Te Kura o Te Wainui-ā-Rua

The roll ERO recorded, and when

ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 52 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.

1. August 2023

   36

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 26 October 2023

2. August 2023

   36

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 26 October 2023

3. June 2018

   21

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 17 July 2018

4. May 2015

   21

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 7 July 2015

We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.

What ERO wrote in its latest report

This is ERO’s report of 26 October 2023 — “Te Kura o Te Wainui-ā-Rua October 2023” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.

ERO wrote this report in te reo Māori and in English. Both are here as ERO published them, in ERO’s order, untranslated.

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 ngā whānau, ngā hapū, me ngā iwi.

2 Te Horopaki

E rere kau ana te awa mai i te kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa.

Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au.

E tū ana Te Kura o Te Wainui-ā-Rua ki te hapori o Ranana, ki ngā tahataha o Te Awa Tupua o Whanganui. E whakarato ana te kura i te mātauranga reo rua ki ngā ākonga 36, mai i ngā tau 1 ki te 8. Nō Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi te nuinga o ngā uri anō hoki, nō ngā marae maha on ngā hapū o Hinengakau, Tamaūpoko, me Tūpoho hoki. Ko ngā tikanga me ngā kawa o Whanganui te tūāpapa o ngā tikanga whakaako. Katahi te kura i whakatū he rumaki reo mō ngā tau 1-6, me he pae reo rua mō ngā tau 7-8.

He pēhea rawa te whakaatu mai a ngā ākonga i te angitu hei uri o Te Awa Tupua?

E whanake ana te ngākau titikaha o ngā uri ki ō rātou hononga ki Te Awa Tupua.

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga

E whanake ana te māramatanga o ngā uri ki tō rātou tū motuhake hei uri o Te Awa Tupua o Whanganui. Ko ētahi o ngā wawata o te whānau, ko te whai hononga ake o ā rātou tamariki ki te awa, ā, kia riro i a rātou ngā pūkenga me ngā māramatanga e tika ana mō te whai oranga me te puāwai i roto i tō rātou taiao. Mā roto mai i ngā ruruku, i ngā mōteatea, me ngā waiata, ka whakapuakihia e ngā uri tō rātou manawa whakahī ki tō rātou tuakiritanga. Ka toro atu ngā kaiako ki te taiao ako māoriori, hei tūāpapa mō ngā whai wāhitanga ako tūturu e āta whakatau ai i te whiwhinga o ngā uri i te tangongitanga o ngā wheako ako whakaongaonga e tūhono ana i a rātou ki Te Awa Tupua, ki tō rātou marae, me tō rātou whenua. He ātaahua, he whakaongaonga hoki ngā akomanga, ā, he nui hoki ngā rauemi. Ka whakaarotau ki te tuakiri, te waiora, me te aronga toi whenuatanga o ngā uri ki Te Awa Tupua.

Ka mahi ngātahi te poari me te tumuaki ki te whai i te tirohanga, i ngā uara, me ngā whāinga o te kura, ā, ka hāngai pū te aronga ki ngā uara o te kura. I whakamana anōtia aua tūāhuatanga i te tau 2022. Ka whai wāhi ki te poari kaitiaki, ko ētahi nō ngā hapū o Te Awa Tupua. Ka whakakanohitia ia marae ki ngā hui whakataunga. Ka whai wāhi ngā kaitiaki o te poari ki ngā tūāhuatanga o ia rā ki te kura. Ka aro pū ngā mahere rautaki me ngā mahere ā-tau ki te whakapai tonutanga. Kua whakatakotohia aua tuhinga ki te whārangi ipurangi o te kura, hei tirohanga. Whiwhi ai ngā kaitiaki i ia te wā, ko ngā pūrongo a te tumuaki mō ngā wheako ako o ngā uri, me te maha anō hoki o ērā e tūhonohono ana i ngā uri ki ngā kōrero tuku iho mō ō rātou whakapapa me ō rātou pou whenua whakahirahira.

Kei te whakatairanga tonu ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako i ō rātou mōhiotanga me ō rātou māramatanga ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga mahi. He mātātoa tā rātou whakawhanake i ngā kōtuitanga e whakapakari ai i ngā āheinga o te kura, ā, e whakawhānui ana, e whakatairanga ana hoki i te marau. He kawau mārō rātou mō te mātauranga o ngā uri i roto i te reo Māori me te ao Māori. Ka anga te titiro a ngā kaiārahi ki anamata. Kua tuku i te tono ki te hono atu ki Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa. E whanake haere ana te kura ki te tū hei kura rumaki reo Māori, otirā, kia rumakina ki te mita o Whanganui. Ka whakatauira ngā kaiako i te mita o Whanganui, ā, e whakawhanake ana rātou i ngā rautaki reo e hāpai ai i te hopu reo o ngā uri. Waihoki, kua tono atu ngā kaiārahi ki te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga kia tū hei wharekura, hei āta whakatau i te hūrokuroku o te ako a ngā uri, me te taurite hoki o te toro atu ki te mātauranga kura tuarua e aro nui ai ki ō rātou pūmanawa, ō rātou pūkenga, me ō rātou ngākau nuitanga.

E hāngai ana te ako ngaio me te whakawhanaketanga ngaio o ngā kaiako ki ngā matea whakawhanake o te kura. Kua whakatakotohia te huringa tupu ngaio. E whakapakari ana ngā kaiako i ō rātou mōhiotanga me ā rātou whakaritenga e pā ana ki te reo matatini whai hanganga, me te whakaako i te pāngarau kia whai hua ai. I te wā ka puta ngā painga i ngā mōhiotanga me ngā whakaritenga o ngā kaiako, ka whai hua anō hoki ngā uri.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake

Me whakapakari i te aromātai o roto. Me tuitui ake i te ārahitanga o te marau, kia riterite ai ngā whakaritenga puta noa i te kura, mō te whakamahere, te aromatawai, me te pūrongo. E tohu ana ngā hōtuku paetae ākonga o te tau 2022 i te tini o ngā uri hei whakatere i roto i te ako o te reo matatini me te pāngarau, kia eke ai rātou ki ngā tūmanako o te kura. Me arotake i ngā whakaritenga aromatawai o te kura whānui, hei āta whakatau i te whai pūtaketanga o ngā mahi aromatawai. He mea nui kia ārahi anō hoki ngā aromatawai i ngā mahi a te kaiako ki te tautuhi me te whakamahere i ngā akoranga e whakatutuki ai i ngā matea o ia uri. E tika ana kia haere tonu, kia auau hoki te aroturuki i te ahu whakamua a ngā uri, i ā rātou paetae hoki, kia pūrongohia hoki i ia te wā hei pānuitanga mā ngā whānau me te poari.

Me whai whakaaro ngā kaiako ki ngā huarahi e taea ai te whakapakari ake ngā hononga ako ki ngā whānau o ngā uri e mau ana i ngā matea ake. Ka hāpai taua tūāhuatanga i te tautuhi a ngā kaiako i ngā rautaki e āta poipoi ai i ā rātou tamariki. Ko ngā uri hoki hei whakatere ake i roto i te ako, ka whai hua anō hoki i roto i ngā pātuitanga ki ngā whānau. E mōhio ana te kura me te whānau ki ngā wero ka ahu mai i te tokomaha o ngā tamariki kōhungahunga o te tau tuatahi e uru mai ana ki te kura. I te mea kāhore he kōhanga reo e pā tata ana ki te kura, he tokomaha ngā uri e taetae mai ana ki te kura me te iti o te reo Māori, i te kore mōhio rānei ki te reo Māori. Me whakapakari ake i ngā mahere e hāpai ai i aua ākonga. Me nahanaha ake te aronga a te kura me te whānau ki te hāpai i ngā uri e mōhio ana ki te reo Māori iti noa, hei whakatere ake i tō rātou mātau ki te reo.

5 Te Whakatau a te Poari ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te aromātai, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha mō te whakahaeretanga o ngā wāhanga e whai ake 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 a ngā ākonga ki te kura

ngā kaupapa here o te kura, me te whakatutukitanga o ērā i ngā tikanga e pā ana ki te Children’s Act 2014 .

6 Te Taunakitanga

E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga kia mahi ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako o te kura ki te kōkiri whakamua i ngā whakaritenga matua i tautuhia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whāia.

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

26 Whiringa ā-nuku, 2023

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kura

Te tūwāhi Kei Ranana, ki Whanganui

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 559

Te tūmomo kura He kura tuatahi (Tau 1 ki te 8)

Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura 36

Ngā hononga ā-iwi Māori 35, Iwi kē 1

Ngā āhuatanga motuhake Reo Rua

Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake Here-turi-kōkā 2023

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 26 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2023

Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga, Hōngongoi 2018; Arotake Mātauranga, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2015; Arotake Mātauranga, Hui-tanguru 2011

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 reports provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi .

2 Context

E rere kau ana te awa mai i te kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa. Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au.

Te Kura o Te Wainui-ā-Rua is in the rural community of Ranana and is the last remaining kura along the Whanganui River road. The kura provides kaupapa Māori education for 36 uri from Years 1 to 8. Whānau affiliate to Te Ātihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi . Uri represent marae from the local hapū of Hinengākau , Tamaūpoko and Tūpoho . Whanganui tikanga and values influence teaching and learning. The kura has recently transitioned to reo Māori immersion education for Year 1-6 uri and bilingual education for Years 7 and 8.

3 Evaluation Focus How well do students demonstrate success as descendants of Te Awa Tupua ?

Uri are developing confidence in their connections to Te Awa Tupua .

4 Findings

Uri are developing an understanding of their uniqueness as descendants of Te Awa Tupua o Whanganui . Whānau aspirations include their tamariki being more connected to the awa and for them to understand and attain the necessary skills to survive and flourish in their taiao. Ruruku, mōteatea and waiata allow uri to express pride in who they are. Kaiako utilise the natural learning environment as a basis for authentic learning opportunities to ensure that uri have a range of stimulating learning experiences that connect them to Te Awa Tupua , their marae and whenua . Classrooms are attractive, stimulating and well resourced. Uri identity, wellbeing and sense of belonging to Te Awa Tupua is a priority.

Governance and tumuaki work collaboratively to pursue the kura vision, values, and goals with a clear emphasis on ngā uara o te kura . T hese were reaffirmed in 2022. The Board of Trustees is made up of members of hapū of Te Awa Tupua . Each marae is represented at decision making hui . Trustees are involved in the day-to-day life of the kura . Strategic and annual planning is improvement focused. These can be accessed on the kura website. Trustees receive regular reports from the principal about uri learning experiences, many of which connect them to their whakapapa stories and significant landmarks.

Leadership and kaiako continue to build their knowledge and understanding of their roles and responsibilities. They proactively develop networks to strengthen kura capacity and to extend and enrich the curriculum. They are advocates for uri education i te reo Māori and te ao Māori . Whānau are future focussed. An application has been made to join Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi . The kura is on a development journey to be full immersion i te reo Māori i te mita o Whanganui. Kaiako model the mita of Whanganui and are developing language strategies to support language acquisition for uri . Furthermore, the leaders have applied to the Ministry of Education for Wharekura status to ensure uri have continuity of learning and equitable access to a secondary education that is responsive to their needs, strengths, and interests.

Professional learning and development for kaiako align to kura development needs. A professional growth cycle is in place. Kaiako are building their knowledge and practice in structured literacy and in the effective teaching of mathematics. Uri benefit when kaiako knowledge and practice leads to positive outcomes.

Key Next Steps

Internal evaluation requires strengthening. Better coherence in curriculum leadership is required to achieve consistent planning, assessment and reporting practices school wide. Student achievement data at the end of 2022 showed many uri required accelerated learning in literacy and mathematics to achieve school expectations. A school wide review of assessment practices should be undertaken to ensure that assessments are fit for purpose. It is important that assessment also provides effective guidance for kaiako to identify and plan for learning that meets the needs of individual uri . There is a need for ongoing regular monitoring and reporting of uri progress and achievement to whānau and the board.

Kaiako should consider how they can formalise closer learning partnerships with the whānau of uri with specific learning needs. This will support kaiako to identify strategies to best cater for their tamariki . Partnerships with whanau would also benefit uri whose learning requires accelerating. The kura and whānau are aware of the challenges that a high number of enrolments for new entrants pose. The lack of kōhanga reo provision where the kura is situated means that many uri come with a limited or no knowledge of te reo Māori . Planning to support these learners requires more rigour. A more deliberate approach by both the kura and the whānau is needed to assist uri with limited te reo Māori to accelerate their language competency.

5 Board 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 Recommendation

ERO recommends that kura leaders and kaiako work to progress the key next steps identified in this report.

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

26 October 2023

7 Information about the kura

Location Ranana, Whanganui

Ministry of Education profile number 559

Kura type Full Primary (Years 1-8)

Kura roll 36

Ethnic composition Māori 35, Other 1

Special features Bilingual

Review team on site August 2023

Date of this report 26 October 2023

Most recent ERO reports Education Review, July 2018; Education Review, October 2015; Education Review, February 2011

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