11 Myrtle Street, Western Springs, Auckland
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 Sunbeams Private Kindergarten 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 |
Sunbeams Private Kindergarten is a privately-owned, well-established service. The owner is a certificated teacher who leads a team of four qualified and three unqualified teachers. Children play and learn together in a mixed age setting. At the time of the review the majority of children attending are of New Zealand European heritage.
Leaders and teachers work collaboratively to set an environment that invites exploration, discovery and wondering. This encourages children to become active participants in the curriculum. Teachers have a deliberate focus on children’s developing social competence and language skills. As a result, children are settled and enthusiastic learners.
Relationships with families are developed and maintained through regular, ongoing communications. A range of opportunities are provided for families to share information about the learning and progress of their children. This information sharing could now be used to establish learning focused partnerships with families and to increase the visibility of children’s language, culture, and identity.
Good opportunities are provided for children and their families to learn about Māori culture. Te reo Māori is highly visible in the centre environment. Waiata and karakia form part of daily rituals. Leaders and teachers have identified that this is an area they will continue to strengthen.
Equitable outcomes for children are promoted through intentional responses to their different learning needs. Leaders have acknowledged programme plans could be more strongly aligned with the learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, to promote trajectories of learning.
A process for internal evaluation is established and the team works collaboratively to focus on improving outcomes for learners. Good access to quality professional learning opportunities is provided to build teacher capability. The recruitment of well qualified teachers supports a positive working environment that facilitates low staff turnover and is conducive to establishing quality learning programmes for children.
Sunbeams Private Kindergarten will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Before the review, the staff and management of Sunbeams Private Kindergarten 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.
During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
29 January 2024
| Early Childhood Service Name | Sunbeams Private Kindergarten |
| Profile Number | 46525 |
| Location | Western Springs, Auckland |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 30 children over 2 years old |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 34 |
| Review team on site | November 2023 |
| Date of this report | 29 January 2024 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, July 2021; Education Review, May 2017 |
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 |
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
The managing director of Sunbeams Private Kindergarten is a qualified teacher. She leads a team of four qualified teachers and three unqualified staff. The service philosophy links with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and values each child’s uniqueness and partnerships with parents.
The service curriculum is informed by assessment, planning, and evaluation that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning. The practices of adults providing education and care demonstrate a knowledge of relevant theories and practice in early childhood education.
Children are given the opportunity to develop knowledge and an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The service curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. It provides a language-rich environment that supports children’s learning.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
consideration of hazards must include but is not limited to medicines, poisons, and other hazardous materials; electrical sockets and appliances (particularly heaters), and hazards present in kitchen or laundry facilities (HS12)
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
7 July 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Sunbeams Private Kindergarten |
| Profile Number | 46525 |
| Location | Western Springs, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
30 children over 2 years old. |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
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Service roll |
40 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 1 |
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Review team on site |
May 2021 |
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Date of this report |
7 July 2021 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, May 2017 |
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.
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:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulated 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:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through: