CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

Task:

Section 1 Background to your curriculum

1.Attach A copy of your personal philosophy- I am interested in what pedagogical theory you relate to.

2.Attach A copy of the Service’s philosophy – once again I am particularly interested in what pedagogical theory your Service aims towards

3.Following consultation with children and families outline what they think of the current learning environments available in your room and what they identified as current strengths and needs.

4.Identify the individual and group strengths, interests and goals of the children you are planning for. 

In creating a curriculum, you will be planning/focussing on a group of children within your room or all children in your room. It is important that you collect information about every child you are planning for. Complete the following information for every child that you are planning for. You may like to use the simple table on the next page, or you can present the information in a way meaningful to your service.

5.Describe the context of your group of children, tell us a bit about the families and the community your Service / Room supports. This is where you can talk about the strengths, interests and goals of the group. Understanding your “community” will help here.

Section 2 Designing the Curriculum -Plan

6.Describe the learning environment that you will use:

a.Describe the environment, here talk about the whole room in relation to the Service, for example do meals happen in the room, are toilets attached are there sleep rooms attached, or where do children sleep or rest, atmosphere – access to natural light, heating/cooling, 

b.Play areas - Submit a floor plan/map of both the indoor and outdoor areas, label each area/ activity within each plan/map.

c.Submit photos of the areas.

d.Describe each area and how the children will use the area/activity.

7.Outline the routine of your day and describe key learning goals for each routine.

8.What practices are you implementing? (These are the practices from the EYLF – you need to determine how you will implement the curriculum – what practices are you planning to include).

9.The curriculum – where is this displayed, how is it made available to families and staff.

Section 3 Act / Do – Implementing the curriculum

11. Describe how you plan to monitor and assess children’s learning, ensuring that both planned and unplanned experiences are considered for assessment.

12.The curriculum needs to have been implemented over at least a two-week period. Collect photos and assessments of what happened.

13.Submit the daily diaries (or records you keep for each day/week) of the curriculum you have implemented.

14.Submit at least ten (10) learning stories, at least one for each day the curriculum is implemented.

15.Describe how you will gather feedback from families and children about the curriculum you have offered

Section 4 Reflect / Review

16.Assess and evaluate the teaching and learning. Submit a small number of critical self-reflections - they must show you have reflected on your own practice, the curriculum, the environment and an activity you directed

17.Sustainable practices are implemented daily in every Service and are embedded into many of our routines:

a.List the ways you currently support children to develop an understanding and care for the natural environment, don’t forget simple routines you implement as well as equipment, spaces and environments.

b.Describe how these practices and activities, help children build awareness of global issues around the problems of the environment and how sustainable practices can help.

18.Look carefully at the things you described in the last question and analyse them to determine if they are effective or not – complete the following chart (you must list at least 4 practices your Service implements).

19.Choose one of the “things that don’t work” from your list above and describe how this could be changed and improved – detail the strategies you will implement to improve the practice. (This is a very important part of this cluster so be very detailed in your evidence).

20.How do you encourage children and other educators to implement sustainable practices?

21.How do you link to the local community when implementing sustainable practices? (new) Why is this important?

22.How are sustainable practices embedded in your policies and procedures– for the following areas describe how each practice has a sustainable focus.

a.Cleaning the service

b.Resourcing play and activities

c.Children’s sleep routines

d.Mealtime routines

e.Creating environments within the Service

23.Review the service philosophy, policies and procedures in relation to sustainability, then answer the following questions

a.Describe how the policies and procedures from your Service are linked to the National Quality Standards and the EYLF.

b.Identify and list any areas of potential changes you could suggest to better embed sustainability in the service philosophy, policies and procedures.

c.Who would be involved in the discussion and process if you were to make changes to either the Service philosophy, policies, procedures?

How would final agreement on any changes be made who would have to make final approval?