Piccolo Park Mt Richmond

Education institution number:
47694
Service type:
Education & Care Service
Total roll:
57
Telephone:
Address:

576 Mount Wellington Highway, Mt Wellington, Auckland

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Piccolo Park Mt Richmond

Akarangi | Quality Evaluations evaluate the extent to which early childhood services have 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 and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Improvement Framework (teacher led services) are the basis for making judgements about the quality of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. Evaluations for improvement | Ngā Aronga Whai Hua is integrated across all of the above domains.



 

Piccolo Park Mt Richmond

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.

ERO’s Judgement

Regulatory standards

ERO’s judgement

CurriculumMeeting
Premises and facilitiesMeeting
Health and safetyMeeting
Governance, management and administrationMeeting

At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.

Background

Piccolo Park Mt Richmond was established in August 2019 and is one of four services under the same ownership. The service roll and staffing reflect the ethnic diversity of the local community. Tamariki learn in two play-based learning spaces, catering for infants and toddlers, and for older children.

Summary of Review Findings

The centre is suitably resourced with a variety of indoor and outdoor furniture, equipment and materials appropriate for the learning and abilities of the children attending.

The curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Teachers support children to be confident in their culture and to understand and respect one another’s culture. Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences.

Centre leaders have established an ongoing process of self-review, which helps the service maintain and improve the quality of its education and care.

Key Next Steps

Next steps include:

  • continuing to use teacher inquiry to support curriculum development
  • further strengthening bicultural practice in meaningful learning contexts.

Next ERO Review

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

8 March 2022 

Information About the Service

Early Childhood Service NamePiccolo Park Mt Richmond
Profile Number47694
LocationAuckland
Service typeEducation and care service
Number licensed for56 children, including up to 15 aged under 2.
Percentage of qualified teachers80-99%
Service roll54
Ethnic compositionMāori 3, NZ European/Pākehā 4, Indian 14, Samoan 7, Chinese 5, Middle Eastern 4, Other Pacific 9, Other Asian 7, Other ethnic groups 1
Review team on siteFebruary 2022
Date of this report8 March 2022
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 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 license to operate.

ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based 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 license
  • that have been re-licensed due to a change of ownership
  • where an Akanuku | 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 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:

  • 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 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.