TKKM o Mangatuna

Education institution number:
2600
School type:
Full Primary
School gender:
Co-Educational
Total roll:
18
Telephone:
Address:

1175 Waiapu Road State Highway 35, Tolaga Bay, Gisborne

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TKKM o Mangatuna

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, mā ngā hapū, me ngā iwi

2 Te Horopaki 

E tū ana Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna ki te raki o Uawa, ki te Tai Rāwhiti. Kua tūhono atu ki Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa , ā, e whakarato ana i te mātauranga ki ngā uri o ngā tau 1 ki te 8. I tēnei tau, i whakatūngia tētahi tumuaki whakaako, ā, koia nei tōna wā tuatahi hei tumuaki. Kua pā ētahi wero ki ngā tūranga kaimahi i te kura. He Tūranga Whakaako Whai-herenga tā te kaiako i te akomanga o ngā tēina

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai 

He pēhea rawa te whakaatu mai a ngā uri i tō rātou āheinga ki te whakatau whakaritenga, me tā rātou whai wāhi nui ki tō rātou hapori?

E whanake ana ngā uri i tō rātou āheinga ki te whakatau mātātoa i ngā whakaritenga, me te whai wāhi nui ki tō rātou hapori.

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga 

Kei te tākare ngā uri hei ākonga, ā, ka whai wāhi atu ki ngā wheako e ngahau ana, e whai pūtake ana hoki. Ka aro nui ngā akoranga a ngā uri ki te Mangatunatanga me Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti. Ko te whai wāhi atu ki ngā whakatau, ngā waiata, ngā karakia, ngā pepeha me ngā haerenga, e whakapakari ana i ngā pūkenga ahurea o ngā uri, ā, ka whakariterite i tō rātou āheinga ki te hāpai i te marae me te tū hei rangatira mō te iwi ā tōna wā. Ka kawe atu ngā tuākana i ngā whai wāhitanga ki te ārahi, ā, ka whakaako, ka whakatauira hoki i ō rātou tēina. Kua pou herea ngā hononga ki ngā uara o te kura me ngā whakapapa, tae atu hoki ki te aroha, te whakawhirinakitanga, me te whakaute. Kei te matatau ngā kaiako ki te kōrero i te reo Māori, ka whakamahi mātātoa rātou i ngā rautaki hopu reo e hāpai ai i ngā uri, tae atu ki te whakatauira, te whāngai kupu, me te whakamihi. E whakatairanga ana ngā ture o te akomanga me ngā mahinga i āta whakatakotohia ai, i te teitei o ngā tūmanako e pā ana ki te reo Māori, me te papai o ngā taunekeneke. Ka kitea ki ngā uri tō rātou ngākau nuitanga ki te ako. 

E whanake ana ngā mahere akomanga me ngā whakaritenga whakaaro huritao. Ka mahi ngātahi ngā kaiako, ā, ka aro nui ki ngā ngākau nuitanga o ngā uri. Kua whakaaweawetia ā rātou mahere ki tō rātou takiwā me ngā rauemi. He tūāhuatanga tēnei e whakatairanga ana i te ngahau, i te hihiri, me te pakari o te taha ahurea ki te taiao ako, hei painga mō te katoa. Ka whakamahi ngā kaiako i te tangongitanga o ngā rautaki whakaako e whai hua ana, pērā i ngā rautaki wehewehe, i ngā rautaki patapatai, me te whakaako a tētahi ki tētahi. He whai wāhitanga anō hoki mō ngā uri ki te ārahi i tā rātou ake ako mā roto mai i te taiao tautoko. Ko ētahi o ngā taumahi ako takitahi, ko ngā wheako e poipoi ana i te tangongitanga o ngā matea o ngā uri, me te whakarato i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā uri katoa ki te rongo i te angitu. Ka whai wāhi mātātoa ngā uri ki ngā wheako ako i te kura me tō rātou hapori whānui. 

E whakawhanake ana te māramatanga o te tumuaki ki tōna tūranga me āna kawenga mahi. Ko te whakapakari i te whakawhirinakitanga, me te whakawhanake i te tikanga o te mahi ngātahi tētahi aronga matua. Ko te noho tuwhera mai me te māramatanga o ngā whakawhitinga kōrero e hāpai ana i ngā uri me ō rātou whānau ki te rongo i te haumaru, i te kotahitanga, me te whakamanatanga. Nā tēnā, ka puta te papai o ngā taiao ako e hāpai ana i te whai wāhi nui me te waiora o ngā uri. E tino tautokona ana te tumuaki e te whānau me ngā kaitiaki poari. Ka tautokona hoki e Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa , e te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, me ngā ratonga ā-iwi, ā, ka whakatairanga katoa i ōna pūkenga ki te ārahi, ka whanake hoki i ōna mōhiotanga me ōna pūkenga i roto i te marau. Ka mahi ngātahi te tumuaki ki te rōpū whakaako, hei hāpai i te tupu o ō rātou pūkenga ngaio. Kōrerohia ai te hōtaka akoranga i ia te wā, ā, i ētahi wā ka panoni hei whakapai ake i ngā putanga ki ngā uri. Ko ngā uri kei te pūtake o ngā whakaritenga ārahi. 

E pou here ana te Mangatunatanga i ngā pūnaha me ngā tukanga e pā ana ki te taha kāwana. Ko tō te whānau wawata, kia tū pakari, kia ngākau titikaha hoki ngā uri nā tō rātou tuakiri hei tangata kōrero Māori, ā, kia rumakina ki te mātauranga Māori, kia whakauka anō hoki i ngā whakareretanga iho i tuku mai ai ki a rātou. I whakapuaki te whānau i tō rātou hiahia ki te ako i te reo me te mātauranga Māori ki te taha o ā rātou tamariki. Kei waenga i ngā kaitiaki o te poari te tangongitanga o ngā tautōhito me ngā pūkenga. Ka whakapā atu ngā kaitiaki ki Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa me Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa, ki te whakapiki ake i tō rātou māramatanga ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga mahi. I whakawhanakehia ki te taha o te whānau tētahi mahere whakatinana ā-tau me tētahi aronga rautaki. Arotakengia ai ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga o te kura i ia te wā. Kua tīmatahia te whakatinana i ngā pūnaha e whakatairanga ana i te haumaru me te waiora o ngā uri, i tā rātou ako hoki. 

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake

Me arotake ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako i ngā mahi aromatawai, hei āta whakatau i te whai pūtaketanga me te tika o ngā mōhiohio ka puta mō te ahu whakamua, ngā whakatutukitanga, me ngā matea ako o ngā uri. Me tautuhi ngā kaiako i ngā uri hei whakatere, ā, me whakamahere wawe i taua tūāhuatanga. E ai ki ngā hōtuku o te kura mō te mutunga o te tau 2023, i whakatutuki ngā uri 61% i ngā tūmanako o te kura mō te pānui. I te tuhituhi me te pāngarau, kei te takiwā noa o te 20% i whakatutuki i ngā tūmanako o te kura. Me pūrongo i te ahu whakamua me ngā paetae a ngā uri i ia te wā ki ngā whānau me ngā kaitiaki, mā te reo māramarama. E tika ana kia pai ake ngā mōhiohio, hei hāpai i te whai pūtaketanga o ngā whakataunga. Kei te whakamōrearea i te ahu whakamua me te ako a ngā uri. 

Me titiro wawe ki ngā tūāhuatanga e pā ana ki te taha kāwana me te aromātai o roto. Kāhore i te pakari te whakatinanatanga, te aroturukitanga, me te arotakenga o te marau ā-kura me te mahere whakatinana ā-tau. Me whakapai ake i ētahi o ngā whakaritenga e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru, tae atu ki te aronga nahanaha ki te whakatutuki i ngā wā ohotata. Kei te pā tōraro ki te āta whakatau i te angitu, te waiora, me te haumaru o ngā uri. 

Me whakapakari i te whakahaere i ngā pūmanawa tangata. Me whai māramatanga ake ngā kaitiaki ki ā rātou kawenga mahi, ā, me āta whakatau i te hāngaitanga o ā rātou whakaritenga tuku mahi ki tēnā e tūmanakohia ana ki ngā herenga ā-ture. Tāpiri atu ki tēnā, me whakatakoto i tētahi tukanga ā-tau mō te whakahaere i te āhua mahi me ngā whakaritenga ngaio o te tumuaki whakaako. Ka whai hua ngā uri i te wā e whakatairanga ana ngā pūnaha, ngā tukanga, me ngā whakaritenga o ngā kaimahi i ngā putanga papai. 

5 Te Whakatau a Te Poumarumaru ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I mua i te aromātai, i whakatutukihia e te poari kaitiaki me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a Te Poumarumaru me tētahi Rārangi Arowhai Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i aua 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.

I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei, i te mea he nui te pānga o ēnei ki te haumaru me te waiora 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 
  • ngā rēhita a ngā kaiako 
  • te tukanga whakatū kaimahi
  • te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga
  • te tae ā-tinana atu a ngā ākonga ki te kura
  • te whakatutukitanga o ngā kaupapa here o te kura i ngā tikanga o te Children's Act 2014.

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

  • whakawhanake me te whakatinana i tētahi tukanga pakari e aromatawai ai i te āhua mahi o ngā kaiako, tae atu ki te tumuaki whakaako
    [s599 Te Ture Mātauranga me te Whakangungu 2020; me te Kirimina ā-tōpū mō te Whiwhi Mahi]
  • arotake i te tumuaki i ia tau, mā ngā paerewa ngaio katoa e pā ana ki ngā tumuaki 
    [Te Kahiti o Aotearoa me ngā Kirimina mō te Whiwhi Mahi e whai pānga ana
  • whakamahi i ngā mōhiohio aromatawai o te kounga pai, me te pūrongo ā-tuhi māramarama nei ki ia ākonga me ōna mātua, mō te āhua o tana ahu whakamua me ana paetae i roto i te reo matatini me te pāngarau, i ngā wā putuputu e rua o te tau, pūputu ake noa rānei 
    [Regulation 21 of Education (School Boards) Amendment Regulations 2022]
  • whakawhanake me te whakatinana i ngā mahere ohotata, tae atu ki ngā tukanga ohotata me ngā tukanga hōneatanga, ngā tukanga nohonga rāhui, me ngā tukanga whakamōhio e pā ana ki te haepapa manaaki ākonga. 
    [National Civil Defence Emergency Plan Order 2015]

6 Te Taunakitanga

E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau, kia aro matua ki te whakatutuki i ngā herenga ā-ture me ngā whakaritenga matua i whakaraupapahia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whai ake, mā te ārahitanga anō hoki o Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa.  

Rita Walker
Toka ā Nuku Whakakapi
Te Uepū-a-MotuMāori Services

29 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2024

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kura 

Te tūwāhi Kei Uawa
Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 2600
Te tūmomo kuraHe kura tuatahi (Tau 1-8)
Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura17
Ngā hononga ā-iwiMāori 17
Ngā āhuatanga motuhakeNgā Kura ā-Iwi
Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotakeHere-turi-kōkā 2024
Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 29 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2024
Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga, Haratua 2021; Arotake Mātauranga, Haratua 2015; Arotake Mātauranga, Mahuru 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 Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna is located north of Tolaga Bay on the East Coast. It is affiliated to Ngā-Kura-ā-Iwi (NKAI) and provides education for uri in Years 1 to 8. A first-time tumuaki was appointed to the teaching tumuaki position this year. There are challenges to staffing the kura. The teina class kaiako has a limited authority to teach.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do uri demonstrate they are decision makers who contribute to their community?

Uri are developing their ability to be active decision makers who contribute to their community.

4 Findings

Uri are enthusiastic learners who participate in fun and meaningful experiences. Learning for uri is centred around Mangatunatanga and Te Aitanga a Hauiti. Participating in whakatau, waiata, karakia, pepeha and haerenga strengthens uri cultural capability preparing them to contribute to the marae and as future leaders for the iwi. Tuākana take on leadership opportunities that teach and role model for their teina. Relationships are underpinned by the kura values and whakapapa, which are infused with aroha, trust and respect. Kaiako are fluent speakers of te reo Māori, they actively use effective language acquisition strategies to support uri, including modelling, prompting and praise. Ngā ture o te akomanga and established routines promote high expectations for te reo Māori and positive interactions. Uri demonstrate an enjoyment for learning. 

Classroom planning and reflective practices are developing. Kaiako work collaboratively and are responsive to uri interests. Their planning is influenced by their local area and resources. This enhances and promotes a fun engaging and culturally rich learning environment for all. Kaiako use a variety of effective teaching strategies including differentiation, questioning techniques and one to one teaching moments. Uri also have opportunities to lead their own learning in a supportive environment. Independent learning activities include experiences that cater to the diverse needs of uri, providing the opportunity for all uri to experience success. Uri actively engage in learning experiences in the kura and their wider community.

The tumuaki is developing an understanding of the role and its responsibilities. Building relational trust and developing a culture of collaboration has been a key focus. An open-door policy and clear communication approach creates an environment for uri and their whānau to feel safe, included and valued. This contributes to positive learning environments that are conducive to uri engagement and wellbeing. The tumuaki is well supported by whānau and trustees. And also receives support from NKAI, the Ministry of Education and iwi services that enhance her leadership skills and develop her curriculum knowledge and skills. The tumuaki works closely with the teaching team to help grow their professional capabilities. The learning programme is discussed regularly, and at times adjusted to improve outcomes for uri. Uri are at the centre of leadership practices.

Mangatunatanga underpins governance systems and processes. Whānau aspire for uri to be strong and confident in their identity as te reo Māori speakers, to be immersed in mātauranga Māori and to preserve the ancestral legacies that have been handed down to them. Whānau expressed their desire to learn te reo and matauranga Māori alongside their tamariki. The board consists of members with a variety of useful experience and skills. Trustees access NKAI and Te Whakarōputanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa (NZSTA) to increase their understanding of their roles and responsibilities. An annual implementation plan and strategic direction was developed in collaboration with whānau. Kura policies and procedures are reviewed regularly. Systems to promote uri safety, wellbeing and learning are in the early stages of implementation. 

Key Next Steps

Leaders and kaiako need to review assessment practices to be assured they have valid and reliable information about uri progress, achievement and their learning needs. Kaiako must identify uri whose progress requires acceleration and plan for this urgently. Kura data at the end of 2023 shows that 61% of uri met kura expectations in pānui. In tuhituhi and pāngarau only approximately 20% met kura expectations. Uri progress and achievement needs to be regularly reported in plain language to whānau and trustees. Better information is needed to inform purposeful decision making. Uri progress and learning is at risk. 

Aspects of governance and internal evaluation require urgent attention. Implementation, monitoring and review of the marau ā-kura and annual implementation plan is not rigorous. Some health and safety practices require improving, including a planned approach to respond to emergencies. Ensuring uri success, wellbeing and safety is being compromised. 

Human resource management requires strengthening. Trustees need to understand their responsibilities better and ensure their employment practices reflect legislative expectations. Also, an annual process to manage the performance and professional practice of the teaching tumuaki is required. Uri benefit when personnel systems, processes and practices promote positive outcomes. 

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
  • attendance
  • school policies in relation to meeting the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014.

Actions for Compliance 

To meet compliance requirements they must:

  • develop and implement a robust process for assessing the performance of teachers, including the teaching tumuaki
    [Section 599 Education and Training Act 2020; and Collective Employment Agreement]
  • annually assess the tumuaki against all the professional standards for principals
    [New Zealand Education Gazette and relevant Employment Agreement] 
  • use good quality assessment or aromatawai information to report, in writing and plain language, to each student and their parents on their progress and achievement in literacy and mathematics or te reo matatini and pāngarau at least twice a year
    [Regulation 21 of Education (School Boards) Amendment Regulations 2022]
  • develop and implement emergency plans, including emergency/evacuation procedures, lockdown procedures and notification procedures for duty of care for students.
    [National Civil Defence Emergency Plan Order 2015]

6 Recommendation

ERO and the whānau recommend that the non-compliances and key next steps outlined in this report be prioritised and addressed with the guidance of NKAI.

Rita Walker 
Toka-ā-Nuku – Acting Director
Te Uepū ā-MotuMāori Review Services

29 October 2024

7 Information about the kura

LocationTolaga Bay
Ministry of Education profile number2600
Kura typeFull Primary (Years 1-8) 
Kura roll17
Ethnic compositionMāori 17
Special featuresNgā Kura-ā-Iwi
Review team on siteAugust 2024
Date of this report29 October 2024
Most recent ERO report(s)
 
Education Review, May 2021; Education Review, May 2015; Education Review, September 2012

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Māngātuna

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, me ngā hapori ki te whakatakoto i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i ngā whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai.

2 Te Horopaki

E tū whakateraki ana Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Māngātuna i Uawa, ki te Tai Rāwhiti. E whakarato ana i te mātauranga rumaki reo Māori ki ngā uri o ngā tau 0 ki te 8. Nō nā tata nei te kura i whakawhiti ai, mai i tētahi kura o Te Aho Matua ki tētahi kura ā-iwi. Nō te hapori tonu nei te nuinga o ngā uri me ngā kaiako.

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te whai tukuihotanga, te whakaaweawe hoki o ngā uri?

He ngākau titikaha ō ngā uri ki te whai wāhi atu ki ngā kaupapa me ngā huihuinga ā-ahurea.

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga

Kei te kaha hāpai te taiao o ngā uri i tā rātou ako i ō rātou tuakiri. Ka whai wāhi atu rātou ki ngā hōtaka o te kura whānui e whai pānga ana ki ngā tikanga me ngā kawa o ngā hapū me ngā iwi o Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti me Māngātuna. Ka rumakina rātou ki te taiao o te kura e kawe ana i ngā ingoa o ngā tūpuna rongonui me ngā pouwhenua. Hokihoki atu ai rātou ki ngā marae o te takiwā, hei hāpai i tā rātou ako, i tō rātou whai māramatanga ā-ahurea hoki ki tō rātou tuakiri ake. Ka ako rātou i ngā waiata tuku iho me ngā waiata hou o tō rātou takiwā. Ka whakapuaki ngā mema o te whānau i ō rātou ake pūkenga me ō rātou ake mōhiotanga. Ka whai wāhi atu, ka ārahi hoki ngā uri i ngā tikanga mā ngā huarahi ā-ahurea e whai pūtake ana.

E ākina ana te whakawhanaungatanga o ngā uri ki ētahi atu. Ka ako ngātahi, ā, ki te ako hoki rātou ki te taha o ētahi atu. I ngā wā katoa, e whakatauira ana ngā kaiako i te whanonga pai, i te whakaute, ā, i te ngākau aroha hoki ki ngā uri, ā, ki waenga hoki i a rātou anō. E whakatinana ana te whānau me ngā kaiako i tētahi hōtaka uara, puta noa i te kura, ā, kua pou herea tēnei ki te whakapapa me ngā hononga, ngā taunekeneke o roto mai i te takiwā. Ka kitea te tino aronga toi whenuatanga o ngā uri ki te kura, te whānau, me tō rātou hapori.

He mārama ngā tukanga e ārahi ana i ngā kaitiaki hou ki te whai māramatanga ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga. E whai wāhi atu ngā kaitiaki ki ngā akoranga e haere ana i ngā wā katoa ki te whakapakari ake i tō rātou āheinga me ō rātou pūmanawa i roto i ngā mahi kāwana. E hono ana te mahere rautaki me ngā whāinga a te poari ki ngā taumata paetae e tūmanakohia ana mō ngā uri. E hāngai ana ēnei ki te āhua tonu o ngā ia i roto i ngā hōtuku paetae. Kei roto hoki i ngā whāinga, ko te ako ngaio me te whakawhanaketanga ngaio ā-kura i whakahāngaitia ai ki ērā o ngā uri hei āta tautoko ake.

Kua tae ki te wā kia whakapiki ake te kura i ngā mahi aroturuki, mahi pūrongo hoki mā ngā whāinga me ngā taumata a te poari e whakatairanga ake ana i ngā paetae a ngā uri. Ka whai wāhi atu ki taua mahi, ko te whakahāngaitanga ake o ngā aromātai i ngā rautaki ā-kura i roto i te whakaako me te ako, ā, kia auau ake hoki te aroturuki me te pūrongo i ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki ērā o ngā uri e āta hāpaitia ana.

5 Te Whakatau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I mua atu i te whakahaerenga o te arotake i whakatutukihia e te whānau me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a te Whānau 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 aromātai, 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 kaiako;
  • ngā tukanga ki te whakatū kaimahi;
  • te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga; me
  • te tae ā-tinana atu a ngā ākonga ki te kura.

6 Ngā Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te poari kaitiaki o te kura ngā taunakitanga e whai ake nei, hei hāpai i te aronga o te kura ki te whakatairanga ake i ngā putanga whai hua mō ngā uri, arā, kia:

  • whakapakarihia te whakamahinga o te aromātai o roto, puta noa i te kura
  • aroturuki, kia pūrongo hoki i te ahu whakamua e whakatutukihia ana i roto i ngā whāinga rautaki me ngā kōkiritanga o te kura e whakawhanakehia ana.

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

5 Haratua 2021

7 Ngā Kōrero e pā ana ki te kura

Te tūwāhi

Kei Māngātuna, ki te Tai Rāwhiti

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

2600

Te tūmomo kura

He kura tuatahi (NKAI)

Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura

31 (Tau 0 – 8)

Te ira tangata

Kōtiro 14

Tama 17

Ngā hononga ā-iwi

Māori

100%

Ngā āhuatanga motuhake

Ngā Kura ā Iwi

Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake

Poutū-te-rangi 2021

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo

5 Haratua 2021

Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga 

Arotake Mātauranga

Arotake Tāpiri 

Arotake Tāpiri 

Haratua 2015

Mahuru 2010

Haratua 2009

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office, whānau, leaders and communities have collaborated to provide evaluation insights that foster improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability.

2 Context

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Māngātuna is located north of Tolaga Bay on the East Coast. It provides Māori medium education for Years 0 to 8 uri. It has recently transitioned a Te Aho Matua kura to become a kura-ā-iwi. The majority of uri and kaiako are from the local area.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well are uri culturally autonomous and influential?

Uri confidently participate in cultural activities and events.

4 Findings

Uri experience a supportive environment for learning their identity. They participate in kura-wide programmes that include tīkanga and kawa specific to Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti and Māngātuna iwi and hapū. They are immersed in a kura environment that carries the names of prominent ancestors and landmarks. Frequent visits to local marae support their cultural learning and understanding about their own identity. They learn traditional and contemporary local waiata. Whānau members share their own skills and knowledge. Uri participate in and lead tīkanga in a culturally meaningful way.

Uri are encouraged to relate positively with others. They learn co-operatively with and alongside each other. Kaiako consistently role model positive behaviour, respect and empathy with uri and each other. Whānau, kaiako are implementing a kura-wide values programme underpinned by whakapapa and local relationships and interactions. Uri display a strong sense of belonging to kura, whānau and their community.

There are clear processes to guide new trustees to understand their roles and responsibilities. Trustees are engaged in ongoing learning to build their confidence and capability to govern. The board’s strategic plan and goals link to uri targets for achievement. These are based on achievement data trends. The goals also include kura-wide professional learning and development targeted to those uri requiring extra support.

It is timely for the kura to increase its monitoring and reporting against the board’s goals and targets for raising uri achievement. This would involve more focused evaluations of kura wide strategies for teaching and learning, and more frequent monitoring and reporting of uri receiving additional support.

5 Assurance on Legal Requirement

Actions for Compliance

Before the evaluation, the whānau and Tumuaki completed the ERO Whānau 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 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.

6 Recommendations

ERO and the kura board developed the following recommendations to support the kura focus for increasing positive outcomes for uri:

  • strengthen use of internal evaluation across the kura
  • monitor and report on progress made against the strategic goals and kura initiatives for development.

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

5 May 2021

7 Information about the Kura

Location

Māngātuna, East Coast

Ministry of Education profile number

2600

Kura type

Full Primary (NKAI)

Kura roll

31 (Years 0-8)

Gender composition

Boys      17

Girls       14

Ethnic composition

Māori

100%

Special features

Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi

Review team on site

March 2021

Date of this report

5 May 2021

Most recent ERO report(s)

Education Review

Education Review

Education Review

May 2015

September 2012

May 2010

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna - 20/05/2015

1 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna, ki Mangatuna, ki te raki o Uawa i te Tai Rāwhiti o Te Ika-a-Māui. Ko Te Aho Matua te mātāpono e kōkiri ana i te kāwanatanga, te ārahitanga, me te kounga o te whakaako me te ako. Nō tēnei rohe, nō Hauiti tonu te nuinga o ngā ākonga. Ka tino whai wāhi nui ngā mema o te whānau me te hapori whānui ki te mātauranga me ngā akoranga a ngā ākonga.

2 Te Tino Uaratanga

He pēhea rawa te āta kite i te kiritau, te tūmāia, te kiritoa, me ngā kounga hoki o te ārahitanga i āta whakawhanakehia ai i roto i ngā ākonga?

Ka māia rawa te āta kite i te kiritau, te tūmāia, te kiritoa, me ngā kounga hoki o te ārahitanga i āta whakawhanakehia ai i roto i ngā ākonga.

Te Ira Tangata

Ka manaaki, ka whai whakaaro nui, ka pāheko hoki ngā ākonga. Ka whakamahere nahanaha te poari, ngā kaimahi, me te whānau ki te whakatairanga me te whakarato i te manaakitanga, te mahi ngātahi, me te whakaarotanga nui. Ka whakatakoto te poari i ngā taumata e hāngai ana ki te whakatairanga ake i ngā hononga ka whai pānga ki te ahurea o te ako pai. E ai ki te pūkete e pā ana ki ngā raukura, ka whakawhanake ngā ākonga i ngā pūmanawa o te manaaki, te pāheko, me te whakaaro nui mō ētahi atu. Ka wheako ngā ākonga i te angitu, i roto i te pai o tētahi taiao ako.

He māia ngā ākonga, ā, ka āta whai wāhi mārika atu rātou ki ngā kaupapa katoa o te kura. Ka whakatairanga, ka tautoko, ka whakanui hoki te whānau, ngā kaiako me te hapori whānui i te manaakitanga me te kaitiakitanga, hei hāpai, hei poipoi hoki i te pai o ngā taunekeneke me ngā hononga. Ka whai hua ngā hononga ki waenga i te tuakana me te teina, ā, e tohu ana tēnei i te manaaki o tētahi ākonga i tētahi atu, me te ngākau nui hoki ki te āwhina i ētahi atu. Ka tautoko ngā ākonga i a rātou anō, ki te mārama me te whakaoti i ngā tūmomo kaupapa mahi.

Ka whakanui ngā kaiako i ngā ākonga e whakaatu ana i te pūmahara, te manaaki, me te whakaarotanga nui mō ētahi atu me te taiao. Ka āta whakamārama ngā kaiako i ngā whakataunga, ā, ka whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mō ēnei tūāhuatanga ki ngā ākonga. Ka kitea te manaakitanga me te kaitiakitanga o ngā ākonga.

Te Reo

He māia te tūhura haere o ngā ākonga i te reo Māori, ā, kei te pakari haere tō rātou āheinga.

Ka whai hua ngā mahi whakamahere a te poari, ngā mema o te whānau, me ngā kaiako, hei whakatairanga i te angitu o ngā ākonga i roto i te ako me te whakamahinga o te reo Māori. Ka whakamahere nahanaha te poari hei akiaki i te rere me te mātau o ngā ākonga me ngā kaiako i roto i te reo Māori. Ka whakahāngai rātou i ngā rauemi me te tautoko hei painga mō ngā kaiako me ngā ākonga, ā, e arotahi ana tēnei ki te pānui, te tuhituhi, me te reo ā-waha. Ka whakaratohia te whakawhanaketanga ngaio mā ngā kaiako, hei hāpai i ngā ākonga ki te ahu whakamua me te whakatutuki haere i roto i te reo Māori. Ka whakatakoto te poari i ngā taumata e pā ana ki ngā paetae ākonga, hei whakatairanga ake i ngā paetae ākonga i roto i te tuhituhi me te pānui. Arotake ai rātou i ia te wā te ahu whakamua ki te whakatutuki i ā rātou taumata, ā, ka whakamahi hoki i ngā paetae ākonga hei tātari i ngā taumata whakawhanaketanga ka whāia tonuhia e rātou. Ka noho mōhio te kura katoa ki ngā paetae ākonga. He mārama ngā mema o te whānau, ngā kaiako me ngā ākonga ki te huarahi e tika ana hei whakatairanga ake i ngā paetae ākonga. E mōhio ana ngā mātua ki ā rātou ake mahi hei hāpai i ā rātou tamariki ki te kura. Ko te tino nuinga o ngā ākonga, e eke ana ki te taumata e tika ana mō rātou, ki runga ake rānei, i roto i te tuhituhi me te pānui i te reo Māori.

Ka tino tautokona ngā ākonga kāhore e eke ana ki te taumata e tika ana, kia ahu whakamua ai, kia whanake ai, ā, kia wheako hoki ai rātou i te angitu. He tino hōtaka o ia rā tā aua ākonga, ā, ka tautoko takitahi hei hāpai i te kōkiritanga o ā rātou whakatutukitanga i roto i te reo tuhituhi me te pānui. Ka whai wāhi atu ngā ākonga ki ngā taumahi e whai pūtake ana, e hāngai pū ana hoki, ā, e whakatutuki ana anō hoki i ō rātou matea ako.

Ngā Iwi

Ka kitea te manawa whakahī o ngā ākonga mō tō rātou whānau, tō rātou hapū, me tō rātou iwi. E whakawhanake ana te hōhonutanga o ngā mōhiotanga o ngā ākonga mō tō rātou hapori o Mangatuna, tō rātou tupuna a Hauiti, me ngā hapū, ngā iwi hoki o tō rātou rohe. Ko te ako i ngā tino tūpuna, te kawa, te takiwā nei, ngā iwi me ngā hapū, tētahi kaupapa rautaki matua o ngā akoranga. Kua āta whakatakotohia tēnei āhuatanga ki te tūtohinga, ā, he tino aronga o roto e pā ana ki te whakatairanga ake o te whakaako me te ako o aua āhuatanga, mā ngā uaratanga matua me ngā tuhinga rautaki e whakamahere ana i ngā kaupapa matua hei ako. Kua whakawhanakehia, kua whakatinanahia hoki e te whānau tētahi marautanga e hāpai ana i ngā ākonga ki te ako i a rātou anō, i tō rātou tūrangawaewae hoki. E mōhiotia ana, e kōrerohia ana hoki e ngā ākonga ō rātou whānau, ō rātou hapū, me ō rātou iwi.

Ka wheako ngā ākonga i ngā hōtaka akoranga whakaongaonga e hāpai ana ki te whakapūmau i ngā akoranga e pā ana ki a Ngāti Porou, ki a Hauiti, ā, ki Mangatuna hoki. Ko Te Papatipu o Horouta tētahi hōtaka whakaakoranga, akoranga hoki o te hapori, ā, e hāngai ana ki a Ngāti Porou, ā, e whakaratohia ana mā ngā ākonga i ia te wā. Ka hāngai tēnei hōtaka me ngā wheako akoranga ki ngā haerenga ki ngā marae o te takiwā, me ngā wāhi whakahirahira, ā, ka hāpai i te noho mōhio o ngā ākonga ki ō rātou whānau, ō rātou hapū, me ō rātou iwi. E mōhio ana ngā ākonga ki te taiao māoriori, tae atu ki ngā maunga, ngā awa, me ngā āhuatanga whakahirahira o te whenua me te moana. E mōhio ana hoki ngā ākonga ki ngā taonga o te taiao i whakamahia ai hei waihanga i ngā mahi toi tuku iho o te hapori nei. He hihiri, he tākare, he kipakipa hoki ngā ākonga ki te ako ki tētahi taiao e hāpai ana, e whakanui ana hoki i a rātou hei tangata, ā, hei mema hoki o te hapori o Mangatuna.

Te Ao

Ka tūhura ngā ākonga i te ao Māori, i tua atu hoki. Kua whakatakotohia e te poari, ko te ako i te ao Māori me te titiro, te tūhura hoki i ngā tini āhuatanga katoa o te ao māoriori, tūturu hoki, ētahi kaupapa matua mō te whakaako me te ako. He aronga ki te hāpai i te ako a ngā ākonga i te pūtaiao me te hangarau. Ka whakatakoto te marautanga i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo wheako ako e whakatairanga ana i te ako a ngā ākonga i te pūtaiao, ā, ka hāpai anō hoki i tā rātou ako i te taiao māoriori me te ao tūturu. Ka whai hua te noho angitu o ngā ākonga i roto i ngā akoranga e pā ana ki tō rātou ake taiao tonu, me ngā hōhonutanga o tō rātou ao Māori me te ao whānui. Ka āta whakatinanahia tēnei āhuatanga ki ngā akomanga, i ngā ākonga e whai wāhi nui ana ki te ako. He pai te whanake haere o te tū o te ākonga ki te ao, me te pakari o tō rātou tūāpapa, ō rātou mōhiotanga anō hoki o te kāinga.

Āhuatanga Ako

He māia te ako a ngā ākonga. Ka whakaratohia ki ngā ākonga ngā hōtaka akoranga me ngā wheako e āta whakawero tōtika ana i a rātou. Ko te ū tonu ki te kounga pai o ngā whakaakoranga, tētahi kaupapa rautaki matua i ngā wā katoa, mō te poari me te whānau. E tino tautokona ana ngā kaiako ki te whanake tonu hei tino kaiako, mā te whakarato i te ako ngaio me te whakawhanaketanga ngaio i ia te wā. He tino pai te whakariterite a ngā kaiako ki te whakaako me te ako. Ka aro nui ngā whakaakoranga ki ngā matea o te tamaiti. Ko ngā rautaki whakaako e pā ana ki te noho tētahi ki tētahi, ngā rōpū iti, me ngā rōpū nui e āta whakamahia ana kia whai hua ai te whakatairanga ake i te ako. He nui ngā tūmanako o ngā kaiako kia eke angitu ai ngā ākonga. He pai tā rātou mahi ngātahi, me te whakamahi i ō rātou ake pūkenga, i ngā pūkenga hoki o te katoa, hei whakarato i ngā wheako akoranga o te kounga pai. Ka akiaki ngā kaiako i ngā ākonga ki te whakamahi i te aromatawai whaiaro, hei tāutu i tā rātou noho rite ki te whakatīmata i te taumata akoranga ka whai ake. E mōhio ana ngā ākonga ki te āhua o ā rātou paetae, ā, ka āta mahi rātou ki te ahu whakamua ki te taumata ka whai ake. E hāpaitia ana ngā ākonga kia ako pakirehua, ā, ka whai hua tēnei ki te whakatau i te aronga o ngā akoranga. Ka aro nui ngā ākonga ki ngā mahi, ā, ka whai wāhi atu ki ngā akoranga. He pārekareka ki ngā ākonga te ako, ā, e whakaongaongatia ana kia ako rātou mā te whakaratonga o ngā taumahi ako e āta whakawero mārika ana i a rātou.

Ngā wāhanga i tāutuhia ai e te kura hei whakawhanake

Kua tāutuhia e te tumuaki, ko te aromatawai, te pūrongo hoki i ngā paetae e pā ana ki te reo ā-waha he wāhanga e whakawhanake tonuhia ana puta noa i te kura. Ka whai whakaaro te poari, te tumuaki me ngā kaiako ki ngā huarahi ka whai hua ki te whakapai ake i te āhua o ā rātou mahi ki te aru me te pūrongo i te ahunga whakamua me ngā paetae e pā ana ki te reo ā-iwi o ngā ākonga katoa.

3 Te Arotake Whaiaro me te Ārahitanga

Ka whai hua te arotake whaiaro me tōna whai pānga ki te whakapai ake i ngā paetae ākonga me ngā whakapai tonutanga puta noa i ngā āhuatanga matua katoa o ngā whakahaeretanga. Ka āta whakaaro huritao te poari mō ngā paetae ākonga. E mōhiotia ana, ā, ka āta whakawhiti kōrero hoki rātou mō te āhua o ngā paetae ākonga, inā koa, ki te reo matatini me te pāngarau. E mōhio ana te poari, te whānau, me ngā kaiako ki ngā ākonga hei hāpai ake, hei āwhina ake hoki kia eke angitu ai rātou, me ngā mahi e kōkirihia ana hei hāpai i ngā ākonga ki te whakatutuki i ngā mahi e tika ana, ki te whakawhānui ake rānei i ā rātou akoranga. Ka whai hua te whakamahinga a te poari, te whānau, me ngā kaiako i te arotake whaiaro hei tāutu i ngā mahi ka whai ake, hei āta whakatau hoki i tā rātou whakapau kaha hei painga mō ā rātou ākonga.

Ka whai hua te tumuaki hei kaiārahi ngaio. He pai tana whakawhiti whakaaro ki te hapori o te kura, ā, ka whai hua tā rātou whai wāhi atu, ka rātou noho mōhio hoki ki ngā whakahaeretanga o te kura. Ka whakarato te tumuaki i te tautoko o te kounga kairangi mō ngā kaiako. Ka whakatakoto, ka whakapūmau hoki ia i ngā taumata teitei i roto i te ngaiotanga. Ka whai wāhi nui te tumuaki ki te whakatairanga me te āta whakarite i te angitu mō ngā ākonga.

4 Te Whakatau a te Whānau 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 whānau 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 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.

Te Whakarāpopototanga

E tū pā tata atu ana Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna ki Uawa, ki te Tai Rāwhiti o Aotearoa. Ka kitea ki ngā ākonga te kiritau, te tūmāia, te kiritoa, me ngā kounga hoki o te ārahitanga i āta whakawhanakehia ai. He matatau te pānui, te kōrero, me te tuhi hoki o ngā ākonga i te reo Māori, ā, he pakari tā rātou tūhura haere i te reo. Tērā ka hoki anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ki te kura i roto i ngā tau e toru.

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

Tērā ka whakahaeretia e te Tari Arotake Mātauranga te arotake whai muri o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna, i roto i ngā tau e toru – arā, ko Te Rākeitanga.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Kaiurungi Whakaturuki Arotake Māori

20 Haratua, 2015

1 Context

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna is located in Mangatuna, north of Tolaga Bay on the East Coast of the North Island. Te Aho Matua is the philosophical drive for governance, leadership and the quality of teaching and learning. Most students are from the local area, Hauiti. Whānau members and the wider community are highly involved in the education and learning that occurs for students.

2 Te Tino Uaratanga

How well do students demonstrate self esteem, confidence, discipline and well developed qualities of leadership?

Students confidently demonstrate self esteem, confidence, discipline and well developed qualities of leadership.

Te Ira Tangata

Students are caring, considerate and cooperative. The board of trustees, staff and whānau plan strategically to promote and provide a culture of care, cooperation and consideration. The board sets targets that reflect enhancing relationships that contribute to a positive learning culture. The graduate profile states that students will develop characteristics of care, cooperation and consideration for others. Students experience success in a positive learning environment.

Students are confident; participate fully in school wide activities. The whānau, teachers and the wider community promote, support and celebrate manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga for managing and fostering positive interactions and relationships. Constructive tuakana, taina relationships show students care for one another and are willing to help others. Students support each other to understand tasks, to complete work.

Teachers praise students who demonstrate thoughtfulness, care and consideration for others and the environment.Teachers take care to explain decisions and to communicate these to students. Students display manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga.

Te Reo

Students explore te reo Māori with confidence and growing capability.

The board, whānau members and teachers plan effectively to promote student success in learning and using te reo Māori. The board plans strategically to encourage te reo Māori fluency and competence for students and for teachers. They target resourcing and support for teachers and students that focuses on reading, writing and oral language. Teachers are provided with professional development to help students to progress and achieve in te reo Māori. The board sets student achievement targets to raise student achievement in both writing and reading. They regularly review progress toward meeting their targets and use student achievement information to determine their next steps for development. The whole kura community is well informed about student achievement. Whānau members, teachers and students are clear about what needs to be done to raise achievement. Parents know how they can help their children at home. The vast majority of students achieve at or above their expected levels of achievement for writing and reading in te reo Māori.

Students who are below their expected level of achievement are very well supported to progress and develop and to experience success. These students are provided with an intensive daily programme of one to one support to help accelerate their achievement in both written language and reading. Students are engaged in meaningful and targeted activities that meet their learning needs.

Ngā Iwi

Students exhibit personal pride in their whānau, hapū and iwi. Students are developing in-depth knowledge of the local area, Mangatuna, their ancestor Hauiti and the hapū and iwi of their local area. Learning about significant ancestors, local kawa, the local area and iwi and hapū is a strategic priority for learning. This is well defined in the charter with specific targets about promoting teaching and learning in this area, through core values and strategic documents that plan for the priorities for learning. The whanau have developed and implemented a curriculum that helps students to learn about themselves and where they come from. Students know about and can talk about their whānau, hapū and iwi.

Students experience stimulating learning programmes that help to reinforce learning about Ngāti Porou, Hauiti and Mangatuna. Te Papatipu o Horouta is a local teaching and learning programme about Ngati Porou, the local iwi, which is provided regularly for students. This programme and learning experiences include visits to local marae and areas of cultural significance supports students to be informed about their whānau, hapū and iwi. Students know about the natural environment including maunga, awa and important characteristics of the land and sea. Students also know about natural resources that were used to create traditional local art. Students are interested, enthusiastic and motivated to learn in an environment that supports and celebrates them as individuals and as members of the Mangatuna community.

Te Ao

Students explore the Māori world and beyond. The board has set learning about the Māori world and viewing and exploring the complexity of the natural and physical world as priorities for teaching and learning. There is an emphasis on supporting students to learn about science and technology. The curriculum plans a wide range of learning experiences that promote student learning in science and for helping them to learn about the natural environment and the physical world. Students enjoy success in learning about their immediate environment, the nuances of their Māori world and the wider world. This is realised well in classrooms where students participate enthusiastically in learning. Students are developing well as citizens of the world who have a strong foundation and knowledge of home.

Āhuatanga Ako

Students are confident learners. Students are provided with learning programmes and experiences that are suitably challenging for them. Maintaining good quality teaching is an ongoing strategic priority for the board and whānau. Teachers are well supported to continue to develop as effective practitioners through the provision of regular professional learning and development. Teachers are very well organised and prepared for teaching and learning. Teaching is highly responsive to the needs of the child. One to one and small and large group teaching techniques are used to good effect to promote learning. Teachers have high expectations for student achievement. They collaborate well to use their individual and collective skills to provide students with good quality learning experiences. Teachers prompt students to use self assessment to define their readiness to move onto the next learning step. Students know where they are at in relation to expected levels of achievement and work diligently to progress to the next step. Students are supported to use the enquiry learning approach to help determine the focus of learning. Students take on leadership roles and responsibilities and demonstrate self discipline when working in class. Students are on task and engaged in learning. Students enjoy learning and are stimulated to learn through the provision of suitably challenging learning activities.

Kura-identified areas of development

The principal has identified that assessment of and reporting about achievement in oral language is a kura wide development area. The board, principal and teachers will consider how best to improve the way that they track and report progress and achievement in oral language for all students.

3 Self Review and leadership

Self review is effective in leading to improved student achievement and for contributing to continual improvement across all key aspects of operation. The board is highly reflective about student achievement. They know and can discuss confidently the reality of student achievement particularly in literacy and numeracy. The board, whānau and teachers know who requires extra support and help to achieve well and what is being done to assist students to either catch up or to be extended. The board, whānau and teachers use self review effectively to determine next steps and to best ensure that they are doing the best they can for their students.

The principal is an effective professional leader. She communicates well with the kura community and they are effectively engaged in and informed about kura operations. The principal provides high quality support for teachers. She sets and maintains high professional standards. The principal is instrumental in promoting and ensuring success for students.

4 Whānau assurance on legal requirements

Before the review, the board of trustees and principal completed the ERO Whānau 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 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 Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna is near Tolaga Bay on the East Coast of Aotearoa. Students demonstrate self esteem, confidence, discipline and well developed qualities of leadership. Students read, speak and write te reo Māori fluently and they confidently explore language. ERO is likely to return to the kura in three years time.

5 When is ERO likely to review the kura again?

The next ERO review of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangatuna will be in three years – Te Rākeitanga – Expansive Evaluation.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Deputy Chief Review Officer Māori

20 May 2015

6 Information about the Kura

Location

Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay

Ministry of Education profile number

2600

Kura type

Full Primary Year (1-8)

Kura roll

40

Gender composition

Girls 20

Boys 20

Ethnic composition

Māori 40

100%

Special features

Te Aho Matua

Review team on site

3 March 2015

Date of this report

20 May 2015

Most recent ERO report(s)

Supplementary Review

Supplementary Review

Supplementary Review

August 2010

June 2009

April 2007