Mā te mokopuna

Mokopuna should be encouraged and supported to understand the purpose of Hihira Weteoro and be active participants when gathering phonics information about their learning.  The data collected can provide achievement information about all mokopuna and information about those mokopuna who might need targeted support with their phonics learning.

Mā te kaiako

The data and information from the checks will be useful at a kaiako level to support your teaching of a mokopuna by providing information on achievement and to determine next steps in learning for mokopuna (mō te ako).

Kaiako can also use this information in discussions with whānau to help determine what will happen next in their reading and writing journey.

A marking sheet is provided within He Kete Aromatawai – Rangaranga Reo ā-Tā guidance packs for you to record results for individual mokopuna as you administer an aromatawai task.

Alongside this is a downloadable spreadsheet to support you to capture results for the 20-week check and 40-week check.

Mā te kura

The data and information from the checks will be useful at a kura level and at akomanga level to capture information about kura wide monitoring and support.

Kura and Kura Boards can use this information to help determine resource needs and identify what is required to support mokopuna progress, achievement and success in their phonics journey.  

We are currently working on providing a spreadsheet for He Kete Aromatawai Rangaranga Reo ā-Tā.  Kaiako and kura will be able to use the spreadsheet once made available to help support recording and analysis of the data received from the checks within the kura and akomanga.  

Using and sharing data and information from Hihira Weteoro

For the 40-week check we are encouraging kura and schools to share their results through the Secure Data Portal. Although it is not a requirement, these results will help us understand achievement within phonics at a national level and identify areas that require further support or resources.  

Ko te nui me te wā o ngā hihira o Hihira Weteoro e whakaata ana i te mātauranga ako me te huarahi ako mō ngā mokopuna reorua i roto i ngā wāhi reo Māori.

Ko te nuinga o ngā mokopuna kei roto i ēnei wāhi ka whiwhi i te reo Māori hei reo tuarua, me whakawhanake te matatau ki te reo Māori i mua i te whai wāhi ki ngā kaupapa ako. Ko te huarahi ako o ēnei mokopuna ko te whakaroa mō te wā poto ki te ako i ngā kaupapa ako, kātahi ka anga whakamua ki te whai i ō rātou hoa reo kotahi.

Ina koa, ko ngā ngohe aromatawai i te wiki 55 he wā hihira nui nā te mea koinei te wā ‘hārewa’, te wā e whakakotahi ai ngā mokopuna i ō rātou akoranga, ka kitea ngā pānga ki ngā hua whakamātautau. 

He maha ngā kura e whakamahi ana i ngā aromatawai kounga me whaihua hei hāpai i ā rātou mahi whakaako, engari kāore e mahia tēnei puta noa. Ko te tūmanako kia whakamahi ngā kura i ngā tikanga ōrite kia aromatawaihia te koke ako me te paetae o ngā mokopuna puta noa i te motu i runga i ngā huarahi whaimana me pono. 

Ko te tūmanako kei te pūrongo kē koe i ngā hua ako a ngā mokopuna ki ngā mātua. Ko ngā hua mai i a Hihira Weteoro ka tāpiri atu ki ngā herenga pūrongo mai i te tau 2026. Ka tukuna e mātou he aratohu anō tae atu ki te tohutohu mō te hōputu. 

Ko tā matou kuputohu kia whai wāhi ia tamaiti ki te whakamātau i te hihira weteoro. Kei Te Kete Aromatawai Rangaranga Reo ā-Tā ngā aratohu hei tautoko i ngā kaiako ki te whakahaere i te Hihira Weteoro, tae atu ki ngā tūāhua ka whakaaro pea koe ki te okioki, ki te whakamutu rānei i ngā aromatawai. 

Hei whakarite i ngā akonga kia angitu he mea nui kia mōhio tātou ki te kaha o tō rātou whai i te ara whakaako weteoro – ko te tikanga ki te 20, 40 me te 55 wiki o te mahi ako. Ko te tūmanako ka tirohia e ngā kaiako ngā mokopuna i te wā tata tonu ki aua wā ina e raru ana te taetae mai, me te whai whakaaro ki te kore e riterite ana te tae atu ki te whakamahere i ngā mahi ka whai ake mō ia mokopuna. Ka taea e ngā kaiako te tāpiri i te kupu tīpoka i te wā i uru ai ngā hua mēnā kua raru pea te mokopuna nā te kore taetae ki te kura. Kua tohu anō ngā hua mātai ine pūkenga ko ngā wā ngaro roa ka whakararu i te haere tonutanga o te ako me te aukati i te whakawhanaketanga o ngā pūkenga taketake e tika ana kia angitu i ngā wāhanga o muri mai. Ka kaha ake tēnei pānga i te wiki 40 mō ngā mokopuna kua toru neke atu rānei ngā wiki kua ngaro i te kura.  

E whakatenatenahia ana ngā kura kia tīmata ki ngā hihira weteoro i te wā tonu ka taea. E mōhio ana mātou he wā pukumahi te tīmatanga o te tau kura nō reira karekau he whakaaro kia tīmata ngā kaiako ki te whakamahi i te Hihira Weteoro mai i te rā tuatahi o te Kaupeka Tuatahi. He mea nui kia whiwhi ngā mokopuna i ngā ako horipū i mua i te mahi i ngā ngōhe aromatawai. 

Kei te pīrangi mātou ki te kohi kōrero ka taea pea te whakamārama i tētahi hua, te tuku huarahi whaihua rānei mō ngā mokopuna i roto i ō ratou akoranga. Kua tuhia kētia ngā momo mate kua tautohua ki ngā kōrero whakauru a ngā mokopuna. 

I te nui haere o ngā kura e whakamahi ana i te Hihira Weteoro e hiahia ana mātou ki te mōhio mēnā he hononga kei waenganui i ngā hua o te tamaiti me tana whakamahi i te reo Māori ki waho o te akomanga. I runga i ēnei raraunga, tērā pea ka taea e mātou te tuku aratohu atu mō ngā kaiako me ngā whānau ki te āwhina i ngā mokopuna ki ō rātou huarahi ako. 

Mā ēnei kōrero ka āwhina tātou ki te whai mōhiotanga ki te takenga o ngā mokopuna me te pānga o ō rātou hopu reo ki ngā hua o te Hihira Weteoro. I runga i ēnei kōrero, tērā pea ka taea e mātou te tuku aratohu mā ngā kaiako me ngā whānau ki te āwhina i ngā mokopuna ki ō rātou akoranga.

Ka wātea mai te PLD mō te Hihira Weteoro mā te PLD Tau 0-3 kei te haere tonu i tēnei wā. Mēnā kāore anō koe kia tono mai mō tēnei whakawhanaketanga ngaio, tēnā toro atu ki:

PLD for structured literacy & te reo matatini approaches – Professional Learning & Development