Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rau Aroha

Education institution number:
35088
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Te Kōhanga Reo
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Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rau Aroha

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 hāngai te pūrongo nei ki ā rātou pūnaha, ā rātou whakahaeretanga, me ā rātou whakaritenga. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā whānau, ngā hapū me ngā iwi.

2 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rau Aroha ki Matamata, i te rohe o Waikato. Kua raihanatia te kōhanga reo mō ngā mokopuna 30, me te 12 o rātou ki raro i te rua o ngā tau te pakeke. Ko Ngāti Hauā te iwi, ā, ka whakahōnore, ka whakanui hoki te whānau i ō rātou hononga ki Te Kīngitanga.

I kitea ki te aromātai Mana Whakahaere a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te Pipiri o te tau 2023, i te pai te whakahaeretanga o ngā whakaritenga ki te kōhanga reo, ā, i te tautokona te kawe atu a ngā kaimahi i ō rātou tūranga. Ko te waiora o ngā mokopuna, ko tā rātou ako, me tō rātou tupu tonu, whanake tonu hoki kei te pūtake o ngā whakataunga.

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te whakapuaki a ngā mokopuna i tō rātou whai māramatanga ki te whanaungatanga?

E whai wāhi atu ana ngā mokopuna ki ngā akoranga e tautāwhi ana, e poipoi ana hoki i a rātou mā te whanaungatanga.

4 Mana Mokopuna

Ka noho mātua rā te whanaungatanga ki ngā whakaritenga a ngā kaimahi me te whānau. Ka whakatauira ngā kaimahi me ngā kuia i te aroha, te whakapono, me te manaaki i roto i ō rātou hononga ki ngā mokopuna. Ia ata, i te wā whāriki, ka whakamihi ngā mokopuna i tēnā me tēnā o rātou, ā, i ngā pakeke hoki. He ngāwari ngā mokopuna tuākana, ā, ka āta haere i roto i ā rātou taunekeneke ki ngā tēina. Ka ū ngā kaimahi me te whānau ki te whakapūmau i te reo Māori ki te taiao ako. Ka whakarato rātou i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā mokopuna ki te rongo i te reo Māori ki ngā horopaki ōkawa me ngā horopaki ōpaki. Ka kitea e ngā mokopuna ngā tikanga me ngā kawa e whai wāhi ana ki te whakatau manuhiri. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i ngā rautaki e tika ana ki te hāpai i te whanaketanga reo o ngā mokopuna. Kua tuituia ngā rotarota, ngā pao, ngā haka me te tangongitanga o ngā waiata ki te hōtaka akoranga, hei whakawhānui ake i ngā puna kupu a ngā mokopuna. Ka ngākau nui ngā mokopuna ki te whakapuaki i ō rātou mōhiotanga ki te whakapapa. Ka whāngai kupu, ka tohu ā-ringa hoki ngā kaimahi, hei tautoko i te taki a ngā mokopuna i ō rātou pepeha. Ka tūao ngā tuākana ki te ārahi i ngā wāhanga ōkawa o te hōtaka akoranga. Ka kitea te whakaute o ngā mokopuna mā roto mai i tā rātou whakapuaki i ngā waiata, ngā hīmene, me ngā mōteatea. Ka tautoko ngā kaimahi i te ako a ngā pēpi me ngā tēina mā ngā tohu ā-ringa, mā te āhua o te kanohi, mā ngā oro hoki e whakatairanga ake ana i tō rātou māramatanga.

He mahana, he wāteatea hoki te kōhanga reo, ā, he pai hoki te whakatakotoranga. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i te tangongitanga o ngā taumahi ako e hāpai ana i te whakamahinga o ngā rauemi māoriori me ngā rauemi tūturu. Ka whakapuaki hoki ngā kaimahi i ngā taumahi e hāpai ana i te noho mōhio o ngā mokopuna ki ngā tikanga Māori. Kei ngā wāhi o waho ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā mokopuna ki te tākaro takitahi, takirōpū rānei. E mōhio ana ngā mokopuna ki ō rātou wāhi ako, ā, he pārekareka ki a rātou te taiao i āta whakawhanakehia ai, me te tini o ngā rauemi. He māmā noa ki a rātou te whakapā atu ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo rauemi e whakaongaonga i tō rātou whakawhanaketanga me ō rātou ngākau nuitanga. Ka ū ngā kaimahi ki tētahi hōtaka riterite kia taunga ai ngā mahinga. E whakawhanake ana ngā mokopuna i ngā uara o te manaaki, te aroha, me te tiaki mō rātou anō, ā, mō ētahi atu hoki.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake

I te taenga atu o Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ki te kōhanga reo, i manatokotia ngā take katoa i tautuhia ai ki te pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga.

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 Taunakitanga

E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga kia whakatairanga tonuhia e te whānau te whakatōpūtanga o ngā pūmanawa o te whānau, hei whakarahi ake tonu i te kounga o ngā akoranga me ngā putanga ki ngā mokopuna.

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

11 Whiringa ā-nuku 2023

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kōhanga Reo

Te tūwāhi

Kei Matamata

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

35088

Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo

04C077

Te tūmomo whare

He kōhanga reo

Te raihana

Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008

Te tokomaha mō te raihana

50, kia 12 ki raro i te rua o ngā tau

Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa

30, tokoiwa kei raro i te rua o ngā tau

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori 30

Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake

Hōngongoi 2023

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo

11 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2023

Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga 

Mana WhakahaereArotake Mātauranga, Here-turi-kōkā 2023; Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2018; Arotake Tāpiri, Mahuru 2015

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with 8, 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 provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi.

2 Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rau Aroha is in Matamata, in the Waikato region. The kōhanga is licensed for 30 mokopuna including 12 under two years of age. Ngāti Hauā is the local iwi and the whānau value and celebrate their links to Te Kīngitanga.   

The ERO June 2023 evaluation of Mana Whakahaere practices found kōhanga operations were being managed well and kaimahi were supported to carry out their roles. Mokopuna wellbeing, learning and continual growth and improvement was the focus of decision making.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do mokopuna express their understanding of whanaungatanga?

Mokopuna experience learning where they are embraced and nurtured through whanaungatanga.

4 Mana Mokopuna

Whanaungatanga is integral to kaimahi and whānau practices. Kaimahi and kuia model aroha, whakapono and manaaki in their relationships with mokopuna. Every morning mokopuna acknowledge one another and adults during their time on the whāriki. The older mokopuna are gentle and careful in their interactions with their tēina. Kaimahi and whānau are committed to maintaining a te reo Māori environment. They provide opportunities for mokopuna to hear te reo Māori in formal and informal settings. Mokopuna observe tikanga and kawa related to welcoming manuhiri. Kaimahi use appropriate strategies to support mokopuna language development. Rotarota, pāo, haka and a variety of waiata are integrated into the learning programme to build mokopuna vocabulary. Mokopuna enjoying sharing their knowledge of whakapapa. Kaimahi use prompts and sign language to support mokopuna to recite their pepehā. Tuākana volunteer to lead formal aspects of the learning programme. Mokopuna demonstrate respect through their use of waiata, himene and mōteatea. Kaimahi support the learning of pēpi and teina through hand actions, facial expressions, and sounds, that promote their understanding.

The kōhanga reo is warm, spacious and well organized. Kaimahi provide a range of learning activities that encourage use of the natural and physical resources. Kaimahi include activities where mokopuna become familiar with tikanga Māori. Outdoor spaces provide opportunities for mokopuna to play independently or in groups. Mokopuna know their learning spaces and enjoy the well-developed and resourced environment. They can easily access a wide range of resources to stimulate their development and interests. Kaimahi maintain a consistent programme to ensure routines are familiar. Mokopuna are developing values of manaaki, aroha and tiaki for self and others. 

Key Next Steps

Matters identified in ERO’s previous report relating to personnel documentation were verified during the onsite visit.

5 Kōhanga Whānau 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 recommends that whānau continue to enhance the collective strength of the whānau to further increase the quality of learning and outcomes for mokopuna

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

11 October 2023

7 Information about the Kōhanga Reo 

Location

Matamata

Ministry of Education profile number

35088

Kōhanga Reo Identification Number

04C077

Licence type

Te Kōhanga Reo

Licensed under

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Number licensed for

50 children, including up to 12 aged under 2

Kōhanga Reo roll

30 children, including up to 9 aged under 2

Ethnic composition

Māori 30 

Review team on site

July 2023

Date of this report

11 October 2023

Most recent ERO report(s) 

Education Review – Mana Whakahaere, August 2023; Education Review, October 2018; Supplementary Review, September 2015

Te Kōhanga Reo O Te Rau Aroha

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 Rau Aroha ki Matamata, i te rohe o Waikato. Kua raihanatia te kōhanga reo mō ngā mokopuna 30, me te 12 o rātou ki raro i te rua o ngā tau te pakeke. Ko Ngāti Hauā te iwi, ā, ka whakamana, ka whakanui te whānau i ō rātou hononga ki Te Kīngitanga.  

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te poipoi a te whānau i te waiora o ngā mokopuna?

Ka aro pū ngā whakahaeretanga me ngā pūnaha o Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rau Aroha ki te waiora o ngā mokopuna.  

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga

Mana Whakahaere

E whai hua ana ngā pūnaha a te whānau mō te whakahaere i ngā whakaritenga i te kōhanga reo. He kaha te whānau ki te whai wāhi atu ki te kōhanga reo. Tū ai ngā hui ā-whānau i ia te wā, he kaha te taetae atu, ā, he whai wāhitanga mō te whānau ki te whakapuaki i ō rātou whakaaro. He mōhiohio, he matawhānui hoki ngā pūrongo ka whakatakotohia ki ngā hui o ia marama. Kua whakaritea ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga e pā ana ki te hauora, te haumaru, me ngā kaimahi, ā, ka hāngai hoki ki ngā herenga ā-ture. Ka whakaemihia ngā mōhiohio whai tikanga, ā, ka tuhia ki ngā rēhita e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru. E whakaraupapa ana te mahere ā-tau i ngā mahi matua me ngā kawenga matua mō te whakahaeretanga o te tari. Ka whakatau ngātahi te whānau i ngā whakaritenga e arotahi ana ki te haumaru me te waiora o ngā mokopuna.

Kei ngā mahere rautaki te tirohanga me ngā wawata o te whānau. Ka arotahi ki te tupu tonu me te whakapai tonu. Ka tautuhi te mahere mahi i ngā kaupapa matua me ngā whāinga, hei whakatairanga i te rōnakitanga mō meāke nei. Ka arotahi ngā mōhiohio arohaehae a ngā kaimahi ki te kawenga ngātahi i te whakapakaritanga ake o ngā mahi a ngā kaimahi. Ka hāngai pū te titiro a te whānau ki te whakapakari ake i ngā āheinga me te tū hei tino tauira. Ko ngā mokopuna kei te pūtake o te whakatau ngātahi a te whānau i ngā whakaritenga.

Kua whakatakotohia ngā tukanga mō te whakamahere me te aromatawai. E whai kiko ana ngā mahere, ā, e hāngai ana ki Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo. He mahere ā-tau, ā-wāhanga, ā-wiki hoki, hei āta whakatau i te whai aronga me te whai pūtaketanga o te hōtaka akoranga. Ko ngā hōneatanga ohotata mō te ahi me te rū whenua, kua tuituia ki te hōtaka akoranga. Ka arotahi ngā mōhiohio aromatawai ki te whakawhanaketanga o ia mokopuna, ā, ka tohu i ngā tino hononga ki te mahere ako. He mahi riterite te aromātai hōtaka, ā, ka whai wāhi atu ki ngā whakapaitanga ki te hōtaka akoranga. Ka whai hua ngā mokopuna nā te tōpūtanga o ngā whakaritenga.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake 

Kāhore anō kia kitea ngā take e pā ana ki ngā tuhinga kaimahi. Kua whakatau tahi te whānau me Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ka whakawāteahia ngā tuhinga hei te taenga atu a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga 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.

6 Te Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia whakawāteahia e te whānau ngā mōhiohio katoa e whai pānga ana ki ngā wāhanga i tautuhia ai ki tēnei pūrongo hei whakaritenga matua ka whai ake.

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

18 Hōngongoi, 2023
 

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kōhanga Reo

Te tūwāhi

Kei Matamata

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

35088

Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo

04C077

Te tūmomo whare

He kōhanga reo

Te raihana

Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008

Te tokomaha mō te raihana

30, kia 12 ki raro i te rua o ngā tau

Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa

30, tokoiwa kei raro i te rua o ngā tau

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori 30

Te wā arotake i mua i te taenga atu ki te kōhanga reo

Pipiri 2023

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo

18 Hōngongoi 2023

Ngā pūrongo o mua a
Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga   

Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2018;

Arotake Mātauranga, Mahuru 2015;

Arotake Tāpiri, Kohi-tātea 2011

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 provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi.

2 Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rau Aroha is in Matamata, in the Waikato region. The kōhanga is licensed for 30 mokopuna including 12 less than two years of age. Ngāti Hauā is the local iwi and the whānau value and celebrate their links to Te Kīngitanga

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do whānau nurture mokopuna wellbeing?

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rau Aroha operations and systems are clearly focused on mokopuna wellbeing.

4 Findings

Mana Whakahaere

Whānau have efficient systems in place to manage the kōhanga reo operations. There is good whānau involvement and participation in the kōhanga reo. Whānau hui are held regularly, well attended, and provide opportunities for whānau to contribute. Reports presented at monthly hui are informative and detailed. Health, safety and personnel policies and procedures are in place and align to legislation. Useful information is gathered and documented in health and safety registers. The annual plan outlines key administrative tasks and responsibilities. Whānau collectively make decisions that focus on mokopuna safety and wellbeing. 

Strategic planning includes the vision and aspirations of whānau. There is a focus on continual growth and improvement. An action plan defines priorities and goals to promote sustainability for the future. Kaimahi appraisal information is focused on collective responsibility for enhancing kaimahi practice. The whānau have a clear focus on building capability and being positive role models. Mokopuna are at the centre of collective whānau decision making. 

Processes for planning and assessment are in place. Planning is detailed and aligns to Te Whāriki ā Te Kōhanga Reo. This includes annual, term and weekly plans that ensure the learning programme is focused and purposeful. Emergency evacuations for fire and earthquake are integrated into the learning programme. Assessment information is focused on the development of individual mokopuna and displays clear links to the mahere ako. Programme evaluation is a consistent practice and leads to improvements to the learning programme. Mokopuna benefit from collaborative practices.    

Key Next Steps

Other matters related to personnel documentation are yet to be sighted. Whānau and ERO have agreed that documentation will be available for the onsite visit. 

5 Kōhanga Whānau 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 whānau will make available all information related to the areas identified in the key next steps of this report. 

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

18 July 2023

7 Information about the Kōhanga Reo

Location

Matamata

Ministry of Education profile number

35088

Kōhanga Reo Identification Number

04C077

Licence type

Te Kōhanga Reo

Licensed under

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Number licensed for

30 children, including up to 12 aged under 2

Kōhanga Reo roll

30 children, including up to 9 aged under 2

Ethnic composition

Māori 30 

Review team pre on site

June 2023

Date of this report

18 July 2023

Most recent ERO report(s) 

Education Review, October 2018; Education Review, September 2015; Supplementary Review, January 2011