Fun Activities

On The Job

Community and Health - EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR

Offline

Child Safety in the Local Playground

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

1. In groups of 3 - 4 students, read the following article. Reading

2. Go to the local playground and assess whether the playground is safe or not!

You will probably need to take pictures of the playground and its equipment.

How will you assess whether the playground is safe or not?

3. What needs changing?

Child Safety

4. Discussion Reflection

As a class, discuss and reflect.

5. What action will your group or class take to make the playground safer?

 

Childcare Centres Equipment Costing Activity

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, work out what play equipment is standard in Childcare Centres. Do this by visiting 3 - 4 centres between your members of the group.

2. Ask the Child Care Workers what other equipment they would like to see at their centre. Make a priority list.

3. Look at the prices and work out the cost of buying new play equipment for an Early Childhood or Child Care Centre from the following websites:  

Play Equipment

Equipment for Childcare Centres

Peppertown

Equipment
For Park Australia

Equipment
Imagination Play

Equipment

4. Work out the cost of equipping a new Childcare Centre and add to the current Childcare Centres you have visited.

5. New Centre.

If you had a budget of $25K, what equipment would you buy? Why? Would you consider applying for more $$$ for equipment you think is important?

Old Centre that needs more equipment.

If you had a budget of $25K, what equipment would you buy? Why? Would you consider applying for more $$$ for equipment you think is important?

6. Discussion

Discuss as a group your reasoning about the selection of play equipment.

 

 

Online

 

A Child Care Worker is a great job but do the wages reflect the important work done?

High SchoolSecondary

Personal and social capabilityAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

PhilosophyPhilosophy

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning Activity

 

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, read the following articles from

The Conversation 5 September 2018 Reading

The Conversation

The Conversation 23 March 2018 Reading

The Conversation

2. Discussion

As a group, discuss what you have read here.

Why is working with children undervalued?

Is there such a thing as "Women's work"?

 

3. As a class, create a Community of Inquiry.

Community of Inquiry

Each group is to come up with one thinking question to be placed on the board for discussion.

4. Reflection

Reflection.

What is your assessment of this career?

 

 

A Research Response

High SchoolSecondary

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

 

1. In pairs, read the following article from The Conversation 2 July 2018 Reading

The Conversation

2. List 10 salient points between you.

3. Create an infograph that will emphasize the human rights and social justice aspects of this article.

4. Reflection

Reflection.



If you were a policy maker, what would your solutions be?

 

 

 

Other activities used in On the Job that could be used

Podiatrist

Podiatrist
Ruby Red Shoes: A New Story

PrimaryPrimary

 

 

Websites, Games & Apps

Sesame Street Games

PrimaryPrimary

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

 

Sesame Street Games
PBS for Kids

PrimaryPrimary

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability


PBS Kids
PBS - Sesame Street

PrimaryPrimary
ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability


PBS - Sesame Street



WebQuests for Community & Health

Selecting Child Care

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CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability


ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability



Selecting Child Care WebQuest

 

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