Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whānau Pani

1 Te Horopaki

Ko Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whānau Pani ki Wharekāhika e tū ana te Tai Rāwhiti, ki te hapori tonu o Wharekāhika. Whai muri i te whakakotahitanga o ngā kōhanga reo e rua i te tau 2015, i whakatū ngātahi ngā whānau i tō rātou kōhanga reo ki te marae o Hinemaurea. Tokotoru ngā mema o te whānau e mau ana i te Tohu Whakapakari, ā, he tino pakari anō hoki te tautoko mai o ngā kuia. Ko te reo me ngā tikanga Māori te aronga matua o te whānau.

2 Ngā Whakaaturanga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa ngā tamariki e whakaatu i te whanaungatanga?

Kei te tū māia ngā tamariki, ā, he pai anō hoki ō rātou hononga ki ō rātou hoa me te whānau whānui.

Ngā Taumata Whakahirahira

He ao ako e angiangi ki ngā pakitara o te whare.

E ako ana ngā tamariki i tō rātou tū hei tangata whenua. Ka āta whakarite ngā kaimahi i tā rātou whai wāhi atu ki ngā hui katoa i te marae. Ka kite ngā tamariki i ngā tikanga o Ngāti Porou i aua wā. Taetae mai ai ngā kuia me ngā kaumātua ki te kōhanga reo. He pai te māramatanga o ngā tamariki ki ō rātou hononga ā-whakapapa ki ō rātou kaumātua. E hāpaitia ana te whakapuaki a ngā tamariki i ō rātou pepeha. Ka ako rātou i ngā waiata o tō rātou iwi me ō rātou hapū. Ka whakamahi te kaiako i ngā taonga o te taiao hei whakawhanake i te māramatanga o ngā tamariki ki ō rātou whenua, ki tō rātou moana, ki ō rātou ngahere. E hāpai ana ngā whakaaturanga kei ngā pakitara i te ako a ngā tamariki i ngā ingoa o ngā tāngata rongonui o tō rātou hapū, me ngā wāhi hoki e whai pānga nui ana ki tō rātou ahurea. Kei te mārama haere ngā tamariki i ō rātou tuakiri me ō rātou tūrangawaewae.

Ko te mokopuna te rangatira mō āpōpō.

He pai te whakawhanaunga o ngā tamariki ki ētahi atu. Ka kitea i te kaiako tōna ngākau nui ki te whakaako i ngā tamariki. He ngāwari, he mārie hoki tōna reo. E whai wāhi atu ana ngā tamariki ki tētahi taiao e āta whakapūmau ai i te ngākau māhaki me te manaakitanga ki te ao o te kōhanga reo. Ka whakatauira te whānau i ngā hononga manaaki ki ētahi atu, ā, ka kitea anō hoki tō rātou tino aroha ki ngā tamariki. He pai ngā huarahi e whāia ana e te kaiako hei whakahaere i te whanonga o ngā tamariki. Ka whakamahi ia i te whānuitanga o ngā momo rautaki e akiaki ana i ngā tamariki ki te mahi ngātahi, tētahi ki tētahi. Ko tētahi atu āhuatanga e whai wāhi ana, ko te poipoi i ngā tino hononga ki waenga i te tuakana me te teina. Ka aro nui ngā tamariki ki taua tū āhuatanga. He pai te taunekeneke a ngā tamariki tuākana ki ō rātou tēina. E ako ana ngā tamariki ki tō rātou tū hei mokopuna i te kōhanga reo. E whakawhanake ana ngā tamariki i ngā hononga papai ki ētahi atu.

Koni ahi, noninoni

He pai te whakawhiti kōrero a ngā tamariki ki ētahi atu. Ka rongo rātou i te reo o Ngāti Porou, puta noa i ngā wāhanga katoa o te hōtaka akoranga. Ka whakapuaki, ka whakatauira hoki ngā kuia, ngā kaumātua, ngā kaimahi i te tika o te reo ā-iwi, hei whakapakari ake i te māramatanga me ngā mōhiotanga o ngā tamariki ki te reo o te haukāinga. Ka whakamahi ngā kaimahi i ngā rautaki māmā e hāpai ai i te whakawhanaketanga o te reo. Ko ētahi o aua rautaki, ko ngā waiata, ko te pānui pukapuka, ko te patapatai, ko ngā karakia, ko ngā hīmene, ko ngā tohutohu, ko ngā momo kupu tūāhua. E ākina ana ngā tamariki i ngā wā katoa kia kōrero ai rātou i te reo Māori. I te nuinga o te wā, ka kōrero ngā tamariki tuākana i te reo Māori mā te whakamahi i te kupu kotahi me ngā kīanga popoto. Ka kitea te māramatanga o ngā pēpi ki ngā kōrero i te āhua o ō rātou kanohi me tō rātou reo ā-tinana. E tīmata ana te ako a ngā tamariki i te reo Māori.

He reo ngao, he reo ū, he reo kia ora.

He pai te taunekeneke haere a ngā tamariki me tō rātou taiao ako. E toro atu ana te whānuitanga o tō rātou taiao ako ki te marae, ki te tahatai, ki te whenua, ki ngā ngahere o tō rātou hapori. Ka rongo rātou i te ngākau nui i roto i ngā akoranga me ngā taumahi hoki kua whakamaheretia. Ka whakarato te whānau i ngā rauemi me ngā taputapu tākaro e maha atu ai ngā huarahi ako. Kei te harikoa te āhua o te tūhura māhorahora o ngā tamariki i tō rātou taiao, ā, ka whakapā wawe atu hoki ki ngā momo rauemi ako. E ākina ana tā rātou kia whai i ngā mea e ngākau nui ana. Ka ngākau nui anō hoki ngā tamariki ki te taunekeneke ki ētahi atu i a rātou e ako ana. Ka tū māia ngā tamariki ki te tūhura haere ki te taha o ētahi atu.

Te Whakamahere me te Aromātai

He rawaka ngā mahi whakahaere a te whānau i te kōhanga reo. Ka whakamahere ngātahi te kaiako me te whānau i te hōtaka akoranga. E ārahi ana aua mahere i te whakapuakitanga o te hōtaka akoranga. E whai wāhi nui ana ngā tamariki ki tētahi hōtaka akoranga i āta whakamaheretia ai, i āta whakahaerehia ai hoki. He pai te taetae atu ki ngā hui ā-whānau. Ka ū ngā mahi pūrongo i ngā pūtea. Nā te aronga nahanaha ki te whakamahere mō te tauatanga, kua oti i ngā mema tokotoru o te whānau ā rātou whakangungu mō te Tohu Whakapakari. Kua whakatakotohia ngā tuhinga e pā ana ki ngā tūranga kaimahi, ā, e whakapututia ana. He rārangi wātaka mahi ā te whānau mō te tiaki i te kōhanga reo, hei āta whakarite i te noho haumaru o ngā tamariki. Kua whakaritea ngā mahere rautaki me ngā mahere ā-tau. Ka tāutu aua mahere i ngā kaupapa matua o te pae tawhiti me ngā wāhanga matua o ngā whakahaeretanga hei tirohanga ake. Ka whai hua ngā whakataunga e whakatutukihia ana e te whānau hei painga mō ngā tamariki.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka Whai Ake

Me whakapakari ake i te arotake whaiaro. Kāhore anō te whānau kia arotake i te tūtohinga, i ngā kaupapa here rānei, whai muri mai i te whakakotahitanga o ngā kōhanga reo e rua. Kāhore ngā tuhinga o tēnei wā e hāngai pū ana ki ngā āhuatanga o ngā herenga ā-ture nō nā noa nei i whakarerekēhia ai. Kāhore ētahi o ngā whānau e tino mārama ana i ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga mahi. Kua tae ki te wā kia whakaarohia e te whānau ngā huarahi ka hiki ake i ō rātou māramatanga ki ngā mahi e whai hua ai hei hāpai i te whakahaeretanga o te kōhanga reo. Ko te aroturuki i te ako me te ahu whakamua o ngā tamariki tētahi āhuatanga hei tirohanga ake. Ahakoa e whakamahia ana ngā pūkete hei tohu i tēnā i mahia ai e ngā tamariki, kāhore te ahunga whakamua o te ako e tuhia ana. Kei te tīmata noa te whakawhanake i te aromātai hōtaka. He uaua ki te aroturuki i ngā tū whakapaitanga i whakatutukihia ai ki te hōtaka. Ko te tokoiti ki te rārangi ingoa e pā tōraro ana ki ngā pūtea me te rōnaki tonutanga o te kōhanga reo. E pēhi ana te iti o te pūtea i te āheinga o te whānau ki te whakatutuki i ā rātou whāinga me ō rātou wawata. Kāhore anō te whānau kia whakawhanake i ngā rautaki ka whakapiki ake i te tatauranga tamariki o te kōhanga reo.

3 Te Whakatau a te Whānau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha o te kōhanga reo ki te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei e whai pānga nui ana ki te waiora o ngā tamariki:

• te haumaru whatumanawa (tāpiri atu ko te ārahi mauritau, ko te ārai tamariki)
• te haumaru ā-tinana (tāpiri atu ko te mātakitaki tamariki; ko ngā whakaritenga whakamoe; ko ngā aituā; ko te whāngai rongoā; ko ngā whakaritenga akuaku; ko ngā kaupapa here me ngā tikanga haerenga whakawaho)
• te tū tika o ngā kaimahi (tae atu ki ngā taumata tohu mātauranga; te arowhai a ngā pirihimana; ngā rēhitatanga kaiako; me te tatauranga ki waenga i te kaiako me te tamaiti)
• ngā whakaritenga, tikanga hōneatanga e pā ana ki te ahi me te rū whenua.

Ko te tikanga, ka whakatairanga ngā kōhanga reo katoa i te hauora me te haumaru o ngā tamariki, me te arotake anō hoki i ia te wā i tā rātou whakatutukitanga i ngā herenga ā-ture.

I te wā o te arotake, kāhore he take i tāutuhia ai e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i roto i ngā āhuatanga e whai pānga ana ki ngā herenga ā-ture.

4 Ngā Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o te kōhanga reo ngā taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

• arotakengia te tūtohinga me ngā kaupapa here
• whakapakarihia ngā whakaritenga e pā ana ki te aromatawai me te aromātai
• whakatinanahia tētahi rautaki ka whakapiki ake i te tatauranga tamariki ki te rārangi ingoa.

Hei ā hea Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga aromātai anō ai i te kōhanga reo?

Ka aromātai anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whānau Pani ki Wharekāhika i roto i te toru o ngā tau.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Kaiurungi Whakaturuki Arotake Māori

07 Whiringa ā-rangi, 2018

Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kōhanga reo

1 Context

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whānau Pani ki Wharekāhika is located in Wharekāhika near the East Cape. After the 2015 amalgamation of the two separate sites, the whānau have established the combined kōhanga reo on Hinemaurea Marae. The whānau have three Tohu Whakapakari holders and strong kuia support. Te reo and tikanga Māori is a whānau priority.

2 The Evaluation Findings

How well do children demonstrate whanaungatanga?

Children are confident and have positive relationships with their peers and wider whānau.

Ngā Taumata Whakahirahira

He ao ako e angiangi ki ngā pakitara o te whare.

Children are learning about their role as tangata whenua. Kaimahi ensure they are involved in all hui on the marae. Children observe Ngāti Porou tikanga during these times. Kuia and kaumātua are regular visitors to the kōhanga reo. Children have a good understanding of their whakapapa connections to their old people. Children are supported to share their pepeha. They learn waiata specific to their iwi and hapū. The kaiako use resources from the local environment to develop children’s understanding of their whenua, moana and ngahere. Wall displays support children to learn the names of hapū icons and areas of cultural significance. Children are coming to understand who they are and where they are from.

Ko te mokopuna te rangatira mō te āpōpō.

Children relate well to others. The kaiako displays passion for teaching children. Her voice is gentle and calm. Children experience an environment where humility and manaakitanga are embedded into life at the kōhanga reo. The whānau model caring relationships with others and show a genuine love for the children. The kaiako uses positive ways to manage children’s behaviour. She uses a variety of strategies to encourage children to work with one another. This includes fostering strong tuakana teina relationships. Children respond well to this. The older children interact positively with their teina. Children are learning about their place as mokopuna in the kōhanga reo. Children are developing positive relationships with others.

Koni ahi, noninoni

Children communicate well with others. They hear Ngāti Porou language across all aspects of the learning programme. Kuia, kaumātua and kaimahi model correct dialect to build on children’s understanding and knowledge of the home language. Kaimahi use simple strategies to support language development. These include waiata, reading books, questions, karakia, hīmene, instructions and describing words. Children are continuously encouraged to speak te reo Māori. The use of te reo Māori by older children consists mostly of single words and short phrases. Babies show their understanding of what is being said through their facial expressions and body language. Children are emergent learners of te reo Māori.

He reo ngao, he reo ū, he reo kia ora.

Children interact well with their learning environment. This encompasses the marae, seaside, land and forests of their community. They experience enjoyment in their learning and planned activities. The whānau provides resources and play equipment to foster learning opportunities. Children happily and freely explore their surroundings and readily access learning resources. They are encouraged to pursue their interests. Children love to interact with others as they learn. Children confidently explore alongside others.

Planning and Evaluation

Whānau manage the kōhanga reo adequately. The kaiako and whānau plan the learning programme together. These guide the implementation of the learning programme. Children enjoy a learning programme that is well planned and managed. Whānau hui are well attended. Financial reporting is consistent. A deliberate approach to succession planning has resulted in three whānau having completed Whakapakari training. Kaimahi employment documentation is in place and stored on file. Whānau have a planned maintenance schedule to ensure the safety of children is attended to. Strategic and annual plans are in place. These identify both long term priorities and key aspects of operations that require attention. Whānau make good decisions in the interests of the children.

Key Next Steps

Self-review requires strengthening. Whānau have not reviewed the charter or policies since the amalgamation of the two kōhanga reo. Current documentation does not reflect recent legislation changes. Some whānau do not clearly understand their roles and responsibilities. It is time for whānau to consider ways to improve their understanding of how they can best contribute to the management of the kōhanga reo. Monitoring of children’s learning and progress requires attention. Although profile books are used to show what children have done, progress of learning is not recorded. Programme evaluation is in the early stages of development. It is difficult to monitor any improvements that have been made to the programme. Low roll numbers have put pressure on the kōhanga reo finances and future viability. Limited finance hinders the ability of the whānau to achieve their goals and aspirations. Whānau have not developed strategies to increase the roll.

3 Whānau Management Assurance on Compliance Areas

During the evaluation, ERO looked at the kōhanga reo 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 registration; ratios)
• evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.

All kōhanga reo are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.

ERO did not identify any areas of non-compliance during the review.

4 Recommendations

ERO and the Kōhanga Reo whānau developed the following recommendations:

• Review the charter and policies
• Strengthen assessment and evaluation practices
• Implement a strategy to increase the roll.

When is ERO likely to evaluate the kōhanga reo again?

The next ERO evaluation of Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whānau Pani ki Wharekāhika will be in three years.

Lynda Pura-Watson

Deputy Chief Review Officer Māori

7 November 2018

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