22 Kaitupeka Pa Road, Taumarunui
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.
Ko Hikurangi te maunga
Ko Tuhua te maunga tapu
Ko Taringamotu te awa
Ko Ngāti Maniapoto te iwi
Ko Ngāti Hari te hapū
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Taringamotu ki te marae o Hia Kaitupeka, ki te tapa o te tāone o Taumarunui. Kua raihanatia te kōhanga reo mō ngā mokopuna 20, me te tokorima o rātou kei raro i te rua o ngā tau te pakeke i te wā kotahi. Nā te wāhi tū roherohe o te kōhanga reo, ka hono rātou ki a Ngāti Maniapoto, ki Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, ā, ki a Ngāti Tūwharetoa hoki.
Ka whakapuakihia e ngā mokopuna tō rātou ngākau nuitanga ki te ako, mā te papai o ō rātou hononga, me tā rātou whai wāhi mātātoa atu ki te tangongitanga o ngā wheako ako.
E hāpaitia ana te kōrero a ngā mokopuna i te reo Māori. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo rautaki reo, pērā i ngā pātai, te pānui pakiwaitara, te whāngai kupu me te tāruarua, hei hāpai i te whakawhanaketanga reo o ngā mokopuna. Ka whai pānga matua te whanaungatanga ki ngā whakaritenga a ngā kaimahi, ā, ka whakatauira rātou i te aroha me te manaaki mā tā rātou aronga mārie, aronga ngāwari tonu. Whakamihia ai ngā whakamātau a ngā mokopuna i ngā wā katoa. Ka whai wāhi rātou ki ngā hononga manaaki me ngā taunekeneke e whai pūtake ana ki te taha o ngā pakeke me ō rātou hoa. Nā te tū taratahi o te kōhanga reo, e wātea ana ngā taonga māoriori ki ngā mokopuna i ia rā, pērā i te marae, te awa, te maunga, me te whenua. E wātea ana hoki ki ngā mokopuna te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo rauemi tūturu. Ka aro te nuinga o ngā taumahi o roto ki te whakawhanaketanga o te reo matatini. Ka ngākau nui ngā mokopuna ki te ako, ā, ka tākaro māhorahora hoki rātou i ētahi wā o te rā.
Ka hui ngā kaimahi, ā, ka whakamahere ngātahi. Ka whakawhanakehia te hōtaka akoranga mā te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro ki te whānau. Ka whakamōhio te mahere ā-tau i ngā mahere ā-wāhanga, ā-marama, ā-wiki hoki, ā, ka āta ārahi i te whakatinanatanga o te hōtaka akoranga i ia rā. Ka whiriwhirihia ngā taumahi ako hei whakaongaonga, hei wero, hei whakawhānui hoki i ngā mokopuna. Kei te mauritau, kei te harikoa hoki te āhua o ngā mokopuna i roto i ā rātou akoranga.
Me titiro wawe ki te whakahaeretanga o ngā whakaritenga i te kōhanga reo. Me tino whakapai ake i te aromātai o roto, hei hāpai i te whānau ki te whakapakari i te whakahaeretanga whānui o te kōhanga reo. Kāhore i te tino kaha te taetae atu a te whānau ki ngā hui ā-whānau. Nā taua tūāhuatanga, kāhore ngā take mātuatua o te whakahaeretanga e whakatutukihia ana. Ko tētahi āhuatanga hei tirohanga i tēnei wā tonu, ko ngā kaupapa here matua me ngā tukanga matua e pā ana ki te whakahaeretanga o ngā kaimahi, me ērā hoki e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru.
Nō nā noa nei te whānau i whakawhanake ai i tā rātou mahere rautaki, ā, ka tautuhia ngā kaupapa matua mō te whakawhanaketanga o te kōhanga reo ā meāke nei. Kua tae ki te wā kia aroturuki te whānau i te ahu whakamua ki te whakatutuki haere i ngā kaupapa matua kua whakaraupapahia ki te mahere mahi hou nō nā noa nei i whakawhanakehia ai.
Ko ngā tuhinga e pā ana ki ngā kaimahi, kāhore i te wātea ki Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga. He mea nui kia whakatakotohia e te whānau ngā tukanga ki te whakawhanake i ngā tuhinga tūranga mahi me ngā kirimana mahi ā ia kaimahi. E whakawhanake ana te whānau i ngā arohaehae whaiaro mā ngā kaimahi. Hei whakatutuki i te Employment Relations Act 2000, me whakawhanake, me whakahaere hoki te whānau i ngā take kaimahi kia tika.
Me whakawhanake tonu i ngā aromatawai a ngā mokopuna. Ko ngā mahi aromatawai o tēnei wā, kāhore e āta kapo atu ana i te ako me te ahu whakamua a ngā mokopuna i roto i te roanga o te wā. Ko te whakapai ake i te kounga o te aromatawai a ngā kaimahi i ngā akoranga, ka whai wāhi atu ki te whakapaitanga ake o ngā putanga ki ngā mokopuna.
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 te whai huatanga o ngā mahi kāwana, mahi whakahaere hoki ki te kōhanga reo, i runga anō i te āhua o ngā whakaritenga whakahaere papai, tae atu ki Te Korowai
[R46 Ture Mātauranga (Kōhungahunga) 2008; GMA4 Paearu Raihana mō ngā Kōhanga Reo kei raro i te maru o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo 2008]
whakarite i tētahi tukanga o te arotake o roto 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]
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]
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]
I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
toro wawe te whānau ki te tautoko o te tari ā-rohe o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo, ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mahere mahi ka whakatutuki, ka aroturuki hoki i ngā whakaritenga i whakaraupapahia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whai ake.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services
21 Pipiri, 2022
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Taumarunui |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
35027 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
07J038 |
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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 |
20, kia tokorima ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa |
16, tokorima kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori 15, Iwi kē 1 |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Haratua 2022 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
21 Piripi 2022 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a |
Arotake Mātauranga, Haratua 2019; Arotake Tāpiri, Poutū-te-rangi 2016; Arotake Tāpiri, Hakihea 2014 |
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.
Hikurangi te maunga
Tuhua te maunga tapu
Taringamotu te awa
Maniapoto te iwi
Ngāti Hari te hapu
Te Kōhanga Reo o Taringamotu is situated on Hia Kaitūpeka Marae on the outskirts of the Taumarunui township. It is licensed to cater for 20 mokopuna including five under two years of age at any one time. The kōhanga reo sits on a boundary that links them to Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
Mokopuna express their enjoyment for learning through their positive relationships and active engagement in a range of learning experiences.
Mokopuna are supported to speak te reo Māori. Kaimahi use variety of language strategies such as questions, reading stories, prompts and repetition to support mokopuna language development. Whanaungatanga is integral to kaimahi practices who model aroha and manaaki through a calm and gentle approach. Mokopuna are constantly praised for their efforts. They experience caring relationships and meaningful interactions with adults and their peers. Because of the isolated location of the kōhanga reo, mokopuna have daily access to natural resources such as the marae, awa, maunga and whenua. Mokopuna also have access to a range of physical resources. Indoor activities are focused mostly on literacy development. Mokopuna enjoy learning and play freely for periods of time during the day.
Kaimahi meet and plan collaboratively. The learning programme is developed in consultation with whānau. The mahere-a-tau informs the term, monthly and weekly plans and provides clear guidance for the daily implementation of the learning programme. Learning activities are selected to stimulate, challenge and extend mokopuna. Mokopuna appear settled and happy in their learning.
The management of kōhanga reo operations requires urgent attention. Internal evaluation requires considerable improvement to assist whānau to strengthen the overall management of the kōhanga reo. Whānau hui are not well attended. As a result, important matters related to operational matters are not fully attended to. Key policies and procedures for personnel management and health and safety require immediate attention.
The whānau have recently developed their strategic plan, it identifies what the priorities are for the future development of the kōhanga reo. It is now time for whānau to monitor progress toward achieving the priorities set out in the newly developed action plan.
Kaimahi personnel documentation was not available to ERO. It is important that whānau put in place processes to develop job descriptions and individual employment contracts. Whānau are developing self-appraisals for kaimahi. In order to observe the Employment Relations Act 2000, whānau must develop and manage personnel matters appropriately.
Mokopuna assessment needs further development. Current assessments practices do not fully capture mokopuna learning and progress over time. Improving the quality of kaimahi assessment of learning should contribute to improved outcomes for mokopuna.
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 the kōhanga reo is effectively governed and managed in accordance with good management practices, including Te Korowai
[Regulations 46 (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008; (GMA4) Licensing Criteria for Kōhanga Reo affiliated with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust 2008]
ensure there is an ongoing process of internal evaluation to help the kōhanga reo maintain and improve the quality of its education and care
[Regulations 46 (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008; (GMA6) 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 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 (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008; (C2) Licensing Criteria for Kōhanga Reo affiliated with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust 2008]
ERO and the kōhanga reo whānau developed the following recommendation:
that the whānau seek urgent support from the District Office to develop an action plan to address and monitor the next steps outlined in this report.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
21 June 2022
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Location |
Taumarunui |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
35027 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
07J038 |
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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 |
20 children, including up to 5 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
16 children, including 5 aged under 2 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 15, Other 1 |
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Review team on site |
May 2022 |
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Date of this report |
21 June 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, May 2019; Supplementary Review, March 2016; Supplementary Review, December 2014 |
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Taringamotu ki te marae o Hia Kaitūpeka, ki waho atu i te tāone o Taumarunui. E tū ana te kōhanga reo ki te tapa o te rohe e tūhonohono ana i a rātou ki a Ngāti Maniapoto rātou ko Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, ko Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Ko ngā tamariki katoa o te kōhanga reo, he uri o tētahi, o ētahi rānei o aua iwi.
He ngākau titikaha ō ngā tamariki ki te tūhonohono me te taunekeneke ki ētahi atu, puta noa i te rā.
E ako ana ngā tamariki ki tētahi taiao e poipoi ana i ō rātou tuakiri. Ka whakakanohi ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke i te marae, ki te whakatau i ngā manuhiri. Ka mātakitaki ngā tamariki i ngā kawa me ngā tikanga ki te marae. Ka āta whakarite ngā kaimahi kia ako ngā tamariki i te tupuna rangatira o te marae. Ka kitea ki ngā tamariki tō rātou māramatanga ki tō rātou tū hei tangata whenua i a rātou e tū ana ki te waiata hei tautoko i ngā whaikōrero, i a rātou hoki e harirū ana ki ngā manuhiri i ngā pōhiri. Ka ngākau nui ngā tamariki ki te whai wāhi i ia te wā ki ngā kuia me ngā kaumātua i te marae. E māramahia ana e ngā tamariki tō rātou whai wāhi atu ki ngā nekehanga ki te marae.
E rumakina ana ngā tamariki ki te reo Māori. Ka āta whakapūmau ngā kaimahi ki ngā tamariki i te tikanga kia kōrerohia ki te kōhanga reo, ko te reo Māori anake. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i ngā rautaki e whakapakari ana i te reo, pērā i te whakatauira me te tāruarua. Ka ngahau ngā tamariki i a rātou e ako ana i ngā kupu hou me ngā nama mā te rotarota me ngā mahi ā-ringa. Ka whakamahi ngā tamariki tuākana i ngā kupu māmā me ngā kīanga māmā ki waenga i a rātou anō i te wā ka ākina rātou. Ka whakawhiti ngā pēpi i ō rātou māramatanga mā te reo ā-tinana, ā-kanohi hoki. E whanake ana te pitomata o ngā tamariki ki te ako i te reo Māori.
He pai ngā tūhonohono o ngā tamariki ki ētahi atu. Ka akiaki ngā kaimahi i ngā tamariki ki te hāpai – tētahi i tētahi – puta noa i te rā. Ka ngākau nui ngā tamariki tuākana ki te waiata tahi me te kanikani tahi i ngā wā e ako ā-rōpū ana rātou. Kua whakapūmau ngā kaimahi i ngā hononga o te atawhai me te manaaki ki te taha o ngā pēpi, ā, ka aro nui ki ō rātou matea. Kei te mauminamina, kei te rarata hoki ngā tamariki ki te taha o ngā manuhiri. Kei te pākiki rātou ki te mōhio ki ngā manuhiri, ā, ka tūmāia rātou i roto i ā rātou whakawhitinga kōrero. Kei te harikoa, kei te mauritau hoki te āhua o ngā tamariki.
Kei te tākare te tūhura haere o ngā tamariki i tō rātou marae me tō rātou kōhanga reo. Ka whakariterite ngā kaimahi i ngā wāhi o roto, o waho hoki kia āta whakapuakihia e ngā tamariki ō rātou wāhi ako. He ngāwari noa ki ngā tamariki te whakatau haere ki ngā tūmomo taumahi me ngā tūmomo mahinga. Ka whakarite ngā kaimahi i ngā tūmomo taumahi ā-ringa, kia āhei ai ngā tamariki ki te whakahou ake, te whakawhānui hoki i ā rātou ako ā-kaupapa. He pārekareka ki ngā tamariki ngā tūmomo akoranga e whakawātea ana i a rātou ki te mahi auaha. Ka taea e ngā pēpi ā rātou taumahi te whiriwhiri, ā, he māmā noa ki a rātou te whakapā atu ki ngā rauemi. He ākonga mātātoa ngā tamariki.
He tukanga ā ngā kaimahi mō te whakamahere i te hōtaka me te aromatawai i ngā mahi a ngā tamariki. Ka whakatutuki ngā mahere i ngā tūmomo rōpū reanga me ngā matea ako. Ka whai wāhi ngā whāinga ako a ngā tamariki hei wāhanga tonu o aua mahere. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i tētahi pūkete mā ia tamaiti, hei whakaemi i ngā mōhiohio aromatawai me te pūrongo ā-tau. E whakapuaki ana ngā kaimahi i ētahi atu pūrongo auau ki ngā pūkete hei tohu i te ahu whakamua o ngā akoranga a ngā tamariki i roto i te roanga o te wā.
Ka whai wāhi atu ngā whānau katoa o te marae ki te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. He mātātoa te whai wāhi atu a ngā kuia me ngā kaumātua ki te kōhanga reo. He pai te taetae atu a te katoa ki ngā hui ā-whānau, ā, e hāpai ana te komiti matua me tā rātou heamana hou i te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. E hāngai ana te mahere rautaki ki ngā wawata o te whānau me ā rātou whāinga hoki mō ā rātou tamariki. E ārahi ana te mahere ā-tau i te rere pai o ngā whakahaeretanga ki te kōhanga reo. He pakari te tukanga e arohaehae ana i ngā kaimahi, ā, e hono ana ki ā rātou tuhinga tūranga mahi. Nō nā tata tonu nei ētahi o ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga i arotakengia ai, i whakahoungia ai, waihoki, i whakahāngaitia ai hoki ki Te Ture Oranga Tamariki. Ka tuhia, ka aroturukitia hoki ngā akoako ohorere me ngā rēhita e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru. E arotahi ana te whānau ki te kounga o te atawhai me te mātauranga hei painga mō ā rātou tamariki.
He mea nui kia whakaritea e te whānau tētahi tukanga e noho riterite ake ana, hei āta whakatau i te haere tonutanga o te arotake whaiaro me ngā whakapaitanga, puta noa i ngā wāhanga katoa o te kōhanga reo.
Ahakoa he mahere rautaki i whakatakotohia ai, he mea nui kia aroturuki, kia tuhi hoki te whānau i tā rātou ahu whakamua ki te whakatutuki haere i ā rātou whāinga me ō rātou wawata mō te kōhanga reo. Kua tae ki te wā kia arotakengia te tūtohinga e te whānau. Me whakarite te whānau kia arotake auau rātou i ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga ki te kōhanga reo. He mea nui ki te whakatakoto ki ngā hui ā-whānau, ko ngā pūrongo e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga matua o ngā whakahaeretanga.
Me aromātai ngā kaimahi i te whai huatanga o te hōtaka akoranga, hei tāutu i tēnā e whai hua ana ki ngā tamariki, i ngā āhuatanga hoki hei whakapakari ake, ā, i ngā whakaritenga ka whai ake ki te whakatairanga ake i te ako me ngā wheako a ngā tamariki.
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 tāutuhia te wāhanga e whai ake nei kāhore e tutuki ana e ai ki te ture, arā, me tahuri ki te:
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 Taringamotu i roto i te toru o ngā tau.
Charles Rolleston
Toka ā-nuku
13 Haratua, 2019
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Taumarunui |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
35027 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
07J038 |
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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 |
20, kia tokotoru ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei te rārangi ingoa |
20, tokorua kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te ira tangata |
Kōtiro 6 Tama 14 |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori |
100% |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Poutū-te-rangi 2019 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
13 Haratua, 2019 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga |
Arotake Tāpiri Arotake Tāpiri Arotake Mātauranga |
Poutū-te-rangi 2016 Hakihea 2014 Haratua 2011 |
Te Kōhanga Reo o Taringamotu is situated on Hia Kaitūpeka Marae on the outskirts of the Taumarunui township. The kōhanga reo sits on a boundary that links them to Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and Ngāti Tūwharetoa. All children in the kōhanga reo are descendants from one or more of these iwi.
Children confidently connect and interact with others throughout the day.
Children learn in an environment where their identity is nurtured. The children and adults in the kōhanga reo are always on hand to welcome visitors to the marae. Children observe the kawa and tikanga of the marae. Kaimahi ensure that the children learn about the significant ancestor of the marae. Children demonstrate an understanding of their role as tangata whenua as they support whaikōrero with waiata tautoko and greet visitors at the end of each pōhiri. Children enjoy their regular interactions with kuia and kaumātua who are present on the marae. Children understand their place in supporting what happens on the marae.
Children are immersed in te reo Māori. Kaimahi make it clear to children that te reo Māori is the only language to be spoken in the kōhanga reo. Kaimahi use language building strategies such as role modelling and repetition. Children have fun when learning new words and numbers through rotarota and hand actions. The older children use basic words and simple phrases with each other when prompted. Babies communicate their understanding using body and facial expressions. Children are developing as early learners of te reo Māori.
Children have established positive relationships with others. Kaimahi encourage children to support each other throughout the day. The older children love to sing and dance together at group learning times. Kaimahi have established warm caring relationships with the babies and respond to their needs. Children are open and friendly towards visitors. They are curious to know more about them and are confident in their communications. Children appear happy and settled.
Children enthusiastically explore their marae and kōhanga reo. Kaimahi arrange the indoor and outdoor areas so that children can make the most of their learning spaces. Children are able to settle into activities and routines with ease. Kaimahi prepare hands-on activities for children to revisit and extend on their kaupapa learning. Children enjoy learning where they can be creative. Babies can choose their activities and have easy access to resources. Children are active learners.
Kaimahi have processes in place for programme planning and children’s assessment. Planning caters for the different age groups and learning needs. Learning goals for children are included as part of this planning. Kaimahi use individual profile books for children to collate assessment information that includes an end of year report. Kaimahi are introducing more regular reporting in profile books to show children’s learning progress over time.
The management of the kōhanga reo includes all whānau from the marae. Kuia and kaumātua are actively involved in the kōhanga reo. Whānau hui are well attended and an executive committee with a new chairperson supports the management of the kōhanga reo. The strategic plan acknowledges whānau aspirations and goals for their children. An annual plan guides the smooth operation of the kōhanga reo. The appraisal process for kaimahi is robust and linked to their job descriptions. Some policies and procedures have recently been reviewed, updated and aligned to the Vulnerable Children’s Act. Emergency drills and health and safety registers are recorded and monitored. The whānau are focussed on quality care and education for their children.
It is important that whānau establish a more consistent process to ensure there is ongoing self-review and improvement across all areas of the kōhanga reo.
While there is a strategic plan in place, it is important for the whānau to monitor and document their progress in achieving their goals and aspirations for the kōhanga reo. It is timely for the whānau to review the charter. The whānau must also ensure they regularly review policies and procedures in the kōhanga reo. It is important that reporting against key aspects of operations are presented to whānau hui.
Kaimahi must evaluate the effectiveness of the learning programme to identify what is working well for children, what can be strengthened, and what they can do next to enhance children’s learning and experiences.
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.
The following area of non-compliance was identified;
establish an ongoing process of self-review or internal evaluation to help maintain and improve the quality of practice for children.
[Regulation 47 Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008; GMA6 Licensing Criteria for Kōhanga Reo affiliated with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust 2008]
ERO and the Kōhanga Reo whānau developed the following recommendation:
The whānau work alongside district kaimahi from Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust to strengthen self-review practices in the kōhanga reo, in particular the areas identified in this report.
The next ERO evaluation of Te Kōhanga Reo o Taringamotu will be in three years.
Charles Rolleston
Toka ā-nuku
13 May 2019
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Location |
Taumarunui |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
35027 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
07J038 |
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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 |
20 children, including up to 3 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
20 children, including 2 aged under 2 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 6 Boys 14 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
100% |
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Review team on site |
March 2019 |
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Date of this report |
13 May 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Supplementary Review Supplementary Review Education Review |
March 2016 December 2014 May 2011 |
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