Whakato Marae 33 Whakato Road, Manutuke
View on mapKua 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. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi.
Ko Puketapu te maunga
Ko Te Ārai te awa
Ko Rongowhakaata te iwi
Ko Ngāti Maru te hapū.
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Rongowhakaata ki te hapori tuawhenua o Manutuke, ā, ki te marae o Whakatō. Ko Te Mana o Tūranga te whare whakairo o te marae, ā, koia nei tētahi o ngā whare whakairo tino tawhito o Aotearoa. Nō te iwi o Rongowhakaata te whānau.
Ka whakapuaki, ka rongo hoki ngā mokopuna i te whanaungatanga, hei āhuatanga matua tonu o ā rātou wheako ako o ia rā.
E rumakina ana ngā mokopuna ki te whanaungatanga. Ka āta whakatau ngā kaimahi i te whai wāhi mai o te poipoi me te manaaki ki ngā taunekeneke katoa ki waenga i ngā pakeke me ngā mokopuna. Ka rongo ngā mokopuna i te āwhina, te tautoko, me te aroha o ngā kaimahi. Ka whakarato ngā kaimahi i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo wheako ako mā ngā mokopuna. E hāpaitia ana ngā tuākana, kia whakarāmemene rātou i ō rātou tēina ki ngā taumahi. Kei te harikoa, kei te mauritau hoki ngā mokopuna, ā, he pārekareka ki a rātou te noho tahi me ō rātou hoa.
Ka whai pānga matua ngā hononga ā-whakapapa ki ngā whakaritenga a te whānau me ngā kaimahi. Ka āta whakatau ngā kaimahi i te taetae atu a ngā mokopuna ki ngā kaupapa i tō rātou marae. Mā aua mahi, ka kite, ā, ka whai wāhi atu ngā mokopuna ki ngā tikanga me ngā kawa. Ka rongo rātou i ngā tauira o te reo tūturu, i a rātou e whakarongo ana ki ngā karanga me ngā whaikōrero. Ka whakamahi ngā kaiako i ngā rautaki e tika ana, pērā i te whakatauira me te whāngai kupu, hei akiaki i te māia o te urupare atu a ngā mokopuna. Ka ako ngā mokopuna i ō rātou hononga ā-whakapapa.
He pakari te whakawhiti haere a ngā mokopuna i tō rātou kōhanga reo. E mōhio ana rātou ki ō rātou wāhi ako, tae atu hoki ki tō rātou marae. Ka akiaki taua tūāhuatanga i te taha tūhura, ā, ka hāpai i te whakahono o ngā mokopuna ki ngā wāhi e mōhiotia ana me te ao tūroa. E whakawhanake ana ngā mokopuna i te māramatanga ki ō rātou hononga ki ngā wāhi me ngā taonga. E ako ana rātou, ka toro whānui atu te manaaki, te aroha, me te tiaki ki tua atu rawa i a rātou anō, ā, i ētahi atu hoki. Ka ngākau nui ngā mokopuna ki te ako ki te kōhanga reo, ā, ki tua atu hoki.
Ka whakamahere ngātahi ngā kōhanga reo katoa o Te Purapura o Rongowhakaata. He mahere ā-wāhanga, ā-marama, ā-wiki hoki. Ka whai hononga mārama ki Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo. Ka whai wāhi nui ngā mokopuna ki ngā akoranga i āta whakaritea ai, ā, i āta whakahaerehia ai hoki.
Ko te whanaungatanga te tūāpapa o ngā mahi whakahaere ki te kōhanga reo. Tū ai ngā hui ā-whānau i ia te wā, ā, he pai hoki te tuhi haere i ngā kōrerorero. Kua whakaritea ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga e pā ana ki te hauora, te haumaru, me te whakahaeretanga o ngā kaimahi. Ka āta tautuhi te mahere ā-tau i ngā wāhanga matua o ngā whakahaeretanga, me ngā wā hoki e tika ana kia whakatutukihia aua mahi, puta noa i te tau. Ka aroturukitia te whakahaeretanga o ngā whakaritenga. Ko ngā mokopuna kei te pūtake o ngā mahi whakatau ngātahi a te whānau.
Kei te mahere rautaki te tirohanga me ngā wawata o te whānau, ā, ka tautuhi i ngā kaupapa matua o te pae tawhiti me te pae tata. Ka hāpai taua tūāhuatanga i te whakatutukitanga o ngā whāinga me ngā wawata o te whānau mō ā rātou mokopuna mō meāke nei. Ka tāutu te mahere mahi i ngā mahi me ngā tāngata e whai kawenga ana, hei hāpai i te ahu whakamua. Ka taetae atu te whānau me ngā kaimahi ki ngā wānanga o Te Whāriki, ki te taha o tō rātou purapura. Ka poipoi aua wānanga i ngā hononga ki te hapori me ngā kaumātua o te takiwā. E poipoia ana ngā mokopuna e te whānau e arotahi nui ana ki tā rātou ako, me te atawhai i a rātou.
Me titiro ki te aromātai hōtaka me ngā aromatawai a ngā mokopuna. Kāhore e āta kitea ana te whai hononga o te aromātai hōtaka me ngā mahi aromatawai ki ngā mahere hōtaka. Me whiwhi ngā kaimahi i te tautoko e whakapakari ai i tō rātou āheinga me ō rātou pūmanawa ki te whakapuaki i tētahi hōtaka whai hua e aro nui ana ki ngā pūmanawa, ngā ngākau nuitanga, me ngā matea o ia mokopuna.
Me arotake i ngā arohaehae a ngā kaimahi. Me āta whakarite te whānau i te hāngaitanga o te tukanga arohaehae ki ngā tuhinga tūranga mahi a ngā kaimahi. Kua tae hoki ki te wā, ki te āta whakaaro me pēhea ngā arohaehae e whai wāhi ai ki ngā whai wāhitanga ako ngaio ka whakatairanga i ngā whakaritenga a ngā kaimahi.
I te wā o te arotake, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha ki te whakahaere i ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei, arā, ki:
te haumaru ā-whatumanawa, tae atu ki te ārahi mauritau me te ārai tamariki
te haumaru ā-tinana, tae atu ki te mātakitaki tamariki, ngā whakaritenga whakamoe, ngā aituā, te whāngai rongoā; me ngā kaupapa here, ngā tukanga hoki mō ngā haerenga whakawaho
te tū tika o ngā kaimahi, tae atu ki te tika o ngā tohu mātauranga, ngā mahi arowhai a ngā pirihimana, me te tatauranga ki waenga i te kaiako me te tamaiti
ngā whakaritenga ohotata me ngā tikanga ohotata e pā ana ki te rū whenua, te ahi, te waipuke, te tai āniwhaniwha, me te mate urutā.
Kia tutuki i a rātou ngā herenga ā-ture, me tahuri ki te:
āta whakarite i te whakatinanatanga o te marau o te kōhanga reo mā ngā mahere, ngā whakapuakitanga, me ngā aromātai e tohu ana i te māramatanga ki te ako a ngā tamariki, tae atu hoki ki ō rātou ngākau nuitanga, ō rātou whānau, me te āhua tonu o ō rātou nā ao
[R43 Ture Mātauranga (Kōhungahunga) 2008; C2 Paearu Raihana mō ngā Kōhanga Reo kei raro i te maru o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo 2008]
āta whakatau i te whakatinanatanga o ngā whakaritenga e tika ana mō te whakahaeretanga o ngā pūmanawa kaimahi, tae atu hoki ki ngā mahi e arohaehae ana i ngā kaimahi, me te whakaratonga o te whakawhanaketanga ngaio.
[R47 Ture Mātauranga (Kōhungahunga) 2008; GMA7 Paearu Raihana mō ngā Kōhanga Reo kei raro i te maru o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo 2008]
I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
toro atu te whānau ki te tautoko o te tari ā-rohe o Te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo, ki te whakawhanake me te whakatinana i tētahi mahere mahi ka whakatutuki i ngā whakaritenga i whakaraupapahia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whai ake.
Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services
30 Pipiri, 2022
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Manutuke, ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
55118 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
06A006 |
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Te tūmomo whare |
He kōhanga reo |
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Te raihana |
Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008 |
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Te tokomaha mō te raihana |
28, kia tekau ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei runga i te rārangi ingoa |
18, tokoono kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori 17; Iwi kē 1 |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
Haratua 2022 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
30 Piripi 2022 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a |
Arotake Mātauranga, Paenga-whāwhā 2019; Arotake Mātauranga, Mahuru 2016; Arotake Mātauranga, Hōngongoi 2013 |
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. ERO reports provide important information for hapū and iwi.
Ko Puketapu te maunga
Ko Te Arai te awa
Ko Rongowhakaata te iwi
Ko Ngati Maru te hapu.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Rongowhakaata is situated in the rural community of Manutuke and is a part of Te Marae o Whakatō. The marae is made up of Te Mana o Tūranga one of the oldest whare whakairo in New Zealand. Whānau members affiliate to the iwi of Rongowhakaata.
Mokopuna express and experience whanaungatanga as an integral part of their daily learning experiences.
Mokopuna are immersed in whanaungatanga. Kaimahi ensure all interactions between adults and mokopuna are nurturing and caring. Mokopuna experience awhina, tautoko and aroha from kaimahi. Kaimahi provide a range of learning experiences for mokopuna. Tuākana are supported to include their teina in activities. Mokopuna are happy, settled and enjoy being with their peers.
Whakapapa connections is integral to whānau and kaimahi practices. Kaimahi ensure that mokopuna attend events on their marae. Through this mokopuna observe and participate in tikanga and kawa. They are exposed to authentic language models as they listen to kāranga and whaikōrero. Kaiako use appropriate strategies such as modelling and prompts to encourage mokopuna to respond with confidence. Mokopuna learn about their whakapapa connections.
Mokopuna move confidently in their kōhanga reo. They know their learning spaces, including their marae. This encourages exploration and allows mokopuna to connect with familiar places and the natural environment. Mokopuna are developing an understanding of their relationships with places and things. They are learning that manaaki, aroha and tiaki extends well beyond themselves and other people. Mokopuna enjoy learning in and around their kōhanga reo.
All kōhanga reo affiliated to Te Purapura o Rongowhakataa plan together. These plans include term, monthly and weekly plans. Clear links are made to Te Whāriki ā Te Kōhanga reo. Mokopuna enjoy learning that is well organised and managed.
Whanaungatanga provides the foundation for the way in which the kōhanga reo is managed. Whānau hui are held regularly and are well recorded. Health, safety and personnel management policies and procedures are in place. The annual plan clearly identifies key areas of operations and when these must be attended to across the year. The administration of operations is monitored. Mokopuna are at the centre of collective whānau decision-making.
Strategic planning includes the vision and aspirations of the whānau and identifies long and short-term priorities. This supports achieving whānau goals and the aspirations they hold for mokopuna into the future. The action plan identifies actions and delegated individuals with responsibilities to support progress. Whānau and kaimahi attend Te Whāriki wānanga with their purapura. These wānanga foster connections with the community and local kaumātua. Mokopuna are nurtured by a whānau who are focussed on their care and learning.
Programme evaluation and mokopuna assessment require attention. It is not clear how programme evaluation and mokopuna assessment is linked to programme planning. Support is required for kaimahi to build their capability and capacity to deliver an effective programme responsive to individual mokopuna strengths, interests, and needs.
Kaimahi appraisals require reviewing. Whanau should ensure that the appraisal process aligns to kaimahi job descriptions. It is timely also to consider how appraisals will lead to professional learning opportunities to enhance kaimahi practice.
During the evaluation, ERO looked at systems for managing the following areas:
To meet compliance requirements, they must:
ensure Te Kōhanga Reo curriculum is informed by planning, implementation and evaluation that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau and life contexts. [Regulations 43 Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008; C2 Licensing Criteria for Kōhanga Reo affiliated with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust 2008]
ERO and the kōhanga reo developed the following recommendation:
Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
30 June 2022
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Location |
Manutuke, Gisborne |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
55118 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
06A006 |
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Licence type |
Te Kōhanga Reo |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
28 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
18 children, including up to 6 aged under 2 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 17, Other 1 |
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Review team on site |
May 2022 |
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Date of this report |
30 June 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s): |
Education Review, April 2019; Education Review, September 2016; Education Review, July 2013. |
Ka whakahaeretia tētahi aromātai tāpiri i runga o te whakataunga ā te Toihau Arotake i Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga.
E aromātai ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te whānuitanga me te whai hua o ngā mahi a te kōhanga reo ki te whakatutuki i ngā take i whakatakotohia ai i roto i te pūrongo aromātai mātauranga o mua atu i tēnei, me ētahi atu wāhanga rānei i tāutuhia ai whai muri o taua aromātai.
Ko tēnei aromātai tāpiri i whakaritea i runga i te aromātai o te whakatutukitanga a te whānau i te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo, ki ngā wāhanga i tāutuhia ai e te pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, i mua atu, me ngā take rānei kua tāutuhia whai muri o taua aromātai. Ko ngā whakataunga mō ngā whakapuakitanga e pā ana ki tēnei aromātai, ko te titiro ki:
E tū ana Te Kōhanga Reo o Rongowhakaata ki te marae o Whakatō, ki Manutuke, e pā tata atu ana i Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa. I te marama o Hōngongoi, i te tau 2018 i toro atu te whānau ki te tautoko me te ārahitanga o ngā kaimahi ā-rohe o te Poari Matua o Ngā Kōhanga Reo. I whakatūngia tētahi Kaiārahi SELO. Mai i te arotake o mua, kua whai hua te whānau ki te whakatutuki haere i ngā take i tāutuhia ai ki taua arotake a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga.
E wātea ana ki ngā tamariki ngā rauemi e whakatairanga ana i tā rātou ako i te reo Māori. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i ngā rautaki reo pērā i te whakatauira, te tāruarua, me ngā kupu akiaki hei hāpai i te whakawhanaketanga reo o ngā tamariki. E hāpaitia ana te taki a ngā tamariki i ō rātou pepeha, me tā rātou ārahi i ngā karakia me ngā waiata, puta noa i te rā. Ko ngā whakaaturanga ataata i te kōhanga reo e whakapuaki ana ki ngā tamariki, ko ngā pūkenga reo matatini tuatahi o te reo Māori. Ka whai ngā tamariki tuākana i ngā tohutohu, ā, ka mārama hoki rātou i tēnā e kōrerohia ana e ngā kaimahi. Ka whakapuaki ngā pēpi i tō rātou māramatanga ki te reo Māori mā ā rātou nekehanga, mā tō rātou reo ā-tinana hoki. Ka taetae atu ngā kaimahi ki ngā wānanga hei whakatupu i ō rātou āheinga me ō rātou pūmanawa ki te āta whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro ake mā te reo Māori. E mahi ana te whānau ki te taha o te iwi ki te tūhonohono ki tā te iwi rautaki reo Māori. E mōhio ana te whānau, he mea nui ki te whakamahi i te reo Māori ki te kāinga, kia pakari ai te tupu o ā rātou tamariki ki te kōrero i te reo Māori. E whanake ana te ako a ngā tamariki i te reo Māori.
He pai te whakaritenga me te whakahaeretanga o ngā wāhi ako. Mai i te arotake o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, kua whakapuakihia tētahi atu rūma. Kua whakauru ki ngā wāhi ako rahi ake e rua, ko ngā pūrere pōkākā me ngā pūrere whāhauhau. Kua whakatakotohia tētahi whāriki hou ki te rūma o ngā pēpi, kia hāneanea ake ai te rūma. E noho wātea ana ngā rauemi ako ki ngā tamariki. He pai te whakatakotoranga o te wāhi tari i waihangatia ai. He pai te whakaritenga o te katoa o ngā mauhanga me ngā tuhinga, ā, he māmā noa hoki ki te whakapā atu. E aro nui ana ki te waiora o ngā tamariki.
Kua pai ake ngā mahi aromatawai. He pai te āhua o ngā kōnae, ā, e kapo atu ana hoki i tēnā e mahia ana e ngā tamariki, i ngā kupu anō hoki e whakamahia ana e rātou. Ka hāngai te aromatawai i ngā tamariki ki tēnā i whakamaheretia ai. He pai te whakamōhio i te whānau ki tēnā e ākona ana e ā rātou tamariki, ā, ki tā rātou ahu whakamua anō hoki i roto i te roanga o te wā.
Kua tino pai ake ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau, mā te tautoko me te ārahitanga o te kaiārahi SELO. Kua whakahou ake te whānau i tā rātou tūtohinga, ā, e hāngai ana tēnei ki Ngā Pou e Whā o Te Korowai i nāianei. Kua whakahoungia hoki ngā kaupapa here me ngā tukanga, ā, e hāngai ana ēnei ki ngā herenga o Te Ture Oranga Tamariki. Kua arotakengia, kua whakahoungia ngā tuhinga tūranga mahi. E whai pūtake ana ngā mahi arohaehae, ā, kua waihangatia hei whakapakari ake i te āheinga o ngā kaimahi me ā rātou whakaritenga. E āta whakarite ana te mahere ā-tau i te hāngaitanga o ngā āhuatanga matua o ngā whakahaeretanga - o ngā pūrongo hoki i ngā hui ā-whānau - ki ngā whakapaitanga. Kua whakatutukihia e te whānau ngā herenga ā-ture katoa i tāutuhia ai ki te pūrongo o mua hei whakatika ake. Kua whakatūturuhia te kore pā tōraro o aua tūāhuatanga o mua ki te ako a ngā tamariki me tō rātou waiora i nāianei.
Ka taea te whakamahere hōtaka me te aromātai hōtaka te whakatairanga ake. E tika ana kia rahi ake te kiko o ngā tuhinga whakamahere a ngā kaimahi, tae atu ki ngā tino putanga ki ngā tamariki, hei āhuatanga tonu o ā rātou mahere. Me aro hoki ēnei ki ngā tūmomo rōpū reanga me ngā matea ake o ia tamaiti. I tēnei wā, kei te uaua ki te tātari i te āhua o ngā mahi e aroturuki ana i te hōtaka kia tāutuhia ai ngā whakapainga ki ngā akoranga a ngā tamariki. Me whakawhiti kōrero, me tuhi hoki ngā kaimahi i ia te wā, i tēnā e whai hua ana, i tēnā hoki hei whakapai ake, ā, i ngā mahi ka whai ake tonu ki te whakapai ake i te hōtaka akoranga. He hiahia tō ngā kaimahi ki te rapu i ngā huarahi ka whakapakari ake i ō rātou āheinga i roto i aua wāhanga.
Me titiro ki te mahere rautaki. Ahakoa he tirohanga tā te mahere rautaki ki tēnā e takunetia ana mō ngā kōhanga reo o tēnei o ngā purapura, me whai wāhi anō hoki ki te mahere nei, ko ngā matea ake, ngā kaupapa matua ake hoki o tēnei kōhanga reo tonu. Me whai whakaaro te whānau ki ngā huarahi e āta whakarite ai i te whai wāhi mai o ā rātou whāinga me ā rātou kaupapa matua mō te paetawhiti.
I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo ngā taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
Ka aromātai anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Kōhanga Reo o Rongowhakaata i roto i te toru o ngā tau.
Charles Rolleston Toka ā-nuku
04 Paengawhāwhā, 2019
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Manutuke, ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
55118 |
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Te tau tohu o Te Kōhanga Reo |
06A006 |
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Te tūmomo raihana |
Te Kōhanga Reo |
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Kua raihanatia ki te ture |
Ngā Ture Mātauranga (Ratonga Kōhungahunga) 2008 |
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Te tokomaha mō te raihana |
28 ngā tamariki, kia tekau ki raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te tokomaha kei te rārangi ingoa |
11 ngā tamariki, tokotoru kei raro i te rua o ngā tau |
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Te ira tangata |
Kōtiro 7 Tama 4 |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori |
100% |
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Te wā i te kōhanga reo te rōpū arotake |
1 Hui-tanguru 2019 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
04 Paengawhāwhā, 2019 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga |
Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Tāpiri |
Mahuru 2016 Hōngongoi 2013 Pipiri 2009 |
A supplementary evaluation is undertaken at the discretion of the Chief Review Officer of the Education Review Office (ERO).
ERO evaluates the extent and effectiveness of actions a kōhanga reo has taken towards addressing issues specified in its previous ERO evaluation and/or any additional areas identified since that evaluation.
This supplementary evaluation is based on an evaluation of the performance of the kōhanga reo governing body and management in relation to areas identified in the previous ERO report or issues identified since that evaluation. The terms of reference for this evaluation are to investigate:
Ngā Taumata Whakahirahira including the use of te reo Māori and organisation of learning spaces
Planning and Evaluation including assessment and evaluation, whānau management and internal evaluation
areas of non-compliance – including police vetting, maintaining records and reporting accidents, administering of medications, excursions, regular evacuation drills, property hazards, sleep and nappy changing and ensuring all governance, management and administration practice standards are fully met and maintained
and any issues identified since the previous review.
Te Kōhanga Reo o Rongowhakaata is based on Whakatō Marae in Manutuke near Gisborne. In July 2018, the whānau accessed support and guidance from local kaimahi of Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust. A Supporting Early Learning Opportunities (SELO) contractor was put in place. Since the last review, the whānau have worked well to address concerns raised in the previous ERO review.
Children have access to resources that enhance their learning in te reo Māori. Kaimahi use language strategies such as modelling, repetition and prompts to support children’s language development. Children are supported to recite their pepeha and lead karakia and waiata throughout the day. The visual displays in the kōhanga reo provide children with early literacy skills in te reo Māori. The older children follow instructions and understand what kaimahi are saying. Babies express their understanding of te reo Māori through their gestures and body language. Kaimahi attend wānanga to grow their capability and capacity to communicate more confidently in te reo Māori. The whānau are working alongside the local iwi to link into their Māori language strategy. They acknowledge the importance of supporting the use of te reo Māori in the home so that their children grow as confident speakers of the Māori language. Children are developing as learners of te reo Māori.
Learning spaces are well organised and managed. Since the previous ERO review, an extra room has been created. Heat pumps and air conditioning have been installed in the two larger learning spaces. New carpet has been laid in the babies room for further comfort. Learning resources are accessible and within children’s reach. A designated office space has been well designed. All records and documentation are well organised and accessible. Children’s wellbeing is a priority.
Assessment practices have improved. Kōnae are well presented and capture what the child is doing and the words they use. Children’s assessments reflect what has been planned. Whānau are well informed of what their children are learning and their progress over time.
Whānau management has improved significantly with the support and guidance from SELO. The whānau have updated their charter which now aligns to Ngā Pou e Whā of Te Korowai. Policies and procedures have been updated and align to the requirements of the Vulnerable Children’s Act. Job descriptions have been reviewed and updated. Appraisal is purposeful and is designed to further strengthen the capability of kaimahi practices and personnel. The annual plan ensures that key aspects of operations and reporting to whanau hui are focussed on improvements. All areas of non-compliance identified in the previous report have been addressed by the whānau. Children can be assured that their learning and wellbeing is no longer compromised.
Programme planning and programme evaluation can be enhanced. Kaimahi should include more detail and specific outcomes for children’s learning as part of their planning documents. These should be responsive to the different age groups and specific needs of individual children. Currently it is difficult to gauge how the programme is monitored in order to identify improvements in children’s learning. Kaimahi should regularly discuss and document what is working well, what can be improved and the next steps they will take to improve the learning programme. Kaimahi are keen to find ways to strengthen their capability in these areas.
The strategic plan requires attention. While the strategic plan provides an overview of what is intended for the kōhanga reo that belong to the purapura, the specific needs and priorities of this kōhanga reo should also be included in this plan. The whānau should consider ways to ensure their long-term goals and priorities are considered.
ERO and the kōhanga reo whānau developed the following recommendations:
strengthen programme planning and programme evaluation
review the strategic plan to include priorities specific to the kōhanga reo.
The next ERO evaluation of Te Kōhanga Reo o Rongowhakaata will be in three years.
Charles Rolleston Toka ā-nuku
4 April 2019
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Location |
Manutuke, Gisborne |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
55118 |
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Kōhanga Reo Identification Number |
06A006 |
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Licence type |
Te Kōhanga Reo |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
28 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
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Kōhanga Reo roll |
11 children, including 3 aged under 2 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 7 Boys 4 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
100% |
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Review team on site |
1 February 2019 |
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Date of this report |
4 April 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review Education Review Supplementary Review |
September 2016 July 2013 June 2009 |
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