This assessment task is made up of 3 parts along with your reference list – 

1.     Part A, 

2.     Part B and 

3.     An Infographic Presentation

Part A: Drawing on both the principles and practices in the EYLF and set text, you are required to provide a synthesis of the approach/es to curriculum embedded in the EYLF. This synthesis must be supported with key references from the unit. (approximately 600 words)

Part B: Several theoretical perspectives inform the EYLF, and these can “challenge traditional ways of seeing children, teaching and learning” (AGDE, 2022, p. 13). Review and outline the view of children embedded in the EYLF and the NQS. You are asked to consider the assumptions about children contained in the EYLF and in Quality area 1 of the NQS. (approximately 600 words)

Infographic Presentation: The synthesis derived from Part A and B will be used to create an engaging Infographic. You can use a suitable multimedia resource such as Canva etc to assist with your Infographic design. (equivalent to 500 words). The use of graphics, images, graphs can be used to make your infographic presentation as engaging as possible to your audience. The use of charactures is not suitable for professional teaching practice as they often refer to a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.  (approximately 500 words)

NOTE: ensure you are using references to the unit content only in your assessment task

Reference List

·      Minimum 7 references from unit content only (e.g., eReadings, lecture materials, prescribed readings).

·      Use APA 7th edition referencing style. NOTE: ensure you are using references to the unit content only in your assessment task

·      References are not included in the word count.

Submission Checklist
✅ Part A – Approaches to curriculum (600 words)
✅ Part B – View of children in the EYLF & NQS #1 (600 words) 

✅ Infographic Presentation – synthesis of Parts A & B (500 words)
✅ Reference List – 7 unit-based sources. References are not included in word count

IMPORTANT - Parts A, B and Reference list MUST be submitted in a single word document. References must come from unit content only and be integrated into both parts A, B and Infographic

• Synthesise approaches to curriculum that are responsive to children to create a multimedia presentation
• Appraise perspectives of children embedded in the selected policy text/s and explicate how such views impact how educators work with young children

“The planning cycle describes the process educators follow in planning, documenting, responding to and supporting children’s learning” (AGDE, 2022, p. 27). As part of the planning process, educators draw on “professional knowledge, their knowledge of children and local contexts, and their understanding of the Vision, Principles, Practices and Learning Outcomes” (AGDE, 2022, p. 27) outlined in the Early Years Learning Framework.

NOTE: This assessment task is a group task of 2 to 3 students maximum and has three components along with your reference list:

1.     Part A

2.     Part B – this section is not submitted but informs Part C

3.     Part C (complete sections 1 & 2)  

Part A: As a group, you will research and provide an overview of a range of approaches or methods teachers use for gathering data about children’s learning (500 words)

Part B: The focus of the next part of the task is observing and listening to children as they engage in learning experiences, play, and routines during their time in an early learning service. You are asked to select 1 video from the list provided on the Moodle site. As you spend time viewing the selected videos, you are required to reflect on the following:

·       What competencies are the children demonstrating?

·       How are they learning?

·       What ideas/interests are they exploring? What are they curious about? What kinds of questions are they posing? Are they exploring theories?

·       What insights have you gained about their dispositions?

·       How are they navigating social relationships?

·       How is the teacher interacting with the children? Are the children supporting the learning of others as they interact with each other?

You may notice other interesting aspects of the recordings also.

NOTE: You are not required to submit Part B. The purpose of Part B is to activate your curiosity about what is happening to encourage you to think deeply about what you are observing. This section will help you complete Part C.

Part C: Following your initial wonderings about and analysis of what you have observed, noticed and heard in your selected videos, you are asked to complete the following 2 parts (1 & 2):

1. Create a piece of pedagogical documentation (500) for the selected video observations, analysis and notes. “Documentation is an integral and structuring part of the educational theories and teaching practices, as it gives value to and makes explicit, visible and assessable the nature of the individual and group learning processes of both the children and the adults, processes which are identified by means of observation and which become the common wealth” (Rinaldi, 2013, p. 33). The documentation needs to focus on children’s curiosities, capabilities, discoveries, knowledge skills, theories and involvement in learning and include: 

·       Explicating the links to the learning outcomes outlined in the EYLF (2022) or relevant framework in the state of territory.

·       Reflecting on the assumptions about children that were evident in the video scenarios that you observed and consider what this means for your future practice.

2. Design and prepare 1 Invitation to Play (500 words) that demonstrates your groups ability to reflect on the observed children’s interests and explorations in the video and set up an invitation to play that extends of these reflections.

Your invitation to play must include concept plans including drawings or graphics of the design plan and lay-out and a list of materials and resources. 

You must also provide in their rationale an explanation of how the invitation reflects the children’s interests documented in your visual documentation. This is where your links to references come in.

Submission Checklist
✅ Part A – Methods for gathering data (500 words)
✅ Part C – Visual documentation (500 words) & Invitation to Play design plan and set-up video (500 words) 
✅ Reference List – 7 unit-based sources

  ·       Research and apply strategies for gathering data about children’s learning with particular attention given to sharing information with important stakeholders (families),including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island families and explain challenges for educators (Assignment 2)
·       Analyse the learning behaviour of children to document their curiosities, capabilities, discoveries, knowledge skills, theories and involvement in learning. (Assignment 2)
·       Generate visual documentation to make visible your analysis of children’s learning 
·       Explicate links to the practices outlined in Belonging, Being and Becoming:Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (Assignment 2)
·       Reflect critically on the impact of your observations of children on your future 
               learning and practice. (Assignment 2)

REQUIRED: Mandatory National Child Safety Training. This must be completed prior to you commencing your first Placement for this course or your Placement allocation will be cancelled. From 27 February 2026, all persons with management and control, nominated supervisors, persons in day-to-day charge, staff, volunteers and students in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector must complete mandatory national child safety training in Geccko. Geccko is the Australian Government Department of Education’s online learning platform for the ECEC sector. As a University student who will be undertaking Placement in an Early Childhood Education and Care setting, you will be required to undertake the FOUNDATION TRAINING before you can start your Placement for this course.

 Information pertaining to how this is accomplished will be provided during tutorials and on the Moodle site

Students need to print or save their completion certificate from Geccko and upload a copy into SONIA. Each certificate includes a unique certificate number. Your Placement site may also ask you to present your completion certificates when you undertake your Pre-Placement Centre visit/interview.

Here is the link to the Australian Government Department of Education to complete your FOUNDATION TRAINING - https://www.education.gov.au/early-childhood/about/quality-and-safety/mandatory-national-child-safety-training?fbclid=IwY2xjawPal0FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7uEWHkg06uKwU8RBMqElphvTo1geJQ7BiEHulXxrrV1SOf-aCxiktWxH770g_aem_juTWzr7lbCZvPNvjrdPoxw

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