te reo Māori i roto i ō rātou kāinga, hei hāpai i te whakawhanaketanga reo o ngā tamariki. Ka whakatauira, ka tāruarua hoki ngā kaimahi i ngā wā katoa, hei āta whakatō i ngā akoranga hou. Ka āta whakatenatenahia ngā tamariki kia whakamahi i te reo Māori i roto i ā rātou whakawhitinga kōrero, ā rātou taunekeneke ki waenga i a rātou anō, ā, i ngā pakeke hoki. E whanake ana ngā tamariki ki te kōrero i te reo Māori.
Me whai whakaaro ngā kaimahi ki ngā huarahi ka hāpai i ngā tamariki, kia maha ake ā rātou whiringa, ā rātou whai wāhitanga hoki ki te whai i ō rātou ake ngākau nuitanga i roto i te hōtaka akoranga. I tēnei wā, kei te kōkiri rawatia te hōtaka akoranga e te pakeke. Ko te whakapai i te hōtaka akoranga, ka hāpai hoki i ngā tamariki ki te whakawhanake tonu i tā rātou kōkiri i a rātou anō, ā, i tā rātou whai kawenga ake i roto i ā rātou akoranga. He whai wāhitanga anō hoki ka pupū ake mā ngā tamariki ki te rongo i te reo Māori e whakamahi ōpakihia ana ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo horopaki.
He pūnaha ā te whānau i āta whakaritea ai, e āta whai hua ana hoki mō te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. E tupu ana te tokomaha o te whānau e taetae atu ana ki ngā hui ā-whānau, ā, e noho mōhio ana hoki rātou ki te āhua o tā rātou whai wāhi atu ki te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. Kei te tūmāia haere te whānau ki te whakatau i ngā whakaritenga e pā ana ki te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. Ko te waiora, ko te haumaru, ko te whai oranga o ngā tamariki e noho mātua ana ki te whānau.
E āta whakaarohia ana ngā matea o ngā tamariki e ngā kaimahi. He tino hononga ō ngā hōtaka akoranga i whakamaheretia ai ki Te Whāriki, ā, e whakawhanakehia ana mā te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ki te whānau. Kei ngā mahere ngā aratohu mārama mō te whakatinanatanga o te hōtaka i ia wiki me ia rā. Kei te āta whakamōhio i te whānau ki tēnā e ākona ana e ngā tamariki.
Kāhore anō ngā aromatawai a ngā tamariki me te aromātai hōtaka kia āta whakaritea. Kāhore te ako a ngā tamariki me tō rātou whakawhanaketanga e āta tuhia ana. Kāhore ngā kaimahi e hui ana i ia te wā ki te whakawhiti kōrero me te tuhi haere i ngā whakapaitanga ki te hōtaka akoranga. Nā taua tūāhuatanga, he iti noa ngā whakaaturanga hei tohu i ngā whakarerekētanga i whakatutukihia ai ki te hōtaka akoranga, me te whai pānga o ēnei ki te ako a ngā tamariki. Me whakawhanake, me whakatinana hoki ngā kaimahi i ngā tūmanako me ngā aratohu mārama mō te tuhi haere i ngā kōrero me te pūrongo ki te whānau.
Ahakoa he mahere rautaki a te whānau mō te kōhanga reo, kāhore taua mahere e tāutu ana i ngā kaupapa matua me ngā mahi o te paetawhiti hei whakatutuki haere i roto i ngā tau kei te heke mai. Ko tētahi mahere rautaki matawhānui ka hāpai i te whānau ki te aroturuki i tā rātou ahu whakamua me ngā putanga, i runga i te āhua o aua whāinga me aua wawata.
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 ngā taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
Ka aromātai anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Kōhanga Reo o Kiwitoa i roto i te toru o ngā tau.
Charles Rolleston
Toka ā-nuku
06 Hereturikōkā, 2019
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Papakura |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
25019 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
031021 |
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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 |
23, kia tokorima ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei te rārangi ingoa |
17, tokowhā kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te ira tangata |
Kōtiro 11 Tama 6 |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori |
100% |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Hōngongoi 2019 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
06 Hereturikōkā, 2019 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga |
Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga |
Pipiri 2016 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2011 Haratua 2008 |
Te Kōhanga Reo o Kiwitoa is located in Papakura, South Auckland. The recent passing of the kuia of the kōhanga reo impacted significantly on children and the whānau who are now focussed on maintaining the legacy she left behind. Children continue to be the heart of the kōhanga reo.
Children are settled and confident as they participate in the learning programme alongside kaimahi and their peers.
Children learn in an environment that develops their awareness of tikanga and kawa. Whānau provide children with opportunities to lead karakia and choose appropriate hīmene and waiata. They are positive role models for children in formal situations. Children learn to follow kawa as they welcome manuhiri on the marae or into their kōhanga reo. Children are aware of and understand the appropriate behaviour expected in a range of settings. Children appear happy and settled.
Children experience nurturing and caring relationships. Kaimahi support children to develop meaningful relationships. They model and encourage positive interactions. Kaimahi have well-established routines in place and set expectations for children. Children naturally take on leadership roles in the kōhanga reo. Whānau say that their children transfer the practice of karakia into their home. Tuākana support and care for their tēina. The babies are well loved by all. Children are confident in their interactions with a range of people.
Children are becoming more familiar with the natural environment around them. Kaimahi plan learning programmes that include stories from their tūpuna about how to care for the natural environment. They share with children the daring feats of Māui and his influence on the natural and physical worlds. Children are beginning to understand the importance of the stars for navigation and for planting and harvesting kai. Kaimahi support children to understand how they are linked to nature through their whakapapa. Children are learning about their place in the world.
Children learn te reo Māori in positive ways. Whānau are clear that te reo Māori is a priority within the kōhanga reo. Whānau members are encouraged to use te reo Māori as much as possible in their homes to support children’s language development. Kaimahi use role modelling and repetition consistently to embed new learning. Children are gently and positively encouraged to use te reo Māori in their conversations and interactions with each other and with adults. Children are developing speakers of te reo Māori.
Kaimahi should consider ways to enable children to have more choice and opportunities to follow their interests in the learning programme. Currently, the learning programme is mostly adult directed. Improvements to the learning programme should allow children to develop greater independence and take more responsibility for their own learning. Children will also have opportunities to hear te reo Māori being used informally and in different settings.
The whānau have well-organised and efficient systems in place to manage the kōhanga reo. Participation at whānau hui is growing and whānau are aware of their role to contribute to the operations of the kōhanga reo. The whānau is growing their confidence to make decisions about the management of the kōhanga reo. The wellbeing, safety and welfare of children are a priority for the whānau.
Children’s needs are well considered by kaimahi. Planned learning programmes have strong links to Te Whāriki and are developed in consultation with the whānau. Planning provides clear guidelines for the weekly and daily implementation of the programme. The whānau are well informed of what children are learning.
Children’s assessments and programme evaluation are not well established. Children’s learning and development is not well recorded. Kaimahi do not meet regularly to discuss and document improvements to the learning programme. Consequently, there is limited evidence to show what changes have been made to the learning programme and the impact those changes have had on children’s learning. Kaimahi must develop and implement clear expectations and guidelines for recording and reporting to whānau.
Although the whānau has a strategic plan for the kōhanga reo, this plan does not identify specific long-term priorities and actions for the years ahead. A comprehensive strategic plan will support the whānau to monitor their progress and outcomes in relation to those goals and aspirations.
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:
strengthen assessment and programme evaluation
review strategic planning.
The next ERO evaluation of Te Kōhanga Reo o Kiwitoa will be in three years.
Charles Rolleston
Toka ā-nuku
6 August 2019
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Location |
Papakura |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
25019 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
031021 |
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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 |
23 children, including up to 5 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
17 children, including 4 aged under 2 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 11 Boys 6 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
100% |
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Review team on site |
July 2019 |
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Date of this report |
6 August 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review Education Review Education Review |
June 2016 November 2011 May 2008 |
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