Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera

Education institution number:
50083
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Te Kōhanga Reo
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Not Applicable
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Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera - 19/12/2019

Te Pūrongo Arotake Mātauranga Te Kōhanga Reo:

Te Kōhanga Reo

Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

50083

Te tūwāhi

Kei Rotorua

Te Pūtake

E mahi ngātahi ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa ki te kapo atu mā te kaupapa nei a Poutiria te reo Mauriora, te huarahi mātauranga o ngā ākonga i tīmata ai ki te kōhanga reo, ā, i poipoia tonuhia ki te mātauranga o Te Aho Matua.

Te Horopaki

Nōna te ao, no tātou katoa. No tātou te ao, nōna anō.’

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera ki te taha o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamatā, ki te marae o Te Uenukukōpako. Ka āta mahi ngātahi ngā mema katoa ki te whakatutuki i ō rātou nā wawata, ā rātou whāinga hoki e ahu mai ana i tā rātou ū ngātahi ki ngā tikanga whakaaro o Te Aho Matua, ā, e whakatairangatia ana hoki ki Te Korowai. Ko ngā pou whenua tuku iho, ko te taiao whānui tonu o te ao Māori, he tino puna akoranga hōhonu hei tūhuratanga mā ngā tamariki.

Te Tauāki a te Whānau

Ka tino whakapeto ngoi te hapori o Ruamatā – mā te wairua tonu o te aroha, te ngākau whiwhita, me te ngākau nui – ki te āta whakatau i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ia tamaiti kia whakatinanahia, kia whakapuakihia tōna pitomata, ōna wawata, me ōna tūmanako.

E noho ngākau nui ana te whānau ki te whakaahua i te wheako mātauranga kia Māori nei te huarahi e whāia ana ki ngā whakatutukitanga, otirā, kia eke angitu, kia tū tangata.

Ko tētahi mātāpono matua, kia harikoakoa ngā tamariki i a rātou e ako ana. E tautoko katoa ana mātou i te kawenga i Te Aho Matua kia whāngaihia te taha wairua o ia tamaiti kia puāwai mai.

He māoriori nei te whāngai ā-whakatupuranga atu i te reo Māori me te ahurea Māori, ā, ka pupū ake ō mātou manawa whakahī i runga i te mōhio, kua eke ki te toru, ki te whā rānei o ngā whakatupuranga e kōrero Māori ana i roto i te nuinga o ngā whānau o tō mātou hapori, me te mea hoki, kāore i te pēnei rawa i mua.

Ngā Kōrero a ngā Raukura

Kīhai au i mōhio ko wai rā te kaiako, nā te mea, ko ō mātou mātua kē ērā e whakaako ana i a mātou. Kāhore he pūtake ki te haere ki wāhi kē atu ina kei te harikoa tō ngākau.

I te puāwai ahau i roto i ahau anō. Ko mātou te whakatupuranga kua puta kē. Kei te mauritau mātou katoa, kei te tū pakari mātou katoa, ahakoa he aha rā ngā huarahi e whāia ana e mātou.

I te tīmatanga o te kura, e tika ana taua tauāki – arā, nō te whānau te mana whakahaere o te kura. Nā ngā ringaringa tonu o ngā mātua o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamatā, tēnei kura i whakatū.

Kāhore e tika ana kia waiho mātou mā te kura ngā mātāpono o Te Aho Matua e whakatō, e kore e tutuki i ngā kaiako anake. Me ahu kē mai i te whānau. Ko tō mātou tūmanako, kia whakatinanahia e mātou aua tūāhuatanga.

Te Whakarāpopototanga o ngā Whakaaturanga

Te Tauāki I tāutuhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā wāhanga arotahinga me ngā whai pānga matua. 

Ngā Wāhanga Arotahinga
Ngā Huarahi Pakirehua  

Ngā Whai Pānga
I tāutuhia ēnei o āhuatanga matua i te wā o te arotake. 

Mana Tangata
Ko ngā hononga ako e whai painga ana, e hāpai ana hoki. 

  • Te whanaungatanga
  • Te aro nui ki te āhua ake o te tamaiti
  • Ngā tikanga me ngā kawa
  • Te whai horopaki o ngā akoranga
  • Ngā wāhi whakahirahira
  • Te whai wāhi mai a te whānau
  • Te wairua whakaute i roto i te whanaungatanga me te taiao whānui 
  • Te poipoi i te waiora me te harikoakoa  

Mana Reo
Te pakari o ngā tauira reo, me te kaha ki te whakamahi i te reo Māori. 

  • Te taiao mātauranga 
  • Te ū ki te reo Māori
  • Te whai wāhi nui mai o ngā kaumātua 
  • Te hōhonutanga o te reo
  • Te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro, te kōrerorero mā te reo

Ngā whakawhitinga 
Te āta ahu whakamua tonu 

  • Ngā tohi – hei whakamana i ngā whakatutukitanga nui o te tamaiti
  • Te taunga o ngā mōhiotanga, te whai wāhi nui
  • Ngā hononga
  • Te whakakotahitanga o te whānau 

Te Whānau
e noho pūmau ana ki te mātauranga reo Māori.

  • He kura hei kāinga, he kāinga hei kura
  • Ngā wawata
  • Te aroha
  • Te ū tūturu nei ki te kaupapa i roto i ngā āhuatanga katoa
  • Te whakaaro huritao, te whakaaro kaikini hoki
  • Ngā hononga ki waenga i ngā whakatupuranga
  • Te tautoko o te hapori
  • Te whakatau ngātahi a te katoa
  • He puna kōrero reo Māori 

Te Ārahitanga
E whai hua ana

  • He ringa raupā mō te kaupapa
  • E whakamana ana
  • E whakawhirinakitia ana
  • E tautoko ana

Te Whakarāpopototanga Whānui

I kitea e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga:

  • E whakatinana ana ngā Raukura i te angitu
  • Ko te mātauranga rumaki reo Māori, he mātauranga huarewa
  • Ka uru atu, ka whakaaweawe, ka ārahi, ka whai wāhi mātātoa atu te whānau ki te angitu o te mātauranga
  • Ka kitea ki ngā kaiārahi tūtoro paetawhiti nei te ngākau nui me te pūkeke kia whakaahuatia
  • He kaihuawaere ngā kaiako e arotahi atu ana ki te whakarato i ngā whakaakoranga me ngā akoranga o te kounga kairangi
  • Ka noho mātua rā ko te oranga ā-whatumanawa, ā-tinana, ā-wairua, ā-hinengaro hoki.

Tērā ka whakatōpūngia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga te arotake whai muri o Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera, ki te arotake i Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamatā, ā, koia rā te aromātai e kīia nei ko Te Manakotanga.

Wai
Te awa e rere atu ana i te mātāpuna ki te moana.

Wai-hōpua
‘te mātāpuna o te wai’
E whakanui ana i te pitomata.

Wai-kāuru
‘te hōkikitanga’
Ka puta te wai i te hōpua, ā, ka tīmata tana kōpikopiko. 

Wai-kōmiro
‘ngā au tere’
Kua puta te awa, ā, ka kōmiro haere. 

Wai-pūau nui
‘te pūau nui o te awa’
Kua tae atu te awa ki te moana. Kei te toitū te awa, ko tōna au kaha e ahu mai ana i te tini o ōna hikuawa. He mana tōna, ā, e rangona ana āna taiheke i tana whāroa, i tana whānui, heoi anō rā, i tua atu rā ki te moana waiwai. 

Te Whakatau a te Poari ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I mua atu i te whakahaerenga o te arotake i whakatutukihia e te poari me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a Te Poumarumaru mā Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, me tētahi Rārangi Arowhai Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i ēnei tuhinga i oati rātou i whāia e rātou ngā huarahi whai take hei whakatutuki i ā rātou herenga ā-ture e pā ana ki:

  • ngā whakahaere a te poari;

  • te marautanga;

  • ngā whakahaere mō te hauora, te haumaru, me te oranga tinana;

  • ngā whakahaere o ngā kaimahi;

  • ngā whakahaere o te pūtea;

  • ngā whakahaere o ngā rawa me ngā taonga.

Gloria Takuira

Toka ā-nuku Whakakapi

Te Uepū ā-Motu

19 Hakihea 2019

Te Kōhanga Reo Review Report

Te Kōhanga Reo

Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera

Ministry of Education Profile Number

50083

Location

Kei Rotorua

Our purpose

The Education Review Office (ERO) and Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa (TRN) are working together to capture the journey of learners beginning with kōhanga reo, who have experienced Te Aho Matua education, Poutiria te reo Mauriora.

Background

Nōna te ao, no tātou katoa. No tātou te ao, nōna ano.’

Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera operates beside Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamatā, at Te Uenukukōpako Marae. All members work in close partnership to achieve their shared aspirations and objectives which stem from their shared Te Aho Matua philosophy, complemented by Te Korowai. Ancestral landmarks and the wider te ao Māori natural and physical surrounds provide a rich source of learning through exploration for children.

Whānau Statement

The Ruamata community works extremely hard with lots of love passion and determination to ensure that each child has opportunities to realise and express their own latent potential, dreams and aspirations.

The whānau is committed to transforming the educational experience into a Māori pathway toward achievement, success and good character.

A key principle is that the children will be happy in their learning. We wholeheartedly accept the Aho Matua responsibility to nurture each child’s spiritual development.

Intergenerational transmission of Māori language and culture is the norm and we derive a great deal of pride from the knowledge that most of the whānau within our community have three or four generations of Māori speakers where once there were none.

Raukura kōrero

I didn’t realise who the teacher was, because it was our parents teaching us.

There is no reason to go anywhere else if your heart is happy.

I was blossoming within myself. We are the generation who have already emerged. We are all settled and capable, no matter what path we follow.

When the school started, that statement was totally true – that the whānau would govern the kura. It was by the hands of the parents of TKKM o Ruamata that the kura was built.

We shouldn’t leave it for kura to instill Te Aho Matua because it will never succeed if it is just left up to the teachers. It must come from the whānau. We are hoping to embody that.

Summary of Findings

Statement The Education Review Office identified areas of focus and key elements of influence.

Areas of Focus
Lines of Inquiry

Elements of influence
These core components were identified during the review.

Mana Tangata
Positive and supportive learning relationships. 

  • Whanaungatanga
  • Responding to individual uniqueness
  • Tikanga and kawa
  • Contextualised learning
  • Significant spaces
  • Whānau involvement
  • Respectful relationships and environment
  • Fostering wellbeing and happiness

Mana Reo
Strong language models and use of te reo Māori.

  • Education environment
  • Commitment to te reo Māori
  • Kaumātua influence
  • Language nuances
  • Communication and language interactions

Transitions
Natural progression 

  • Tohi – milestone
  • Familiarity and involvement
  • Connections
  • Inclusiveness of whānau

Whānau
Committed to te reo Māori education.

  • He kura hei kāinga, he kāinga hei kura
  • Aspirations
  • Aroha
  • Lifestyle commitment
  • Critical reflection
  • Intergenerational connections
  • Community tautoko
  • Consensus decision making
  • Providing a sustainable source of speakers

Leadership
Effective

  • Ringa raupā mō te kaupapa
  • Empowering
  • Trusted
  • Supportive

Overarching Conclusion

The Education Review Office found that:

  • Raukura epitomise success
  • Te reo Māori education is transformational
  • Whānau participate, influence, lead and actively contribute to education success
  • Leaders as visionaries display commitment and drive for a transformation
  • Kaiako as facilitators focus on the provision of high-quality teaching and learning
  • Emotional, physical, spiritual and intellectual wellbeing are paramount.

The next ERO review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera will be as a part of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata and their Te Mānakotanga – Enrichment Evaluation.

Water
The river that makes it’s way from the source heading to the sea.

Wai-hōpua
‘source of water’
Acknowledging potential.

Wai-kāuru
‘head waters’
The river emerges from the source and begins a meandering course.

Wai-kōmiro
‘swift waters’
The river has emerged and begins to build momentum.

Wai-pūaunui
‘great river mouth’
The river has reached the sea. It is sustainable, it draws it’s strength from more than one source. It is influential, as it’s current is felt across it’s length and breadth and beyond to the ocean.

Whānau Management Assurance on Compliance Areas

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:

  • 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.

Gloria Takuira

Acting Toka ā Nuku

Te Uepū-ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

19 December 2019

Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera - 09/06/2016

Te Aromātai

Ka whai wāhi nui te whānau me ngā tamariki o Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera ki te huarahi mātauranga rumaki reo Māori o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua o Ruamatā. E eke angitu ana te mahi ngātahi a te whānau ki te whakarato i te hōhonutanga o ngā wheako akoranga tīmatanga o Te Aho Matua e whakaongaongatia ana, e whai pānga nui ana, ā, e whakawhanake ana i te aronga toi whenuatanga o ngā tamariki, me tō rātou pakari, ō rātou pūkenga i roto i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga. He harikoa ngā tamariki, ā, e whakaongaongatia ana rātou hei ākonga kōhungahunga ki tō rātou taiao ako ā-kōhanga, ā-kura hoki.

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

1 Te Horopaki

Nōna te ao, nō tātou katoa. Nō tātou te ao, nōna anō.’

E whakahaerehia ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera ki te taha o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamatā ki te marae o Uenukukōpako. He kaha te mahi ngātahi o ngā mema katoa kia tutukihia ai ō rātou wawata me ō rātou tūmanako e ahu mai ana i tō rātou tirohanga ngātahi ki Te Aho Matua, ā, e hāpaitia ana e Te Korowai. Ko ngā pou whenua motuhake me ngā taiao māoriori, tūturu hoki o te ao Māori he tino puna akoranga ka tūhuratia e ngā tamariki.

Ka whai wāhi matua ngā mema o te whānau, ngā kuia me ngā kaumātua ki te waihanga me te aronga o te mātauranga, me te angitu o ā rātou tamariki ki te kōhanga reo. Ka whai rātou i te huarahi mātauranga o ā rātou tamariki ki te kura kaupapa Māori, ā, ki tua atu hoki. He tokomaha o te whānau i whakapuaki kōrero ai mō ngā painga e hua ake ana tonu mō ā rātou tamariki me te whānau mā te kōhanga reo, ā, mā ngā tini āhuatanga katoa o te mātauranga kaupapa Māori o Ruamatā.

2 Ngā Whakaaturanga o te Arotake

Kei roto i te taiao o Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera, kei hea te mana Māori, te mauri Māori, me te aroha?

Kei roto i te tamaiti, kei ngā wāhi katoa o Matawera, ā, kei roto i te whānau te mana Māori, te mauri Māori, me te aroha.

Te Ira Tangata

Ka rongo ngā tamariki i te aroha me te manaaki i roto i ā rātou taunekeneke e whai pūtake ana. Ka whakatairangatia te whanaungatanga nā te pai o ngā taunekeneke me ngā hononga e poipoia ana ki waenga i ngā tamariki me te whānau. Ka whakanui ngā kaimahi i ngā uaratanga o te whānau katoa, ā, e pou herea ana ēnei e te manaaki, te aroha, me te tiaki. Ko te taunekeneke i ia te wā ki ngā whānau o te kura me te marae e whakapakari ake ana anō i te aronga toi whenuatanga o ngā tamariki, me tō rātou mōhiotanga ki tō rātou whai wāhi nui ki tō rātou whānau whānui. Ka whai hua te tino whai wāhi mātātoa o ngā mema katoa o te whānau ki te kōhanga reo, hei painga mō ngā tamariki. Ko te noho ngātahi o ō rātou mōhiotanga, ō rātou pūkenga, me ō rātou mātanga e whai pānga nui ana ki ngā wheako akoranga a te whānau. He māia, he hihiri, he whakaute, he harikoa anō hoki te ako a ngā tamariki.

Te Ao

E whiwhi ana ngā tamariki i te hōhonutanga me te whānuitanga o ngā wheako akoranga e whai pānga ana ki a rātou, ā, e whakawhanake ana i tō rātou tirohanga ki tō rātou whai wāhi nui ki te ao. Ka ngākau nui rātou ki ngā haerenga i te hapori, i te motu, ā, i tāwāhi hoki, ā, ka whakahōhonu ake ēnei i tō rātou tūnga ki te ao whānui. I ngā tamariki e ako ana i a rātou anō me ā rātou taonga tuku iho o Te Arawa, ka ako anō hoki rātou i te whakahirahiratanga o tō rātou tū hei tangata whenua ki te ao whānui. Ka kite i te pākiki haere o ngā tamariki ki te ao e noho nei rātou. Ko ngā wheako akoranga e whakaratohia ana mā ngā tamariki, e whakapūmau ana i ā rātou taonga tuku iho, i tō rātou reo, i ō rātou tikanga me ō rātou whakapono anō hoki ki te ao whānui. Ka kite i te piki ake o te māia me te āheinga o ngā tamariki ki te tūhura i te whānuitanga o tō rātou ao, me tō rātou mōhiotanga hoki ki tō rātou tūnga motuhake hei tangata whenua.

Ngā Iwi

Ka rumakina ngā tamariki ki ngā taiao akoranga e whakapūmau ana i te whānau, te hapū, me te iwi. He whai wāhitanga i ia te wā mō ngā tamariki ki te rongo me te kite i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga mā ngā horopaki tuku iho, me ngā horopaki o te ao hurihuri nei. Ka ako ngā tamariki i tō rātou waka, me ngā mōteatea, ngā pūrākau, ngā pakiwaitara, ngā waiata, me ngā karakia o tēnei rohe. Ka aro nui ngā hōtaka akoranga ki te ako mā ngā kaupapa e whai pānga matua ana ki te iwi. Kua whakatōngia ngā mātāpono o Te Aho Matua, puta noa i ngā wheako akoranga ā-iwi e whakaratohia ana mā ngā tamariki.

Te Reo

E ako ana ngā tamariki i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga mā ngā horopaki ako whānui e whai pūtake ana. Ka tino ngākau nui rātou ki te waiata ki te taha o tō rātou whānau. Kei te mōhio rātou ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo hīmene, ā, ka ngākau nui rātou ki ngā whai wāhitanga ki te ārahi i ngā karakia me ngā mihi. He whakaongaonga, he ngahau hoki ngā wheako akoranga i whakamaheretia ai, me ērā hoki ka pupū ake. He aronga ki ngā whakawhitinga kōrero i roto i ngā taunekeneke akoranga me ngā wheako akoranga. Ka āta whakatairangatia te whakawhanaketanga o te reo Māori e ngā kaimahi, mā tā rātou whakamahinga i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo rautaki ako reo e whai hua ana. Ka whakaongaongatia te ako a ngā tamariki mā tō rātou reo, ā, he pai tō rātou whakawhanaketanga ki te kōrero me te ako i te reo Māori. He tau, he pakari hoki ngā tamariki i a rātou e whakawhānui ake ana i tā rātou whakamahinga i te reo Māori.

Āhuatanga Ako

E āta whakamaheretia ana, e āta aroturukitia ana hoki te ako me te whakawhanaketanga i te katoa o te tamaiti. Ka whai pānga ō rātou ngākau nuitanga me ō rātou hiahia ki ngā mahere, ā, e pou herea ana hoki ngā mahere e ngā mātāpono ako o Te Hekenga nui o Te Arawa Waka, e Te Korowai, ā, e te ao Māori hoki. He mātātoa te whai wāhi a te whānau ki te whakamahere i ngā kaupapa ako mā ngā tamariki. He aronga nui ki te ako mā te tūhura mātātoa i te ao. Kua whakaritea ngā taumahi ako hei whakaongaonga, hei whakawero, ā, hei whakawhānui hoki i ngā tamariki. Ko te whanaungatanga me te reo Māori me ōna tikanga kei te pūtake o ngā akoranga katoa. Arotakengia ai, aroturukitia ai hoki i ia te wā te whai huatanga o ngā hōtaka akoranga. He pai ngā mōhiohio e whakatakotohia ana mō ngā huarahi ako o ngā tamariki i te kōhanga reo, me te roanga ake hoki o ā rātou mahi angitu, ā rātou whakatutukitanga. He pārekareka ki ngā tamariki te ako mā te tūhura i te ao e noho nei rātou.

Te Tino Uaratanga

Ka hāngai te tirohanga o te kōhanga reo ki te tirohanga tonu o te whānau whānui, te hapū, me te iwi mō te mātauranga rumaki reo Māori. Ka whai hua te whakahaeretanga a te whānau i tō rātou kōhanga reo, i runga anō i te āhua o tā rātou tirohanga me ngā whāinga rautaki i āta whakamaheretia ai mō ā rātou tamariki me tā rātou mātauranga. He pai te whakawhanaketanga me te whakatinanatanga o ngā pūnaha whakahaere katoa, puta noa i te kōhanga reo. Kua āta whakatōngia te arotake whaiaro, ā, ka whakamahia hei aroturuki i te tupu me te whānuitanga tonu o ngā whakaritenga. Ko te angitu o ngā tamariki me ō rātou whānau kei te pūtake o ngā mahi whakahaere o te kōhanga reo, me tāna ahu whakamua.

3 Te Whakatau 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 Te Taunakitanga

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

  • kia whakamahi tonuhia te arotake whaiaro hei aroturuki, hei pūrongo hoki i te whānuitanga o ngā whakaritenga i te kōhanga reo, i te angitu o āna mahi rautaki, me ngā kaupapa matua o te whakawhanaketanga i whakamaheretia ai.

Te Whakarāpopototanga

Ka whai wāhi nui te whānau me ngā tamariki o Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera ki te huarahi mātauranga rumaki reo Māori o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua o Ruamatā. E eke angitu ana te mahi ngātahi a te whānau ki te whakarato i te hōhonutanga o ngā wheako akoranga tīmatanga o Te Aho Matua e whakaongaongatia ana, e whai pānga nui ana, ā, e whakawhanake ana i te aronga toi whenuatanga o ngā tamariki, me tō rātou pakari, ō rātou pūkenga i roto i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga. He harikoa ngā tamariki, ā, e whakaongaongatia ana rātou hei ākonga kōhungahunga ki tō rātou taiao ako ā-kōhanga, ā-kura hoki.

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 Matawera i roto i te whā o ngā tau.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Kaiurungi Whakaturuki Arotake Māori

09 Pipiri, 2016

Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kōhanga reo

Te tūwāhi

Kei Rotorua

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

50083

Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo

05A041

Te tūmomo whare

He kōhanga reo

Te raihana

Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008

Te tokomaha mō te raihana

30, kia tokowaru ki raro i te rua o ngā tau

Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa

22, tokotoru kei raro i te rua o ngā tau

Te ira tangata

Kōtiro 16

Tama tāne 8

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori

100%

Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake

Poutū-te-rangi 2016

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo

09 Pipiri, 2016

Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Mātauranga

Poutū-te-rangi 2013

Whiringa-ā-rangi 2009

Evaluation

Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera whānau and children are a valuable part of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua o Ruamatā immersion education pathway. Whānau work successfully together to provide stimulating, rich and relevant Te Aho Matua based early learning experiences that develops children’s strong sense of belonging, confidence and ability in te reo Māori me ōna tīkanga. Children are happy and stimulated as early learners in their kōhanga-kura based learning environment.

The next ERO review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera will be in four years.

1 Context

Nona te ao, no tātou katoa. No tātou te ao, nona ano.’

Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera operates beside Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamatā, at Te Uenukukōpako marae. All members work in close partnership to achieve their shared aspirations and objectives which stem from their shared Te Aho Matua philosophy, complemented by Te Korowai. Ancestral landmarks and the wider te ao Māori natural and physical surrounds provide a rich source of learning through exploration for children.

Whānau members, including kuia and kaumātua play a critical role in the educational design, direction and success of their children at kōhanga reo. They follow their children’s journey through to kura kaupapa Māori and beyond. Many members share information about the continued successful outcomes for their children and whānau through kōhanga reo, and the wider kaupapa Māori education context of Ruamatā.

2 The Review Findings

Kei roto i te taiao o Matawera Kōhanga, kei hea te mana Māori, te mauri Māori me te aroha?

Kei roto i te tamaiti, kei ngā wāhi katoa o Matawera, ā , kei roto i te whānau te mana Māori, te mauri Māori me te aroha.

Te Ira Tangata

Children experience loving, caring and meaningful interactions. Whānaungatanga expands positive interactions and relationships fostered amongst children and whānau. Kaimahi promote shared whānau values underpinned by manaaki, aroha and tiaki. Regular interaction between Kura and marae whānau broaden children’s strong sense of belonging to and awareness of their special place as valued members of their whānau whānui. All whānau members are valued contributors and active participants of their kōhanga reo for children. Their shared knowledge, skills and expertise contribute to the shared whānau learning experiences. Children are confident, motivated, respectful and happy learners.

Te Ao

Children receive rich, relevant and diverse learning experiences that develop their view of their place. They enjoy planned local, national and international excursions that deepen their sense of place in the wider world. As children learn about who they are and their unique ancestral heritage of Te Arawa, they also learn about the important place of tangata whenua in the wider world. Children show a growing sense of curiosity about the world around them. Learning experiences provided to children reinforce their heritage, language, customs and beliefs in the wider world. Children show increased confidence and ability to explore the wider world around them while knowing their unique place as tangata whenua.

Ngā Iwi

Children are immersed in environments of learning that reinforce whānau, hapū and iwi. There are regular opportunities for children to hear and see te reo Māori me ōna tīkanga in traditional and contemporary contexts. Children learn their waka, local mōteatea, pūrākau, pakiwaitara, waiata and karakia. Programmes of learning place strong emphasis on learning through iwi based kaupapa. The principles of Te Aho Matua are embedded throughout planned iwi based learning experiences provided to children.

Te reo

Children learn te reo Māori me ōna tikanga in meaningful and varied contexts of learning. They particularly enjoy waiata with their whānau. They know a range of hīmene and they enjoy the leadership opportunities they have for karakia and mihi. Planned and spontaneous language experiences are stimulating and fun. Conversations are an emphasis in learning interactions and experiences. Te reo Māori language development is promoted well by kaimahi through the use of a range of effective language learning strategies. Children are stimulated as learners through their language and develop well as early speakers and learners of te reo Māori. Children are comfortable and confident as they expand their use of te reo Māori.

Āhuatanga ako

Children’s holistic learning and development is well planned and monitored. Their interests and preferences inform planning which is also underpinned by Te Hekenga nui o Te Arawa Waka principles of learning, Te Korowai and te ao Māori. Whānau actively contribute to planning kaupapa learning for children. There is strong emphasis on learning through active exploration of te ao. Learning activities are organised to stimulate, challenge and extend children. Whānaungatanga, te reo Māori me ōna tīkanga is central to all learning. Programmes of learning are regularly reviewed and monitored for effectiveness. There is good information kept about children’s learning journey through kōhanga reo, their success and achievements overtime. Children enjoy learning through exploring the world around them.

Te Tino Uaratanga

The kōhanga reo vision is part of the greater whānau whanui, hapū and iwi vision for Māori immersion education. The whānau manage their kōhanga reo effectively in line with their vision and well planned strategic interests for their children and their education. All management systems are well developed and implemented across the kōhanga reo. Internal review is embedded and used to monitor growth and overall performance. Children and their whānau success is at the heart of kōhanga management and its direction.

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 Recommendation

ERO and the Kōhanga Reo whānau developed the following recommendation:

  • continue to use internal review to monitor and report on the overall performance of the kōhanga reo, its strategic success and planned priorities for development.

Conclusion

Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera whānau and children are a valuable part of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua o Ruamatā immersion education pathway. Whānau work successfully together to provide stimulating, rich and relevant Te Aho Matua based early learning experiences that develops children’s strong sense of belonging, confidence and ability in te reo Māori me ōna tīkanga. Children are happy and stimulated as early learners in their kōhanga-kura based learning environment.

When is ERO likely to review the kōhanga reo again?

The next ERO review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawera will be in four years.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Deputy Chief Review Officer Māori

9 June 2016 

Information about the Kōhanga Reo

Location

Rotorua

Ministry of Education profile number

50083

Kōhanga Reo Identification Number

05A041

Licence type

Te Kōhanga Reo

Licensed under

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Number licensed for

30 children, including up to 8 aged under 2

Kōhanga Reo roll

22 children, including up to 3 aged under 2

Gender composition

Girls 16

Boys 6

Ethnic composition

Māori

100%

Review team on site

March 2016

Date of this report

9 June 2016

Most recent ERO report(s)

Education Review

Education Review

March 2013

November 2009