Supporting Sustainable Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care

Certificate III Early Childhood Education and Care
CHCECE012 Support Children to Connect with their world
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CHCECE013- Use information about children to inform practice
Cluster Project 1
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Scenario
CHCECE012
Project 1
You are the person responsible for supporting sustainable practice in a newly opened education and care service. There are a
total of 50 children enrolled of varying ages and you should take into consideration two children with disabilities. There is an
outdoor area adjoined to a waterway and there is a planted vegetable garden and wildlife that is local to the area. A contracted
cleaning organisation is responsible for building maintenance and you have established networks with the local community
centre and volunteer organisations.
Your goals are to:
 define sustainable practice
 identify ways children can participate in sustainable practice
 consider where there might be opportunities to introduce the concept or improvement of sustainability
 provide experiences for children to experience outdoor space responsibly
 take into account differing abilities to participate
 How would you achieve these goals?
 Include in your answer some possible considerations and challenges?
 How would you evaluate the outcome of these strategies?
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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................4
Centre philosophy...............................................................................................................4
Define sustainable practices that you can teach in Child Care...........................................4
Identify ways children can participate in sustainable practices..........................................5
How could you provide opportunities to introduce the concept or improvement of
sustainability to families or staff?.......................................................................................5
Outdoor spaces for children in Child Care..........................................................................6
Consider children’s differing abilities to participate...........................................................7
How would you achieve these goals?.................................................................................7
How would you evaluate the changes you have made in the Centre regarding the
outdoor changes and sustainability?..................................................................................8
CHCECE013........................................................................................................................9
All about me.......................................................................................................................9
Child information sheet....................................................................................................10
Learning Story..................................................................................................................11
A summary of the National Quality Framework................................................................11
References........................................................................................................................11
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Introduction
Provide information about your Child Care Centre here. You can use the Centre you are doing placement at.
(Include opening times, age groups, staff qualifications, how many children is the Centre licensed for extra ‘s such as
does the Centre provide meals or nappies)
Cairns kids early learning center provide care to children from age 6 weeks to 6 years. Meals and snacks are provided to
children and proper care is given to them. Cairns kids is a local SME in the category of children which provides children
care. It opens from Monday to Friday from 6:30 am until 6:30 pm. Staff qualification which is required in Caron's child
care centre is to have education and degree of child care. They should have proper knowledge about how to provide
care to children and training is provided to staff members. Cairns child care is providing good care to children and staff
members are taking care of children. Proper training should be provided to children.
https://www.yellowpages.com.au/find/child-care-centres/cairns-region-qld
https://www.echildcare.com.au/region/cairns/
Centre philosophy
Our Centre Philosophy.
We aim to provide a warm, safe, secure and nurturing environment. We strive to build trusting relationships with all
children, to enhance each child's sense of belonging and wellbeing, which in turn supports each
child's holistic development.
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The main purpose of Cairns child care is to provide safe and healthy environment to children so that they can enjoy and
learn new things. In child care all children are getting equal treatment and proper care is given to all children. The aim is
to provide safe and secure environment to small children and proper care is given to children.
It is important to provide good environment to children so that they can learn new things and this help in enhancing
their knowledge. Child care staff members are taking care of children and try to provide them good services so that they
can learn new things. It is important to give proper care to children and enhance their knowledge by teaching them new
things.
Define sustainable practices that you can teach in Child Care
 Reduce, reuse and recycle
 Water savings buy turning off taps
 Turning off lights and fans before leaving
 Encourage use of reusable containers to store snacks
 Start a veggie garden
https://aussiechildcarenetwork.com.au/articles/childcare-articles/sustainability-practices-in-childcare
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