Community and Health - EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR

Child Safety in the Local Playground

Middle  Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Cooperative Learning Activity

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

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?

4.

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

Middle  Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Cooperative 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	Peppertown
For Park Australia	Imagination Play

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.

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

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

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Philosophy

Cooperative Learning Activity

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

The Conversation 5 September 2018

The Conversation 23 March 2018

2.

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.

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

4.

Reflection.

What is your assessment of this career?

A Research Response

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

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

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.

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

Other activities used in On the Job that could be used

Podiatrist

Ruby Red Shoes: A New Story Primary

Websites, Games & Apps

Sesame Street Games Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
PBS for Kids Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
PBS - Sesame Street Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Selecting Child Care

Secondary

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

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability