591 Kuranui Road, Morrinsville
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 Old MacDonalds Childcare Morrinsville are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) | Whāngai Establishing |
Ngā Akatoro Domains | |
Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions | Whāngai Establishing Whāngai Establishing |
Old MacDonalds Childcare Morrinsville is governed and operated by two qualified centre managers and an assistant manager. Children from infants to school age are catered for in three age-based inside areas, and a large natural outdoor area. A small number of Māori and Pacific children are enrolled.
Children benefit from a curriculum that provides them with opportunities to extend their understanding of the world around them. Learning environments are well-resourced supporting complexity of learning for older children. Younger children experience an environment that is calm, uninterrupted and promotes learning at their own pace. Respectful and responsive practices by kaiako promote independence and social competence.
Teacher practices reflect some aspects of te ao Māori. Kaiako adaptively respond to the prior knowledge, interests, and different ways of learning for each child. Tuakana-teina relationships are naturally integrated into daily experiences supporting oral language development and social competency. The localised curriculum incorporates the values and priorities of kaiako, whānau, mana whenua and tangata whenua. Transitions to the nearby school are well supported. Agency connections enhance inclusive experiences for children with additional learning needs.
Families’ involvement in children’s learning is encouraged and sharing of learning aspirations are valued and responded to. Recent individual plans reflect the valued learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Assessments show children’s way of learning, their capabilities and who they are. Regular evaluation of individual learning enables teachers to tailor the curriculum to the individual learning and needs of children. Their learning over time is responded to.
Organisational systems and processes support ongoing improvement. Teachers work collaboratively to develop their professional knowledge and expertise in how they are shaping an increasingly responsive curriculum for all. Leaders have identified the need to grow teachers’ cultural capability and are responding through the current evaluation focus. A useful internal evaluation process is in place that is improvement focused. Leaders will now focus on refining this process to focus more on impact over time for groups of children as a result of their growth in teaching practices. A range of measures are in place that remove barriers for families to participate that support enrolments and inclusion.
Old MacDonalds Childcare Morrinsville will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Before the review, the staff and management of Old MacDonalds Childcare Morrinsville 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)
17 September 2024
| Early Childhood Service Name | Old MacDonalds Childcare Morrinsville |
| Profile Number | 47924 |
| Location | Morrinsville |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 120 children, including up to 20 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 100% |
| Service roll | 132 |
| Review team on site | July 2024 |
| Date of this report | 17 September 2024 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, August 2022 |
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 |
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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.
Old MacDonalds Childcare Morrinsville is one of two privately owned early learning services under the same governance. Three age group spaces are connected to large natural outdoor areas, reflective of the local rural area. This is the services’ first ERO report since gaining their full licence in 2020.
The service curriculum is informed by assessment, planning, and evaluation that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau, and life contexts. The curriculum 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. Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships.
An ongoing process of self-review and internal evaluation helps the service improve the quality of its education and care.
Next steps include:
explore further ways to increase the involvement of whānau Māori in the design, implementation and evaluation of the service’s deepening local curriculum
further develop the opportunities parents and whānau to actively contribute to their child’s learning goals drawing on the outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum.
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
22 August 2022
Information About the Service
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Old MacDonalds Childcare Morrinsville |
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Profile Number |
47924 |
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Location |
Morrinsville |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
120 children, including up to 20 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
100% |
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Service roll |
135 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 17, NZ European/Pākehā 82, European 15, Indian 5, Australian 4, Other ethnic groups 12. |
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Review team on site |
June 2022 |
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Date of this report |
22 August 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
First ERO review of the service |
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 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:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through: