16 Rongopai Place, Kaitaia
View on mapERO’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.
Dreamcatchers Homebased Education and Care is a privately owned service licensed for up to 50 children. The owner/service provider is a registered teacher and is also the visiting teacher. She provides support and guidance for the educators in the network. Most of the children enrolled are Māori.
The service curriculum is inclusive, and responsive to children as confident and competent learners. Reciprocal relationships are nurtured, and children’s learning is supported by positive interactions with teachers in a language-rich environment.
Teachers plan and implement a curriculum that is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Children are given the opportunity to develop knowledge and an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. They are provided with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development.
Next steps include:
Further developing internal evaluation processes by documenting the extent to which improvements made impact on learning outcomes for children
The visiting teacher supporting educators to more purposefully recognise and respond to children’s learning and their prior knowledge.
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliance:
Maintaining a record of the emergency drills carried out and evidence of how evaluation of the drills has informed the annual review of the service’s emergency plan (HS7).
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Filivaifale Jason Swann
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
10 March 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Dreamcatchers Homebased Education and Care |
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Profile Number |
47405 |
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Location |
Kaitaia |
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Service type |
Home-based service |
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Number licensed for |
50 children, including up to 25 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
37 |
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Review team on site |
December 2022 |
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Date of this report |
10 March 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, April 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.
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Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
Dreamcatchers Homebased Education and Care requires further development to promote positive learning outcomes for children.
The service needs to improve practices relating to curriculum and aspects of health and safety.
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Dreamcatchers Homebased Education and Care is a small homebased service that is licensed for up to 50 tamariki in Kaitaia. Most tamariki identify as Māori and live in Whangarei, Takahue, Peria or Kaitaia. This is the first ERO review of the service which opened in 2018.
The owner/service provider is a registered teacher and the visiting teacher|kaiārahi. She provides support and guidance for the thirteen educators|kaiako in the network. Kaiako each provide education and care for up to four tamariki at any one time in their homes.
The learning programme is underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and prioritises te reo and tikanga Māori. The service philosophy promotes a local curriculum emphasising learning in, and about the environment, te ao Māori and whole-child development through enjoyable and interesting experiences.
The service's philosophy is evident in the curriculum provided in homes. Respectful and responsive relationships underpin positive interactions between kaiako and tamariki. Kaiako provide socially meaningful and culturally relevant experiences in the home and the community. They recognise and value the importance of tamariki learning through play, and meaningful everyday experiences around the home and in the local community.
The owner acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and regularly consults with whānau, involving them in decision making. She actively supports kaiako to learn local kawa and history working alongside hapū and iwi. This important knowledge is incorporated into the curriculum in meaningful and respectful ways.
The owner has a strong focus on ensuring tamariki are well equipped to transition to school. She could now strengthen how children's progress is documented in learning records.
Policies and procedures provide clear guidance for kaiako to plan educational programmes for tamariki as well as to monitor health and safety. The kaiārahi recognises that more consistent practice to implement policies and procedures is required. She acknowledges that building self-review capability to evaluate the effectiveness of practices and systems is a priority area for improvement.
Accessing external professional development for the owner in her dual roles as service provider and kaiārahi, could support her to lead change for improvement. This support should include the development of staff appraisal processes.
The service provider agrees that key next steps include:
Before the review, the staff and management of Dreamcatchers Homebased Education and Care completed an ERO Home-based Education and Care 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.
ERO identified areas of non-compliance. To meet requirements the service needs to improve its performance in the following areas:
Licensing Criteria for Home-based Education and Care Services 2008, GMA6A.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
ERO recommends the Ministry follows up with the service provider to ensure that the non-compliance identified in this report are addressed promptly.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region - Te Tai Raki
29 April 2021
The Education Review Office (ERO) is the government department that, as part of its work, reviews early childhood services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ERO’s reports provide information for parents and communities about each service’s strengths and next steps for development. ERO’s bicultural evaluation framework Ngā Pou Here is described in SECTION 3 of this report. Early childhood services are partners in the review process and are expected to make use of the review findings to enhance children's wellbeing and learning.
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Location |
Kaitaia, Northland |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
47405 |
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Institution type |
Homebased Network |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
50 children, including up to 25 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
49 |
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Standard or Quality Funded |
Standard |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
44 |
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Number of qualified coordinators in the network |
1 |
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Required ratios of educators to children |
Under 2 |
1:2 |
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Over 2 |
1:4 |
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Review team on site |
November 2020 |
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Date of this report |
29 April 2021 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
No previous ERO reports |
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ERO’s overarching question for an early childhood education review is ‘How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?’ ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the bicultural framework Ngā Pou Here:
Pou Whakahaere – how the service determines its vision, philosophy and direction to ensure positive outcomes for children
Pou Ārahi – how leadership is enacted to enhance positive outcomes for children
Mātauranga – whose knowledge is valued and how the curriculum is designed to achieve positive outcomes for children
Tikanga whakaako – how approaches to teaching and learning respond to diversity and support positive outcomes for children.
Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.
ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.
A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.
For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to the draft methodology for ERO reviews in Home-based Education and Care Services: July 2008
The overall judgement that ERO makes will depend on how well the service promotes positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.
ERO reviews are tailored to each service’s context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.