38 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui, Tauranga
View on mapAkarangi | 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 Daisy Cottage Montessori are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) | Whāngai Establishing |
Ngā Akatoro Domains | |
Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions | Whāngai Establishing Whāngai Establishing |
Daisy Cottage Montessori is privately owned. The owner is a qualified teacher and trained in Montessori education. Servicing a multicultural community, a small number of children identify as Māori. Some progress has been made since the last ERO visit in increased opportunities for parents to share their cultures and languages.
Children experience a responsive child-led curriculum that positively supports their agency, decision making and independence. Teacher practises within the well-resourced Montessori environment enhances children’s emergent literacy, numeracy, social competence and self-care skills. Inclusive practises encourage peer relationships with younger children learning alongside older. Respectful interactions support children’s additional learning needs.
Learning focused partnerships with parents and whānau are being developed. Parents aspirations are gathered and responded to. They have increased opportunities to share their cultures and languages. Teachers are taking steps to integrate te reo Māori and tikanga into the daily curriculum.
Conditions are being established to support leaders and teachers to build their professional knowledge to design and evaluate the curriculum. Planning and assessing children’s learning and progress in relation to valued Montessori priorities is consistently demonstrated. Different planning systems generate some evidence about children’s increasing capabilities in relation to the 20 learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum.
Access to professional learning and relational trust within the teaching team, support openness to change. Leaders and teachers are yet to evaluate the impact of professional learning and changes to teaching practice. Most evaluation is focused on what kaiako and children are doing rather than how effectively or how well practices are supporting children’s learning.
Children’s learning and wellbeing are the primary considerations in decision making. Group size, premises and ratios support kaiako with the time to build relationships with parents and children, this encourages everyone’s sense of belonging.
Daisy Cottage Montessori will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Continue to build leaders and teachers capabilities to:
Before the review, the staff and management of Daisy Cottage Montessori 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:
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:
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)
9 July 2024
| Early Childhood Service Name | Daisy Cottage Montessori |
| Profile Number | 40305 |
| Location | Mount Maunganui, Tauranga |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 33 children aged over 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 41 |
| Review team on site | April 2024 |
| Date of this report | 9 July 2024 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, November 2022; Akarangi | Quality Evaluation, July 2021 |
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.
Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
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Curriculum |
Meeting |
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Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
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Health and safety |
Meeting |
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Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Daisy Cottage Montessori is guided by a philosophy that aspires to nurture children’s love of learning and belonging. Children from two years of age to preschool play and learn in a cottage-like environment. A small number are Māori learners. The new service provider is a trained early childhood teacher.
Children are responded to as confident and competent learners in a language-rich environment. Their preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences. The service curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua.
The practices of adults providing education and care demonstrate knowledge of relevant theories and practice in early childhood education. They engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and developing social competence. Information and guidance is sought, when necessary, from agencies to enable adults providing education and care to work effectively with children.
Next steps include providing further opportunities for parents and whānau to share, and for the service to respond to:
their perspectives about their children’s learning
aspects of their cultures and languages with others in the service.
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
22 November 2022
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Daisy Cottage Montessori |
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Profile Number |
40305 |
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Location |
Mt Maunganui, Tauranga |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
33 children aged over 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
44 |
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Review team on site |
October 2022 |
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Date of this report |
22 November 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akarangi | Quality Evaluation, July 2021; |
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.
Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.
having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation
previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’
that has moved from a provisional to a full licence
that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership
where an Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
curriculum
premises and facilities
health and safety practices
governance, management and administration.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulatory standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher certification; ratios)
relevant evacuation procedures and practices.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
discussions with those involved in the service
consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems
observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.
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 (PDF 3.01MB) are the basis for making judgements about the effectiveness of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. The Akarangi Quality Evaluation Judgement Rubric (PDF 91.30KB) derived from the indicators, is used to inform the ERO’s judgements about this service’s performance in promoting equity and excellence.
ERO’s judgements for Daisy Cottage Montessori are as follows:
Outcome Indicators | ERO’s judgement |
| What the service knows about outcomes for learners | Whakaū Embedding |
Ngā Akatoro Domains | ERO’s judgement |
He Whāriki Motuhake The learner and their learning | Whāngai Establishing |
Whakangungu Ngaio Collaborative professional learning builds knowledge and capability | Whakawhanake Sustaining |
Ngā Aronga Whai Hua Evaluation for improvement | Whakaū Embedding |
Kaihautū Leaders foster collaboration and improvement | Whakaū Embedding |
Te Whakaruruhau Stewardship through effective governance and management | Whakaū Embedding |
Daisy Cottage Montessori is a privately-owned education and care service. A centre manager leads an experienced teaching team that has shared responsibility for day-to-day operations. The centre philosophy is underpinned by caring relationships with children and parents. Previous ERO recommendations have been responded to well.
Children experience a programme that enhances their identity as a successful learner. An integrated Montessori curriculum and the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum, Te Whāriki, empower children to lead their learning and nurture their independence. Teachers gather an increasing range of information about children’s progress over time within the Montessori curriculum. Teachers know their children well and they are responded to as capable and competent learners.
Children are empowered to take increasing responsibility for their own wellbeing and others within an inclusive learning environment. Children know the routines and expectations, and those with additional needs are sensitively responded to. Early numeracy and literacy are incorporated in a calm and well-presented, play-based setting. Aspects of bicultural practice are acknowledged and reflected in the programme. The service continues to explore ways for parents and whānau to participate in and contribute to the programme and be responsive to the language culture and identity of all children. Several initiatives to remove barriers to education support children's participation in the curriculum. Children show a strong sense of belonging.
Leaders and teachers work well together to build their professional knowledge and shared understandings of practice. Strong relational trust and reciprocal communication promote a high level of team cohesion. A commitment to continuous learning and development enables ongoing reflection to improve practice and positive outcomes for the service.
Ongoing internal evaluation leads to improvement. The service has established and is working to embed, the conditions that improve the quality of education and care. Leaders and teachers are at the early stages of engaging multiple voices to support change and improvement. Shifts in practice lead to improved learning outcomes for children.
The service has established systems and processes to maintain the management and governance of the centre. Alignment between strategic direction and annual planning guide operations. The enacted philosophy, vision and goals of the service promote positive learning outcomes for children.
Daisy Cottage Montessori will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning to:
Before the review, the staff and management of Daisy Cottage Montessori 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:
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:
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
During the onsite visit the service provided ERO with evidence that showed it had addressed the following non-compliances:
Shelley Booysen
Acting Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
19 July 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Daisy Cottage Montessori |
| Profile Number | 40305 |
| Location | Mount Maunganui, Tauranga |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 33 children aged over 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80%+ |
| Service roll | 51 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 6, NZ European/Pākehā 35, Other ethnic groups 10. |
| Review team on site | April 2021 |
| Date of this report | 19 July 2021 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Education Review, March 2017 Education Review, as Little Sweethearts Montessori, July 2013. |