Early Childhood Education in Australia: Quality Area 2 and 3, UN Convention of Rights, Code of Ethics, Physical Activities, Self-Regulation, Sun Protection, Transition Strategies

This article discusses various aspects of early childhood education in Australia, including Quality Area 2 and 3, UN Convention of Rights, Code of Ethics, Physical Activities, Self-Regulation, Sun Protection, and Transition Strategies. It emphasizes the importance of routines, communication, and respectful behavior in promoting the well-being and development of children.

U3 - CHCECE003
Assessment 1
Question 1 A
Answer
The Care Quality Authority & Australian Children's Education overseas the early childhood in
Australia.
The National Quality Framework can cover the longest day care, family day care, preschools as
well as the outside school hours care services in the Australia. In this, from the Quality Area 2, the
Elements 2.1.1 generally involves an aim which states that provide every child comfort as well as
the well-being consisting an appropriate opportunity to meet every child’s required for sleep,
relaxation. The Element 2.1.3 generally includes that the healthy deiting as well as the physical
activity are both promoted as well as appropriate for every child.
In the Quality Area 3, the Elements 3.1.1 in this generally states that the outdoor as well as the
indoor spaces, building, fixtures as well as the fittings are more suitable for their purposes
containing the encouraging the access of every child. In addition to this, the Element 3.2.1
generally states about the inclusive environments such as the outdoor as well as the indoor spaces
are generally organized and adapted to encourage the participation of each child as well as to
engage each child in the in natural as well as built environments.
Question 2 A
Answer
The quality area which generally discusses about the indoor as well as the outdoor spaces as the
goal of the Quality Area 3 under NQS is to ensure that the physical environment is generally
suitable, safe as well as provides a rich as well as the various range of the experiences which
specifically promotes the learning as well as development of every child.
URL:<https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard/quality-area-3-physical-
environment>
Question 3 A
Answer
The main objective of the United Nation Convention of the Rights of every Child is to protecting
children rights by care setting for the particular standards in the well-being, education, care as
well as the legal, civil and the social services as well.
Question 3 B
Answer
The articles 18 and 29 from the United Nation Convention of the Rights of the Child generally
addresses the liberty of the movement as well as its nationality. And, the article 29 specifically

addresses the participation in the public as well as the political life. In this, there are four core
principles of convention such as right of survival, non-discrimination, devotion towards best
interest of child, right to development and right to participation.
Question 4 A
Answer
The main aim of the code of ethics is generally to ensure about informing those people in behalf
of organisation how they can use standard for conducting it more effectively. In this, a code of
ethics reiterates the values of an organisation as well as the morale so that the workers as well as
the third parties can effectively understand the standards they are accountable to uphold.
Question 4 B
Answer
The very four core principles of a code of ethics are Non-maleficence, Beneficence, Justice as well
as the Autonomy. In this, the beneficence principle is generally defined as an act of charity and
kindness along with strong connotation of doing something positive towards others consisting a
moral duty. It is specifically considered as one of the important ethics in healthcare system. In
contrast with non-maleficence, it usually holds that there is a duty not to inflict harm on others.
Non-maleficence is closely linked with the concept such as first do not harm. In contrast with
autonomy in code of ethics, it is an essential concept in both theories such as political and ethical
as well. It specifically admits a broad category of meanings that contains specific qualities such as
self determination, dignity, independence as well as self-knowledge. In this, the term justice is
mainly concerned with equitable dispersion of advantages as well as burdens towards people in
social institutions as well as how the rights of several people are realised.
Question 5 A
Answer
The physical activities which can be introduced to stimulate a child from the birth to the five-year-
old baby such as playground activities, playing with the blocks and the other objects, jumping and,
dancing.
Question 5 B
Answer
The four physical activities which can be introduced are such as play games or the sports in the
backyard or park, targeted games, jumping games, swimming can also be a part of physical
activity.
Question 5 C
Answer
There are some of the activity for the physical benefits in children are as mentioned below:
 Decreased health risks.
 Enhances the capability to do the daily activities.

 Strengthens the muscles as well as the bones.
Question 6 A
Question
Answer
The very two reasons that why the routines are essential for the children as routine generally
provides a confidence as well as an independence, it can create the healthy and the constructive
habits.
The very two strategies which can be used to decrease the distress which is generally experienced
by the both parents as well as the children at the time of separation such as keep the drop-offs
sweet and short, do not the prolong goodbyes.
Question 7 A
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Answer
 Teach the children not to play around or near the street.
 Never leave the children outside alone.
 Must check the outdoor play areas routinely, must remove the objects or the things which
can harm the children.
Question 8 A
Answer
In this, the child requirement for privacy during dressing and toileting undressing times should be
respected. The educators should record the details of the nappy changes for sharing with the
families upon the collection where it is an appropriate for the age of a child and its development
as well as in instances where it is requested by the families.
Question 8 B
Answer
 Must aid the child to change their clothes.
 Should seal the soiled clothes in a plastic wrap and educators must send the children to
the home with parents to wash.
 Must remind the child that he is not wearing a diaper as well as requires to use the toilets.
Question 9 A
Answer
The five principles from the belonging, being and becoming are as mentioned below:
 Elevated expectations and equity.
 Secure, respectful and the mutual relationships.
 The respect for the diversity.
 The ongoing learnings as well as the reflective practices.
 Partnerships.
Question 9 B
Answer

There are three major emotional stages which are comes under the childhood development such
as the noticing emotions, expressing emotions as well as the managing emotions.
Question 9 C
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The concept of self-regulation is generally a capability to adjust as well as control energy level,
emotions, attention as well as behaviors. Its development can occur in the following manner such
as 12 to 18 months when child develop the capability to alter their behavior when their parents
can ask. By the age of 2 years when their capability enhances to a point where a child starts to
develop their self control. In this age, children contain capability to follow other guidelines of
behavior more often when their parents are not around. By the 3 years, most of the children can
effectively generalise the self-regulation strategies that are used from past experiences. On other
hand, children can act in other ways which usually mirrors that how children think that their
parents would want them to act in various unique conditions or situations. In this, processes
which are included in self-regulation can be categorised into three main areas such as emotional,
sensory as well as cognitive regulations. These skills are quite essential and are associated with
how children can manage various tasks during their early childhood. Furthermore, having such
type of skills, children are more capable to manage the stressful and most difficult situation or
event which specifically can occur as a part of life.
Question 10 A
Answer
 Must use the shades for the outdoor play.
 Use of the right hat.
 Must wear the protective clothing.
 Decrease the outdoor time spent during he very peak UV days.
 Must apply the sunscreen before going outside.
Question 10 B
Answer
In this, the sun smart policies can be implemented whenever the UV indexes generally reaches 3
or above. This can be accomplished when children and staff workers are needed to wear the sun-
smart clothing which can effectively cover as much as possible of the skin. In this, children without
sun-smart clothing are generally supported to play in a area that is specifically protected from sun.
the services will be reassessed every three years to confirm the practices which are involved in
sun protection.

Assessment 2
Question 1 A
Child A Child B Child C
Child’s age 1 years 5 years 7 years
Cultural background Social standards Social standards Social standards
Personal interest Stand on tiptoes. Coping the simple
shapes with a pencil
Draw more realistic
pictures of the things.
Personal information. Child A generally
wants to stand on the
tip toes.
The 5 years old child
wants to play in their
area of interest such
as coping with a
pencil.
The 7 years old child
wants to play in their
area of interest such
as draw a more
realistic pictures of the
things.
By promoting the physical activity as well as supporting the participation.
Child A: Providing the baby with lots of play time on their tummy every day.
Child B: By making the games which generally involves various types of the movements.
Child C: Plan a daily for the unstructured active play.
Spontaneous experience: Containing the own thoughts or ideas.
Planned experience: the planned experiences generally emphasize about what products or the
services will do instead of how it will work and so on.
It can generally support the children as well as the families to collect and bring the recycled
equipment’s and the natural resources into the surrounding environment. Supports the children to
care for the plants by growing the pants from its seeds.
Giving the information sheet to assist the use of the particular software’s.

Express the enthusiasm for participating in the physical play as well as negotiate the play spaces to
ensure the safety as well as the well-being of themselves and the others.
The transition strategies for kids which can ensure the smooth transitions are such as:
 Provide kids an advance warning for the duration of particular activity.
 Consider a visual schedule.
 Must offer a sensory breaks
 must select a transition activity.
 should use a transition objects.
 Must enable a child for additional time.
The one strategy which can aid or support a respectful communication in early childhood such as be
a good role model. As when parents can talk with their children in a positive way, it can provide a
powerful message about good communication. Parent can make sure that children can finish their
talk and then parent can respond. As it can specify that parents are actively listening their children.
Parents must use ideas or languages that a child can easily understand. It is generally a major
developmental task in an early childhood that learn to communicate. It is an important key for
children that they can interact with people in a world and to have their requirements can met. In
addition to this, development of a communication for the young children can mainly involve the
gaining of skills to understand as well as to express the feelings, thoughts and information as well.
In this, transition strategies are generally the techniques that are specifically used to empower
people with ASD while having the change in activities or settings. In this, it can involve engage as well
as build healthy relationships with the children, nurture the improvement of emotional and social
skills of children. It can involve communicate with children and make them realise that they are in a
secure, predictable and safe environment. They must understand every child that what they want to
say through their behavior and their feelings and thinking as well. Parents or care provider can
effectively offer few hints into what would encourage a smooth transition for the children.