Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao

1 Te Aromātai i te Ratonga

He pēhea te tūnga o Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao ki te whakatairanga i te pai o ngā putanga ako mō ngā tamariki?

He pēhea rawa te whakapuakitanga mai o ngā tamariki i te aronga toi whenuatanga?

Ka āta kitea ki ngā tamariki tō rātou tino aronga toi whenuatanga, ā, he kaha tā rātou taunekeneke ki ētahi atu.

Ko ngā kitenga a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga e whai pānga ana ki tēnei whakataunga i whakarāpopotohia ai ki raro iho nei.

He Whakamārama

Kotahi anō te kōhao o te ngira
E kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango, te miro whero
i muri i ahau, kia mau ki te aroha, ki te ture
me te whakapono.
Nā Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Kotahi anō te kōhao o te ngira
E kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango, te miro whero
i muri i ahau, kia mau ki te aroha, ki te ture
me te whakapono. Nā Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

E tū ana Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao ki Kirikiriroa. Nō te tau 2017 tēnei puna reo i whakatūngia ai ki te hapori o Enderley, hei whakatutuki i te tino hiahia o te hapori ki te mātauranga rumaki reo Māori mō ngā tamariki kōhungahunga. I whakatū anō hoki hei hāpai i te kaha tupu mai o te tatauranga tamariki ki tō rātou whare kōhungahunga mātāmua a Te Kōhao Kōhungahunga. Mō ngā tamariki 40 Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao, mō te toru ki te rima tau te pakeke.

E whāngaihia ana ngā tamariki ki te mātauranga mā te taiao rumaki reo Māori. E tūmanakohia ana kia whāia tonuhia e ngā whānau ngā huarahi mātauranga rumaki reo Māori mō ā rātou tamariki. Ka whiriwhiri ngā whānau i tēnei o ngā puna nā tōna pūmautanga ki te whakariterite i ngā tamariki mō te mātauranga rumaki reo Māori. Koia nei te Arotake Mātauranga tuatahi o Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao.

Ko Te Kōhao Health Ltd (TKH) te rōpū kāwana, ā, he whakahaere āwhina tangata tēnei e tū ana ki te marae o Kirikiriroa, ki te tāone tonu o Kirikiriroa. I whakatūngia te rōpū whakahaere nei hei poipoi i ngā matea o te hunga Māori e noho tāone ana. Ka whakarato a TKH i te whānuitanga o ngā tūmomo ratonga e pou herea ana ki te tikanga whakaaro Māori o ‘Te Kōhao o te Ngira.’ E pou here ana ngā uara Māori i ngā tikanga whakaaro o te whare kōhungahunga, ā, e hāpai ana i te aronga ki te Whānau Ora, te tuakiri, te reo, me te ahurea o te hapori. E takune ana a TKH ki te whakatū i tētahi puna reo tuatoru hei whakatutuki i te kaha o te hiahia mō tēnei momo huarahi mātauranga.

Kei te tumuaki te kawenga o ngā whakahaeretanga o ia rā i ngā whare kōhungahunga e rua. E whakapakari ana ngā kaiako matua i ō rātou pūkenga ārahi, hei hāpai ngā whakaritenga ngaio. Ka whai wāhi atu ngā puna e rua ki te Kāhui Ako o Tainui, ā, ka whakanuia te iwi o Tainui me te Kīngitanga.

Ngā Whakaaturanga o te Arotake

Ko ngā tamariki kei te pūtake o ngā mahi e waihanga ana i te mātauranga. Ka toro atu ki ngā ngākau nuitanga me ngā matea o ngā tamariki, ā, ki ngā wawata hoki o te whānau hei hāpai i te whakawhanaketanga o ngā tamariki. Ka whai wāhi atu Te Whāriki ki ngā aromatawai me ngā mahere. He aronga ngātahi ki te aromatawai, te whakamahere, me te aromātai. Ka āta kitea ki ngā mahere te kaha mōhio o ngā kaiako ki ngā tamariki hei ākonga. E whakatairanga ana ngā aromatawai i te tuakiri o ngā tamariki kia angitu ai hei ākonga. Ko ngā whakawhitinga kōrero ki te whānau e hāpai ana i te ako a ngā tamariki. Ka whakapuakihia te ahu whakamua a ngā tamariki ki te whānau, mā te tangongitanga o ngā huarahi whakawhitiwhiti. Whakaaro huritao ai ngā kaiako i ia te wā, ā, he āhuatanga tēnei e whakatairanga ana i ā rātou whakaritenga. Ka noho mātua te ako a ngā tamariki.

E ako ana ngā tamariki ki tētahi taiao e poipoi ana i ō rātou matea. Ka whakamahi ngā kaiako i ngā rautaki e whakapakari ai i te mauritau me ngā ngākau titikaha. Kua whakaritea te wāhi ako hei hāpai i te kōkiri takitahi me te tūhura haere. Ka whiriwhiri ngā tamariki i ā rātou ake taumahi, ā, ka aro nui ki aua taumahi mō te wā roroa. Ka whai ngā kaiako i ngā ngākau nuitanga o ngā tamariki, kia whai wā ai ngā tamariki ki te kōrero i ā rātou wheako ako. Ka whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, ka patapatai, ka tautohetohe hoki ngā tamariki ki waenga i a rātou anō, mā te reo Māori tonu. E whakatairanga ana ngā kaiako i ngā wawata o te whānau mā te kōrero i te reo Māori i ngā wā katoa. Ka tuitui rātou i te whānuitanga o ngā waiata, ngā haka, ngā pūrākau, me ngā karakia ki ngā akoranga, hei whakawhānui i ngā whakaaro o ngā tamariki, ā, hei poipoi hoki i ngā māramatanga hou. Ka whakamanahia ngā tamariki, kia whai kawenga rātou ki te tiaki i ō rātou ake taha waiora. Kua whakamaheretia ngā whakawhitinga, ā, he nahanaha hoki. Ka arotahi ki te hāpai i te tamaiti, ā, ka whakariterite i runga anō i te āhua o ngā matea o ngā tamariki. E whakatutukihia ana ngā matea o ngā tamariki.

E tautoko ana te rōpū kāwana a Te Kōhao Health kia āta tutuki ai ngā whakapaitanga me te rōnakitanga hoki o Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao. He tirohanga ngātahi, he whakatakanga ngātahi hoki ki te hāpai me te whakamana i te whānau i roto i te hapori whānui. Kua āta tāutuhia e TKH ngā kawenga mahi e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga pakihi katoa o te puna. Kei a rātou ngā pūnaha tautoko i āta whakaritea ai mō te whakahaeretanga o te puna. Tū auau ai ngā hui o ngā kaiārahi o ngā whare kōhungahunga o TKH, ā, ka whakamōhio atu aua hui ki te kāwana, mō te ahu whakamua me ngā matea. Kua hakune te whakatū kaimahi, ā, nā taua āhuatanga kua tahuri mai te kounga o ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaimahi ki te whare kōhungahunga. Ka whai hononga, ka aro nui hoki rātou ki ngā matea me ngā ia o te hapori. Ko ngā tamariki kei te pūtake o ngā whakataunga kāwana katoa.

Kua whai pānga nui te mātanga o te ārahitanga ki te tupu tonu me te whakatairanga tonu. Kua whakatinanahia tētahi pūnaha hou e pā ana ki te whakahaeretanga o te āhua mahi. Kua whakapai ake i ngā arotakenga auau o ngā whakahaeretanga, ā, e āta whakarite ana i te aronga nui ki te haumaru o ngā tamariki me te kounga o te atawhai. He aronga anō hoki ki te takohanga me te whakapai tonu. Kua whakatairanga aua aronga i te kounga o ngā mahere, ngā whakaakoranga, ngā hōtaka akoranga, ngā kaupapa here, me te aromātai o roto. E whakaraupapa ana ngā mahere rautaki a te puna i te reo Māori me ngā tikanga, me ngā painga mō ngā tamariki. E whai hua ana ngā tamariki nā te mātauranga me te atawhai e aroturukitia ana i ia te wā kia whakatairanga tonu.

Ka kitea ki ngā kaiārahi tō rātou pūmautanga, tō rātou ngākau nuitanga kia tau mai ai ngā tino putanga ki ngā tamariki. Ko te aronga ngātahi e whakapakari ana i ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā kaiako ki te ārahi i roto i ngā mahi ako me ngā mahi whakahaere. E āta whakatutukihia ana ngā whakahaeretanga o ia rā. Kua whakatakotohia tētahi mahere ā-tau, ā, e whai kiko ana. Ka whakawhāriki te tumuaki i ngā pūrongo o ia marama, hei whakamōhio i te taha kāwana. Tuku atu ai ngā pūrongo raupapa ki Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga i ia te wā. Ko te ako a ngā tamariki, ko tō rātou waiora hoki kei te pūtake o ngā whakahaeretanga ki te whare kōhungahunga.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka Whai Ake

Me whakapakari ake i te whai wāhi atu a te whānau ki ngā whakataunga. Ahakoa te kaha taetae mai ki ngā kaupapa me ngā hui whakawhanaungatanga, e hiahia ana ngā kaimahi kia whai wāhi ake hoki te whānau ki ngā mahi whakamahere me te mahi aromātai. Kua tae ki te wā kia tāutuhia e te rōpū kāwana me ngā kaiwhakahaere o te whare kōhungahunga ngā huarahi e hāpai ai i te whai wāhi mai o te whānau ki ngā akoranga a ā rātou tamariki. Ko ngā painga ki ngā tamariki ka whakatairanga ake anō mā te kaha ake o te whānau ki te whai wāhi mai.

E tino aro ana ngā mahi a te kaiwhakahaere, ngā kaimahi me te whānau ki ngā mahi e whai hua ai ngā tamariki. Me hāngai ngā tuhinga katoa a te ratonga ki ērā mahi.

Te Taunakitanga

Kia rapu huarahi te puna ki te whakatutuki i ngā whakaritenga matua i tāutuhia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whāia, hei hāpai ake i te whakapai tonutanga.

Te Whakatau a te Whakahaeretanga ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te arotake, i whakamātauhia e te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha o te ratonga 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 ratonga mātauranga kōhungahunga 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.

Te aromātai ka whai ake

Hei ā hea Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga aromātai anō ai i te whare kōhungahunga rumaki reo Māori?

Ka aromātai anō Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao i roto i ngā tau e toru.

Gloria Takuira

Toka ā-nuku Whakakapi

Te Uepū ā-Motu - Māori Review Services

26 Pipiri, 2020

2 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Ratonga Mātauranga Kōhungahunga

1 Evaluation of Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao?

How well placed is Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao to promote positive learning outcomes for children?

How well do children demonstrate a sense of belonging?

Children show a strong sense of belonging and interact positively with others.

ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.

Background

Kōtahi anō te kōhao o te ngira
E kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango, te miro whero
i muri i ahau, kia mau ki te aroha, ki te ture
me te whakapono
Nā Pōtatau Te Wherowhero.

Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao is in Hamilton. It was established in Enderley in 2017 to meet the high demands for Māori medium early education within the community. The centre was established to accommodate the rapid roll growth at it’s tuakana centre, Te Kōhao Kōhungahunga. Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao caters for 40 children ages three to five year olds.

Children are educated in an immersion setting. Whānau are expected to continue children’s education in Māori medium pathways. Whānau choose this centre because of the commitment to prepare children for Māori immersion education. This is the first Education Review for Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao.

The governance group, Te Kōhao Health Ltd (TKH), is a charitable organisation based on Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton. They were established to serve the needs of urban Māori. TKH provide a number of other services which are underpinned by Māori philosophy ‘Te Kōhao o te Ngira`. Māori values underpin the philosophy of the centre and support the focus of Whānau Ora, identity, language and community culture. TKH intend to establish a third centre to meet ongoing demand.

The tūmuaki has responsibility for daily operations across both sites. Senior teachers are building their leadership capabilities to support professional practice. Both centres are involved in the Tainui Kāhui Ako and acknowledge the local Iwi Tainui and Kīngitanga.

The Review Findings

Children are at the centre of curriculum design. Children’s interests, needs and whānau aspirations are used to support children’s development. Te Whāriki informs assessment and planning. There is a collaborative approach to assessment, planning and evaluation. Planning highlights kaiako knowledge of children as learners. Assessment builds children’s identity as successful learners. Communication with whānau supports children’s learning. Progress is shared to whānau through a range of forum. Kaiako engage in regular reflection which enhances their practice. Children’s learning is prioritised.

Children learn in an environment that is conducive to their needs. Kaiako use strategies to build security and confidence. The learning environment is organised to facilitate independence and exploration. Children choose their own activities and remain engaged for sustained periods of time. Kaiako follow children’s interests, including giving children time to talk about their learning experiences. Children converse, question and debate with each other in te reo Māori. Kaiako promote the aspirations of whānau by speaking te reo Māori consistently. They integrate a range of waiata, haka, pūrākau and karakia to extend children’s thinking and foster new understandings. Children are empowered to take responsibility for their personal wellbeing. Transition is planned and deliberate. It focuses on supporting the child and arrangements are made based on what children need. Children’s needs are met.

The governance group Te Kōhao Health (TKH) provides support to ensure improvement and sustainability of both sites. There is a shared vision and mission to support and empower whānau in the wider community. TKH has clearly defined responsibilities for all business aspects of the centre. They have established support systems for the management of both. Regular meetings with leaders from each centre of TKH informs governance of progress and needs. Strategic recruitment has attracted quality leadership and staffing to the centre. They are connected and responsive to community needs and trends. Children are at the centre of all governance decisions.

Leadership experience has had a positive impact on continued growth and improvement. A new performance management system has been implemented. Improved regular reviews of operations ensure children’s safety and quality care is a focus. There is a focus on accountability and improvement. This has raised the quality of planning, teaching, learning programmes, policies and internal evaluation. The centre strategic planning prioritises te reo Māori and tikanga and the benefits for children. Children benefit from education and care that is constantly monitored for improvements.

Leaders show a clear commitment and passion aimed at positive outcomes for children. The collaborative approach builds leadership opportunities for kaiako in learning and management. The daily operations are managed well. A detailed annual plan is in place. The tūmuaki provides monthly reporting to inform governance. Milestone reports are regularly provided to the Ministry of Education. Children’s learning and wellbeing are the focus of centre operations.

Key Next Steps

Whānau involvement in decision making requires strengthening. While social events and functions are well attended, staff would like to see more whānau participation in planning and evaluation. It is timely for governance and centre management to identify ways to encourage whānau participation in their children’s learning. Positive outcomes for children will be further enhanced by greater whānau participation.

The manager, staff and whānau practices are focussed on positive outcomes for tamariki. It is important to align these practices with the puna reo documentation.

Recommendation

Centre management and whānu seek ways to address the key next steps of this report to support continuing improvement.

Management Assurance on Legal Requirements

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

All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.

Next Evaluation

When is ERO likely to evaluate the immersion centre again?

The next ERO evaluation of Te Puna Reo o Te Kōhao will be in three years.

Gloria Takuira

Acting Toka ā-nuku (Director)

Te Uepū ā-Motu - Māori Review Services

26 June 2020

2 Information about the Early Childhood Service

3 General Information about Immersion Early Childhood Reviews

ERO’s Evaluation Framework

ERO’s overarching question for an immersion early childhood education review is ‘How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?’ ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the framework Ngā Pou Here:

Pou Whakahaere – how the service determines its vision, philosophy and direction to ensure positive outcomes for children.

Pou Ārahi – how leadership is enacted to enhance positive outcomes for children.

Mātauranga – whose knowledge is valued and how the curriculum is designed to achieve positive outcomes for children.

Tikanga whakaako – how approaches to teaching and learning respond to diversity and support positive outcomes for children.

Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.

ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.

A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.

For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to ERO’s Approach to Review in Early Childhood Services.

ERO’s Overall Judgement and Next Review

The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:

• Very well placed – The next ERO review in four years

• Well placed – The next ERO review in three years

• Requires further development – The next ERO review within two years

• Not well placed - The next ERO review in consultation with the Ministry of Education

ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.

Review Coverage

ERO reviews are tailored to each service’s context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.