PAC01 Planning and curriculum cluster
PAC01 Planning and curriculum cluster
Student name Email address Knowledge Questions
Purpose of this Assessment
This assessment task is designed to assess your knowledge of the following units:
CHCECE043 - Nurture creativity in children
CHCECE047 - Analyse information to inform childrens learning
CHCECE048 - Plan and implement childrens education and care curriculum
Student Instructions
This assessment task contains Short Answer Questions where you need to provide a response in your own words to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the unit. Carefully read through each question and reflect on your learning in this unit, including any additional research you have conducted.
Please note: Where your response does not sufficiently address all the question components, your submission will be returned to you for resubmission.
Assessment Conditions
This assessment is untimed
You may refer to your learning materials during this assessment
You must read and respond to all questions
Answers must be typed and submitted through My eCampus for assessing
You must complete the task independently
No marks or grades are allocated for this assessment task. The outcome of the task will be Satisfactory or Not Satisfactory
As you complete this assessment task, you are predominately demonstrating your written skills and knowledge to your trainer/assessor
Little.ly Early Learning Centre
The following assessments include the use of a simulated childcare centre called Little.ly Early Learning Centre: www.littlely.eduworks.com.au.
The simulated business has been developed based on real childcare centres and you should familiarise yourself with the services, employee structures and templates located in the Educator Hub tab.
To access the site please click on this link:
www.littlely.eduworks.com.auand click on the Educator Hub Login
Username: FE.Student
Password: FE.Student01
If you have any questions on how to navigate the simulated business, please refer back to your induction module at the start of the course to the Little.Ly Early Learning Centre Guide.
Knowledge Questions
Question 1
Read the scenario provided and answer the questions.
You have recently begun working at an education and care setting called Little.ly Early Learning Centre.
You are the room leader and are required to do the planning and curriculum in the room you are working. Your assistant in the room has asked why its important to read or refer back to the services philosophy when planning the curriculum.
a. Explain how the service philosophy influences the service curriculum design and how the service has adapted the National Quality Famework to support their philosophy and policies.
b. Explain why a service might have or develop a specific philosophy and how this might influence their curriculum.
Question 2
Identify the requirements of the National Quality Framework, including the Standard, Regulations and associated Law in relation to the following and describe in your own words how they relate to planning and curriculum: (Include at least 1 Standard/Law or Regulation per point).
a. Educational program and practice
b. Health and safety
c. Physical environment
d. Relationships with children
e. Collaborative partnerships with families and communities
Question 3
Outcome 4 of the Early Years Learning Framework says that children are confident and involved learners. Furthermore, it states that children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity.
It is important to understand learning dispositions as an educator when planning for childrens learning. Dispositions can be useful to support the analysis of learning and support educators to plan for childrens learning.
This collection of questions focuses on nurturing the disposition of creativity in children, planning for and teaching creative experiences and arts support learning and development.
a. Explain in your own words what a learning disposition is.
b. Explain how you would model positive learning dispositions when engaging with and educating children and why this is important.
c. Outline how the disposition of creativity relates to each of the nine learning dispositions identified in the Framework.
d. Describe what teaching technique or strategies you would use to support children's creativity by exploring the arts.
Explain how you would ensure children are exposed to various art forms and artists
e. Discuss the role of arts and creativity in early childhood development and learning and explain in your own words how different/diverse cultures create an impact on arts and creativity in children.
f. Explain what skills and techniques in the creative areas you need to have to assist children in implementing their ideas.
g. Summarise current research about why creativity is important in society and the value of the process and product. Explain in your own words the difference between artistic process and product and why it is important to have evaluation methods for judging both the process and the product.
h. Outline why it is important to encourage creative freedom for children and how it connects to development and learning.
i. What are the evaluation methods for reviewing childrens learning throughout the artistic process?
Question 4
Observing childrens learning is an important aspect of teaching and planning for children.
There are many different styles of observation for educators to use to document childrens learning.
Imagine you have been appointed as the new Educational Leader of the service, and you have been asked to train a new educator about observations.
The service currently uses an online platform for sharing photos and documentation with the class group and individually. The service uses this platform to gather information about children and collaborate with families. They also use annual surveys and incidental conversations with families to learn more about the children.
Confidentiality is extremely important to the service, in particular, related to children's documentation sharing. The service has a policy that states the following:
Permission must be gained in writing from parents prior to their documentation of photographs being shared
Permission must be gained in writing from parents prior to uploading information or observations to the online platform
Childrens photos and names must not be shared outside of the service
A list of childrens permissions is accessible to all educators in the classrooms on the programming shelf.
All educators must check permissions and update the list each time a new child is enrolled.
Educators at this service mainly use a learning story format for observation or anecdotal observations and jottings.
a. Explain in your own words what makes a meaningful observation.
b. Conduct your own research and outline to the new educator the way that observations are currently being used in the industry, and new thoughts about how observations could be created, collected or used in the future. Access the Little.ly website and share with the educator what methods of observation the service uses.
c. Describe ways the service collects information about children including:
Different tools for observing, and
Collaborative approaches for sourcing multiple perspectives from children, educators and families and the communication tools used (e.g., emails, phone calls, informal discussions).
d. Explain to the new educator:
Why it is important to gather or collect information about children from multiple perspectives and
How the educator can support collaborative critical reflection in the service.
e. Describe what needs to be considered when developing documentation to share with families and how the service currently does this. You will need to access Little.ly website to gather this information.
f. Explain confidentiality and ethical requirements to the new educator and how to ensure they follow confidentiality and ethical requirements when:
Sharing documentation about childrens learning with their families and with the learning community
Disposing of information and
Storing information.
g. Fill out the below table to explain to the new educator the different ways to gather information and in what context these might be used.
Observational tool Description of the tool/method for gathering information about childrens learning and development When would this tool or method might be applied?
Anecdotal record Asking questions of children Child records Discussion with families Narratives Learning stories Sociograms Running records Jottings Time or event samples Digital images Cultural maps Samples of childrens work Question 5
The National Quality Framework (including the approved learning frameworks, Standards, Regulations and associated Law) guide educators to plan for childrens learning and development
As an educator in a service, you must understand these documents to ensure you meet the requirements with regard to planning and curriculum.
a. List and explain the stages of the curriculum planning cycle. (Approximately 30-50 words expected for each stage)
Stages of curriculum planning cycle Explanation
b. Explain in your own words what meaningful critical reflection is, why it is used and how educators use critical reflection.
c. Read about the Early Childhood Pedagogy of the Learning Framework on Page 12 of the EYLF and provide a summary of the elements of being an educator in the sector.
Question 6
Choose two different cultures and complete the table below with your understanding.
Cultures Describe how creativity and art are represented in this culture? Explain the importance of art and creativity in this culture
Question 7
What are the responsibilities of approved providers to maintain the resources and equipment that are used in creative experiences?
Question 8
What methods of interrogating and analysing information would you use to determine the following:
Individual childrens strengths, interests and needs
When additional support may be needed
Current and future development and learning opportunities
Complete the table provided below.
Methods of interrogating and analysing information
Individual childrens strengths, interests and needs When additional support may be needed Current and future development and learning opportunities Question 9
Explain the link between the collection and analysis of information, and the planning and implementation of the curriculum.
Question 10
In the areas listed below, identify the types of creative opportunities (e.g. artistic, performance, problem-solving and so on), how to match these to children's interests, and the types of resources required, including re-cycled, re-purposed or re-used items.
Areas Types of creative opportunities Matching the areas to childrens interests Types of resources required
Construction Digital technologies Dramatic play Imaginative play Language and storytelling Movement Music Science, technology, engineering arts and maths (STEAM) Visual art Question 11
Summative assessment is used to bring together the information on what the child knows, understands and can do. This information is then analysed by the educator to give an overview of the childs progress. What are the methods and tools used when developing summative assessments?
Methods used to create Summative Assessment
Tools used to inform a Summative Assessment
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CMP01 Compliance in early childhood(CHCECE044, CHCECE053, CHCECE049)
Student name Email address Knowledge Questions
Purpose of this Assessment
This assessment task is designed to assess your knowledge on:
Compliance in a childrens education and care service
Environmental responsibility in service operations
Grievances and complaints about the service
Student Instructions
This assessment task contains Short Answer Questions where you need to provide a response in your own words to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the unit. Carefully read through each question and reflect on your learning in this unit, including any additional research you have conducted.
Please note: Where your response does not sufficiently address all the question components, your submission will be returned to you for resubmission.
Assessment Conditions
This assessment is untimed
You may refer to your learning materials during this assessment
You must read and respond to all questions
Answers must be typed and submitted through My eCampus for assessing
You must complete the task independently
No marks or grades are allocated for this assessment task. The outcome of the task will be Satisfactory or Not Satisfactory
As you complete this assessment task, you are predominately demonstrating your written skills and knowledge to your trainer/assessor
Little.ly Early Learning Centre
Some questions within the Knowledge Questions include the use of a simulated childcare centre called Little.ly Early Learning Centre: www.littlely.eduworks.com.au.
The simulated business has been developed based on real childcare centres and you should familiarise yourself with the services, employee structures and templates located in the Educator Hub tab.
To access the site please click on this link:
www.littlely.eduworks.com.au and click on the Educator Hub Login
Username: FE.Student
Password: FE.Student01
If you have any questions on how to navigate the simulated business, please refer back to your induction module at the start of the course to the Little.Ly Early Learning Centre Guide.
Knowledge Questions
Question 1
Research the National Quality Framework to answer the following.
a. Provide an outline of the key components of the National Quality Framework.
b. Fill in the below table by identifying each of the seven quality areas of the NQS, outlining the standards of each, and providing one example of how these areas apply to service practice.
Seven quality areas Standards of area Application to service practice
Question 2
a. What is the purpose of the National Law and Regulations in the ECEC sector?
b. In the table below, list three guiding documents under the National Quality Framework and explain how they support services to improve quality.
Guiding document Explain how this supports the quality practice
c. Research the latest snapshot from ACECQA and examine current sector trends and research. Identify the snapshot (e.g., NQF Snapshot Q1 202X) and provide at least five (5) pieces of information you found in the snapshot.
This must be in your own words and 45 sentences in length.
Question 3
a. Explain the assessment and quality rating process, including:
The levels of quality rating used and what each level indicates about the service
What happens during each step in the process?
What are the levels of quality rating used for?
What does each level indicate about the service?
i.Excellent
ii.Exceeding NQS
iii.Meeting NQS
iv.Working towards NQS
v.Significant improvement required
What happens during each step in the process?
b. Identify the two (2) relevant approved national learning frameworks and explain the purpose of each.
c. What are the five (5) Principles from the learning frameworks?
d. What is the role of the national and state/territory governing bodies under the NQF?
Question 4
a. Identify how each key stakeholder listed below may be engaged at different stages of the quality improvement process.
Key stakeholder How they may be engaged at different stages
Educators Children Families and local community b. What are three (3) compliance resources you can use to support the review process? Include at least one (1) government and one (1) non-government resource.
Question 5
a. What are the privacy and confidentiality requirements educators and managers must meet during a complaints or grievance process?
b. Explain the requirements and process for notifying the regulatory authority of complaints and grievances.
c. What is the code of ethics relevant to the childrens education and care industry? Identify one point of this code that is relevant to handling complaints.
Question 6
Explain how you think families might respond to the scenarios below. Discuss how the approach taken to manage the issue could impact the familys response, and explain how the approach could be improved.
Scenario How the family might respond, and how the approach taken could impact the familys response? Explain how the approach could be improved
Scenario 1
A parent called the centre at 9:00am to discuss her childs medication. She wanted to talk with the director about managing the medication and check if there was anything else she needed to do before her daughter attended the next day.
The director did not respond until 5:30pm. The response was provided by email, stating, Sorry I missed your call. Ill chat with you tomorrow when you come in. Scenario 2
A parent approached the team leader of his childs room to report that his child had been bitten the previous day by another child.
The educator said, Actually, come to think of it, she did cry, but I just thought she was being a bit whiney because it was almost home time. Sometimes children bite and theres not much we can do about it. Question 7
a. Give a brief explanation of each of the communication techniques listed below.
Communication technique Explanation
Active listening Collaborative decision-making Language style Questioning techniques b. How can you ensure your communication techniques are appropriate to different social and cultural groups?
c. How can you empathise with a persons situation while still upholding service policies?
d. Discuss non-verbal communication techniques and how non-verbal cues can be recognised and interpreted by others.
Question 8
Review the Little.ly complaint procedure and identify five (5) key features of the procedure for responding to a complaint.
Question 9
a. Research conflict theory and provide an overview of the theory by explaining each of the below components.
Component Overview
Signs of conflict Stages of conflict Levels of conflict Factors involved in the conflict b. What are the results of managing a conflict effectively?
Question 10
a. Describe each of the listed conflict resolution techniques.
Conflict resolution technique Description
Assertiveness Diffusing escalated reactions Negotiation b. What are the principles of mediation?
c. Discuss how using appropriate communication contributes to effective conflict resolution.
Question 11
a. Provide a summary of the standards and procedures included in the Little.ly grievances and complaints policy.
b. Maintaining collaborative partnerships with families and communities is essential to the educators role. List the National Quality Standards and Elements related to this and provide an example of how this is upheld in Little.lys grievances and complaints policy.
Question 12
a. Research three (3) global issues around environmental responsibility, give a brief overview, and explain the relevance at a local level.
Global environmental issue Overview Relevance at a local level
1 2 3 b. Explain your understanding of the relationship between human and animal activity and the environment.
Question 13
a. Research and define environmental responsibility.
b. Explain why it is important to plan for children to learn about the environment and become environmentally responsible.
c. Conduct some research on the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures to how we practice environmental responsibility in Australia. Outline your findings below.
d. Why is important to include the communitys knowledge, skills and values in the services environmental practices?
Question 14
Throughout your work as an educator, you will need to undertake environmental sustainability planning in a childrens education and care context.
a. For each of the focus areas below, identify two (2) sustainable practices that may be implemented at childrens education and care services.
Key area of focus Two (2) sustainable practices
Biodiversity Eco-friendly material usage Energy Water Natural environment Recycling Toxins Upcycling Waste (including food waste) b. What are five (5) ways you can integrate environmental sustainability into the curriculum? Include at least one (1) example of how you can use materials in an eco-friendly way.
c. What is eco-literacy? Identify two (2) examples of how you can promote this in children.
d. Explain how you would implement each of the following strategies to maximise childrens learning about the natural environment and environmental sustainability.
Strategy How you would implement the strategy
Growing and preparing food Recycling Waste reduction Reduction of water usage Reduction in energy use Question 15
a. Describe how you could develop an environmental sustainability plan. Include in your discussion:
Tools for identifying potential improvements
Models of best practice
Methods for developing the plan
b. Identify two (2) potential ethical dilemmas you may have when developing your environmental sustainability plan.
c. Discuss how you can involve key stakeholders, children, families, and service personnel in the development of the plan.
d. At some stage, you will need to review the plan for effectiveness. Identify two (2) qualitative and two (2) quantitative measures you can use.
Question 16
It is important to teach children to be environmentally responsible in Early Childhood Education and Care and to embed changes from within the community. When planning for these changes and embedding these practices, its important to think about the principles of change management.
Answer the following about the process of change related to sustainability.
a. Identify and list the four (4) principles of change management.
b. What are two (2) barriers to change that people may experience regarding sustainability?
c. List two (2) drivers of behavioural change and explain why people would want to be more responsible with the environment.
d. Research Epsteins overlapping spheres of influence and discuss why educators in an early childhood setting can influence change with their sphere of influence.
Question 17
As part of the National Quality Framework, teams are required to critically reflect on their practice.
a. Define critical reflection in your own words.
b. Explain the purpose of critical reflection in an education and care service.
c. Explain how educators can engage in critical reflection.
d. List strategies educational teams can use to ensure that critical reflection and self-assessment are meaningful.
Question 18
Discuss the NQF standards relevant to responsibility for the physical environment, as well as the service policies and procedures for environmental sustainability.
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