Preps breakfast & afternoon tea support plan
This is an exemplar plan outlining support for prep children, new to the OSHC centre, around food service for morning and afternoon. This plan is specific in its intentionality and is accurately linked to the NQF outcomes 1.1 and 3.2. Plan Type Support Plan Intentionality Use [...]
Egg Carton Creations
Using a craft activity can be an excellent way to expose children to a range of learning opportunities in a controlled environment. This activity uses empty egg cartons and other craft materials to create anything imaginable. It will assist students to achieve NQF outcomes 1.4, 2.3 and 4.2.
Ideas to improve communication with families
Effective communication with families can be difficult during the day to day operation of any service. It is difficult to reach every parent personally so a number of communication methods should ensure that important messages are received and access to relevant information is available to everyone. Implementing the [...]
Truth Truth Trick
Social interaction, inquiry, problem solving and negotiation within a group are used in this activity to determine which statements about a person are the truth and which are a trick. NQF outcome 4.2 is the focus of this activity.
Warm Fuzzies
Teaching social and emotional well being can be as simple as using a game. Warm Fuzzies looks at NQF outcome 3.1 to develop social interactions and recognition of a child’s contribution to a supportive community. Plan Type Educator Planned Intentionality Children develop agency in recognising and [...]
Improving your centres sustainability and environmental practices.
Providing a program which encourages sustainability and caring for the environment is more than just recycling your waste paper. We have compiled a number of ideas for centres to implement to meet NQS 3.3. National Quality Standard 3.3: The service takes an active role in caring for its [...]
Paper Planes
Paper planes is a simple activity which enables children to explore ideas while it develops a child’s disposition in various ways. This plan has been developed for curiosity and reflexivity but could be used for other areas of the outcome 4.1 NQF.
Chinese Whispers
A great way to engage children in communication activities is to play simple games such as Chinese Whispers. This plan looks at NQF outcome 5.1 to develop communication skills of active listening and speaking clearly for children. Targeted Children: Year 3 Children, Ella, Charlie, Cooper, Mitchell, [...]
Finding Time to Document for the NQF
In life as in work there are a million things to do and each one appears to be as important as the other. Documentation for the NQF can be one of those must do things that just keeps getting pushed down the list, particularly when there are so many other things that need your immediate attention. Here are a couple of ideas that are used in other child care centres to ensure that there is time for documentation.