CHCECE003 - PROVIDE CARE FOR CHILDREN
Formative Assessment
Activity 1
1. Give a brief explanation of the National Quality Framework that relates to early childhood education and child care. (300–330 words)
2. When is a child likely to be ready for toilet training? (75-100 words)
3. How should you react to a child’s toileting accident? (75-100 words)
4. If potty chairs are used in an education and care service, what procedures should be followed? (75-100 words)
Activity 2
1. Explain how understanding the nutritional requirements for children can impact on the foods offered to children in an education and care service. (75–100 words)
2. List foods and drinks that will be suitable for children of the following ages:
a. Infants aged one year.
b. Toddlersaged two years.
c. Children aged five years.
(100–150 words)
3. How can you encourage children to eat unprocessed snack foods rather than highly processed, not so healthy snack foods? (25–75 words)
4. Refer to the Guide to the NQS (available on the ACECQA website) and identify which Quality Area contains theHealthy eating and physical activity are promoted and appropriate for each child. What does this quality area focus on? (25–75 words)
Activity 3
1. Explain how you would handle the situation when a child refuses to wear a jumper or jacket when playing outside in winter. (75–100 words)
2. Why is it not a good idea for children to wear jewellery at an education and care service? (75–100 words)
Activity 4
1. How can you encourage children to participate in physical experiences? (75–100 words)
2. Why is it a good idea to encourage children to participate in food preparation and procurement? (75–100 words)
Activity 5
1. How can you encourage children to participate in physical activities? (100–150 words)
2. What should be checked when designing programs, activities, equipment and materials? (100–150 words)
3. Outline the advantages of encouraging children to participate in outdoor play. (100–150 words)
4. What should you consider when you are planning experiences to support children’s individual interests and needs? (75–100 words)
Activity 6
1. Why is it necessary to ensure that the materials required by children are accessible? (100–150 words)
2. What are some of the tasks that children might be encouraged to complete? (75–100 words)
3. What components of physical fitness can be considered when designing physical activities to assist health and wellbeing? (100–150 words)
4. When should staff and children wash their hands? (75–100 words)
5. How can you encourage children to develop good hygiene practices? (75–100 words)
Activity 7
1. When planning activities for children in an education and care service, what Quality Area of the NQS is concerned with the physical environment? Summarise the Quality Area, Standards and Elements. (100–150 words)
2. Outline at least five regulations for centre based services that are included in this Quality Area.
3. What do the Education and Care Services National Regulations consider are the necessary requirements for indoor spaces? (100–150 words)
Activity 8
1. Quality Area 3 requires that physical environments contribute to children’s wellbeing, creativity and developing independence. How can indoor and outdoor spaces ensure children are not always dependent on adults? What are the benefits of children playing indoors and outdoors? (250–300 words)
2. Explain the termcreative play. (75–100 words)
3. What is the purpose of monitoring and regular review of children’s support programs? (75–100 words)
Activity 9
1. If a new employee was about to start working in the education and care centre, how would you prepare the children for this change? (75–100 words)
Activity 10
1. What activities or services would you consider to be a routine? Explain why you think this. (75–100 words)
2. Explain some tasks that children could be encouraged to complete for themselves. (75–100 words)
3. What should you do if a child is struggling to complete a task? (75–100 words)
Activity 11
1. Babies are individuals. Each child will have different responses in certain situations. Describe the possible responses of two different babies to tiredness.
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2. How can you make sure that discipline in the centre is fair and consistent? (75–100 words)
3. Explain how you could get to know the babies/ infants/ children in your care. How do you identify their individual routines, rhythms, preferences and the cues that will enable you to accommodate their needs? (200–250 words)
4. Describe a situation where a child has, or might have an emotional outburst. What did or might trigger the outburst and how did or would you, as the educator, handle the situation? (100–150 words)
Activity 12
1. What is separation anxiety and why can children/ parents suffer from it? (100–150 words)
2. How can you minimise the effects of separation anxiety for parents? (100–150 words)
Activity 13
1. What strategies could be implemented to ensure that the parent and the child settle into care easier? (100–150 words)
2. What can you do to ensure the parent feels comfortable after they have left the child? (75–100 words)
Activity 14
1. Explain how routines contribute to the minimisation of stress and separation anxiety for parents and children. (250–300 words)
2. What procedures and strategies could you follow when dealing with children who are distressed upon arrival? (75–100 words)
Summative Assessment:
1. According to national regulations, what are some of the physical needs that education and care services must cater for? List six.
2. Where can you access copies of the National Quality Framework (NQF), National Quality Standard (NQS) and the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)? Where can more advice, support and information about the NQS, NQF and EYLF be found? When navigating the EYLF what are the five outcomes that you will find information about? (100–150 words)
3. How would you encourage children to follow appropriate hygiene practices? (100–150 words)
4. Describe The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. (150–200 words)
5. What are some of the tasks that young children want and need to learn to do for themselves? (100–150 words)
6. Approved frameworks encourage belonging, being and becoming for children in education and care services. Explain why it is important to stand back and allow children to make the attempt to complete tasks without interference and what frameworks are concerned with this. (100–150 words)
7. Research what a code of ethics is and describe its importance in a child care setting. (100–150 words)
8. Explain the sun protection procedures that should be followed in an education and care service. (100–150 words)
Summative Assessment 2
Project 1
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Part 1
To complete this activity, you will need access to an education and care service to observe the facilities that they offer. Describe the service and the physical facilities (rooms, equipment etc) it offers to children.
Draw up a plan of the facility.
Explain how:
o the design of the facility provides for the physical care of children
o nutritional requirements of children and babies in care are met
o clothing and temperature controls are monitored to ensure that children are comfortable
o hygiene procedures are explained to children
o safety issues are explained, practiced and enforced
o the need for exercise is communicated to children in care
o children are encouraged to learn to do things for themselves
o children are encouraged to participate in food preparation and procurement
o the emotional needs of children are catered for
o temper tantrums and unacceptable behaviours are modified
o children and parents are made comfortable about utilising the care facility
The answer to these questions must be comprehensive, with each of the points fully covered. (1000–2000 words)
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Part 2
A mother has telephoned the education and care service for which you work to arrange for her child to start attending. You organise the prospective start date and the mother tells you that both she and her child are feeling quite anxious about the care situation. She asks you to explain what the daily routines at the centre are and to describe the meals that are produced, the hygiene practices that will be followed, safety procedures and how children are handled if they become emotional or upset. She tells you that her child has only just started toilet training and the child is very independent, likes to play with puzzles and to paint, but also enjoys outdoor activities.
What information will you give to this parent and how will you ensure that she feels safe and secure leaving her child at the provider? Explain, in detail, how you would describe the service provider’s facilities and its practices and how you would accommodate this child. (500-1500 words)