Te Kura o Matapihi

Education institution number:
1815
School type:
Full Primary
School gender:
Co-Educational
Definition:
Designated Character School
Total roll:
182
Telephone:
Address:

398 Matapihi Road, Matapihi, Tauranga

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Te Kura o Matapihi

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 whānau, ngā hapū me ngā iwi. 

2 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kura o Matapihi ki te hapori o Matapihi, e pā tata atu ana ki Maunganui. Kua whai wāhi atu te kura ki te tōpūtanga o Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa , ā, e whakarato ana i te mātauranga rumaki reo Māori ki ngā uri o ngā tau 1 ki te 8. Nō nā noa nei te taha wharekura i whakatūngia ai, ā, kei raro aua akoranga i te maru o tētahi atu kura. Koia nei te wā tuatahi kua tū te tumuaki ki tōna tūranga, ā, he hou anō hoki te nuinga o te rōpū ārahitanga ki ō rātou tūranga. 

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te whakaatu mai a ngā uri i tā rātou whai mana motuhake me tā rātou whai mātauranga?

Kāhore ngā uri katoa e eke ana ki ō rātou tino pūmanawa ki te whai mana motuhake me te whai mātauranga. 

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga

Ka aro nui ngā kaitiaki poari ki te whakarato i te taiao ako e hāpai ana i te eke angitu o te uri. Kei te mātātoa te tū me te whakapau werawera mō te hapori o te kura. Kei te pakari te māramatanga o ngā kaitiaki tautōhito ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga mahi. Kua taunga ki a rātou te whiwhi i ngā pūrongo matawhānui e pā ana ki te ahu whakamua me ngā whakatutukitanga o ngā uri, ā, i ngā wā e tika ana, ka uia ngā pātai e ārahi ai i ā rātou whakataunga. Ka whai wāhi atu ngā wawata o te whānau ki te aronga rautaki o te kura, ā, ka ārahi ngā kaumātua i ngā tikanga. Ko ngā whakataunga kāwana, te whai wāhi atu, me ngā whakahaeretanga i te kura, e whakatairanga katoa ana i te whakapai tonutanga. Ka tautoko ngā kaitiaki i te toro atu o ngā kaimahi ki te whakawhanaketanga ngaio me te ako ngaio. He tino pou tautoko ngā kaitiaki tautōhito mō ngā mema hou o Te Poumarumaru, ā, ka ārahi hoki i te tumuaki. Ka toro atu ngā mema hou ki ngā whakangungu me te whakawhanaketanga ngaio o Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa me Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa. 

E whakatairangatia ana te tautoko i te whakawhanaketanga me te angitu o ngā uri, mā te kaha hāpai ā-rauemi nei i ngā hōtaka whakaako me ngā hōtaka ako. Ka whakaraupapa ngā kaitiaki i ngā kaupapa me ngā whāinga rautaki i te wā ka riro i a rātou ngā hōtuku me ngā mōhiohio tika e pā ana ki ngā ākonga. Ka whakaaro nuitia te ako me te angitu o ngā uri. 

E whanake tonu ana te hōtaka o te wharekura, mā te ārahitanga o Te Wharekura o Mauao. E whakaraupapa ana te kī taurangi i ngā tūmanako e pā ana ki te whakahaeretanga me ngā whakaritenga. Mō te tau tīmatanga o te wharekura, e tautokona ana ngā uri o te tau 9 me te tau 10 e ngā kaiako tokorua, ā, e whakariterite ana rāua i ngā uri mō ngā huarahi o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea. E tohu ana ngā hōtuku o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea, i whiwhi te nuinga o ngā uri i te Taumata 1 me te Taumata 2 mō te reo Māori. Whakamōhiotia ai ngā whānau i ia te wā, mō te ahu whakamua o ngā uri, me te huarahi e whāia ana e te wharekura. Kei te eke angitu aua uri i roto i te mātauranga. 

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake

Me titiro wawe ki te ahu whakamua me ngā paetae a ngā uri i roto i te reo matatini. E tohu ana ngā hōtuku reo matatini i te mutunga o te tau 2023, i te iti ake o te 50% o ngā uri i ngā tau 1 ki te 8, e whakatutuki ana, kei runga ake rānei i te taumata marau e tika ana. Tāpiri atu ki tēnā, e tohu ana ngā hōtuku paetae i te heke i roto i ētahi wāhanga, mai i te tīmatanga o te tau 2023. Kei te whakamōrea i te angitu o ngā uri i roto i te mātauranga. 

Me titiro wawe ki te ārahitanga. Me pakari te ārahi i te ako me te marau puta noa i te kura, hei hāpai i ngā whakapaitanga ki te whakaako me te ako. Ahakoa kei ia kāhui ā-reanga ētahi kaiārahi, kāhore he aratohu ā-kura, he tūmanako ā-kura rānei, kia kounga kairangi ai te ārahitanga, te whakaako, te whakamahere, me te aromatawai. Nā tēnā, he rerekē te āhua o ngā mahere me ngā aromatawai puta noa i te kura, ā, kāhore i te riterite te kounga o ngā whakaakoranga. Ka whai pānga tēnā ki ngā tōrite e pupū ake ana ki te whai wāhi atu a ngā ākonga, ā, ki ngā paetae hoki. Ahakoa kua tae atu ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo akoranga e pā ana ki te ako ngaio me te whakawhanaketanga ngaio, ko ngā mahi whakaako tētahi āhuatanga hei whakapai tonu. Mā te waihanga i tētahi taiao whakaako e whakatairanga ana i te whakaaro huritao me te mahi ngātahi e arotahi ana ki te whakapiki ake i ngā paetae, ā, e arahina ana ki te ārahitanga ako kaha, ka hāpai ake i te whakapaitanga ake me te rōnakitanga o ngā putanga ki ngā uri. 

Hei āhuatanga tonu o te whakahou ake i te marau ā-kura, me hakune ake, me whai whakaaro ake ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako ki te āhua tonu o ā rātou mahi e whakatinana ai i te mātauranga umanga mō ngā uri o ngā tau 7 ki te 10, ā, mō ngā reanga tuakana ake hoki. 

Me whakapakari ake ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako i ō rātou āheinga ki te āta whakamahi i ngā mōhiohio aromatawai kia whai hua ai. Ko te aroturuki ake i te ahu whakamua o ia uri, ka whakatūturu i ngā whakaaro o ngā kaiako ki te ahu whakamua o ngā uri, i roto i te wā e tika ana mō tā rātou eke angitu. Me pai ake hoki te whakamahinga o ngā kaiārahi i ngā mōhiohio paetae, kia whakaratohia ai ngā pūrongo ki ngā kaitiaki i te wā e tika ana, me te tohu i ngā tūāhuatanga kua ahu whakamua me ngā tūāhuatanga tōrite. Ka hāpai tēnā i te whakatakoto haere me te aroturuki i ngā taumata ā-tau e arotahi ai ki te kōkiri i te ahu whakamua me ngā paetae o ērā o ngā uri hei āta hāpai ake. 

Me whakapakari ake i te aromātai o roto. Ahakoa kua whakamahia e te whānau ngā ratonga o School Docs mō ā rātou kaupapa here me ā rātou tukanga, me whakakoia ngā kaiārahi o te kura mā te arotake whaiaro, i te ārahitanga o ngā kaupapa here i ngā whakaritenga o ia rā. Me hāngai pū te aronga o ngā kaiārahi ki te arotake i te whakatinanatanga o ngā tukanga me ngā whakaritenga, i runga anō i te āhua o ngā kaupapa here. Ko te whakapai ake i te arotake whaiaro, ko te whakamahi nahanaha i te aromātai o roto kia whai hua ai, ka hāpai i te noho mōhio o ngā kaiārahi ki te whai huatanga o ā rātou mahi ki te whakarato i tētahi taiao haumaru ā-tinana, ā-whatumanawa hoki, me te āhua hoki o te marau me ngā mahi whakaako ki te tautoko i te ahu whakamua me ngā whakatutukitanga o ngā uri. 

5 Te Whakatau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te aromātai, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha mō te whakahaeretanga o ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei: 

  • te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito)
  • te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga
  • te rēhitatanga o ngā kaiako
  • ngā tukanga ki te whakatū kaimahi
  • te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga
  • te tae ā-tinana atu a ngā ākonga ki te kura
  • ngā kaupapa here o te kura, me te whakatutukitanga o ērā i ngā tikanga e pā ana ki te Children’s Act 2014.

Hei whakatutuki i ngā herenga ā-ture, me tahuri rātou ki te:

  • arotake i te tumuaki i ia tau, mā ngā paerewa ngaio katoa e pā ana ki ngā tumuaki 
    [Te Kāhiti o Aotearoa me ngā Kirimina ā-tōpū mō te Whiwhi Mahi e whai pānga ana]
  • whakatinana i ngā mahere ohotata, tae atu ki te whakamahere mō ngā urutā, ngā tukanga ohotata me ngā tukanga hōneatanga, ngā tukanga noho rāhui, me ngā tukanga whakamōhio e pā ana ki te haepapa manaaki ākonga 
    [National Civil Defence Emergency Plan Order 2015; Good practice]
  • whakatutuki i ā rātou takohanga e pā ana ki te tū o tētahi puna kaukau ki te kura. 
    [Te Ture mō te Hauora me te Haumaru i te Mahi 2015]

6 Te Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te tumuaki te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

  • toro mātātoa atu ki te tautoko o ngā ratonga o waho, tae atu anō hoki ki Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa, ki te whakatutuki i ngā whakaritenga matua i whakaraupapahia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whāia. 

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

16 Haratua, 2024

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kura

Te tūwāhi Kei Matapihi, ki Maunganui
Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 1815
Te tūmomo kuraHe kura tuatahi (Tau 1-8)
Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura212
Ngā hononga ā-iwiMāori 100%
Ngā āhuatanga motuhakeNgā Kura ā Iwi 
Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotakeWhiringa-ā-rangi 2023
Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 16 Haratua 2024
Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake MātaurangaArotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-rangi 2019; Arotake Mātauranga, Hakihea 2015; Arotake Mātauranga, Hōngongoi 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 provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi

2 Context 

Te Kura o Matapihi is on the Matapihi peninsula near Mount Maunganui. The kura is part of the Ngā-Kura-ā-Iwi organisation and provides total immersion education for uri from Years 1-8. A wharekura unit has recently been established, it is a satellite class affiliated to another kura. A first time tumuaki and most of the leadership team are new to their roles. 

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do uri demonstrate they are intellectually and academically independent? 

Not all uri are reaching their potential to be intellectually and academically independent.

4 Findings

Trustees have an emphasis on providing a learning environment conducive to uri success. They actively represent and serve the kura community. Experienced board members are confident in their understanding of their roles and responsibilities. They expect to receive insightful reports about uri progress and achievement and when necessary, will ask questions to guide their decision-making. Whānau aspirations inform the strategic direction of the kura, while kaumātua guide tikanga. Governance decision making, engagement and kura operations promote improvement. Trustees support staff to access professional development and learning. Experienced trustees provide strong mentorship for newer members of the poumarumaru, and guidance for the tumuaki. New members access the New Zealand School Trustees Association and Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi training and professional development. 

Support for uri development and success is promoted through generous resourcing of teaching and learning programmes. Trustees prioritise projects and strategic goals when provided with accurate student data and information. Uri learning and success is considered. 

The wharekura programme continues to evolve with the guidance of Te Wharekura o Mauao. A memorandum of understanding outlines management and operation expectations. In the inception year of wharekura, uri in years nine and ten are supported by two kaiako who prepare them for their National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) pathways. The NCEA data shows that most uri achieved Levels 1 and 2 in Te Reo Māori. Whānau are regularly informed of uri progress and of the future direction of the wharekura. These uri are becoming academically successful.

Key Next Steps

Overall uri progress and achievement in literacy requires urgent attention. The end of year data for 2023 in te reo matatini shows that less than 50% of uri in Years 1–8 achieved at or above the appropriate curriculum level. Additionally, achievement data shows a decline in some areas since the start of 2023. Uri academic success is compromised.

Leadership requires urgent attention. Strong pedagogical and curriculum leadership is needed across the kura to guide improvements in teaching and learning. While there are leaders assigned to kāhui year clusters, there are no school-wide guidelines or expectations for high quality leadership, teaching, planning or assessment practices. Consequently, planning and assessment across the kura is variable and the quality of teaching is inconsistent. This contributes to disparities in student engagement and achievement levels. While leaders and kaiako have attended an array of professional learning and development courses, teaching practice continues to require improvement. Creating a highly reflective and collaborative teaching environment focused on lifting achievement levels and guided by strong pedagogical leadership, should support improved and sustainable outcomes for uri

As part of the refresh of the marau ā kura, leaders and kaiako need to be more deliberate and considerate in how they will implement careers education for uri in Years 7-10 and above.

Leaders and kaiako need to build their capability to use assessment information effectively. Monitoring the progress of individual uri better, will give kaiako confidence that uri are progressing at the rate necessary for them to achieve success. Leaders also need to use achievement information better to provide timely reports to trustees on where progress is made, and where disparities occur. This will assist with setting and monitoring annual targets focused on accelerating the progress and achievement of those uri that require this. 

Internal evaluation needs strengthening. While the kura has used the services of School Docs regarding policies and procedures, kura leaders need to be assured, through self-review, that policies guide day-to-day practice. Leaders need to prioritise reviewing the implementation of procedures and practices against their policies. Improving self-review and using systematic internal evaluation effectively, should assist leaders to know how well they provide a safe physical and emotional environment and how the curriculum and teaching practices support uri progress and achievement. 

5 Te Poumarumaru Assurance on Legal Requirements

Before the evaluation, the board of trustees and tumuaki completed the ERO Te Poumarumaru Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklists. In these documents they attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to: 

  • board administration 
  • curriculum 
  • management of health, safety and welfare 
  • personnel management 
  • financial management 
  • asset management. 

During the evaluation, ERO checked at the following items because they have a potentially high impact on student safety and wellbeing: 

  • emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment) 
  • physical safety of students 
  • teacher registration 
  • processes for appointing staff 
  • stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions 
  • attendanace 
  • school policies in relation to meeting the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014. 

Actions for Compliance 

To meet compliance requirements, they must: 

  • annually assess the tumuaki against all the professional standards for principals 
    [New Zealand Education Gazette and relevant Employment Agreement].  
  • implement emergency plans, including pandemic planning emergency/evacuation procedures, lockdown procedures and notification procedures for duty of care for students.
    [National Civil Defense Emergency Plan Order 2015; Good practice]
  • meet their obligations for having a swimming pool at school.
    [Health and Safety at Work Act 2015]

6 Recommendation

ERO and the tumuaki developed the following recommendation:

  • to actively seek support from external agencies, including but not limited to Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi to address the key next steps outlined in this report.

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

16 May 2024

7 Information about the kura

LocationMatapihi, Maunganui
Ministry of Education profile number1815
Kura typeFull Primary (Years 1-8)
Kura roll212
Ethnic compositionMāori 100% 
Special featuresNgā Kura-ā-Iwi
Review team on siteNovember 2023
Date of this report16 May 2024
Most recent ERO report(s)Education Review, November 2019; Education Review, December 2015; Education Review, July 2012

Te Kura o Matapihi - 05/11/2019

Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kura o Matapihi ki te kūrae o Matapihi, e pā tata atu ana i te takiwā whānui o Mauao. E whakarato ana te kura i te mātauranga mō ngā uri o ngā tau 1 ki te 8. E tupu haere ana te tatauranga tamariki ki te kura i ngā uri e hono ā-whakapapa atu ana ki ngā marae e toru o Matapihi, otirā, ki Tauranga Moana. Ka whai wāhi atu ngā pouārahi, te whānau, me ngā uri ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo kaupapa ahurea i te hapori me te motu whānui. Ko te whai huatanga o te aromātai o roto e hāpai ana i te whai huatanga anō hoki o ngā whakataunga.

He pēhea rawa ngā uri e whakaatu i ō rātou ngākau titikaha, i tā rātou whakaaweawe atu i te pāpori?

He tino pakari ngā ngākau titikaha ō ngā uri, ā, ka whakaaweawe rātou mā ngā huarahi maha puta noa i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo horopaki.

Ngā Whakaaturanga

1 Ngā Putanga ki ngā Uri

E whai wāhi atu ana ngā ākonga ki tētahi taiao ako e whakamana ana i tō rātou tuakiri hei uri o Ngāi Te Rangi. Ko te whakatakotoranga o te marau e whakapūmau ana i ngā wawata o ngā whānau, ngā hapū, me te iwi. E noho matua ana ki ngā akoranga a ngā uri, ko ngā kaupapa me ngā wāhi whakahirahira o Matapihi me Tauranga Moana. Ko ngā marae hoki o te takiwā nei he wāhi akoranga mō ngā uri. Ko te ako a ngā uri i te ahurea e whakatairangatia ana ki te whai wāhi mātātoa mai o ngā tini whakatupuranga o te whānau, tae atu ki ngā kaumātua. Ko ngā karakia, ngā waiata, ngā kīwaha, me ngā whakataukī o te hapori nei e whakatairanga ana i ngā tātai hono, ā, e whakahōhonu ana hoki i te whai tukuihotanga me te whakaaweawetanga o te uri. Ka whai wāhi atu hoki ngā uri ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo kaupapa e pā ana ki te kaitiakitanga, hei whakapūmau ake tonu i ō rātou hononga ki te ūkaipōtanga me tō rātou tūrangawaewae. E whakatairanga aua wheako i ō rātou māramatanga me ā rātou whai kawenga hoki hei mana whenua. Ka kitea te whai tukuihotanga me te whakaaweawe hoki o ngā uri.

E ako ana ngā uri ki tētahi taiao whakaongaonga. E whakarato ana te whānau i ngā taiao ako me ngā wheako ako e whakatairanga ake ana i te āheinga o te uri ki te kōkiri me te whakahaere i a ia anō. Ka hāngai pū te marau ki ngā uri, ā, ka toro atu anō hoki ki ngā mōhiotanga kē o ngā uri, ā rātou wheako hoki nō waho atu i te kura, me ngā horopaki tūturu. Ko te māramatanga o ngā tūmanako ako, te pakari o te tikanga ako, me te whai huatanga hoki o ngā rautaki whakaako me ngā rautaki ako e whai wāhi katoa ana ki te eke angitu o ngā uri. He mahere whai taumata, whai whakawhanaketanga hoki, ā, ka āta aromātaihia kia ū ai te whai pānga me te whai huatanga. Nā roto mai i aua mahi, ko te āta whakarite anō hoki i te whai tautoko o ngā uri, ā, i te whakawhānuitanga anō hoki o ā rātou akoranga. Ka ākina e ngā pouako kia puāwai te whakapono o te uri ki a ia anō, me tōna whakaaro huritao ake. Ka kōkirihia e ngā uri ā rātou hui ako kia whai wā ai rātou ki te whakapuaki me te whakaatu i ā rātou mahi angitu ki ō rātou whānau. Ka kitea ki ngā uri ā rātou tino whakatutukitanga me tā rātou eke angitu.

Ka kitea, ka whakanuia hoki ngā pūmanawa me ngā pūkenga o ia uri. Ko te whakawhanake i te katoa o te uri tētahi aronga, tētahi kaupapa matua hoki puta noa i te kura. Ka manaaki, ka whakatōpū, ka whakakotahi hoki te ahurea o te kura. Ka hāpai ngā pouako i te tūhuratanga o ngā ngākau nuitanga mā ngā akoranga ā-kaupapa e whai pūtake ana. I ngā wā katoa ka kōrero urupare, ka whakatakoto huarahi hoki hei āhuatanga tonu o ngā akoranga. Ka ako tahi ngā uri mā te whakaute me te mahi ngātahi. Ka whakamana tētahi i tētahi, tae atu hoki ki ō rātou whakaaro me ngā whakapuakitanga a tēnā me tēnā. Ka whakatauira ngā pouako i te āhua o te tohatoha me te mahi ngātahi. Kei te pakari te noho tahi o ngā pouārahi, ngā pouako, me ngā uri hei tuakana, hei teina. Ka kitea ki ngā uri ō rātou iho pūmanawa – ā-tinana, ā-whatumanawa, ā-tangata hoki.

E whai wāhi nui ana ngā uri ki tō rātou hapori ake, ā, ki te hapori whānui tonu. Ka tūmāia, ka kōkiri hoki rātou i a rātou anō ki te ako me te whai wāhi atu. Ka tū rātou hei tauira mō ō rātou whānau, mō ētahi atu hoki i roto i te reo me ngā tikanga Māori. Ka whakatairanga ngā pouako i te pakirehua me te whakatairitetanga o ngā tirohanga tuku iho me ngā tirohanga hou. Ka whakamahi i te hangarau matihiko hei hāpai ake i ngā uri ki te whakapā atu ki ngā mōhiotanga me ngā pārongo kōrero e pā ana ki ngā kaupapa o te ao. Ko te tūhonohono ki ngā manuhiri o tāwāhi he whai wāhitanga ki te whakawhānui ake me te whakatairite hoki i ngā mōhiotanga o ngā uri ki ētahi atu. Ka kawe atu ngā uri i ngā mahi ārahi, ā, ka whakatau whakaritenga mā te whai mōhio me te whai kawenga. He pakari te whai wāhi nui a ngā uri.

2 Te Ārahitanga me te Aromātai o Roto

Kua whakahāngaitia te tirohanga a te kura ki ngā wawata o te iwi, arā, kia poipoia te ngākau titikaha me te mātau o te tangata kia tū ia hei kaiārahi ā tōna wā. Ka whai wāhi anō hoki ki tēnei, ko te rautaki mō te whakawhanaketanga i te reo Māori. Kua whakatairanga ake ngā pouārahi, ngā kaimahi, me te whānau i tō rātou mōhiotanga me ō rātou ngākau titikaha ki te reo Māori. He whānui ngā tūmomo mātauranga me ngā tūmomo pūkenga o ngā kaitiaki i te poari. E noho motuhake ana ngā take kāwana i ngā kawenga whakahaere. Ka hāpai, ka tautoko ā-rauemi hoki te poari i te rōpū ārahi o te kura, i ngā kaimahi hoki, hei āta whakapūmau i te kounga o ngā paetae me ngā putanga whai hua o ngā uri katoa. Ka toro atu ki ngā mātanga o te hapori me ngā ratonga, hei āta hāpai ake i ngā uri. Kei te tūmāia te uri, he pakari tōna aronga toi whenuatanga, tana kōkiri i a ia anō, me tōna tū tangata.

Kua āta whakatakotohia te aromātai o roto, puta noa i ngā wāhanga katoa. He pakari ngā whakawhitinga kōrero auau, ā, e whakatinana ana ēnei i ngā whakataunga. Kua āta whakaraupapahia te whakatutukitanga o ngā mahi aromātai, ā, ko ngā tātari ka puta e whakatinana ana i ngā whakataunga ngaio. Ka aro matua te poari, te whānau, me ngā pouako ki ngā matea o ngā uri me tā rātou eke angitu i roto i te mātauranga. Ka āta whakarite ngā pouārahi i te whai huatanga me te aronga nui o ngā tikanga ako ki te hāpai me te whakatairanga ake i te ako. He tauira ārahitanga tā rātou e tohatoha ana i ngā mahi ārahi, a, e whakawhanake ana taua huarahi i ngā pūmanawa o ngā pouako me ngā uri ki te ārahi. Kua whakatakotohia ngā hononga ngaio whakatōpū kia kounga ai ngā ratonga ki ngā uri i te kura, ā, i Tauranga moana whānui. E whai wāhi atu ana ngā pouārahi ki ngā pātuitanga ngaio o te rohe me te motu. Kei te whai wāhi matua rātou ki te Kāhui Ako Rumaki Reo Māori o Tauranga Moana, hei hāpai ake i ngā putanga ā-mātauranga, ā-tangata hoki o ngā uri me ngā whānau. Ko tētahi aronga matua, ko te āta whakarite i te rere ngāwari o ngā whakawhitinga ki te kura, otirā, ki waenga hoki i ngā kura. E oke ana ngā uri ki te hiringa, ā, e eke angitu ana rātou i roto i te mātauranga.

3 Te Whakatau a Te Poumarumaru ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I mua atu i te whakahaerenga o te arotake i whakatutukihia e Te Poumarumaru me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a Te Poumarumaru mā Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, me tētahi Rārangi Arowhai Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i ēnei tuhinga i oati rātou i whāia e rātou ngā huarahi whai take hei whakatutuki i ā rātou herenga ā-ture e pā ana ki:

  • ngā whakahaere a te poari
  • te marautanga
  • ngā whakahaere mō te hauora, te haumaru, me te oranga tinana
  • ngā whakahaere o ngā kaimahi
  • ngā whakahaere o te pūtea
  • ngā whakahaere o ngā rawa me ngā taonga.

I te wā o te arotake, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei, i te mea he nui te pānga o ēnei ki ngā paetae o ngā ākonga:

  • te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito)
  • te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga
  • te rēhitatanga o ngā pouako
  • ngā tukanga ki te whakatū kaimahi
  • te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga
  • te tae ā-tinana atu a ngā ākonga ki te kura
  • te whakatutukitanga i te Children’s Act 2014.

4 Te Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te kura i te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

  • mahi ngātahi tonu te kura me te whānau i ngā mahi e whakapūmau ana i te kounga kairangi o ngā putanga ki ngā uri i roto i te kura, ā, i Tauranga Moana hoki.

Hei ā hea Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga aromātai anō ai i te kura?

Tērā ka whakahaeretia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga te aromātai whai muri o Te Kura o Matapihi i roto i te whā ki te rima o ngā tau.

Gloria Takuira

Toka ā-nuku Whakakapi

05 Whiringa ā-rangi, 2019

Ngā Kōrero e pā ana ki te kura

Te tūwāhi

Kei te takiwā whānui o Mauao

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

1815

Te tūmomo kura

Ngā Kura ā-Iwi

Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura

158

Te ira tangata

Kōtiro 83

Tama tāne 75

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori

100%

Te ratonga reo Māori

Taumata 1 – 81-100%

Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake

Mahuru 2019

Te rā o tēnei pūrongo

05 Whiringa ā-rangi, 2019

Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Mātauranga

Hakihea 2015

Hōngongoi 2012

Hui-tanguru 2009

Context

Te kura o Matapihi is on the Matapihi peninsula near Mount Maunganui. It provides total immersion education for uri from Years 1-8. The kura has a growing roll with uri that whakapapa to the three Matapihi marae from the Tauranga area. Leadership, whānau and uri participate a variety of local and national cultural events. Effective internal evaluation contributes to effective decision making.

How effectively do uri show confidence and influence in society?

Uri are highly confident and influence in different ways across different contexts.

Findings

1 Uri Outcomes

Uri experience a learning environment that affirms their identity as Ngai Te Rangi. The curriculum design reinforces the aspirations of whānau, hapū and iwi. Events and places of significance to Matapihi and Tauranga moana are integral to uri learning. The local marae are an extension of the learning environment. Cultural learning for uri is enhanced by the active participation of generations of whānau including kaumatua. Local karakia, waiata, kīwaha and whakataukī enhance connections and enrich uri sense of cultural autonomy and influence. To further affirm connection to their ūkaipōtanga and turangawaewae, uri engage in a range of kaitiakitanga kaupapa. These experiences enhance their understanding and responsibility as mana whenua. Uri appear culturally autonomous and influential.

Uri learn in an environment that is stimulating. Whānau provide learning environments and experiences that promote uri efficacy and self-management. The curriculum is responsive and makes connections to the prior knowledge of uri, out of school experiences and real-life contexts. Clear learning expectations, strong pedagogy and effective teaching and learning strategies contribute to uri success. Targeted and progressive planning is rigorously evaluated to ensure its relevance and effectiveness is maintained. This includes ensuring uri are appropriately supported and extended in their learning. Pouako encourage self-belief and personal reflection in uri. Student led conferences have been established to provide opportunity for uri to articulate and demonstrate their success to their whānau. Uri show a strong sense of achievement and success.

Uri individual attributes and strengths are recognised and valued. There is a kura wide focus and priority on the holistic development of all uri. The school wide culture is caring, collaborative and inclusive. Pouako enable explorations of interests through purposeful kaupapa learning. Feedback and feed forward is used consistently. Uri learn respectfully and cooperatively together. They affirm each other, their ideas and other’s contributions. Pouako role model sharing and collaboration. Tuakana teina relationships and are strong between pouarahi, pouako and uri. Uri display physical, emotional and social intelligence.

Uri make significant contribution to the immediate and wider community. They are confident and self-driven to learn and contribute. They are role models for te reo and tikanga Maori to their whānau and others. Kaiako promote investigation and comparison of traditional and contemporary views. Digital technology is used to facilitate uri accessing knowledge and information from global contexts. Interaction with international visitors provides opportunities to extend and compare uri knowledge of others. Uri take on leadership responsibilities and make informed and responsible decisions. Uri confidently contribute.

2 Leadership and Internal Evaluation

The kura vision is aligned to iwi aspirations which is to build confident and competent leaders for the future. This includes a te reo Māori development strategy. Leadership, staff and whānau have improved their competence and confidence in te reo Māori. There is diverse knowledge and skill at the board level. Governance matters are clearly distinguished from management responsibilities. The board provides support and resourcing to the kura leadership team and staff to ensure high achievement and positive outcomes for all uri are sustained. Community and agency expertise are engaged to enhance benefits for uri. Uri are confident with a strong sense of belonging, self-efficacy and personal agency.

Internal evaluation across all areas is well established. Regular and robust discussions inform decision making. Deliberate and scheduled evaluation and subsequent analysis informs professional decisions. The board, whānau and pouako prioritise uri needs and academic excellence. Pouarahi ensure effective and responsive pedagogy supports and promotes learning. There is a distributive leadership model in place that supports building leadership capability in pouako and uri. Collaborative professional relationships have been established to provide quality provision for uri in the kura and wider Tauranga area. Pouarahi contribute to professional networks locally and nationally. They play a pivotal role in the Tauranga Moana Māori Immersion Kahui Ako to improve educational and social outcomes for uri and whānau. Ensuring seamless transition strategies into and between kura have been prioritised. Uri strive for excellence and achieve academic success.

3 Board assurance on legal requirements

Before the evaluation, the board of trustees and principal completed the ERO Te Poumarumaru Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklists. In these documents they attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to:

  • board administration

  • curriculum

  • management of health, safety and welfare

  • personnel management

  • financial management

  • asset management.

During the evaluation, ERO checked the following items because they have a potentially high impact on student safety and wellbeing:

  • emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment)

  • physical safety of students

  • teacher registration and certification

  • processes for appointing staff

  • stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions

  • attendance

  • compliance with the Children’s Act 2014.

4 Recommendation

ERO and the kura have developed the following recommendation:

  • The kura and whānau continue to work collaboratively to maintain high quality outcomes for uri within the kura and wider Tauranga area.

When is ERO likely to evaluate the kura again?

The next ERO evaluation of Te Kura o Matapihi will be within 4-5 years.

Gloria Takuira

Acting Toka ā-nuku

Te Uepū-ā-Motu - Māori Review Services

5 November 2019

About the Kura

Location

Mount Maunganui

Ministry of Education profile number

1815

Kura type

Ngā Kura ā Iwi

Kura roll

158

Gender composition

Girls 83

Boys 75

Ethnic composition

Māori

100%

Māori language provision

Level 1 - 81 - 100%

Review team on site

September 2019

Date of this report

5 November 2019

Most recent ERO report(s)

Education Review

Education Review

Education Review

December 2015

July 2012

February 2009

Te Kura o Matapihi - 02/12/2015

1 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kura o Matapihi ki te takiwā whānui o Mauao. Neke atu i te kotahi rau tau te kura e whakahaerehia ana, ā, nō nā tata tonu nei te kura i hono atu ai ki Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa. He mārama te tirohanga o Te Poumarumaru me ngā kaiārahi o te kura hei painga mō ngā uri, ā, ka ahu mai i te whanaungatanga, te whakapapa, me te angitu i roto i te ako. He mātātoa te whai wāhi, te tautoko hoki o te iwi o Ngāi-te-Rangi ki te kura, i roto hoki i āna whakawhanaketanga.

He pēhea rawa te āta kite i te eke angitu o ngā uri ā-mātauranga, ā-tinana, ā-whatumanawa, ā-tangata hoki?

He uri e āta kitea tā rātou eke angitu ā-mātauranga, ā-tinana, ā-whatumanawa, ā-tangata hoki.

2 Ngā Putanga ki ngā Uri

He pakari ngā uri ki te taha ahurea, te taha reo matatini me te pāngarau. He tino mārama te tirohanga e pā ana ki te eke angitu o ngā uri. Ka ahu mai ngā uaratanga o te kura i te whanaungatanga me te eke angitu i roto i te mātauranga. Ko te whakapapa, ngā hītori, me ngā tikanga tuku iho o Ngāi-te-Rangi e whai wāhi matua ana ki te mātauranga. Ka tuitui ngā pouako i ngā mōhiotanga o te iwi ki ngā hōtaka e pā ana ki te reo matatini me te pāngarau. E ākina ana ngā uri kia patapatai, ā, kia whakapuaki hoki i ō rātou whakaaro. He ākonga angitu ngā uri.

Ka oke ngā uri ki te eke angitu. He nui ngā tūmanako o ngā kaiārahi me ngā pouako mō te eke angitu, ā, ka ahu whakamua ā rātou mahi ki ngā putanga o te kounga kairangi. Ka whakamanatia te whakapuaki mai o te whānau me ngā uri i ō rātou whakaaro me ō rātou wawata. E mōhio ana ngā uri ki ā rātou whāinga ako, ā, ka aroturuki anō hoki rātou i tā rātou ake ahu whakamua. Ka whiwhi rātou i ngā kōrero urupare e hāngai pū ana ki a rātou, ā, ka mahi tahi ki te taha o ngā pouako ki te tāutu i ngā taumata ako ka whāia tonuhia e rātou. Ka whakamahi ngā pouako i ngā paetae ākonga hei whakamahere i ngā hōtaka e hāngai pū ana ki ngā matea ako ake o ia uri. Ka whakapuakihia ngā mōhiohio ki te taha o te whānau, ā, ka whakamihia, ka whakanuia e te whānau te ahu whakamua. Ka eke angitu ngā uri i roto i te mātauranga, puta noa i te marautanga.

He ākonga pākiki, he ākonga auaha hoki rātou. Ka mahi ngātahi rātou, ka whakamātau haere, ā, ka whakawhānui hoki i ō rātou whakaaro. He pakari te tūhura haere o ngā uri i te ao o tō rātou hapori, me te ao whānui. Ko te whakahoahoa ki ētahi atu kura, me te whai wāhi atu ki ngā kaupapa i te marae e hāpai ana i ngā uri ki te whakapuaki i ō rātou mōhiotanga, me te whakapiki ake hoki i tō rātou māramatanga. He ākonga tākare ngā uri.

He mātau ngā uri ki te ao matihiko. Ka whakamahere ngā pouako i ngā hōtaka ka akiaki i te whakamahinga o ngā hangarau mōhiohio, whakawhitiwhiti hoki. Ka whakamahi ngā uri i aua taputapu ki te toro atu ki ngā mōhiohio, me te tūhono atu ki ētahi atu tāngata o ngā iwi taketake, puta noa i te ao. Ka patapatai ngā uri, ka whakapuaki i ngā āhuatanga o ngā ahurea e rite ana, ā, ka whakawhiti whakaaro mō ngā take o te ao. Ka whakamahia te hangarau mōhiohio e ngā uri, hei whakatakoto, hei aroturuki hoki i tā rātou ahu whakamua. He ākonga māia ngā uri.

Ka whakaaro nui ngā uri ki te taiao. Kua whakawhanakehia e ngā pouako tētahi tino hōtaka uaratanga e whakapūmau ana i te whai wāhi atu a ngā uri ki te ao e noho nei rātou. Kei te mārama ngā uri ki tō rātou tūnga hei kaitiaki o te taiao. Ka whakatewhatewha rātou i te tini a Tangaroa, me te āta tirotiro ki ngā āhuatanga e whai pānga ana ki te taiao. Nā aua whai wāhitanga ako, ka whakahōhonu ake ngā māramatanga o ngā uri, ka whakatinana rātou i tēnā e mōhiotia ana, ā, ka whakaaweawe hoki i te āhua o ngā mahi a ētahi atu. Ka manaaki ngā uri i tō rātou taiao.

Ka kitea te tōkeke, te ngākau māhaki, me te tūmāia o ngā uri hei kaiārahi. Ka whakatauira te poumarumaru, ngā kaiārahi o te kura, ngā pouako me te whānau i ngā hononga papai. Ka ākina ngā uri ki te whakanui i te mana āhua ake. He whai wāhitanga mō ngā uri ki te whakamahere, te whakarite, me te ārahi hoki i ngā kaupapa, puta noa i te kura. Ka aromatawai ngā pouako i ngā uri hei kaiārahi, he kanohi, hei tangata whenua anō hoki ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo horopaki. Ka whakamanahia te whai wāhi mai o te whānau, te hapori me Ngāi-te-Rangi ki te kura. Ko tā rātou hautū, tā rātou ārahi hoki ka āta hāpai ake i ngā putanga mō ngā uri. Ka āta whakawhanaunga atu ngā uri, ā, ka kitea hoki tō rātou whakaaro nui ki ētahi atu.

He kaha te korikori tinana o ngā uri, ā, ka whai atu i ngā āhuatanga o te oranga tangata. He aronga ā-kura ki te korikori tinana me ngā whiringa pai e hāngai ana ki te oranga tangata. Ko te waiora tētahi tino āhuatanga o ngā hōtaka akomanga, ā, ka ako ngā uri i ngā rautaki ka hāpai i a rātou ki te whakatau i a rātou anō. Kei ngā tuākana te kawenga ki te whakarite me te whakahaere i ngā taumahi mā ngā tēina. He pakari ngā uri ā-tinana, ā-whatumanawa, ā-tangata hoki.

3 Te Ārahitanga me te Aro Mātai o Roto

Ka kitea te kaha me te whakaaweawe o te tumuaki hei kaiārahi, ā, ka whakatauiratia e ia te mahi ngātahi kia tupu ai te māiatanga. Kia hono atu ai te mahitahi ki te hapū, te iwi me te Rūnanga hei tautoko i a rātou ki te whakatutuki i ngā wawata mō a rātou uri. Kua whakamārotia te hononga ngaio ki ngā mātanga, te whakawhanake ngaio me ngā rautaki tino mārama ake e hāngai pū ana ki te kounga o te tautoko mō ngā uri. He aronga tōna ki te tiri i ōna mātauranga me tōna tohungatanga ki te whakatōpū mai i ngā mōhiotanga, te awhina me te ārahitanga o te hapori ki waenganui i ētahi atu. Kua pakari kē atu te māiatanga o te whānau me ngā uri hei kaiwhakatau otinga.

Kua toka kētia te aro mātai o roto, ā, ka whakamahia hei whakatau i ngā mahi tōtika. He hiranga nui tō te whakahuritao ki te wāhanga kohikohi mōhiohio. He māro te arotake e ahu mai ana i ngā whakaaturanga i kohia kia whakamōhiotia ngā matea ki ngā mātanga. Ka whakamahia ngā tirotirohanga kia kotahi tonu te aro atu, ā, te āta whakatau haere me te whakaraupapa he aha kei kō atu. Ko te ōritetanga me te āta aro turuki e whakarato ana te mātau, ā, tae noa ki te whakamātara i ngā akoranga o muri atu. Ka riro mā te poumarumaru, ngā pouako me te whānau te āta whakaaro me te āta mahi kia tiro arotahi ai ki te whakapai ake i ngā putanga mō ngā uri.

Ngā wāhanga i tāutuhia ai e te kura hei whakawhanake ake

He pai te tūnga o ngā kaiārahi o te kura me te Poumarumaru ki te hāpai i te whakawhanaketanga o te reo Māori i roto i te whānau me te hapori o te kura. E noho pūmau ana te tumuaki me ngā pouako ki te whakapakari ake i te mātau o ngā uri ki te reo Māori. Kei te mōhio rātou, e tika ana te whakatakoto i tētahi rautaki whakawhanaketanga reo.

4 Te Whakatau a Te Poumarumaru ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I mua atu i te whakahaerenga o te arotake i whakatutukihia e te poari me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a Te Poumarumaru mā Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, me tētahi Rārangi Arowhai Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i ēnei tuhinga i oati rātou i whāia e rātou ngā huarahi whai take hei whakatutuki i ā rātou herenga ā-ture e pā ana ki:

  • ngā whakahaere a Te Poumarumaru
  • te marautanga
  • ngā whakahaere mō te hauora, te haumaru, me te oranga tinana
  • ngā whakahaere o ngā kaimahi
  • ngā whakahaere o te pūtea
  • ngā whakahaere o ngā rawa me ngā taonga.

I te wā o te arotake, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei, i te mea he nui te pānga o ēnei ki ngā paetae o ngā ākonga:

  • te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito)
  • te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga
  • te rēhitatanga o ngā pouako
  • ngā tukanga ki te whakatū kaimahi
  • te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga
  • te tae ā-tinana atu a ngā ākonga ki te kura.

Te Whakarāpopototanga

E tū ana Te Kura o Matapihi ki te hapori whānui o Mauao. Neke atu i te kotahi rau tau te kura e whakahaerehia ana, ā, nō nā tata tonu nei te kura i hono atu ai ki Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa. He ākonga tākare ngā uri, ā, he pārekareka ki a rātou te whakawero ā-hinengaro. Ka kōkiri ngā uri i ō rātou ake hinengaro, ā rātou ake mātauranga hoki. Ka kitea ki ngā uri ngā pūmanawa ki te ārahi ki te kura, ki te hapori hoki o Matapihi. He pakari ngā uri, ā-tinana, ā-whatumanawa, ā-tangata tonu.

Hei ā hea Te Arotake Mātauranga arotake anō ai i te Kura?

Tērā ka whakahaeretia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga te arotake whai muri, i roto i te toru o ngā tau.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Kaiurungi Whakaturuki Arotake Māori

Ngā Kōrero e pā ana ki te kura

Te tūwāhi

Kei te takiwā whānui o Mauao

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

1815

Te tūmomo kura

He kura tuatahi, Tau 1 ki te 8

Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura

97

Te ira tangata

Tama tāne 51

Kōtiro 46

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori

100%

Ngā āhuatanga motuhake

Kura ā Iwi

Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake

14 Mahuru 2015

Te rā o tēnei pūrongo

02 Hakihea, 2015

Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Tāpiri

Hōngongoi 2012

Whiringa-ā-rangi 2008

Paenga-whāwhā 2006

1 Context

Te Kura o Matapihi is in Mount Maunganui. The kura has been operating for over 100 years and recently affiliated to Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa (NKAI). The Poumarumaru and kura leaders have a clear vision for uri, based on whanaungatanga, whakapapa and success with learning. Te Iwi o Ngāi- te-Rangi actively participate and support the kura and its developments.

How well do uri show that they are successful academically, physically, emotionally and socially?

Uri show they are academically socially, emotionally and physically successful.

2 Uri Outcomes

Uri are culturate, literate and numerate. There is a clear vision for uri success. Kura values are based on whanaungatanga and educational success. Ngai Te Rangi whakapapa, histories and traditions are an integral part of the curriculum. Pouako integrate iwi knowledge into literacy and numeracy programmes. Uri are encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas. Uri are successful learners.

Uri are focused on achieving excellence. Leaders and pouako have high expectations for excellence and work towards high quality outcomes. Whānau and uri are empowered to contribute their ideas and aspirations. Uri know what their learning objectives are and monitor their own progress. They receive specific feedback and work with pouako to identify their next steps in learning. Pouako use achievement information to plan programmes that respond to individual learning needs. Achievement information is shared with whānau who acknowledge and celebrate progress. Uri achieve academic success across the curriculum.

Uri are curious and creative thinkers. They work with others, take risks and extend their thinking. Uri confidently explore their local and wider worlds. Exchanges with other schools and participation in marae activities allow uri to share their knowledge and increase their understanding. Uri are enthusiastic learners.

Uri are digitally literate. Pouako plan programmes that encourage the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Uri use these tools to access information and to connect with other indigenous people around the world. Uri ask questions, share cultural commonalities and exchange views about global matters. ICT are also used by Uri to record and monitor their progress. Uri are confident learners.

Uri have a strong sense of responsibility for the environment. Pouako have developed a strong values programme that reinforces uri contributions to the world around them. Uri understand their role as kaitiaki for the natural environment. They investigate the local marine life and examine factors that impact on the physical environment. These learning opportunities allow uri to develop deeper understandings, apply what they know and influence the behaviours of others. Uri care for their environment.

Uri display fairness, humility and confidence as leaders. The poumarumaru, kura leaders, pouako and whānau model positive relationships. Uri are encouraged to value differences. Uri have opportunities to plan, organise and lead school-wide events. Pouako assess uri as leaders, as ambassadors and as tangata whenua in a variety of settings. Whānau, community and Ngāi-te-Rangi participation in the kura is valued. They provide leadership and guidance that positively influence outcomes for uri. Uri build positive relationships and show empathy for others.

Uri are physically active and lead a healthy lifestyle. There is a school wide focus on physical activity and healthy lifestyles choices. Wellbeing is an important element of classroom programmes where uri learn techniques to manage their own behaviour. Tuakana are responsible for organising and supervising activities for teina. Uri are physically, emotionally and socially intelligent.

3 Leadership and Internal Evaluation

The tumuaki displays strong and influential leadership and models working with others to grow capability. This includes working with hapū, iwi and rūnanga to support them with their aspirations for their uri. Professional networks, professional development and clear strategy combine to focus on quality provision for uri. She is focused on sharing her knowledge and expertise to build collective intelligence, community contribution and leadership amongst others. The whānau and uri have increased confidence as decision makers.

Internal evaluation is well developed and used to support sound decision making. Reflection plays a significant part in the gathering information phase. A strong evidence based approach is gathered once professionals notice needs. They use investigation to focus attention and careful sense making to prioritise what next. Careful and consistent monitoring provides insights and often unravels additional learning. The poumarumaru, pouako and whānau take deliberate and considered action focused on improved outcomes for uri.

Kura-identified areas of development

Kura leaders and te poumarumaru are well positioned to support te reo Māori development in the kura whānau and community. The tumuaki and pouako are committed to strengthening uri competency in te reo Māori. They recognise the need for a language development strategy.

4 Te Poumarumaru assurance on legal requirements

Before the review, the board of trustees and principal completed the The Poumarumaru Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklists. In these documents they attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to:

  • Te Poumarumaru administration
  • curriculum
  • management of health, safety and welfare
  • personnel management
  • financial management
  • asset management.

During the review, ERO checked the following items because they have a potentially high impact on student achievement:

  • emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment)
  • physical safety of students
  • teacher registration
  • processes for appointing staff
  • stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions
  • attendance.

Conclusion

Te Kura o Matapihi is located in Mount Maunganui. The kura has been operating for over 100 years and recently affiliated to Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa (NKAI). Uri are enthusiastic learners who enjoy being challenged as thinkers. Uri are intellectually and academically independent. Uri display qualities of leadership in the kura and community of Matapihi. Uri are physically, emotionally and socially intelligent.

When is ERO likely to review the school again?

ERO is likely to carry out the next review in three years.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Deputy Chief Review Officer Māori

Information about the Kura

Location

Mount Maunganui

Ministry of Education profile number

1815

Kura type

Full primary Year 1-8

Kura roll

97

Gender composition

Boys 51

Girls 46

Ethnic composition

Māori

100%

Special features

Kura-ā-iwi

Review team on site

14 September 2015

Date of this report

2 December 2015

Most recent ERO report(s)

Education Review

Education Review

Supplementary Review

July 2012

November 2008

April 2006