Te Kōhanga Reo me Te Aho Poutama
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust in collaboration with Educa, developed ‘Te Aho Poutama’, a Kōhanga Reo-specific digital platform designed to capture and share the mokopuna learning journey with whānau.
Te Aho Poutama enables Kōhanga Reo to capture the mokopuna Kōhanga Reo journey and connect with whānau in a secure, safe environment, using technology that enables wider connectivity for critical Kaupapa information. Te Aho Poutama design is consistent with Te Kōhanga Reo Kaupapa, including Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo | Curriculum.
“Mā te whakaaro Māori e hua ai ngā painga”
Takahia te whenua ki ō taumata
Piupiu ō hope ki te mata ō hākoakoa
Tukua te aho kia hī ake te pūtiki ō hītori
The mokopuna continue to be the reason for casting their stories, connecting generations of whānau Kōhanga Reo on a journey each day, each month, each year, to shape a historical impact.
Benefits for mokopuna
Te Aho Poutama captures and shares the mokopuna learning journey and invites whānau to view, share, and comment on their stories, which creates history and connects generations. Te Aho Poutama stores and shares the remarkable journey our mokopuna take each day.
When the mokopuna graduates Kōhanga Reo their Te Aho Poutama profile can follow them onto Kura. The whānau also retain access to the profile and can produce a hard copy for their records.
Hīkoi tahi i te whenua nui
Hāere tahi i te whenua roa
Tukua te aho kia hō ake te pūtiki ō hītori
Whānau experience an intergenerational journey from the front of our whare to the back and the back of our whare to the front. Together we establish an integral journey for our mokopuna organically.
Benefits for whānau
Whānau can keep up to date with the learning journey their mokopuna experience within Kōhanga Reo. Te Aho Poutama provides a platform that enables whānau to securely view, share, and comment on the learning their mokopuna is undertaking.
As an extension of Taku Whare Kōhanga Reo, Te Aho Poutama can support whānau engagement and understanding of the concepts and reo used in the daily programme and routines of the Kōhanga Reo.
It also provides whānau with access to policies, procedures, and pānui ensuring there is a single source of truth for all critical information.
Kawea ō whenua kupu
Waha ake te hau ō kupu
Tukua te aho kia hao te pūtiki ō hītori
Together we build and shape the very existence of our language and customs. We grow in indigenous thought, we strengthen the power of indigenous hearts, we connect with our mighty spirit to immerse the body as one unified mokopuna acknowledging the unique environment linked to transitioning to Te Aho Matua.
Benefits for Kaiwhāngai, Kaipoipoi, Kaiārahi
Te Aho Poutama provides a method for kaimahi to keep whānau informed and engaged in the mokopuna learning journey. The platform has been customised to ensure kaimahi can reflect the learning journey in a culturally appropriate way consistent with Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo | Curriculum.
Te Aho Poutama also provides greater security and integrity than free solutions such as Facebook groups. Educa’s closed environment means mokopuna details are safer and can only be seen by approved whānau. Te Aho Poutama has also been subsidised for Kōhanga Reo by the Trust.
Kia tuku i te aho o waka mokopuna kia hī ake te pūtiki o te ika oreore