Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai

Education institution number:
40127
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Te Kōhanga Reo
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Not Applicable
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Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai

1. He Kupu Arataki

Kua 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.

2. Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai ki Rotoiti, e pā tata atu ana ki Rotorua. Kua raihanatia te kōhanga reo kia whakarato i te mātauranga me te atawhai mō te rā katoa, ki ngā mokopuna 10, me te tokoiwa o rātou ki raro i te rua o ngā tau te pakeke i te wā kotahi. Nō muri mai i te aromātai o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te tau 2018, kua tīmata ētahi kaimahi hou. Ka hono matua te whānau ki a Ngāti Pikiao, ā, he tino hononga ā-whakapapa ki waenga i ngā mokopuna, te whānau, me ngā kaimahi. E ū ana te whānau ki te whakauka i ngā kōrero tuku iho a Ngāti Pikiao, me te reo, te tuakiri hoki o Ngāti Pikiao.

I kitea ki te aromātai Mana Whakahaere a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te Haratua o te tau 2022, te pai o te whakahaeretanga a te whānau i te kōhanga reo, me te whakaratonga o tētahi taiao e whakatairanga ana, e poipoi ana hoki i te Pikiaotanga mō ngā mokopuna. I tautuhi hoki te aromātai, e tika ana kia whakapai ake ngā kaimahi i te aromātai hōtaka.

3. Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te whakapuaki mai o ngā mokopuna i tō rātou māramatanga ki te Pikiaotanga?

Ka kitea ki ngā mokopuna te ngākau titikaha me te māramatanga ki tō rātou tuakiri me tō rātou tūrangawaewae.

4. Ngā Whakaaturanga – Mana Mokopuna

Ka whai wāhi atu ngā mokopuna ki ngā akoranga e aro mātua ana ki te reo Māori. E noho ngākau nui ana ngā kaimahi me te whānau ki te whakapūmau i te taiao o te reo Māori. Ka whakamahi rātou i te whānuitanga o ngā rautaki reo e hāpai ana i te whakawhanaketanga reo o ngā mokopuna. Ko ētahi o aua rautaki, ko te tāruarua, ko te whakatauira i ngā hanganga reo e tika ana, ko te whāngai kupu, ko ngā rotarota me ngā waiata. He whai wāhitanga mō ngā mokopuna ki te uru atu ki ngā horopaki ōkawa me ngā horopaki ōpaki. Ka rongo rātou i te reo o te paepae, o ngā kuia me ngā kaumātua, o ngā tūmomo kaupapa hoki. Ka whakapuaki ngā pēpē i tō rātou māramatanga mā ō rātou nekehanga. E tino hāpaitia ana te whakawhanaketanga o ngā mokopuna ki te kōrero i te reo Māori.

Ka noho mātua rā te waiora me te aronga toi whenuatanga o ngā mokopuna. Ka whakapūmau ngā waiata me ngā pūrākau o te takiwā i ngā akoranga e pā ana ki tō rātou tuakiri me tō rātou tūrangawaewae. Ko tētahi āhuatanga motuhake o te kōhanga reo, ko te whai wāhi nui mai o ngā kuia i ngā wā katoa. Ka kite ngā mokopuna i ngā tikanga me ngā kawa mā te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo kaupapa, pērā i ngā pōwhiri me ngā whakatau. Ka whai wāhi atu ngā mokopuna ki ngā kaupapa e hāpai ai i tā rātou tūhonohono atu ki tō rātou hapori. E whakawhanake ana te māramatanga o ngā mokopuna ki tō rātou tuakiri me ō rātou hononga ki a Ngāti Pikiao.

Ka ako ngā mokopuna ki tētahi taiao e mau ana i ngā hononga whai pūtake. Ka whai wāhi nui rātou ki tētahi hōtaka e āta mōhiotia ana, e āta matapaetia ana. Ka rongo rātou i te aroha me te manaaki o ngā kaimahi, o te whānau, o tētahi ki tētahi. E whai pūtake ana ngā taunekeneke ki ngā kaimahi. Ka whakakoia rātou i ngā whakatutukitanga a ngā mokopuna i ia te wā. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i ngā taumahi me ngā wheako e whakatairanga ake ai i te ako a ngā mokopuna. Kua pou herea ngā taunekeneke katoa ki te whanaungatanga. Kei te mauritau, kei te harikoa hoki ngā mokopuna ki te taiao o tō rātou kōhanga reo.  

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake 

Ko te aromātai hōtaka tonu tētahi āhuatanga hei whakapakari ake, kia āta hāngai ai ki ngā pūmanawa, ngā ngākau nuitanga, me ngā matea o ngā mokopuna katoa. Kua tae ki te wā kia toro atu te whānau ki te tautoko e tika ana mō ngā kaimahi ki te whakapakari i ngā whakaritenga aromātai. Ka whai hua ngā mokopuna i te wā ka āta whakamaheretia, ka āta whakahaerehia hoki tā rātou ako.  

5. Te Whakatau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

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.

6. Te Taunakianga

E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo, kia mahi tonu te whānau ki te taha o te tari ā-rohe o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo, ki te whakapakari ake i ngā whakaritenga aromātai.

 Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori
Services

16 Pipiri, 2022

7. Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kōhanga Reo

Te tūwāhi

Kei Rotoiti

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

40127

Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo

K05A040

Te tūmomo whare

He kōhanga reo

Te raihana

Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008

Te tokomaha mō te raihana

18, kia tokoiwa ki raro i te rua o ngā tau

Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa

13, tokotoru kei raro i te rua o ngā tau

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori 13

Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake

Haratua 2022

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo

16 Pipiri 2022

Ngā pūrongo o mua a
Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga

 

Arotake Mātauranga – Mana Whakahaere, Haratua 2022; Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2018; Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2015

1. Introduction

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. This report reflects their systems, operations and management practices. ERO reports provide important information for hapū and iwi.

2. Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai is located in Rotoiti, near Rotorua. It is licensed to provide all day education and care for 10 mokopuna, including nine aged less than two years at any one time. There are new kaimahi since the previous ERO evaluation in 2018. The whānau primarily connect to Ngāti Pikiao and there are strong whakapapa connections amongst mokopuna, whānau and kaimahi. Whānau are committed to preserving Ngāti Pikiao stories, dialect and identity.

ERO’s May 2022 evaluation of whakahaere practices found the whānau managed the kōhanga reo well and mokopuna were provided with an environment where Pikiaotanga was promoted and nurtured. The evaluation also identified the need for kaimahi to improve programme evaluation.

3. Evaluation Focus

How well do mokopuna express their understanding of Pikiaotanga?

Mokopuna demonstrate confidence and understanding of who they are and where they belong.

4. Findings - Mana Mokopuna

Mokopuna participate in learning where te reo Māori is priority. Kaimahi and whānau are committed to maintaining a te reo Māori environment. They use a range of language strategies that support mokopuna language development. These include repetition, modelling correct language structure, prompts, rotarota and waiata. Mokopuna have opportunities to take part in formal and informal settings. They hear the language of the paepae, kuia, kaumatua and different kaupapa. Pepe use non-verbal gestures to express their understanding. Mokopuna are well supported as developing speakers of te reo Māori.

Mokopuna wellbeing and belonging are a priority. Local waiata and pūrākau reinforce learning about who they are and where they come from. The regular presence of kuia is a distinctive feature of the kōhanga reo. Mokopuna observe tikanga and kawa across a range of kaupapa such as powhiri and whakatau. Mokopuna experience situations where they make connections in their community. Mokopuna are developing an understanding of their identity and connections to Ngāti Pikiao.

Mokopuna learn in an environment where relationships are meaningful. They enjoy a programme that is familiar and predictable. They experience love and care from kaimahi, whānau and each other. Interactions with kaimahi are purposeful. They constantly affirm mokopuna successes. Kaimahi provide activities and experiences to enhance mokopuna learning. Whanaungatanga underpins all interactions. Mokopuna are settled and happy in their kōhanga environment.

Key Next Steps

Programme evaluation continues to require strengthening to be assured it responds to the strengths, interests and needs of all mokopuna. It is time for whānau to seek support for kaimahi to strengthen evaluation practice. Mokopuna benefit when their learning is well-planned and managed.

5. Assurance on Legal Requirement

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.

6. Recommendation

ERO and the kōhanga reo whānau recommends whānau continue to  work alongside the tari-a-rohe to strengthen evaluation practices.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

16 June 2022

7. Information about the Kōhanga Reo

Location

Rotoiti

Ministry of Education profile number

40127

Kōhanga Reo Identification Number

05A040

Licence type

Te Kōhanga Reo

Licensed under

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Number licensed for

18 children, including up to 9 aged under 2

Kōhanga Reo roll

13 children, including 3 aged under 2

Ethnic composition

Māori 13 

Review team pre on-site

May 2022

Date of this report

16 June 2022

Most recent ERO report(s) 

Education Review – Mana Whakahaere, May 2022; Education Review, October 2018; Education Review, October 2015 

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua 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. E hāngai ana tēnei pūrongo ki ā rātou pūnaha, ki ā rātou whakaritenga, me ā rātou mahi whakahaere. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi.

2 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai ki Rotoiti. Kua raihanatia ki te whakarato i te mātauranga me te atawhai o te rā katoa, ki ngā mokopuna tekau, me te tokoiwa o rātou ki raro i te rua o ngā tau, i te wā kotahi. He kaimahi hou whai muri i te pūrongo arotake o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te Whiringa-ā-nuku o te tau 2018. Ka hono matua te whānau ki a Ngāti Pikiao, ā, he tino hononga ā-whakapapa ki waenga i ngā mokopuna, ngā whānau, me ngā kaimahi. E ū pūmau ana te whānau ki te whakauka i ngā kōrero tuku iho, i te reo ā-iwi, me te tuakiri hoki o Ngāti Pikiao.

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te whakapuaki mai o ngā mokopuna i tō rātou māramatanga ki te Pikiaotanga?

E whakaratohia ana e Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai te taiao e whakatairanga ana, e poipoi ana hoki i te Pikiaotanga.  

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga – Mana Whakahaere

E tautuhi ana ngā mahere a ngā kaimahi i te aronga o te hōtaka, me te huarahi ka whāia ki te whakatinana i te kiko o ngā kaupapa me ngā taumahi. Ka noho pūmau te Pikiaotanga hei aronga o te hōtaka akoranga. Ka whakatairanga ngā kaimahi i te Pikiaotanga mā ngā waiata, mā ngā mōteatea, ā, mā ngā haerenga hoki ki ngā wāhi whakahirahira o te iwi. Ka whai wāhi mai tētahi kuia o te hapori ki te kōhanga reo. He puna mātauranga ia o ngā kōrero tuku iho me te reo ā-iwi hoki o Ngāti Pikiao, mō ngā mokopuna, ngā kaimahi, me te whānau. Kua whakawhanakehia e ngā kaimahi ngā taputapu aromatawai e tika ana ki te ine i te ako a ngā mokopuna. Ka tuhia te ahu whakamua, ā, ka whakatakotohia i roto i te roanga o te wā. Nō nā noa nei ngā kaimahi tokomaha i tīmata ai ki te kōhanga reo. Ka mahi te kaiako tautōhito ki tō rātou taha, hei hāpai i tō rātou tupu ngaio, me tō rātou whakawhanaketanga ngaio. Ka whai wāhi atu ngā mokopuna ki tētahi hōtaka akoranga e rumaki ana i a rātou ki te Pikiaotanga.

He pai te whakahaeretanga a te whānau i te kōhanga reo. Tū ai ngā hui ā-whānau i ia te wā, ā, he kaha hoki te taetae atu. He auau te pūrongo i ngā take katoa e whai pānga ana ki ngā whakahaeretanga. Kua whakaritea ngā kaupapa here matua me ngā tukanga matua e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru. Kei te mahere rautaki te tirohanga me ngā wawata o te whānau, ā, kua whai pānga nui hoki Te Ara Tūāpae. Ka tautuhi tētahi mahere mahi i ngā mahi matua me ngā rārangi wā ki te whakatutuki i ngā whāinga rautaki. Kei roto i ngā whāinga, ko te noho matua rā o te Pikiaotanga me te reo Māori. Ka ārahi te mahere ā-tau i te whakatinanatanga o ngā mahi whakahaere i te tari. Ka aroturuki te whānau, ā, ka āta whakatau hoki rātou i te whakatutukitanga o ngā mahi i roto i te wā e tika ana. Ko ngā mokopuna kei te pūtake o ngā whakataunga me ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau.  

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake 

Me whakapakari ake i te aromātai hōtaka. Ahakoa ka ū ngā kaimahi ki te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero mō te hōtaka akoranga, kāhore e āta kitea ana, e pēhea nei te aroturuki a ngā kaimahi i te whai huatanga o te hōtaka akoranga. Ka whai painga ngā mokopuna mā tētahi hōtaka akoranga e āta aromātaihia ana i ia te wā.

Kāhore anō kia whakatūturuhia ngā tuhinga e pā ana ki ngā kaimahi. Kua whakaae te whānau, ka noho wātea aua tuhinga ki ngā kaiarotake i tā rātou haerenga ki te kōhanga reo.  

5 Te Whakatau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

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.

Te Taunakitanga

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

  • mahi ngā kaimahi ki te tari ā-rohe o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo, hei hāpai i ngā kaimahi ki te whakapakari ake i ngā whakaritenga e aromātai ana i te hōtaka.  

Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-MotuMāori Services

17 Haratua, 2022

 

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kōhanga Reo

Te tūwāhi

Kei Rotoiti

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

40127

Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo

K05040

Te tūmomo whare

He kōhanga reo

Te raihana

Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008

Te tokomaha mō te raihana

18, kia tokoiwa ki raro i te rua o ngā tau

Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa

13, tokotoru kei raro i te rua o ngā tau

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori 13

Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake

Poutū-te-rangi 2022

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo

17 Haratua 2022

Ngā pūrongo o mua a
Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga 

Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2018;
Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2015;
Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2012

1 Introduction

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. This report reflects their systems, operations and management practices. ERO’s reports provides important information for hapū and iwi.

2 Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai is located in Rotoiti. It is licensed to provide all day education and care for 10 mokopuna, including nine aged less than two years at any one time. There are new kaimahi since the ERO October 2018 review report. The whānau primarily connect to Ngāti Pikiao and there are strong whakapapa connections amongst mokopuna, whānau and kaimahi. Whānau are committed to preserving Ngāti Pikiao stories, dialect and identity.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do mokopuna express their understanding of Pikiaotanga?

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hikuwai provides an environment where Pikiaotanga is promoted and nurtured.

4 Findings - Mana Whakahaere

Kaimahi planning identifies the focus for the programme and how the content and activities are to be implemented. Pikiaotanga is an ongoing focus for the learning programme. Kaimahi promote Pikiaotanga through waiata, mōteatea and haerenga to places of significance to the iwi. A local kuia is involved with the kōhanga reo. She acts as a resource of Pikiao stories and dialect for mokopuna, kaimahi and whānau. Kaimahi have developed appropriate assessment tools to measure mokopuna learning. Progress is documented and recorded over time. A number of kaimahi have recently started at the kōhanga reo. The experienced kaiako works with them to support their professional growth and development. Mokopuna participate in a learning programme that immerses them in Pikiaotanga.

Whānau manage their kōhanga reo well. Whānau hui are frequently and well-attended. There is regular reporting across all matters of operation. Core health and safety policies and procedures are in place. The strategic plan includes the vision and aspirations of whānau and is informed by Te Ara Tūāpae. An action plan identifies key tasks and timeframes to achieve the strategic goals. Objectives include prioritising Pikiaotanga and te reo Māori. The annual plan guides the implementation of administrative tasks. Whānau monitor and ensure required tasks are carried out in a timely manner. Mokopuna are at the heart of whānau decision making and management. 

Key Next Steps

Programme evaluation requires strengthening. Although kaimahi have consistent conversations about the learning programme, it is not clear how kaimahi monitor its effectiveness. Mokopuna benefit from a learning programme that is regularly evaluated.

Personnel documentation is yet to be verified. Whānau have agreed that documentation will be available to the reviewers during the onsite visit.

5 Assurance on Legal Requirement

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.

Recommendation

ERO and the kōhanga reo whānau developed the following recommendation:

  • that the kaimahi work with the District Office to support the kaimahi to strengthen program evaluation practices.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-MotuMāori Review Services

17 May 2022

7 Information about the Kōhanga Reo

Location

Rotoiti

Ministry of Education profile number

40127

Kōhanga Reo Identification Number

K05040

Licence type

Te Kōhanga Reo

Licensed under

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Number licensed for

18 children, including up to 9 aged under 2

Kōhanga Reo roll

13 children, including up to 3 aged under 2

Ethnic composition

Māori 13

Review team pre on site

March 2022

Date of this report

17 May 2022

Most recent ERO report(s) 

Education Review, October 2018;
Education Review, October 2015;
Education Review, October 2012