The Rumpus Room Waterview

Education institution number:
47083
Service type:
Education & Care Service
Total roll:
64
Telephone:
Address:

5 Alford Street, Waterview, Auckland

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The Rumpus Room Waterview

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 The Rumpus Room Waterview are as follows:

Outcome Indicators

(What the service knows about outcomes for learners)

Whāngai Establishing

Ngā Akatoro Domains

 

Learning Conditions
Organisational Conditions

Whāngai Establishing

Whāngai Establishing

2 Context of the Service

The Rumpus Room Waterview is one of two services under the same ownership. The centre manager is supported by two other staff in leadership positions. They lead a team of 12 qualified teachers, one teacher in training and a cook. A small number of children enrolled are Māori or have Pacific heritages.

3 Summary of findings

Children experience a play-based curriculum that supports their developing friendships, independence, and decision making. Learning environments are well resourced and promote children’s exploration. Teachers are not yet intentionally planning how they will extend children’s learning in relation to the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum.

Teachers’ use of basic te reo Māori and integration of some aspects of tikanga Māori are evident. They are working to ensure these practices and protocols are incorporated into their daily practice. Teachers recognise they need to further develop their cultural competencies to help them design a bicultural curriculum that provides children with regular opportunities to explore te ao Māori (the Māori world).

External support is sought in response to children’s individual needs. In addition to this, teachers are beginning to consider their role in working with learners with diverse needs. Monitoring and documenting the provision of equitable opportunities and outcomes for these children is a next step for teachers.

Systems and tools to guide self-review and internal evaluation have been established. Leaders are working to increase the capabilities of their teaching team to do and use evaluation for improvement. Scrutinising their practices based on carefully considered inquiry questions could guide leaders and teachers to make informed changes that improve outcomes for children.

Leaders ensure that teachers have regular access to professional learning opportunities. These are designed to help develop the knowledge, skills, and capabilities of the teaching team. The service recognises the need to evaluate the impact of these experiences to ensure they are having the intended outcomes on both teaching practices and children’s learning.  

4 Improvement actions

The Rumpus Room Waterview will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:

  • Develop teachers' cultural competencies to help them provide a more responsive curriculum for all children.

  • Build teachers’ capability and understanding of evaluation with a focus on documenting the impact of the curriculum and teaching practices on outcomes for learners.

5 Management Assurance on Legal Requirements

Before the review, the staff and management of The Rumpus Room Waterview 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.

6 Actions for Compliance

During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following
non-compliances:

  • Maintaining evidence of parental approval of the adult:child ratios for regular excursions (HS17).

  • Having the written authority of parents within individual health plans to administer category 3 medication (HS28).

Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)

3 November 2023 

7 About the Early Childhood Service

Early Childhood Service Name

The Rumpus Room Waterview

Profile Number

47083

Location

Waterview, Auckland

Service type

Education and care service

Number licensed for

70 children, including up to 25 aged under 2

Percentage of qualified teachers

100%

Service roll

74

Review team on site

September 2023

Date of this report

3 November 2023

Most recent ERO report(s)

Akanuku | Assurance Review, June 2019

The Rumpus Room Waterview - 20/06/2019

ERO’s judgement

Regulatory standards

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

The Rumpus Room Waterview is one of two privately owned centres. There are small numbers of children on the roll from diverse cultural backgrounds. The centre manager leads a team of 10 qualified teachers and a number of untrained staff. This is the centre’s first ERO review.

Summary of review findings

The centre’s curriculum is based on Te Whāriki, the prescribed early childhood curriculum framework. It is informed by assessment, planning and evaluation that shows understanding of children’s learning, interests and life contexts. Adults engage in meaningful, positive interactions with children and show an understanding of relevant early childhood education theories and practices.

The philosophy and annual plan guide the service’s operation. There are regular opportunities for parents to communicate with staff and contribute to centre development and review. An ongoing process of internal evaluation helps the service maintain and improve the quality of education and care.

Next ERO Review

The next ERO review is likely to be an Education Review.

Steve Tanner

Director Review and Improvement Services Northern

Northern Region

20 June 2019

Information about the service

Early Childhood Service Name

The Rumpus Room Waterview

Profile Number

47083

Location

Waterview, Auckland

Service type

Education and care service

Number licensed for

70 children, including up to 25 aged under 2

Percentage of qualified teachers

80% +

Reported ratios of staff to children

Under 2

1:4 - Better than regulatory standards

Over 2

1:8 - Better than regulatory standards

Service roll

75

Gender composition

Boys 39

Girls 36

Ethnic composition

Māori 4

NZ European/Pākehā 54

Chinese 7

other ethnic groups 10

Review team on site

May 2019

Date of this report

20 June 2019

Most recent ERO report(s)

 

First ERO review of the service

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:

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 Assurance Review process in any service:

  • 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 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:

  • curriculum

  • premises and facilities

  • health and safety practices

  • governance, management and administration.

As part of an 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:

  • 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 certification; ratios)

  • evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.

As part of an 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.