138 Otonga Road, Springfield, Rotorua
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Homebased Childcare Ltd 1
1 ERO’s Judgements
Akarangi | Quality Evaluation evaluates the extent to which this early childhood service has the learning and organisational conditions to support equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners. Te Ara Poutama Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most are the basis for making judgements about the effectiveness of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. Judgements are made in relation to the Outcomes Indicators, Learning and Organisational Conditions. The Evaluation Judgement Rubric derived from the indicators, is used to inform ERO’s judgements about this service’s performance in promoting equity and excellence.
ERO’s judgements for Homebased Childcare Ltd 1 are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) | Whāngai Establishing |
Ngā Akatoro Domains | |
Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions | Whāngai Establishing Whakaū Embedding |
1 Context of the Service
This is a quality-funded homebased service and is one of two privately owned networks under Homebased Childcare Ltd. Children learn in educators’ homes. A third of the children enrolled are Māori, and a small number are of diverse ethnicities. The service changed ownership in February 2023. It was previously known as Eastern Bays Homebased Childcare.
2 Summary of findings
Children experience a nurturing curriculum that reflects their interests. Visiting teachers support educators to respond effectively to children’s individual learning styles. Children transitioning to school are well supported by educators.
Children’s additional learning needs benefit through partnerships being established with external agencies. Weekly playgroups offer larger group learning experiences. Children’s oral language development, social competency and emotional wellbeing are fostered.
Children’s cultural identities are beginning to be responded to by educators. Home languages are used for greetings. Visiting teachers support educators to be deliberate in implementing strategies that are culturally responsive to tamariki Māori. Children increasingly hear basic te reo Māori, local legends, and experience some tikanga Māori in the daily programme. Regular excursions promote connections to places of cultural significance to mana whenua.
Educators and visiting teachers are developing learning-focused partnerships with parents and whānau. Families have regular opportunities to be involved in playgroups and events, and to share their aspirations, children’s interests, and family values. Educators’ response to these aspirations is yet to be visibly explicit in children’s assessment documentation. There is some evidence of links made in assessment and evaluation documentation between children’s learning and the valued outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum.
The organisational conditions promote equity of access, experience, and inclusion for children. Service leaders use internal evaluation to identify areas for improvement. Changes are enabled through accessing relevant professional learning and development, and building relational trust between visiting teachers and educators. Visiting teachers’ professional learning has a focus on what matters most for children in this community.
3 Improvement actions
Homebased Childcare Ltd 1 will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
- Visiting teachers to increase the visibility and use of learning outcomes from Te Whāriki to inform assessment, planning and evaluation.
- Visiting teachers to support educators to find out about, and respond to, parent/whānau aspirations and children’s identity, languages, and cultures.
4 Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
Before the review, the staff and management of Homebased Childcare Ltd 1 completed an ERO Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
- curriculum
- premises and facilities
- health and safety practices
- governance, management and administration.
During the review, ERO looked at the service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
- emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
- physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
- suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher registration; ratios)
- relevant evacuation procedures and practices.
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
17 November 2023
5 About the Early Childhood Service
Early Childhood Service Name | Homebased Childcare Ltd 1 |
Profile Number | 30090 |
Location | Springfield, Rotorua |
Service type | Home-based service |
Number licensed for | 50 children, including up to 50 aged under 2 |
Service roll | 39 |
Review team on site | September 2023 |
Date of this report | 17 November 2023 |
Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, November 2022 |
Eastern Bays Homebased Childcare
ERO’s Akanuku | Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards. Further information about Akanuku | Assurance Reviews is included at the end of this report.
ERO’s Judgement
Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
Curriculum |
Meeting |
Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
Health and safety |
Meeting |
Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Background
Eastern Bays Homebased Childcare, previously known as Waiapu Kids, is privately owned, and has undergone a recent change of management. Three qualified visiting teachers support educators across Whakatane, Kawerau and Rotorua. A large number of Māori children and a small number of Pacific children attend this service.
Summary of Review Findings
Children are responded to as confident and competent learners within an inclusive curriculum. Māori are acknowledged as tangata whenua. Assessment, planning, and evaluation demonstrates an understanding of children’s interests, learning, whānau, and life contexts.
Adults engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance the learning of children and nurture reciprocal relationships. The service provides a language-rich environment that supports their learning. A range of experiences and opportunities are provided for children to enhance and extend their learning and development.
Systems and processes are in place to promote the health and safety of children attending. Suitable human resource management practices are implemented.
Key Next Steps
Next steps include:
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Increase the opportunities children have to hear and speak te reo Māori in meaningful learning contexts.
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Strengthen the extent to which Information documented about the children’s learning reflects their identity, language, and culture.
Next ERO Review
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
2 November 2022
Information About the Service
Early Childhood Service Name |
Eastern Bays Homebased Childcare |
Profile Number |
30090 |
Location |
Whakarewarewa, Rotorua |
Service type |
Home-based service |
Number licensed for |
60 children, including up to 60 aged under 2 |
Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
Service roll |
39 |
Review team on site |
October 2022 |
Date of this report |
2 November 2022 |
Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, May 2017; Education Review, October 2013 |
General Information about Assurance Reviews
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.
Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.
ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based service:
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having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation
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previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’
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that has moved from a provisional to a full licence
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that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership
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where an Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.
Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
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curriculum
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premises and facilities
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health and safety practices
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governance, management, and administration.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulatory standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
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emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
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physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
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suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher certification; ratios)
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relevant evacuation procedures and practices.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
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discussions with those involved in the service
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consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems
- observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.
Waiapu Kids - Homebased Bay of Plenty - 04/05/2017
1 Evaluation of Waiapu Kids - Homebased Bay of Plenty
How well placed is Waiapu Kids - Homebased Bay of Plenty to promote positive learning outcomes for children?
Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Background
Waiapu Kids - Homebased Bay of Plenty (30090) is one of three networks, which cater for children from birth to school age. Educarers and children come from Whakatane and Opotiki. The service is owned and administered by the Waiapu Anglican Social Services Trust Board. The administration director is also the licensee for the three networks, and has overall responsibility for regulatory compliance, finance and administration of the networks.
There are four qualified early childhood teachers in the service. The teacher manager facilitates professional leadership in the service and the implementation of systems to improve educational outcomes for children. Together with three experienced visiting teachers they lead, support and guide educarers to ensure they provide care, safety and appropriate educational outcomes for babies, toddlers and young children in their homes. Teachers share a belief that homebased care and education is closely aligned to the concept of whanaungatanga, and offers parents/whānau a close alternative to family life.
This network is licensed for 60 children, with a maximum of 60 children up to two years of age. There are 44 children on the roll and 17 children are of Māori descent.
The service has addressed the areas for development identified in the 2013 ERO report. This review evaluates the quality of education and care received by children, with particular focus on the environments, interactions and the learning programme. It also evaluates the service's progress with self review.
The Review Findings
Waiapu Kids - Hombased Bay of Plenty is well placed to promote positive learning outcomes for babies, toddlers and young children in a homebased environment. The service philosophy, vision, strategic goals and systems contribute to a coherent approach to internal evaluation, which is ongoing and responsive. Managers support ongoing professional learning and development for teachers and educarers. All children benefit from adults who are highly committed to their care and education needs.
Māori children's identity and sense of belonging is promoted. The service values Māori language and culture, and ensures that both teachers and educarers have the opportunity to attend te reo and tikanga Māori courses. A teacher has created a booklet for educarers so that they can integrate te ao Māori into the home environment.
Babies, toddlers and young children participate in a curriculum that promotes learning through play. They enjoy visits with educarers to the supermarket, parks and libraries, which provide opportunities to socialise with other children and their educarers. The service provides a wide range of occasions for children and educarers to participate in larger group activities such as playgroups, musical activities, gymnastics, visits to the beach and native bush areas. The homebased nature of the curriculum effectively supports children to engage in meaningful play and to follow their interests.
Children are first and foremost valued, celebrated and affirmed for who they are and what they bring to their learning. The manager works with teachers to sustain a culture, which is socially appropriate and contributes to a reflective approach for ongoing review and improvement. Teachers support educarers and work with them to nurture each other and new educarers to the service. Educarers provide useful guidance to parents and promote successful strategies and home routines for children. Leadership throughout the service is based on high levels of relational trust which contributes to children's wellbeing and development.
Babies, toddlers and children are well nurtured by warm positive relationships. Adults show genuine attitudes of acceptance, respect and a willingness to listen and respond to their needs. Parents and whānau aspirations are sought and valued. Teacher skilfully work to ensure educarers and parents are well matched and focused on to meeting the needs and interests of children.
Children have many opportunities to develop their understanding of concepts in literacy and mathematics. Teachers' model and coach educarers to use high quality practices. Educarers listen to children and extend their interests. Babies, toddlers and young children have experiences where their curiosity is recognised, their skills are encouraged and they are able to challenge themselves in a safe environment.
Children's learning is recorded in attractive and informative profiles and in online communication with parents. Profiles show children's development and progress overtime. Babies, toddlers and young children benefit from teaching and learning opportunities that build on and contribute to their knowledge, confidence and learning.
Key Next Steps
The service manager and teachers have identified that it is important to continue to evaluate children's profiles to build on current practice and explore the different ways to capture the voices of babies, toddlers and young children.
Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
Before the review, the staff and management of Waiapu Kids - Homebased Bay of Plenty completed an ERO Home-based Education and Care Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
- curriculum
- premises and facilities
- health and safety practices
- governance, management and administration.
During the review, ERO looked at the service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
- emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
- physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
- suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher registration; ratios)
- evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
Next ERO Review
When is ERO likely to review the service again?
The next ERO review of Waiapu Kids - Homebased Bay of Plenty will be in three years.
Lynda Pura-Watson
Deputy Chief Review Officer
4 May 2017
2 Information about the Home-based Education and Care Service
Location |
Whakatane |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
30090 |
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Institution type |
Homebased Network |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
60 children, including up to 60 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
44 |
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Standard or Quality Funded |
Quality |
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Gender composition |
Boys 24 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
17 |
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Number of qualified coordinators in the network |
1 |
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Required ratios of staff educators to children |
Under 2 |
1:2 |
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Over 2 |
1:4 |
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Review team on site |
March 2017 |
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Date of this report |
4 May 2017 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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Education Review |
September 2013 |
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Education Review |
November 2010 |
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Supplementary Review |
August 2009 |
The Purpose of ERO Reports
The Education Review Office (ERO) is the government department that, as part of its work, reviews early childhood services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ERO’s reports provide information for parents and communities about each service’s strengths and next steps for development. ERO’s bicultural evaluation framework Ngā Pou Here is described in SECTION 3 of this report. Early childhood services are partners in the review process and are expected to make use of the review findings to enhance children's wellbeing and learning.
3 General Information about Early Childhood Reviews
ERO’s Evaluation Framework
ERO’s overarching question for an early childhood education review is ‘How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?’ ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the bicultural framework Ngā Pou Here:
- Pou Whakahaere – how the service determines its vision, philosophy and direction to ensure positive outcomes for children
- Pou Ārahi – how leadership is enacted to enhance positive outcomes for children
- Mātauranga – whose knowledge is valued and how the curriculum is designed to achieve positive outcomes for children
- Tikanga whakaako – how approaches to teaching and learning respond to diversity and support positive outcomes for children.
Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.
ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.
A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.
For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to the draft methodology for ERO reviews in Home-based Education and Care Services: July 2014
ERO’s Overall Judgement and Next Review
The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
- Very well placed – The next ERO review in four years
- Well placed – The next ERO review in three years
- Requires further development – The next ERO review within two years
- Not well placed - The next ERO review in consultation with the Ministry of Education
ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.
Review Coverage
ERO reviews are tailored to each service’s context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.