Ngā Taiātea Wharekura

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. E hāngai ana tēnei pūrongo ki ā rātou pūnaha, ki ā rātou whakaritenga, me ā rātou mahi whakahaere. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā whānau, mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi. 

2 Te Horopaki 

“E puta ki Taiātea”

E tū ana a Ngā Taiātea Wharekura ki Rotokauri, ki Kirikiriroa. E whakarato ana te kura i te mātauranga kaupapa Māori ki ngā uri o ngā tau 9 ki te 13.  E ngākau pono ana te kura ki te mana whenua, ko Ngāti Māhanga me te whakapūmau i ngā uara me ngā mātāpono o Te Kīngitanga. Ko ‘E puta ki Taiātea’ te kōrero e whakapuaki ana i te tirohanga kia rite pai ngā uri katoa ki te mahi, ki te hāpai, ki te ārahi hoki. 

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te eke panuku o te uri hei kaiārahi whakapau werawera mō te tangata, e whakaū ana i tōna mauri ki onamata, me tōna aronga ki anamata?

E poipoi ana te marau me te taiao o te kura i te whakawhanaketanga o te uri hei kaiārahi whakapau werawera mō te tangata, e whakaū ana i tōna mauri ki onamata, me tōna aronga ki anamata. 

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga - Mana Poumarumaru

E tino arahina ana ngā whakaritenga kāwana ki ngā Pūkenga Ako, ki ngā Uaratanga, ki te Tukuihotanga, me te Ara Whai Oranga (PUTA). Kei te mātātoa te tū, te whakapau werawera hoki o ngā poumarumaru, hei painga mō ngā uri, ngā whānau, me te kura. E whakatairanga ana te tauākī taketake a te kura i tētahi taiao ako e hāpai ana i te eke panuku o ngā uri, i tō rātou tū anō hoki hei kaiārahi e whakapau werawera ana mō te tangata. Ka whakatinana Te Poumarumaru – tae atu hoki ki ngā uri o roto – i te tirohanga a te kura. Kei waenga i a rātou te tangongitanga o ngā mōhiotanga me ngā pūkenga e whakapuakihia ana ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga. E whai mōhiohio ana ngā whakataunga, ā, e whakaaro nuitia ana, e whakautea ana hoki ngā tirohanga a ngā uri, ngā whānau, me te hapori. Kei te pūtake o ngā hononga ki waenga i ngā poumarumaru me ngā kaiārahi ngaio, ko te whakawhirinakitanga, te ngākau pono, me te mākohakoha. E whakarato ana Te Poumarumaru i te tautoko papai ki ngā kaiārahi o te kura, hei āta whakatau i te whakatinanatanga o ngā putanga e whai hua ana ki ngā uri. 

Ka whakatinanahia e te ohu kaitiaki tētahi aronga ngātahi ki te whakapai ake i te ako ngaio me ngā whakaritenga ngaio. Kua kawe mai ngā mema hou o te ohu i te hiringa kia auaha, kia panoni. Kua waihangatia e ngā kaiārahi tētahi wāhi e hāpai ana i te puāwaitanga o te waiora me ngā pūkenga ngaio o te kaiako. Ko tā te tukanga Rautaki Ako mahi, he whakapakari i te ngaiotanga me ngā pūkenga whakaako o ia kaiako. Kei te tūāpapa o te tukanga, ko te arataki, te pakirehua, me te aro atu ki ngā whakaaturanga. 

Ka whai pānga matua ngā wawata o ngā uri, ngā kaiako, me te whānau whānui, ā, ka whai wāhi nui ki ngā whakataunga me te whakaraupapatanga o ngā whāinga me ngā taumata. Ka whakapakarihia e te ohu kaitiaki te whakawhirinakitanga me ngā pūkenga ārahi ki waenga i ngā kaimahi katoa, ā, ka whakamanahia te tū o ngā kaiako katoa hei kaiārahi. Ka rongo ngā uri i ngā tūmanako nunui mō rātou, ā, e whanake ana hei tino tauira, hei tino kaiārahi hoki.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake

I tēnei wā e arotake ana te ohu kaitiaki me ngā kaiako i ngā whakaritenga aromatawai, hei whakariterite mō te whakatinanatanga o ngā paerewa paetae Taumata 1 o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea hei te tau 2024. Ko tētahi atu aronga anō hoki o te arotakenga o roto, ko ngā hōtaka whakaako me ngā hōtaka ako o ngā tau 9 me te tau 10. E whakakoia ana te aromātai a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i aua tūāhuatanga hei kaupapa whakawhanaketanga matua. 

Nō nā noa nei te kura i whakawhiti ai ki te whakamahi i te School Docs. I tēnei wā, kei te waia haere rātou ki ngā herenga ā-ture me ngā tūmanako o te wā, me te whakahāngai pū i ērā ki te horopaki ake o te kura. 

5 Te Whakatau a Te Poumarumaru ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei:

• te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito)
• te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga
• te rēhitatanga o ngā kaiako
• ngā tukanga ki te whakatū kaimahi
• te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga
• te tae ā-tinana atu ki te kura
• ngā kaupapa here e pā ana ki te whakatutukitanga o ngā herenga o te Children’s Act 2014.

6 Ngā Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te ohu kaitiaki ngā taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

• arotakengia ngā whakaritenga aromatawai o tēnei wā, hei whakariterite mō te whakatinanatanga o ngā paerewa paetae hou hei te tau 2024, ā, kia
• arotakengia ngā hōtaka whakaako me ngā hōtaka akoranga mō te tau 9 me te tau 10. 

Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services

20 Poutūterangi, 2024

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kura

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau, leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. This report reflects their systems, operations and management practices. ERO’s reports provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi. 

2 Context 

“E Puta Ki Taiātea”

Ngā Taiātea Wharekura is situated in Rotokauri, Kirikiriroa. The kura provides kaupapa Māori education to uri in Years 9-13. Ngā Taiātea Wharekura holds a significant place within the mana whenua of Ngāti Māhanga, contributing to the aspirations of Kīngitanga and the wider Tainui waka. ‘E puta ki Taiātea’ expresses the vision that all uri will be prepared to serve, uplift and lead.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do uri achieve to their full potential as servant leaders who are ancestrally driven and future focussed?

The kura curriculum and environment fosters uri to develop as servant leaders who are ancestrally driven and future focused.

4 Mana Poumarumaru – Key Findings

Pūkenga Ako, Uaratanga, Tukuihotanga and Ara Whai Oranga (PUTA) guide governance practices well. The poumarumaru actively represent and serve uri, whānau and the kura. The kura mission promotes a learning environment for uri to achieve to their full potential and act as servant leaders. The poumarumaru, including uri members, enact the kura vision. They bring a diverse range of knowledge and skills to their collective roles and responsibilities. Decision making is well informed and uri, whānau and community views are considered and respected. Relationships between members of the poumarumaru and professional leaders are based on trust, integrity and openness. The poumarumaru provide good support to kura leaders to ensure positive outcomes for uri are realised. 

The ohu kaitiaki, leadership team implement a coherent approach to improving professional learning and practice. New members to the ohu have provided an impetus for innovation and change. Leaders have created an environment where kaiako wellbeing and professional capability can thrive. The Rautaki Ako process, builds individual’s professional and teaching capability. The process is formative, inquiring and evidence based.   

The aspirations of uri, kaiako, and the wider whānau are to the fore and contribute to decision making and the prioritisation of goals and targets. The ohu kaitiaki build relational trust and leadership capability amongst all staff and recognise that all kaiako are leaders. Uri experience high expectations for and are developing as positive role models and leaders. 

Key Next Steps

The ohu kaitiaki and kaiako are currently reviewing assessment practices in preparation for the implementation of the Level 1 National Certificates in Educational Achievement (NCEA) standards in 2024. Teaching and learning programmes for Years 9 and 10 are also a focus of internal review. ERO’s evaluation affirms these as development priorities.

The school have recently moved to using School Docs. They are in the process of familiarising themselves with current legislation and expectations and personalising these to the kura context.

5 Poumarumaru Assurance on Legal Requirement

During the evaluation, ERO checked at the following areas:

• emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment)
• physical safety of students
• teacher registration
• processes for appointing staff
• stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions
• attendance
• school policies in relation to meeting the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014.

6 Recommendations

ERO and the ohu kaitiaki developed the following recommendations:

• review current assessment practices in preparation for the implementation of new achievement standards in 2024, and
• review teaching and learning programmes in Years 9 & 10.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

20 March 2024

7 Information about the Kura