7 View Road, Henderson, Waitakere
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Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
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Curriculum |
Meeting |
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Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
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Health and safety |
Meeting |
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Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
During the onsite visit, the service provided ERO with evidence that showed it had addressed a non-compliance and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Kidz Matter 2 Us is a Christian-based service owned by the Salvation Army. A director and national co-ordinator provide governance and curriculum support. A qualified centre manager leads a team of four qualified and two unqualified teachers. The majority of children enrolled are of Māori or Pacific heritages.
Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children.
The service curriculum provides a language-rich environment that supports children’s learning. Children are provided with a range of experiences to enhance and extend their learning and development, both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups.
Information and guidance are sought, when necessary, from agencies and services to enable adults providing education and care to work effectively with children and their parents.
Next steps include:
increasing the visibility of the languages, cultures and identity of individual children in the environment and in their portfolios of learning.
During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it had addressed the following non-compliance:
Ensuring water stored in any hot water cylinder is kept at a temperature of at least 60° Celsius (HS14).
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
25 October 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Kidz Matter 2 Us |
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Profile Number |
10176 |
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Location |
Henderson, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
29 children, including up to 8 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
21 |
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Review team on site |
September 2023 |
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Date of this report |
25 October 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, March 2021; Education Review, March 2017 |
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.
Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.
having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation
previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’
that has moved from a provisional to a full licence
that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership
where an Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
curriculum
premises and facilities
health and safety practices
governance, management and administration.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulatory standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher certification; ratios)
relevant evacuation procedures and practices.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
discussions with those involved in the service
consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems
observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.
ERO’s Akanuku | Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards.
Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
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Curriculum |
Meeting |
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Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
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Health and safety |
Meeting |
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Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Kidz Matter 2 Us is a Christian-based centre. Almost all the children enrolled are Māori or have Pacific heritages. Governance support is provided by a director and a national consultant from The Salvation Army New Zealand Trust. The centre supervisor leads a team of three qualified teachers and four unqualified staff.
Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions that enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. The centre has a language-rich environment to support children’s early language development. There is sufficient quantity and variety of equipment appropriate for the learning and abilities of the children attending. Children have opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development, both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups.
The service provider, director and centre supervisor need to ensure they regularly implement and monitor processes to maintain regulatory requirements.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
12 March 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Kidz Matter 2 Us |
| Profile Number | 10176 |
| Location | Henderson, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
29 children, including up to 8 aged under 2. |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
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Service roll |
29 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 13 |
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Review team on site |
January 2021 |
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Date of this report |
12 March 2021 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, March 2017 |
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.
Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulated standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
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Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Kidz Matter 2 Us, is the early learning service entity of the 'Faith Factory', the Salvation Army's hub in Henderson. The centre caters for children from birth to school age and offers full day and sessional education and care. It operates four and half days a week.
Faith Factory personnel work collaboratively to provide social, educational and spiritual support for the diverse community it serves. The centre is seen as an important component to support families, whānau, and their children.
The centre is led by a newly appointed supervisor who is supported by the Faith Factory's director. Governance structures ensure that operations, property management and future improvements are catered for. The centre is also supported by a national Salvation Army early childhood consultant.
Continuity in leadership and teaching staff has helped the family friendly centre maintain the positive findings of previous ERO reviews. These include useful assessment of learning and responsive relationships between teachers and children
External support has focused on developing shared leadership. This significant professional learning and development has had a positive impact on areas identified in the 2013 ERO report as requiring attention. Appraisal systems are now more effectively implemented and risk management systems are more robust.
Children are warmly welcomed by staff and quickly settle to areas of play that support their interests. Respectful and genuine relationships between teachers and children reflect the centre's Christian character and the Faith Factory's active support of individuals and families. Children take turns and are cooperative in their play.
Teachers extend children's oral language by asking questions about their learning and by providing prompts. These very good quality interactions contribute to children's confidence to pursue their interests. Children with additional learning needs are well catered for in a caring environment that celebrates diversity.
Provision for children up to two years of age is well considered and nurturing. Teachers interact with infants and toddlers in calm and caring ways. They are sensitive to children’s preferences and requirements. A separate area is well resourced to cater for younger children's physical and emotional wellbeing, and learning. Infants and toddlers also have varied opportunities to observe, and learn alongside older children in the wider indoor and outdoor environments.
Since the 2013 ERO review the outdoor learning environment has been successfully re-developed. It now provides more complex and challenging learning opportunities. Plans are in place to revitalise the indoor environment by using the internal evaluation processes that have contributed to enhancing learning opportunities in other areas of the centre.
The centre's ongoing bicultural development has supported Māori children to use their cultural knowledge and language in their learning. This development has been helped by some teachers speaking te reo Māori. Pacific children are encouraged to use their home language in the centre and their parents and extended family members help teachers with key phrases to support communication and learning.
Centre leaders continue to support teachers to reflect on their role to extend children’s learning and foster their wellbeing. Planning and assessment for children who are over two years of age is regular and thoughtful. Teachers contribute their knowledge, skills and talents to the programme. They could strengthen planning and assessment by recording what they recognise about learning for infants and toddlers.
The centre continues to be well managed. Internal evaluation has been strengthened by including ideas from children, their parents/whānau and staff. Teachers recognise the importance of determining the quality of programmes and teaching practice in order to inform and support the centre’s continuous improvement.
ERO and centre leaders agree that teachers could be supported to:
use appraisal in more deliberate ways to support their professional growth
strengthen assessment records to show children's progress
continue to develop meaningful partnerships with parents and whānau that focus on children's learning
improve their capability to use te reo me ōna tikanga Māori in order to support the centre's bicultural development.
Before the review, the staff and management of Kidz Matter 2 Us completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
curriculum
premises and facilities
health and safety practices
governance, management and administration.
During the review, ERO looked at the service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher registration; ratios)
evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
The next ERO review of Kidz Matter 2 Us will be in three years.
Graham Randell
Deputy Chief Review Officer Northern
8 March 2017
The Education Review Office (ERO) is the government department that, as part of its work, reviews early childhood services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ERO’s reports provide information for parents and communities about each service’s strengths and next steps for development. ERO’s bicultural evaluation framework Ngā Pou Here is described in SECTION 3 of this report. Early childhood services are partners in the review process and are expected to make use of the review findings to enhance children's wellbeing and learning.
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Location |
Henderson, Auckland |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
10176 |
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Licence type |
Education & Care Service |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
29 children, including up to 8 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
42 |
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Gender composition |
Boys 21 Girls 21 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori Pākehā Samoan Tongan Cook Islands Māori Indian Latin American South East Asian Tokelauan other |
8 10 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers 0-49% 50-79% 80%+ Based on funding rates |
80% + |
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Reported ratios of staff to children |
Under 2 |
1:4 |
Better than minimum requirements |
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Over 2 |
1:6 |
Better than minimum requirements |
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Review team on site |
December 2016 |
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Date of this report |
8 March 2017 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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Education Review |
December 2013 |
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Education Review |
November 2010 |
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Education Review |
December 2007 |
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ERO’s overarching question for an early childhood education review is ‘How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?’ ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the bicultural framework Ngā Pou Here:
Pou Whakahaere – how the service determines its vision, philosophy and direction to ensure positive outcomes for children
Pou Ārahi – how leadership is enacted to enhance positive outcomes for children
Mātauranga – whose knowledge is valued and how the curriculum is designed to achieve positive outcomes for children
Tikanga whakaako – how approaches to teaching and learning respond to diversity and support positive outcomes for children.
Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.
ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.
A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.
For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to ERO’s Approach to Review in Early Childhood Services.
The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.
ERO reviews are tailored to each service’s context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.