19 Kennedy Drive, Putaruru
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 Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd 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 |
Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd is a privately owned service located near Putaruru Primary School. The service philosophy aims for children to be proud of their capabilities and cultures. Serving a diverse community, of the children currently enrolled, one third are Māori.
Children’s confidence and independence are evident, and their emerging interests are responded to well by teachers. Resources provided support children’s sustained engagement in play. The mixed-age centre provides opportunities for tuakana-teina relationships between older and younger children. Teachers have attended professional development to guide how they support children’s positive behaviours and developing social competence. Children with diverse learning needs are well included within everyday curriculum experiences.
Māori tamariki have some opportunities to see and hear their culture in the curriculum. More confident teachers model the use of te reo Māori in practice and in some curriculum documentation. Whānau have engaged in Matariki and other language week celebrations. A recent cultural event attended within the community was a good start for the centre to build relationships, to support the planned development of a localised curriculum.
Documented assessment, planning and evaluation of children’s learning does not yet reflect the positive aspects of the curriculum that are experienced by children. While dispositions for learning and children’s engagement in activities are evident, there is little connection between group planning and children’s individual learning plans.
Teachers are at the early stages of documenting their response to the cultural knowledge that whānau have shared, or their aspirations for their children’s learning. Teachers provide regular opportunities for informal and twice-yearly conversations with parents about their child’s learning. Evidence of an intentional response from teachers, or progress as a result of these discussions, is not yet evident.
New systems and processes have been established and now need time to be embedded. Internal evaluation and professional growth cycles for teachers have been improved. For both of these processes, a complete cycle of inquiry and evaluation has not yet been completed. There is variable understanding within the teaching team of how to use the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, across centre-wide processes, including the assessment, planning and evaluation of children’s learning.
Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Before the review, the staff and management of Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd 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.
During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
20 December 2023
| Early Childhood Service Name | Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd |
| Profile Number | 47978 |
| Location | Putaruru |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 30 children aged over 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 28 |
| Review team on site | November 2023 |
| Date of this report | 20 December 2023 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, November 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.
This is the first ERO review for Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd which opened in February 2021. It is a privately owned stand-alone service. The co-owner/directors share responsibility for the governance, management and administration of the service and pedagogical leadership. Nearly a quarter of children enrolled are Māori.
The curriculum is inclusive and responsive to children as confident and competent learners. Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning. They are encouraged to be confident in their own cultures and to understand and respect other cultures.
Teachers support children’s developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour. Children experience meaningful and positive interactions with teachers that nurture reciprocal relationships.
Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents. A policy framework and annual plan guide the service’s operation. Ongoing self review helps to maintain the quality of education and care.
Next steps include strengthening assessment, planning and evaluation to show:
children’s progress and learning over time
how teachers respond to parents’ aspirations
each child’s language, culture and identity.
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
9 November 2022
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Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd |
| Profile Number | 47978 |
| Location | Putaruru |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
30 children aged over 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
33 |
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Review team on site |
October 2022 |
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Date of this report |
9 November 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.
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.