4 Elliott Street, Waihi
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 Beach Kids Waihi are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) | Whāngai Establishing |
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Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions | Whāngai Establishing Whāngai Establishing |
Beach Kids Waihi is a family owned and operated service. In this multicultural community, a fifth of children are Māori and a small number are Pacific. Value is placed on supporting positive learner identities, kaitiakitanga (a sustainable environment), turangawaewae (a sense of belonging), and manaakitanga (caring).
Children experience a curriculum that promotes their independence, choices and access to a range of play-based learning opportunities. Infants experience unhurried interactions with adults that enhance their emotional and physical wellbeing. Teachers promote older children’s oral language, social and emotional development. Children with additional needs are included alongside their peers, supported by intentional partnerships with families.
Teachers are beginning to respond to children’s languages and cultures. Te ao Māori practices of pēpeha, pūrākau, waiata, tikanga and basic te reo Māori are integrated into the curriculum. There is some resourcing for Pacific children and children from diverse cultures within the learning environment.
Positive relationships between parents and teachers enable sharing of information about children’s learning. Some opportunities are provided for families to contribute to the curriculum. Leaders have identified a need to increase families’ engagement to enable a more responsive and localised curriculum.
Assessment records are beginning to make children’s learning evident. There are some documented examples of children’s increasing capabilities in relation to the learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Teachers are yet to evaluate how individual children’s progress is influenced by intentional teaching practices.
Leaders are beginning to establish conditions that help to build teachers’ professional capability. Staff turnover has impacted progress. Some aspects of the service’s vision, plans and priorities for improvement are enacted. Professional growth cycles for teachers are at an early stage of use. Aspects of evaluation are used to progress long-term goals. These systems are yet to show how changes in teaching practices or improvements made, have impacted on children’s learning.
Community connections support children’s transition to school, and broader educational outcomes around environmental sustainability. Decision-making around premises and operational resourcing prioritises children’s learning and wellbeing.
Beach Kids Waihi will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Before the review, the staff and management of Beach Kids Waihi 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)
23 July 2024
| Early Childhood Service Name | Beach Kids Waihi |
| Profile Number | 47270 |
| Location | Waihi |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 50 children, including up to 13 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 52 |
| Review team on site | June 2024 |
| Date of this report | 23 July 2024 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, November 2022; Akanuku | Assurance Review, April 2019 |
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 |
| 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.
Beach Kids Waihi is led by a management team who support a range of qualified, in-training, and unqualified teachers. Under a quarter of children are Māori, with small groups of Pacific and Indian learners. The service has addressed previous non-compliances and returned to a full licence in April 2022.
The curriculum is inclusive and responsive to children as competent learners. Their preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences. Children’s developing social competence is supported and teachers engage in meaningful, positive interactions with them to nurture reciprocal relationships.
A language-rich environment supports children’s learning, and there are opportunities for them to extend their learning both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups. The quantity and variety of equipment is appropriate for the learning and abilities of the children attending.
The service takes all reasonable steps to ensure the health and safety of children attending.
Next steps include:
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
29 November 2022
| Early Childhood Service Name | Beach Kids Waihi |
| Profile Number | 47270 |
| Location | Waihi |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 50 children, including up to 13 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 59 |
| Review team on site | October 2022 |
| Date of this report | 29 November 2022 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, April 2019 |
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 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:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
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Regulatory standards |
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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.
Beach Kids Waihi was established in 2017. It is a privately owned and operated service with seven qualified and registered teachers. The centre is licensed for 50 children including up to 13 children under the age of two years in three age group rooms. This is its first ERO review.
The service curriculum is inclusive and consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Children’s interests and preferences are respected and they are involved in decisions about their learning. Parents are given the opportunity to share their aspirations for their child’s learning. Teachers provide a language rich environment. They demonstrate understanding of children’s learning and development.
The philosophy, strategic and annual plans guide the service operations. There is a process for reviewing and evaluating the quality of education and care. The centre has suitable human resource management practices. Policies and procedures are in place to implement and maintain safe and hygienic practices.
The next ERO review is likely to be an Education Review.
Phillip Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services
Central Region
30 April 2019
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Service type |
Education and Care Service |
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Number licensed for |
50 children, including up to 13 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80% + |
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Reported ratios of staff to children |
Under 2 |
1:4 - Better than regulatory standards |
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Over 2 |
1:8 - Better than regulatory standards |
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Service roll |
65 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 33 Boys 32 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 11 |
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Review team on site |
March 2019 |
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Date of this report |
30 April 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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First ERO review of the service |
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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 Home-based Education and Care Services 2008
the Licensing Criteria for Hospital-based 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 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 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.