Kaiwhaiki Road, Whanganui
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 piritaha ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Mere Te Aroha ki te marae o Kaiwhaiki, ki te taha o te awa o Whanganui. Ka whakanuia e te whānau me ngā kaimahi ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te ako i ō rātou hononga ki te hapū me te iwi. Ka tātai whakapapa te nuinga o ngā whānau ki te iwi o te wāhi nei. Whakawhiti ai ngā mokopuna ki te kōhanga reo i ia rā, i Whanganui.
Ka kitea ki ngā mokopuna tā rātou mauritau me tā rātou whai wāhi nui atu hoki ki ā rātou wheako ako.
E rumakina ana ngā mokopuna ki tētahi taiao e aro mātua ana ki te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i ngā rautaki reo e tika ana ki te hāpai i te whakawhanaketanga reo o ngā mokopuna. Ko ētahi o aua rautaki, ko ngā waiata, ko te whāngai kupu, ko te tāruarua, ko te tohutohu hoki. E hāpaitia ana te whai wāhi atu a ngā mokopuna ki ngā wāhanga ōkawa o te hōtaka akoranga, pērā i ngā whakatau, ngā karakia, ngā hīmene, ngā mōteatea, me ngā mihimihi. Ka kitea tā rātou whakaute mō te taha wairua me te taha ahurea, mā tā rātou whakapuakitanga i ngā waiata, ngā hīmene, me ngā mōteatea. Whakamihi ai ngā kaimahi i ngā mokopuna i ia te wā, mō ā rātou whakatutukitanga. Ka kitea ki ngā tuākana ō rātou pūmanawa ki te ārahi, i a rātou e tuku manaaki ana, e taunekeneke ana hoki ki ō rātou tēina. Ka whakatauira ngā kaimahi i ngā uara o te manaaki, te tiaki, te whai whakaaro nui, me te aroha hoki mō ētahi atu. He nui ngā rauemi ki te kōhanga reo, ā, he pai hoki te noho riterite. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo taumahi ako e akiaki ana i te whakamahinga o ngā taonga māoriori me ngā rauemi tūturu hoki. He māhorahora te whakawhitiwhiti haere a ngā mokopuna, puta noa i te kōhanga reo. Ko ētahi o ngā wheako, ko te toro atu ki ngā wāhi o waho, ā, ka tākaro takitahi, ka tākaro takirōpū rānei ngā mokopuna, ā, ka tūhono atu hoki ki te taiao. Kei te tūmāia, kei te harikoa te āhua o ngā mokopuna hei ākonga.
Ko te whanaungatanga kei te pūtake o ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau ki te kōhanga reo. He tukanga, he rautaki hoki ā te whānau mō te aroturukitanga me te pūrongo atu i ngā āhuatanga matua o ngā whakahaeretanga i te kōhanga reo. E whai mōhiohio ana ngā meneti o ngā hui ā-whānau. Ka ū ki ngā whakaritenga matawhāiti ki te whakahaere i ngā pūtea. E whakatakoto ana te mahere ā-tau i ngā mahi whakahaere whānui, ā, i ngā wā hoki e whakatutukihia ai aua mahi. E whai mōhiohio ana ngā tukanga mō te whakatau i ngā whakaritenga ki ngā hui ā-whānau. E whakatinanahia ana te nuinga o ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga o te kōhanga reo e pā ana ki te hauora, te haumaru, me te whakahaeretanga o ngā kaimahi, ā, e whakatairanga ana i te waiora o ngā mokopuna. Ko ngā mokopuna kei te pūtake o te whakatau ngātahi a te whānau i ngā whakaritenga.
Kei te mahere rautaki a te whānau te aronga mō te whakawhanaketanga o te kōhanga reo mō meāke nei. E hāngai ana te mahere ki te mahere ā-iwi o Ngā Paerangi, ā, ka tautuhi i ngā kaupapa matua o te pae tawhiti me te pae tata i te kōhanga reo. Ka whai pānga aua kaupapa ki te whenua, ki ngā whakahaeretanga, ki te whai wāhi mai, ā, ki te whakapakaritanga hoki o ngā pūkenga reo Māori. E tautuhi ana te mahere mahi i ngā mahi, ngā rārangi wā, me ngā tāngata e whai kawenga ana, hei hāpai i te ahu whakamua. Ka whai hua ngā mokopuna nā te aronga o te whānau ki anamata.
Ko ngā mahere me te aromatawai a ngā kaimahi e pou herea ana ki ngā uara o te whanaungatanga. E āta whakaarohia ana te ako a ngā mokopuna me tō rātou whakawhanaketanga. Ka whakamōhio ngā mahere me ngā aromatawai i te whānau ki tēnā e mahia ana, e ākona ana hoki e ngā mokopuna i ā rātou rōpū. Ka whakaemihia, ka kapohia hoki ngā mōhiohio aromatawai ki ngā pūkete. He pai ngā mōhiohio e whakatakotohia ana mō te huarahi ako o ia mokopuna, tae atu ki ā rātou whakatutukitanga i roto i te roanga o te wā. Ka whai wāhi atu ngā mokopuna ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo wheako ako me ngā taumahi e tika ana.
Tū ai ngā hui a ngā kaimahi i ia te wā, engari kāhore aua kōrerotanga e tuhia ana. Me tuhi ngā kaimahi i tēnā i whai hua ai i te hōtaka i whakamaheretia, i tēnā hoki kīhai i whai hua ai, ā, ki ngā āhuatanga hoki hei whakapai ake. Ka whakapakari aua tūāhuatanga i te aromātai hōtaka, ā, ka āta whakatau i te whiwhinga o ngā mokopuna i ngā akoranga e aro nui ana ki ō rātou matea.
Me titiro ki ngā whakaritenga e pā ana ki te whakahaeretanga o ngā pūmanawa tāngata. Ahakoa he tuhinga tūranga mahi, he kirimana mahi hoki ā ngā kaimahi, kāhore anō kia whakatutukihia ngā arohaehae. Me whakaoti i ngā arohaehae, kia tautokona ai ngā kaimahi ki te whakawhanaketanga ngaio e tika ana, ā, e whai pānga ana hoki ki ā rātou mahi. Ko ngā arohaehae e haere tonu ana i ia te wā, ka whakatairanga ake i te kounga o ngā whakaritenga a ngā kaimahi.
Kāhore anō ngā akoako hōneatanga rū whenua kia whakatutukihia, kia tuhia rānei. Me whakarite te whānau i te whakatutukitanga, i te whakatakotoranga ā-tuhi hoki o ngā herenga katoa e pā ana ki ngā akoako hōneatanga rū whenua. Ko te haumaru o ngā mokopuna e noho mātua ana.
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:
āta whakarite i te whakatinanatanga o te marau o te kōhanga reo mā ngā mahere, ngā whakapuakitanga, me ngā aromātai e tohu ana i te māramatanga ki te ako a ngā tamariki, tae atu hoki ki ō rātou ngākau nuitanga, ō rātou whānau, me te āhua tonu o ō rātou nā ao
[R43 Ture Mātauranga (Kōhungahunga) 2008; C2 Paearu Raihana mō ngā Kōhanga Reo kei raro i te maru o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo 2008]
āta whakatau 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]
āta whakatau i te noho mōhio o rātou ngā pakeke e whakarato ana i te mātauranga me te atawhai, ki ngā akoako hōneatanga rū whenua e tika ana, ā, kia whakatutukihia aua mahi ki te taha o ngā tamariki i ia toru marama noa te putuputu, koni atu rānei.
[R46 Ture Mātauranga (Kōhungahunga) 2008; HS8 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 tonu te whānau ki te taha o te tari ā-rohe o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo, kia whai tautoko mō ngā take āwangawanga i tautuhia ai ki tēnei pūrongo.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services
11 Hereturikōkā, 2022
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Whanganui |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
52730 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
07F061 |
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Te tūmomo whare |
He kōhanga reo |
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Te raihana |
Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008 |
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Te tokomaha mō te raihana |
24, kia tokoono ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa |
14, tokoono kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori 12, Iwi kē 2 |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Pipiri 2022 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
11 Hereturikōkā 2022 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a |
Arotake Mātauranga, Pipiri 2019; Arotake Mātauranga, Haratua 2016; Arotake Mātauranga, Hakihea 2012 |
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 Mere Te Aroha is located next to Te Marae o Kaiwhaiki along the Whanganui River. The whānau and kaimahi value opportunities for children to learn about their connections to the hapū and iwi. Most whānau whakapapa to the local iwi. Mokopuna travel to the kōhanga reo from Whanganui each day.
Mokopuna show they are settled and engaged in their learning experiences.
Mokopuna are immersed in an environment where te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are prioritised. Kaimahi use appropriate language strategies to support mokopuna language development. These include waiata, prompts, repetition and instruction. Mokopuna are supported to participate in formal parts of the learning programme such as whakatau, karakia, himene, mōteatea and mihimihi. They demonstrate spiritual and cultural respect through their use of waiata, himene and mōteatea. Kaimahi consistently praise mokopuna for their successes. Tuakana display leadership qualities as they care and interact with their tēina. Kaimahi model values of manaaki, tiaki, consideration and aroha for others. The kōhanga reo is well resourced and organised. Kaimahi provide a range of learning activities that encourage the use of natural and physical resources. Mokopuna move freely throughout the kōhanga reo. Experiences include the use of the outdoor spaces where mokopuna play independently or in groups and connect with the taiao. Mokopuna appear confident and happy learners.
Whanaungatanga is central to whānau for managing the operations of the kōhanga reo. Whānau have processes and procedures for monitoring and reporting on key aspects of the kōhanga reo operations. Whānau hui minutes are informative. Prudent financial management practices are maintained. The annual plan sets out overall operational tasks and when these are to be completed. Decision making processes at whānau hui are well informed. Most of the kōhanga reo health, safety and personnel management policies and procedures are enacted and promote mokopuna well-being. Mokopuna are the center of collective whānau decision making.
The whānau strategic plan provides direction for the future development of the kōhanga reo. The plan is aligned to the Nga Paerangi iwi plan and identifies long and short-term priorities for the kōhanga reo. These include whenua, operations, participation and building te reo māori capacity. The action plan identifies actions, timelines, and identifies individuals with responsibilities to support progress. Mokopuna benefit from the whānau being future focused.
Kaimahi planning and assessment is underpinned by values of whanaungatanga. Mokopuna learning and development is well-considered. Planning and assessment informs whānau of what mokopuna are doing and learning in their groups. Assessment information is gathered and captured in portfolios. There is good information kept about each mokopuna learning journey, including their achievements over time. Mokopuna engage in variety of appropriate learning experiences and activities.
Kaimahi hold regular hui, however these discussions are not documented. It is essential for kaimahi to document what was successful in the planned programme, what did not work and what needs to be improved. This will strengthen programme evaluation and ensure mokopuna receive learning that responds to their needs.
Human resource management practices require attention. While kaimahi have job descriptions and employment contracts are in place, appraisals have not been carried out. Appraisals’ need to be completed in order for kaimahi to be supported through appropriate professional development that is relevant to their work. The quality of kaimahi practice would be enhanced through ongoing appraisals.
Earthquake drills have not been carried out or documented. Whānau must ensure all requirements for earthquake drills are completed and recorded. Mokopuna safety is paramount.
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 Te Kōhanga Reo curriculum is informed by planning, implementation, and evaluation that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau and life contexts
[Regulations 43 Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008; C2 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]
ensure adults providing education and care are familiar with relevant emergency earthquake drills and carry these out with children on an at least three-monthly basis.
[Regulation 46 Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008, (HS8) Licensing criteria for Kōhanga Reo affiliated with the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust 2008]
ERO and the Kōhanga reo whānau developed the following recommendation:
whānau continue to work with District Office for support with the areas of concern identified in the report.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
11 August 2022
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Location |
Whanganui |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
52730 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
07F061 |
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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 |
24 children, including up to 6 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
14 children, including 6 aged under 2 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 12, Other 2 |
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Review team on site |
June 2022 |
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Date of this report |
11 August 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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Education Review, June 2019; Education Review, May 2016; Education Review, December 2012 |
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Mere Te Aroha ki te taha o te marae o Kaiwhaiki, e pā tata atu ana ki Whanganui. Ka whakanuia e te whānau me ngā kaimahi ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te ako i ō rātou hononga ki ngā iwi o Whanganui. Nā te whai wāhi mai o ngā kaumātua me ngā kuia ki te kōhanga reo, ka pupū ake ngā huarahi ako whakahirahira mō ngā tamariki.
He pakari te whakaatu mai a ngā tamariki i te whanaungatanga mā ō rātou hononga ki ētahi atu.
E rumakina ana ngā tamariki ki tētahi taiao e whakakoia ana i ō rātou tuakiri. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i tētahi hōtaka e poipoi ana i ngā tātai whakapapa me ngā hononga o ngā tamariki. E ākina ana ngā tamariki kia tū ki te mihimihi me te whakapuaki i ō rātou pepeha ki mua i ētahi atu. Taetae atu ngā tamariki i ia te wā ki ngā wāhi e noho whakahirahira ana ki ngā iwi o Whanganui. Ka whakapuaki ngā kaimahi, ngā kuia, me ngā kaumātua i ngā kōrero tuku iho e pā ana ki te whenua me ngā whakapapa ki ngā tamariki me te whānau. Ka toro atu ngā tamariki ki ngā kaupapa i te marae, ā, ka kite hoki rātou i ngā tikanga me ngā kawa o reira. E ako ana ngā tamariki i ō rātou tuakiri me ō rātou tūrangawaewae.
E riro ana i ngā tamariki ngā taunekeneke e whakakoia ana, ā, e whai pūtake ana hoki. Kei te tino mōhio ngā kaimahi ki ngā tamariki, ā, ka hāpai rātou i ngā matea ā-whatumanawa, ā-tinana hoki o ngā tamariki. Toro atu ai ngā kuia me ngā kaumātua ki te kōhanga reo, ā, ka whakatauira i ngā uara o te ngākau māhaki, te manaakitanga, me te whakaute. Ka whai wāhi nui rātou ki te taha o ngā tamariki, ka whakakatakata, ka whakakoakoa hoki rātou i te noho tahi. E ākina ana anō hoki te noho tahi o te tuakana me te teina. Ka whai whakaaro nui ngā tamariki tuākana ki ngā pēpi. He ngāwari te whakawhiti atu a ngā tamariki ki ngā tūmomo wāhanga o te hōtaka akoranga, ā, ka whai anō hoki rātou i ngā mahinga i whakatakotohia ai i roto i te kōhanga reo. Ka whakamihi ngā kaimahi i ngā whakamātau me ngā whakatutukitanga a ngā tamariki. Kei te mauritau, kei te pakari hoki ngā tamariki.
He ngākau titikaha ō ngā tamariki ki te tūhura i tō rātou taiao. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo taumahi me ngā tūmomo rauemi e hāpai ai te ako a ngā tamariki. Ka whakamahi ngā tamariki i ngā taonga māoriori, ā, e ako ana hoki rātou me pēhea te tiaki i te taiao. Ka taetae atu hoki ngā kaimahi me ngā tamariki ki ngā kaupapa ahurea whakahirahira o tō rātou iwi. Ka whai wāhi atu ngā tamariki ki ngā wheako ako e whakawhānui ana i tō rātou mōhiotanga me te āhua anō hoki o tā rātou tirohanga ki te ao. Kei te pākiki, kei te māia hoki ngā tamariki hei ākonga.
E hāpaitia ana te ako a ngā tamariki i te reo Māori. Ka rongo rātou i te reo o tō rātou hapū me ngā iwi o Whanganui. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i te tini o ngā tūmomo rautaki e whakawhānui ai i te whakawhanaketanga reo o ngā tamariki. Hei āhuatanga tonu o te hōtaka akoranga o ia rā, ka whai wāhi atu ngā tamariki ki ngā karakia, ki ngā hīmene, ki ngā mihimihi, ki ngā pepeha, ki ngā waiata. He pakari ngā tamariki tuākana ki te taki i ō rātou whakapapa, mā te iti noa tonu o te āwhina. Ka akiaki ngā kaimahi i ngā tamariki tēina hei hāpai ake. Ka whakamahi ngā pēpi i te reo ā-tinana ki te whakawhitiwhiti i ō rātou māramatanga. E ako ana ngā tamariki ki te kōrero mā te reo ā-iwi o Whanganui.
Kei te rawaka ngā mahi a te whānau ki te whakahaere i te kōhanga reo. Kua whakatinanahia e te kaiwhakahaere tari ngā pūnaha papai e aroturuki ai i ngā whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. Pūrongotia ai ngā āhuatanga o te hauora me te haumaru i ia te wā, tae atu hoki ki te arotakenga o ngā kaupapa here. Whakatutukihia ai hoki i ia te wā, ko ngā mahi e arowhai ana i ngā rawa me ngā āhuatanga e noho mōrearea ana pea ki ngā tamariki, tae atu ki te tiaki rawa. E whakaraupapa ana ngā pūrongo a ngā kaimahi i tēnā e ākona ana e ngā tamariki i roto i te roanga o te wā. Kei te āta whakamōhiotia te whānau ki te nuinga o ngā āhuatanga o ngā whakahaeretanga.
Me arotake, me whakapakari hoki i ētahi āhuatanga o te hōtaka akoranga. Kāhore ngā mahere hōtaka e āta whai pānga mārika ana ki ngā matea ake me ngā reanga ake o ngā tamariki. Kei te kōkiri rawatia ētahi o ngā taumahi ako a ngā tuākana e te pakeke, ā, kāhore i te rawaka ngā whai wāhitanga mō aua tamariki ki te whai i ō rātou ake ngākau nuitanga ako me ō rātou ake matea ako. Ko ngā mōhiohio aromatawai i whakaemihia ai e ngā kaimahi, e whakamārama ana i tēnā e whāia ana e ngā tamariki, heoi anō rā, ka taea te whakawhānui tonu mā te tohu i te ako me te ahu whakamua a ngā tamariki i roto i te roanga o te wā. Kāhore e āta tuhia ana, ko ngā whakawhitinga kōrero a ngā kaimahi mō ngā āhuatanga whai hua o te whakatinanatanga o te hōtaka akoranga mā ngā tamariki, me ngā tūmomo huarahi e whakatairanga ake tonu.
Kāhore anō te whānau kia āta tāutu i ā rātou kaupapa matua o te pae tawhiti mō te kōhanga reo. Kua tae ki te wā kia whakawhiti whakaaro te whānau mō ā rātou kaupapa matua mō meāke nei, ā, me whakawhanake i tētahi mahere rautaki e ārahi ai i a rātou. Ka hāpai tēnei i te whānau ki te whakamahere mō ngā whakawhanaketanga ka pupū ake pea mō meāke nei, hei āta whakatau i te rōnaki tonutanga o te kōhanga reo ā te pae tawhiti.
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 te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
Ka aromātai anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Kōhanga Reo o Mere Te Aroha i roto i te toru o ngā tau.
Charles Rolleston
Toka ā-nuku
28 Pipiri, 2019
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Whanganui |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
52730 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
07F061 |
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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 |
24, kia tokoono ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei te rārangi ingoa |
16, tokowaru kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te ira tangata |
Kōtiro 6 Tama 10 |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori NZ European/Pākehā Kuki Airani |
14 1 1 |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Haratua 2019 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
28 Pipiri, 2019 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga |
Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Tāpiri |
Haratua 2016 Hakihea 2012 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2009 |
Te Kōhanga Reo o Mere Te Aroha is located next to Kaiwhaiki marae near Whanganui. The whānau and kaimahi value opportunities for children to learn about their connections to Whanganui iwi. The presence of kaumātua and kuia in the kōhanga reo provides important learning opportunities for children.
Children confidently express whanaungatanga through their relationships with others.
Children are immersed in an environment where their identity affirmed. Kaimahi provide a programme where children’s whakapapa and connections are fostered. Children are encouraged to participate in mihimihi and to share their pepeha with others. Children regularly attend places of significance to the Whanganui iwi. Kaimahi, kuia and kaumātua share stories of the land and whakapapa with children and whānau. Children attend activities of the marae and observe its tikanga and kawa. Children are learning about who they are and where they come from.
Children experience interactions that are affirming and meaningful. Kaimahi know the children well and are able to support their emotional and physical needs. Kuia and kaumātua visit the kōhanga reo, and model the values of humility, care and respect. They engage with children and share laughter and happy moments with them. Tuakana teina relationships are encouraged. Older children are careful around the babies. Children transition smoothly through different parts of the learning programme and follow the routines established inside the kōhanga reo. Kaimahi praise children’s efforts and successes. Children are settled and secure.
Children explore their environment with confidence. Kaimahi provide a range of activities and resources to support children’s learning. Children use natural resources and are also learning how to care for the environment. Kaimahi and children also attend events of cultural significance within their iwi. Children participate in learning experiences that extend their knowledge and the ways they see the world. Children are curious and confident learners.
Children are supported to learn te reo Māori. They hear the dialect of their hapū and the Whanganui iwi. Kaimahi use a range of strategies to extend children’s language development. As part of the daily learning programme, children are involved in karakia, hīmene, mihimihi, pepeha and waiata. Older children confidently recite their whakapapa with little assistance. Kaimahi prompt the younger children who need more support. Babies use body language to communicate their understanding. Children are learning to speak using the Whanganui dialect.
The kōhanga reo is managed adequately by whānau. The administrator has implemented good systems to monitor the operations of the kōhanga reo. There is regular reporting on aspects of health and safety including policy review. Property and hazard checks are carried out consistently including property maintenance. Kaiako reports outline what children are learning over time. The whānau are well informed of most aspects of operations.
Aspects of the learning programme require further review and strengthening. Programme planning does not fully consider the specific needs and ages of children. Some learning activities for tuākana are adult directed and do not allow sufficient opportunity for those children to follow their learning interests and needs. Assessment information gathered by kaimahi describes what children are doing, however this can be extended further by showing children’s learning and progress over time. Discussions by kaimahi about how well the learning programme is being implemented for children and possible improvement are not well documented.
The whānau have not clearly defined their long-term priorities for the kōhanga reo. It is timely for whānau to discuss their future priorities and develop a strategic plan to guide them. This will enable whānau to plan for any future developments to ensure the kōhanga reo will be sustained into the future and beyond.
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:
The next ERO evaluation of Te Kōhanga Reo o Mere Te Aroha will be in three years.
Charles Rolleston
Toka ā-nuku
28 June 2019
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Location |
Whanganui |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
52730 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
07F061 |
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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 |
24 children, including up to 6 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
16 children, including 8 aged under 2 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 6 Boys 10 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori NZ European/Pākehā Cook Island |
14 1 1 |
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Review team on site |
May 2019 |
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Date of this report |
28 June 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review Education Review Supplementary Review |
May 2016 December 2012 October 2009 |
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