9860 State Highway 35, RD 3, Opotiki
View on mapKua 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. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi.
Ko Wairūrū te awa, ko Mātaatua te waka, ko Wairūrū te marae, ko Te Whānau a Maruhaeremuri te hapū, ko Te Whānau-a-Apanui te iwi, ko Hinerangi te kōhanga reo.
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Hinerangi ki te marae o Wairūrū, i Raukokore. I mua, i tapaina te kōhanga reo ki te ingoa o te marae o Wairūrū, ā, nō ngā tau tata nei te ingoa i tīni ai ki Hinerangi. E tū pā tata ana te kōhanga reo ki te moana. Nō nā noa nei te raihana o te kōhanga reo i piki ake ai ki ngā mokopuna 25, hei whakatutuki i te tupu haere o ngā hiahia o te hapori.
He pēhea rawa te whakapuaki mai o ngā mokopuna i tō rātou māramatanga ki te whanaungatanga?
E whakarato ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Hinerangi i tētahi taiao e poipoi ana i te whanaungatanga e whakapuakihia ana ki ngā uara o tō rātou whānau, tō rātou hapū, me tō rātou iwi.
E poipoia ana te tuakiri o ngā mokopuna ki te taiao whai aroha. Tīmata ai te rā o te whānau mā ngā karakia tuku iho o te hāhi Ringatū. Ka tautoko ngā kaiako i ngā mokopuna ki ngā tūranga matua, hei kaiwhakatangi pere, hei kaikarakia, hei kaimahi, ā, hei kaiwaiata hoki. Ka waiata ngātahi rātou i ngā waiata me ngā mōteatea e whakapuaki ana i ngā hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho o te hapū o Te Whānau a Maruhaeremuri me te iwi o Te Whānau-a-Apanui. Ka ako ngā mokopuna i ngā kawa me ngā tikanga o tō rātou hapū me tō rātou iwi.
Ka poipoi ngā kaiako i te whai wāhi atu a ngā mokopuna ki te hōtaka akoranga. Ka whakaongaonga, ka whakawhānui hoki ngā taunekeneke me ngā taumahi ako i te ako a ngā mokopuna. Ka ako ngātahi ngā tuākana, ngā tēina, me ngā pēpi, ā, ka whanake haere te mokopuna i tōna ake wā. Ka ako ngā mokopuna tuākana i ngā rā o te wiki, i ngā tae, i ngā nama, ā, i te arapū reo Māori hoki. Ka whai atu ngā tēina me ngā pēpi i ngā kupu hāpai a ngā kaimahi, ka whakarongo, ka titiro hoki rātou ki ō rātou tuākana e ārahi ana i ngā taumahi. Kua whakaritea e ngā kaimahi ngā tino mahinga, kia mōhio ai ngā mokopuna ki tēnā e tūmanakohia ana, ā, ka matapae hoki ki tēnā ka whai ake. Ka whai atu rātou i ngā huarahi auaha hei hāpai i ngā mokopuna i ngā wā whakawhitiwhiti. Kei te mauritau, kei te harikoa hoki ngā mokopuna hei ākonga.
He aroha tō ngā hononga o ngā kaimahi ki ngā mokopuna. Ka akiaki rātou, ā, ka aro nui ki ngā matea whakahoahoa, matea ā-whatumanawa hoki o ngā mokopuna. Ka tiaki rātou i ia mokopuna ake, ā, ka whai wā nui ngā kaimahi ki te āta manaaki me te āta tautāwhi i ngā mokopuna, i a rātou e pāmamae ana. Kei te mākohakoha ngā kaimahi, ā, ka tuku ki ngā mokopuna te wā ki te whakatau i a rātou anō. Ka whiwhi ngā mokopuna i ngā hononga whakawhirinaki ki ngā pakeke e noho ana ki tō rātou nā taha.
Kōrero ai ngā kaimahi i te reo Māori i ngā wā katoa, ki ngā tāngata i ō rātou taha. E hāpaitia ana te whakawhanaketanga reo o ngā mokopuna nā ngā rautaki a ngā kaimahi ki te whakatauira, te tāruarua, te whāngai kupu, te patapatai, me te whakamihi. E whanake ana ngā mokopuna i ō rātou ngākau titikaha ki te kōrero i te reo Māori.
Ko te ako a ngā mokopuna, ko tō rātou whakawhanaketanga hoki te aronga matua. Ka whakawhanakehia tētahi hōtaka akoranga ā-tau e te kaiako matua. Ka whakatakoto ngātahi rātou ko ngā kaimahi i ngā mahere ā-wāhanga me ngā mahere ā-wiki, hei āta whakatau i te whai whakaarotanga ki ngā tūmomo matea katoa o ngā mokopuna. Ko ngā kaupeka o te tau me ngā atua matua te ariā whānui o ngā kaupapa ako. Ka āta arotahi pū hoki ki te mana o tō rātou taiao, arā, ki ‘Te Kōpua o Hinemahuru’, me te whakamahinga o ngā rauemi i kohikohia ai i te moana me te ngahere e pā tata atu ana ki a rātou. Ka kapohia te ako me te ahu whakamua a ngā mokopuna ki ngā pūkete ātaahua. Hui ai ngā kaimahi i ia te wā ki te whakawhiti kōrero mō te ako a ngā mokopuna, me te whai huatanga o te hōtaka akoranga. Ka whai hua ngā mokopuna i te wā he aronga whai pūtake ki ngā akoranga.
Ko te whanaungatanga kei te pūtake o ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau i te kōhanga reo. E wawata ana rātou ki te whakatairanga i te waiora o ngā mokopuna, ā, kia mātau ngā tamariki ki te kōrero i te reo Māori. He matawhānui te mahere rautaki, ā, ka tautuhi i ngā kaupapa matua o te pae tawhiti me te pae tata. E hāpaitia ana ki tētahi mahere mahi e āta whakaraupapa haere ana i te kiko o ngā mahi kia tutuki ā rātou whāinga me ō rātou wawata. Hui ai te whānau i ia te wā, ā, he tukanga mō te aroturukitanga me te pūrongo atu i ngā whakahaeretanga. Tātarihia ai ngā puka pūtea i ia tau, ā, ka pūrongo atu i ngā pūtea ki te whānau i ia te wā. E hāngai ana ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga o te hauora me te haumaru ki ngā herenga ā-ture, ā, ka whakatutukihia ngā hōneatanga ohotata i ia te wā. Kua whakaritea te whakahaeretanga o ngā kaimahi, tae atu ki tētahi tukanga arohaehae e āta whakatau ana i te aronga ki te whakatairanga me te whakawhanake ake i ngā mōhiotanga o ngā kaimahi. Ka whai hua ngā mokopuna nā te whai pūtaketanga o te ārahitanga i roto i te whānau.
Me whakaae, ā, me hāngai hoki ki te tirohanga ngātahi a te ratonga me Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga. I ngā wā katoa, ka whai ake tētahi whakaritenga hei whai ake, ā, e whakatairanga ake ai i te aronga ki te whakapai tonutanga.
Me whakapakari ake i te whakamahere, te aromatawai, me te aromātai hōtaka. Ahakoa kua whakatakotohia ngā tukanga, ka whai hua ki te rōpū kaimahi hou tā rātou whakahōhonu ake i tō rātou māramatanga ki te whai pānga o taua tukanga ki te ako a ngā mokopuna, me te āhua hoki o ngā momo huarahi mō te tuhi haere. Ka whai hua ngā mokopuna nā tētahi hōtaka akoranga e āta whakaarohia ai.
I te wā o te arotake, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha ki te whakahaere i ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei, arā, ki:
te haumaru ā-whatumanawa, tae atu ki te ārahi mauritau me te ārai tamariki
te haumaru ā-tinana, tae atu ki te mātakitaki tamariki, ngā whakaritenga whakamoe, ngā aituā, te whāngai rongoā; me ngā kaupapa here, ngā tukanga hoki mō ngā haerenga whakawaho
te tū tika o ngā kaimahi, tae atu ki te tika o ngā tohu mātauranga, ngā mahi arowhai a ngā pirihimana, me te tatauranga ki waenga i te kaiako me te tamaiti
ngā whakaritenga ohotata me ngā tikanga ohotata e pā ana ki te rū whenua, te ahi, te waipuke, te tai āniwhaniwha, me te mate urutā.
I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
mahi tonu te whānau ki te taha o te tari ā-rohe o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo ki te waihanga i tētahi mahere whakawhanaketanga ngaio e hāpai ai i a rātou ki te whakapakari ake i ā rātou whakaritenga e pā ana ki te whakamahere, te aromatawai, me te aromātai.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services
11 Hereturikōkā, 2022
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Raukokore |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
46612 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
12A003 |
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Te tūmomo whare |
He kōhanga reo |
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Te raihana |
Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008 |
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Te tokomaha mō te raihana |
25, kia tokowaru ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa |
25, tokotoru kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori 25 |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Pipiri 2022 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
11 Hereturikōkā, 2022 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a |
Arotake Mātauranga, Here-turi-kōkā 2017 |
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. ERO reports provide important information for hapū and iwi.
Ko Wairūrū te awa, ko Mātaatua te waka, Ko Wairūrū te marae, Ko Te Whānau a Maruhaeremuri te hapū, ko Te Whānau a Apanui te iwi, ko Hinerangi te kōhanga reo.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Hinerangi is on Te Marae o Wairūrū in Raukokore. The kōhanga reo was formerly named after the Wairūrū marae and in recent years the name has changed to Hinerangi. The kōhanga reo is situated close to the moana. Recently the kōhanga reo licence increased to 25 mokopuna to accommodate the growing needs of the community.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Hinerangi provide an environment that nurtures whanaungatanga expressed through the values of their whānau, hapū and iwi.
Mokopuna identity is nurtured in a loving environment. Whānau begin their day with traditional karakia of Te Haahi Ringatū. Kaiako support mokopuna in their key roles of kaiwhakatangi pere, kaikarakia, kaimihi and kaiwaiata. Together they sing waiata and mōteatea that express history and traditions of Te Whānau a Maruhaeremuri hapū and Te Whānau Apanui iwi. Mokopuna learn kawa and tikanga of their hapu and iwi.
Kaiako foster mokopuna engagement in the learning programme. Interactions and learning activities stimulate and extend mokopuna learning. Tuakana, teina and pēpi learn alongside each other allowing for mokopuna to develop at their own pace. Older mokopuna learn days of the week, colours, numbers, and te ara pū Māori. Teina and pēpi follow kaimahi cues, and listen and observe their tuakana leading activities. Kaimahi have established clear routines so mokopuna know what to expect and predict what comes next. They use creative ways to support mokopuna through transition times. Mokopuna are settled and happy learners.
Kaimahi have loving relationships with mokopuna. They are encouraging and responsive to the social and emotional needs of mokopuna. They provide one on one attention to mokopuna and take time to care and comfort them when they are upset. Kaimahi are relaxed and give mokopuna time and space to resettle themselves. Mokopuna experience trusting relationships with the adults around them.
Kaimahi consistently speak te reo Māori with those around them. Mokopuna language development is supported through kaimahi modelling, repeating, prompting, questioning and using praise. Mokopuna are developing as confident speakers of te reo Māori.
Mokopuna learning and development is a priority. An annual programme of learning is developed by the kaiako matua. Together with kaimahi, termly and weekly plans are created ensuring the different needs of mokopuna are considered. Seasons of the year and Atua Māori head kaupapa ako. There is an intentional focus on the mana of their environment ‘Te Kopua o Hinemahuru’ and utilising resources gathered from the moana and ngāhere that surround them. Mokopuna learning and progress are captured in attractive profile books. Kaimahi meet regularly to discuss mokopuna learning and the effectiveness of the learning programme. Mokopuna benefit when there is a focused approach to learning.
Whanaungatanga is central to the way whānau manage the kōhanga reo operations. They aspire to promote mokopuna wellbeing and for them to be competent speakers of te reo Māori. The comprehensive strategic plan identifies long and short-term priorities. It is supported by an action plan that details the steps to achieve their goals and aspirations. Whānau meet regularly and have processes for monitoring and reporting on operations. Financial accounts are audited annually and financial reporting to whānau is regularly undertaken. Health and safety policies and procedures align to legislation with emergency evacuations regularly carried out. Personnel management is in place including an appraisal process that ensures a focus on enhancing and developing kaimahi knowledge. Mokopuna benefit from purposeful leadership amongst whānau.
This must be agreed and reflect the shared perspective of the institution and ERO. There will always be a next step as promoted by the approach for ongoing improvement.
Planning, assessment and programme evaluation requires strengthening. Although there are processes in place, the new team of kaimahi would benefit from a deeper understanding of how this process impacts mokopuna learning and ways in which it can be recorded. Mokopuna benefit from a learning programme that is well considered.
During the evaluation, ERO looked at systems for managing the following areas:
emotional safety including positive guidance and child protection
physical safety including supervision, sleep procedures, accidents, medication, excursion policy and procedures
suitable staffing including appropriate qualifications, police vetting, ratios
emergency procedures and practices for earthquakes, fire, flood, tsunami and pandemic.
ERO and the Kōhanga reo whānau developed the following recommendation:
the whānau continue to work with the tari-ā-rohe to create a professional development plan to assist them to strengthen their planning, assessment and evaluation practices.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
11 August 2022
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Location |
Raukokore |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
46612 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
12A003 |
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Licence type |
Te Kōhanga Reo |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
25 children, including up to 8 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
25 children, including 3 aged under 2 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 25 |
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Review team on site |
June 2022 |
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Date of this report |
11 August 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, August 2017 |
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Hinerangi ki te marae o Wairuru, i te whanga o Waihau. Nō Te Whānau-ā-Apanui te whānau. Nā te āhua o ngā tatauranga tamariki i moe te kōhanga reo mō tētahi wā, ā, nō nā tata tonu nei noa i whakatuwhera anō ai. Ko tā te whānau aronga, ko te tāutu i ngā huarahi ka whakapūmau i te tū o te kōhanga reo.
Ka kitea ki ngā tamariki he pakari tō rātou tuakiri me tō rātou aronga toi whenuatanga.
E hāpaitia ana te ako a ngā tamariki i te reo Māori. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo rautaki taunekeneke, whakaongaonga anō hoki e hāpai ana i te mōhiotanga o ngā tamariki ki te reo Māori. Ko ētahi o ēnei, ko ngā karakia Ringatū, ngā mihimihi, ngā waiata, ngā pepeha, ngā pātere, me ngā tauparapara. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i ngā pātai, ngā kōrero akiaki me ngā tohu ā-ringa. Ka whakaatu ā-tinana nei ngā pēpi i tō rātou māramatanga ki te reo Māori. Ka rangona te reo ā-iwi o Te Whānau-a-Apanui. E whakawhanake ana te tūmāia o ngā tamariki i roto i te reo Māori, hei ākonga nohinohi.
Ka rongo ngā tamariki i ngā hononga e hāpai ana, e whai hua ana hoki. Ka whakanuia e ngā kaimahi ngā mahi angitu a ngā tamariki i roto i ngā akoranga. E whakatairanga ana rātou i ngā taunekeneke papai ki waenga i ngā tamariki, tae atu ki te pukuhohe me te katakata i a rātou e ako ana. Ko te whakapapa te tino tūāpapa o te whanaungatanga, te awhi, te tautoko, te aroha, me te manaaki. Ka akiaki ngā kaimahi i te whakaute me te whai whakaaro nui o ngā tamariki ki ētahi atu. Ka tū pakari ngā tamariki nā tō rātou mōhio ki tō rātou tuakiri me tō rātou aronga toi whenuatanga.
E wātea ana ki ngā tamariki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo wheako akoranga. E ahu mai ana te hōtaka akoranga i te whakapapa o te moki, i ngā rongoā Māori, ā, i te taiao māoriori hoki. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te tae atu ki ngā tūmomo kaupapa katoa o te marae me te hapori. He haerenga i ia te wā, kia āhei ai ngā tamariki ki te tūhura i te moana me ngā ngahere o te takiwā nei. E whakatairanga ana aua wheako akoranga i te tūmāia me te mōhiotanga o ngā tamariki ki tō rātou Apanuitanga. Ka akiaki ngā kaimahi i te kōkiri o ngā tamariki i tā rātou ako, i runga anō i te āhua o ō rātou ake ngākau nuitanga. He pakari te tūhura haere o ngā tamariki i te ao māoriori, tūturu hoki.
E whai pūtake ana ngā mahere, ā, kua āta whakaritea hoki. Ka whakamahere ngā kaimahi i tētahi hōtaka akoranga e hāngai ana ki te hapori, ā, e arotahi ana ki ngā āhuatanga e whai pānga nui ana ki Te Whānau-a-Apanui. Ka whakamahere ngā kaimahi i ngā hōtaka e poipoi ana i ngā matea ake me ngā āheinga ake o ia tamaiti. Ka whai wāhi nui ngā tamariki ki te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo taumahi e whakawhānui ana i ā rātou wheako ako. Ka whakamahia Te Whāriki hei ārahi i tā ngā kaimahi mahere ā-wiki, o ia rā hoki, ā, e hono ana ki ngā kaupapa me ngā mahere ako. Ka tuhia ngā kitenga o ia te wā ki ngā pūkete ako a ngā tamariki. Ka hāpai aua tuhinga i te aroturukitanga o ngā kaimahi i te ahu whakamua o te ako a ngā tamariki. Ko ngā pūrongo ahu whakamua te huarahi aromatawai matua e whāia ana. He pai te whakamōhio i te whānau mō te ahu whakamua a ā rātou tamariki i roto i ngā akoranga.
E whakahaere ana te whānau i te kōhanga reo hei painga mō ngā tamariki. Kei te tūtohinga ngā tino whakamāramatanga ki te whakahaere i ngā whakaritenga i te kōhanga reo. Kua whakaritea ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga e pā ana ki te hauora me te haumaru. Ko te waiora o ngā tamariki te aronga matua. Ka kitea te kawenga tōtika a te whānau hei kaituku mahi. E hāngai ana ngā tuhinga kaimahi ki te wā. Kua whakaritea ngā tuhinga tūranga mahi, ngā kirimana, me ngā mahi arowhai a ngā pirihimana. Ko te waiora o ngā tamariki kei te pūtake o ngā whakahaeretanga katoa.
Kua whakatakotohia e te whānau ā rātou whāinga me ā rātou kaupapa matua mō meāke nei. Kua oti Te Ara Tūāpae, te mahere rautaki, me ngā mahere ā-tau. E whai hua ana te aromātai o roto. He auau te pūrongo ki ngā hui ā-whānau ngā āhuatanga katoa e hāngai ana ki ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau. Ka arotahi aua pūrongo ki ngā whakapaitanga. Ka whakarerekē haere i runga i ngā matea me ngā whai wāhitanga ka pupū ake. E tino mōhio ana te whānau, e tika ana kia āta whakarite i te pūmautanga o te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. Ka taea te whakatau ki ngā tamariki me ō rātou whānau, te whakapūmautanga o tō rātou kōhanga reo mō meāke nei.
Kāhore ngā kaimahi e aromātai ana i te whai huatanga o te hōtaka akoranga. E mōhio ana ngā kaimahi, ko te aromātai tonutanga o te hōtaka ka hāpai i tā rātou aro nui ki ngā tamariki hei ākonga. Kāhore ngā tamariki e whiwhi ana i ngā hua ka puta i tētahi hōtaka e aroturukitia ana, e aromātaitia ana hoki i ia te wā.
Kāhore anō kia oti i te whānau te kaupapa here e pā ana ki te arohaehae i ngā kaimahi. Ko te whakaoti i tētahi kaupapa here, ngā tukanga anō hoki e tika ana, me ngā tuhinga hoki e whai pānga ana ki tēnei āhuatanga, ka ārahi i te whakaotinga a ngā kaimahi i ā rātou arohaehae. Nā ngā putanga arohaehae ka whai pānga ake te whakawhanaketanga ngaio. Ko te whakatairanga ake i ngā mōhiotanga me ngā pūkenga o ngā kaimahi mā te whakawhanaketanga ngaio, ka hāpai i te whiwhinga anō hoki o ngā tamariki i ngā wheako akoranga e tino whai pānga nui ana.
I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha o te kōhanga reo ki te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei e whai pānga nui ana ki te waiora o ngā tamariki:
Ko te tikanga, ka whakatairanga ngā kōhanga reo katoa i te hauora me te haumaru o ngā tamariki, me te arotake anō hoki i ia te wā i tā rātou whakatutukitanga i ngā herenga ā-ture.
I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo ngā taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
Ka aromātai anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Kōhanga Reo o Hinerangi i roto i te toru o ngā tau.
Lynda Pura-Watson
Kaiurungi Whakaturuki Arotake Māori
16 Hereturikōkā, 2017
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei te whanga o Waihau |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
46612 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
12A003 |
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Te tūmomo raihana |
He Kōhanga Reo |
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Kua raihanatia ki te ture |
Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008 |
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Te tokomaha mō te raihana |
20, kia tekau ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei te rārangi ingoa |
10, tokorua kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te ira tangata |
Kōtiro 4 Tama 6 |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori |
100% |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Pipiri 2017 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
16 Hereturikōkā, 2017 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga |
NA |
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Te Kōhanga Reo o Hinerangi is based on Wairuru Marae, Waihau Bay. Whānau whakapapa to Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. Due to roll numbers the kōhanga reo has been in recess and recently re-opened. The whānau focus is to identify ways of sustainability for the kōhanga reo.
Children demonstrate a strong sense of their identity and belonging.
Children are supported to learn te reo Māori. Kaimahi provide a range of interactive and stimulating strategies to support children’s knowledge of te reo Māori. These include karakia o te Ringatu, mihimihi, waiata, pepeha, patere and tauparapara. Kaimahi use questions, prompts and hand signs. Babies use non-verbal gestures to express their understanding of te reo Māori. The dialect of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui is evident. Children are developing confidence in te reo Māori as early learners.
Children experience supportive and positive relationships. Kaimahi acknowledge children’s success in learning. They promote positive interactions amongst children including humour and laughter while they learn. Whakapapa provides a strong foundation for whanaungatanga of awhi, takutoko, aroha and manaaki. Kaimahi encourage children to be respectful and considerate of others. Children are strong in their identity and belonging.
Children have access to a range of learning experiences. The learning programme is based on the whakapapa of the moki, rongoa Māori and the natural environment. Kaimahi provide children with opportunities to attend all marae and community activities. There are regular excursions where children explore the moana and ngāhere in the local area. These learning experiences enhance children’s confidence and knowledge about their Apanuitanga. Kaimahi encourage children to initiate learning based on their interests. Children confidently explore the natural and physical world.
Planning is purposeful and well organised. Kaimahi plan a localised learning programme that focuses on what is important to Te Te Whānau-a-Apanui. Kaimahi plan programmes to cater for children’s individual needs and abilities. Children enjoy a range of activities to extend their learning experiences. Te Whāriki is used to guide kaimahi weekly and daily planning which links to kaupapa and mahere ako. Regular observations are recorded in children’s learning journals. These records assist kaimahi to monitor their learning progress. Progression reports are the main method of assessment. Whānau are well informed about their children’s progress in learning.
Whānau manage the kōhanga reo in the best interests of the children. The charter provides clear directions to manage the operations of the kōhanga reo. Health and safety policies and procedures are in place. The well-being of children is paramount. Whānau show they are responsible employers. Personnel documentation is current. Job descriptions, employment contracts and police vetting are in place. Children’s wellbeing is at the heart of all operations.
Whānau have set their goals and future priorities. Te Ara Tūāpae, strategic plan and annual plans are complete. Internal evaluation is effective. There is regular reporting to whānau hui on all aspects of whānau operations. This reporting focuses on improvements. Changes are made according to needs and opportunities that arise. Whānau are highly aware of the need to ensure the management of the kōhanga reo is sustainable. Children and their whānau can be assured that the future of their kōhanga reo is secure.
Kaimahi do not evaluate the effectiveness of the learning programme. Kaimahi acknowledge that ongoing evaluation of the programme will assist them focus on children’s as learners. Children do not benefit from a programme that is not regularly monitored and evaluated.
Whānau have not completed kaimahi appraisal policy. Completion of a policy and appropriate procedures together with relevant documentation would provide guidance for kaimahi to complete their appraisals. Appraisal outcomes will lead to appropriate professional development. Children will experience relevant learning experiences when kaimahi knowledge and skills are enhanced through professional development.
During the evaluation, ERO looked at the kōhanga reo systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
All kōhanga reo are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
ERO and the Kōhanga Reo whānau developed the following recommendations:
Kaimahi are to strengthen programme evaluation practices
Whānau to develop an appraisal policy and implement kaimahi appraisals.
The next ERO evaluation of Te Kōhanga Reo o Hinerangi will be in three years.
Lynda Pura-Watson
Deputy Chief Review Officer Māori
16 August 2017
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Location |
Waihau Bay |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
46612 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
12A003 |
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Licence type |
Te Kōhanga Reo |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
20 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
10 children, including up to 2 aged under 2 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 4 Boys 6 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
100% |
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Review team on site |
June 2017 |
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Date of this report |
16 August 2017 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
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