Te Ōhanga Reo o Tahaawai

1 Te Aromātai a te Tari Arotake Mātauranga

‘Ko tau rourou, ko taku rourou, ka ora te iwi e.’

E tū ana Te Ōhanga Reo o Tahawai ki te marae o Tahawai, ki Pupuke. Kua roa nei te kuia i whai wāhi ki te ōhanga reo nei. He mātātoa tana whakatairanga i ngā tūmanako nui mō te whakahaeretanga o te ōhanga reo, tae atu ki te whakanuitanga o te reo Māori me ōna tikanga, te tuakiri ahurea, me ngā taonga tuku iho. Ka ū pūmau te taiao o te ōhanga reo ki te kounga kairangi. He nui ngā rauemi i ngā taiao, ā, e hāpai ana i ngā akoranga a ngā tamariki me ō rātou whakawhanaketanga i te ao Māori. Ka noho pūmau te whānau me ngā kaimahi ki te kaupapa o te ōhanga reo, me te whakatairanga ake i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.

He pēhea te whakawhanaketanga o te mōhiotanga, te tū pakari anō hoki o ā tātou mokopuna, nā runga i te mōhiotanga ki tō rātou tuakiri ahurea, me ā rātou taonga tuku iho?

E tino whakawhanake ana te tū pakari, te mōhiotanga anō hoki o ngā tamariki ki tō rātou tuakiri ahurea me ā rātou taonga tuku iho. Ka kitea tēnei ki ngā āhuatanga e whai ake nei:

• e āhei ana ngā tamariki ki te taki me te kaha whakahaere i te whānuitanga o ngā karakia me ngā waiata
• ka noho mārama ngā tamariki ki ngā tikanga me ngā kawa o te takiwā nei, me te whai pānga o ēnei ki a rātou anō, ki tō rātou iwi hoki
• ka whakamanahia e ngā tamariki i ō rātou hononga ki a rātou anō, ki te whānau, ki te whenua hoki
• ka rumakina ngā tamariki ki ngā akoranga e whakapūmau ana i te kaitiakitanga me tō rātou tūnga hei tangata whenua
• ka whakamahi ngā tamariki i te reo Māori anake hei reo whakawhiti kōrero.

Ko ngā ngākau nuitanga, ngā matea, me ngā wawata hoki o ngā tamariki me ō rātou whānau e tino whakatutukihia ana mā te tino whai huatanga, te tino kōkiritanga anō hoki o te whānau ki te whakahaere i te ōhanga reo.

2 Ngā Kaupapa Motuhake o te Arotake

Te Arotahi o te Arotake

I mua o te arotake, i īnoitia te whānau kia whai whakaaro ki ā rātou kaupapa motuhake mō te arotake, ā, kia whakamahia ngā aratohu me ngā rauemi i whakaratohia e te Tari Arotake Mātauranga.

Kātahi ka whakaritea ngā tino kaupapa motuhake mō te arotake, whai muri o te whakawhitiwhitinga kōrero i waenga o te rōpū arotake o te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau. I arotahi tēnei whakawhitiwhitinga ki ngā kōrero i te puritia e te ōhanga reo (tāpiri atu ki ngā kōrero arotake whaiaro) ā, me te whānui o te pānga o ngā take mō te arotake ki ngā hua ka puta ki ngā tamariki o te ōhanga reo.

I whakaritea e te whānau ko Mana Reo te kaupapa arotahi mō tēnei arotake.

Ko te katoa o ngā arotake mātauranga ā te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i roto o ngā ōhanga reo e arotahi ana ki te kounga o te mātauranga. Ki tā te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, kei roto i tēnei ko te kounga o te:

• arotake whaiaro a te whānau me te whakamahere rautaki
• whakamahere hōtaka, te aromatawai, me te aromātai.

Ko ngā kitenga ā te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i roto i ēnei wāhanga, kei raro iho nei.

3 Ngā Whakaaturanga

Mana Reo

He whakamārama

He pēhea te whakawhanaketanga o te mōhiotanga, te tū pakari anō hoki o ā tātou mokopuna, nā runga i te mōhiotanga ki tō rātou tuakiri ahurea, me ā rātou taonga tuku iho?

E tino whakawhanake ana te tū pakari, te mōhiotanga anō hoki o ngā tamariki ki tō rātou tuakiri ahurea me ā rātou taonga tuku iho.

Ngā wāhanga e pai ana te whakahaere

Te reo Māori me ōna tikanga. Ka rumaki katoatia ngā tamariki ki ngā taiao akoranga e whakanui mārika ana i te Māori me ōna tikanga. He matatau ngā kaimahi ki te reo Māori, ā, ka whai hua rātou ki te whakatairanga i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga mā ngā huarahi pārekareka e whakaongaonga ana, e whai pūtake ana hoki mō ngā tamariki. Ka whakapūmau ngā mema o te whānau me tō rātou kuia i ngā tūmanako me ngā taumata teitei e pā ana ki te whakamahinga i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga. He pakari, he tau hoki ngā tamariki ki te ao e whakamana ana i tō rātou reo. He pai te whanaketanga o te mōhiotanga, te āheinga anō hoki o ngā tamariki ki te whakamahi i te reo Māori ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo horopaki.

Te taiao. Ka rumakina ngā tamariki ki te hōhonutanga o ngā taiao akoranga e hāngai ana ki te ao Māori. Ka kitea te mōhiotanga o ngā tamariki katoa ki tō rātou taiao ako, tae atu ki te marae. Kua āta whakaarohia ngā rauemi katoa ki te ōhanga reo, ā, ka tino whakatairanga i te reo, te tuakiri ahurea, me ngā taonga tuku iho o ngā tamariki.

Te whakatairanga i ngā kaiārahi pakari. E whanake ana ngā tamariki kia tū tangata ai tēnā me tēnā o rātou, i runga anō hoki i te manawa whakahī ki a rātou anō. Ka ngākau nui ngā tamariki ki te whakapuaki i ā rātou akoranga ki te taha o ō rātou whānau. Ka āta kōkiri ngā kaimahi i ngā wheako akoranga katoa hei whakapakari ake i te ngākau titikaha me te taha auaha o ngā tamariki, tae atu hoki ki ō rātou whakaaro kaikini, tā rātou kōkiri i ā rātou ake akoranga. E tino whakawhanakehia ana ngā tamariki hei ākonga māia ka whai wāhi nui ki ō rātou whānau. Ka whakapakaritia hoki te aronga toi hoki o ngā tamariki ki ō rātou whānau.

Te waiora o ngā tamariki. Ko te waiora o ngā tamariki tētahi kaupapa matua ki te whānau. Ka kitea ngā taumata teitei o te atawhai me ngā mahi aroturuki mā ngā tamariki katoa. I ngā wā katoa, ka whakatairanga, ka whakapūmau hoki te whānau i te kai oranga, ngā mahi akuaku, me te tuhi haere, te aroturuki hoki o te waiora o ngā tamariki Ka hāpaitia ngā tamariki e ngā kaimahi kia whanake ai tō rātou māramatanga ki tō rātou waiora.

Te whanaungatanga. Ka whai hua te poipoi a te whānau i ngā tamariki mā ngā taunekeneke mauritau, manaaki hoki e aro nui ana ki a rātou. Ka tino whakapakari aua taunekeneke i te tū pakari me te aronga toi whenuatanga o ngā tamariki, me tō rātou hononga ki ō rātou whānau.

Te Whakamāherehere me te Aromātai

Ngā wāhanga e pai ana te whakahaere

Te whakahaere i te ōhanga reo. Kote waiora o ngā tamariki me ngā wawata o te whānau mō ā rātou tamariki, kei te pūtake o ngā mahi whakahaere katoa. E tino whakahaerehia ana te ōhanga reo e te whānau, te kuia, me ngā kaimahi. Ko te katoa o ngā wāhanga whakahaere, ngā kawenga mahi hoki a te whānau – tae atu ki te manaaki me te waiora o ngā tamariki me ō rātou whānau – e aroturukitia ana, e pūrongotia ana, e whakapūmautia ana hoki i ngā wā katoa.

Mai i te tīmatanga o te ōhanga reo, ko ngā mahi arotake, tae atu ki te whakatakoto haere i ngā tuhinga me ngā pūrongo, i tuhia ai ki te taumata teitei. He ara rautaki tā rātou i āta whakaarohia ai, i āta whakamaheretia ai hoki, ā, e arotahi ana ki te tupu tonu o te kaupapa o te ōhanga reo me te whakatairanga o te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.

Te whakamahere hōtaka, te aromātai, me te aromatawai. Ko te whakawhanaketanga o ngā tamariki me te ako i te reo Māori, te tuakiri ahurea, me ngā taonga tuku iho e tino whakamaheretia ana, e tino aroturukitia ana e ngā kaimahi. Kei te taumata teitei ngā mahi whakamahere oTe Whāriki, ā, e tino māramahia ana e ngā kaimahi. He aronga nui ki te rumaki i ngā tamariki ki ngā wheako akoranga e hāpai ana i tō rātou whakawhanaketanga i te ao Māori. o te ahunga whakamua, te whai wāhitanga, me te whakawhanaketanga hoki o ngā tamariki ka tuhi tōtikatia ki ā rātou pūkete. I ngā wā katoa, ka aroturuki ngā kaimahi me te whānau i te whai huatanga me te whai pānga o te hōtaka akoranga ki ngā tamariki.

Te wāhanga hei whakawhanake

Te arotake whaiaro.I tēnei wā kāhore anō te arotake whaiaro kia āta whakawhanakehia. Kāhore anō kia whakaarohia te aroturuki i ngā whāinga rautaki, me te whai pānga o ēnei ki ngā tamariki. Ko te tikanga, me whai wāhi ngā arotake me ngā pūrongo e pā ana ki te hōtaka oTe Whārikiki taua tukanga. E mōhio ana te whānau, ko te pai o ā rātou mahi arotake whaiaro i whakawhanakehia ai ka hāpai hoki i a rātou ki te whakatutuki haere i te arotake whaiaro me te aroturuki i ia te wā.

4 Te Whakatau a te Whānau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

Te Tirohanga Whānui

I mua o te arotake, i whakakīia e te kaipupuri raihana, te whānau, me ngā kaimahi o te ōhanga reo tētahi Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a te Ōhanga Reo kua Raihanatia, o Pipiri 2013, me tētahi Rārangi Tātari Whaiaro mā te Tari Arotake Mātauranga. 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 whakahaerenga ā te whānau
• te hauora, te waiora me te whai oranga
• ngā whakahaerenga kaimahi
• ngā whakahaerenga pūtea me ngā whakahaerenga rawa.

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 hua ka puta ki ngā tamariki:

• te haumaru whatumanawa (tāpiri atu ko te whakatau tamariki, ko te ārai i ngā mahi whakaweti, mahi tūkino)
• te haumaru ā-tinana (tāpiri atu ko te whakatau tamariki; ko ngā whakaritenga whakamoe, tiaki tamariki; ko ngā aituā me te whāngai rongoā; ko ngā whakaritenga akuaku; ko ngā kaupapa here me ngā tikanga haerenga whakawaho)
• ngā tohu mātauranga me ngā whakaritenga kaimahi
• ngā whakaritenga, tikanga hōneatanga e pā ana ki te ahi me te rū whenua.

5 Ngā Taunakitanga

E taunaki ana te Tari Arotake Mātauranga kia whakawhanake, kia whakatinana hoki te whānau o te ōhanga reo te arotake whaiaro, tae atu ki te tuhi haere, te pūrongo haere hoki i ia te wā, i tā rātou ahunga whakamua, ā rātou mahi angitu, i runga i ngā whāinga i Te Ara Tūāpae.

Hei ā hea te Tari Arotake Mātauranga arotake anō a i te kōhanga reo?

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

Lynda Pura Watson

Kaiwhakahaere ā-Motu mō ngā Ratonga Arotake Māori

31 Whiringa-ā-Nuku 2014

1 The Education Review Office (ERO) Evaluation

‘Ko tou rourou, Ko taku rourou, Ka ora te iwi e.’

Te Ōhanga Reo o Tahawai is based at Tahawai Marae, Pupuke. The kuia has had a long association with the ōhanga reo. She actively promotes high expectations for managing the ōhanga reo and promoting te reo Māori me ona tīkanga, cultural identity and ancestral heritage. The ōhanga reo environment is maintained at a high standard. Environments are well resourced and support children’s learning and development in te ao Māori. Whānau and kaimahi are committed to the ōhanga reo kaupapa and promoting te reo Māori me ona tīkanga.

How well are our mokopuna developing knowledge and confidence in their cultural identity and ancestral heritage?

Children are successfully developing confidence in, and knowledge about their cultural identity and ancestral heritage. This is evident in the following ways where children:

• are able to recite and lead with confidence, a range of karakia and waiata
• understand the local traditions and protocols that belong to them and their iwi
• value their connections with each other, whānau and the land
• are immersed in learning that reinforces kaitiakitanga and their role as tangata whenua
• use te reo Māori as their only form of communication.

Children and their whānau interests, needs and aspirations are well served through highly effective and efficient whānau management of the ōhanga reo.

2 Review Priorities

The Focus of the Review

Before the review, the whānau were invited to consider its priorities for review using guidelines and resources provided by ERO.

The detailed priorities for review were then determined following a discussion between the ERO review team and whānau. This discussion focused on existing information held by the ōhanga reo (including self-review information) and the extent to which potential issues for review contributed to positive outcomes for children at the ōhanga reo.

The whānau chose Mana Reo as its focus area.

All ERO education reviews in ōhanga reo focus on the quality of education. For ERO this includes the quality of:

• whānau self review and strategic planning
• programme planning, assessment and evaluation.

ERO’s findings in these areas are set out below.

3 Findings

Mana Reo

Background

How well are our mokopuna developing knowledge and confidence in their cultural identity and ancestral heritage?

Children are successfully developing in confidence and knowledge about their cultural identity and ancestral heritage.

Areas of good performance

Te reo me ona tīkanga Māori. Children are fully immersed in learning environments where te reo me ona tīkanga Māori prevail. Kaimahi are fluent in te reo Māori and are highly effective in promoting te reo me ona tīkanga Māori in stimulating, enjoyable and meaningful ways to children. Whānau members and their kuia reinforce high expectations and standards for the use of te reo me ona tīkanga Māori. Children are confident and at ease in a world where their language is valued. Children are developing well in their knowledge and capability to use the language in a range of settings.

Taiao. Children are immersed in rich learning environments that reflect te ao Māori. All children show that they know their learning environment well, including the marae. All resources at the ōhanga reo have been well considered and actively promote children’s language, cultural identity and ancestral heritage.

Promoting confident leaders. Children are developing as strong and confident individuals who are proud of what they know. Children willingly share their learning with their whānau. Kaimahi take full advantage of all learning experiences to help build children’s self confidence, creative and critical thinking and independent learning. Children are developing successfully as confident learners and contributors to their whānau. Children’s sense of belonging to their whānau is strengthened.

Children’s wellbeing. Children’s wellbeing is a priority for the whānau. High standards of care and monitoring practices are evident for all children. The whānau consistently promote and uphold healthy kai, hygiene practices and the recording and monitoring of children’s wellness. Children are supported by kaimahi to develop an understanding of their wellbeing.

Whānaungatanga. Children are successfully nurtured by their whānau through positive, caring and highly responsive interactions. These interactions successfully build children’s confidence, sense of belonging and connection to their whānau.

Planning and Evaluation

Areas of good performance

Management of the ōhanga reo. Children’s wellbeing and whānau aspirations for their children are the focus of all management practices. The ōhanga reo is effectively managed by whānau, kuia and kaimahi. All management areas and whānau responsibilities including the care and the wellness of children and their whānau are consistently monitored, reported and upheld.

Review practices that include keeping records and reporting have been documented to a consistently high standard since the establishment of the ōhanga reo. They have a well considered and planned strategic pathway that is focused on continual growth of the ōhanga reo kaupapa and the promotion of te reo Māori me ona tīkanga.

Programme planning, evaluation and assessment. Children’s development and learning of te reo Māori, cultural identity and heritage is well planned and monitored by kaimahi. Te Whāriki planning practices are of a high standard and well understood by kaimahi. There is a strong emphasis on immersing children in learning experiences that support their development in te ao Māori. Children’s progress, participation and development are appropriately recorded in their portfolios. Kaimahi and whānau constantly monitor the effectiveness and impact of the learning programme on children.

Areas for development

Strategic review. Strategic review is currently under-developed. Monitoring of the strategic goals and how these are impacting on children are yet to be considered. The Te Whāriki programme reviews and reporting should form a part of this process. The whānau recognise that their well developed self review practices place them in a good position to carry out regular strategic review and monitoring.

4 Whānau Management Assurance on Compliance Areas

Overview

Before the review, the licensee, whānau and staff of the ōhanga reo completed an ERO Ōhanga Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they have attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to:

• administration
• health, safety and welfare
• personnel management
• financial and property management.

During the review, ERO checked the following items because they have a potentially high impact on outcomes for children:

• emotional safety (including behaviour management, prevention of bullying and abuse)
• physical safety (including behaviour management, sleeping and supervision practices; accidents and medication; hygiene and routines; travel and excursion policies and procedures)
• staff qualifications and organisation
• evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.

5 Recommendations

ERO recommends that the ōhanga reo whānau develop and implement strategic review which includes regular recording and reporting of their progress and success against the Te Ara Tūāpae goals.

When is ERO likely to review the kōhanga reo again?

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

Lynda Pura Watson

National Manager Review Services Māori (Te Uepū-ā-Motu)

31 October 2014

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