Childcare Environment Assessment 3: Strategies and Analysis

This assignment is a detailed analysis of a childcare environment catering to toddlers from diverse backgrounds in Australia. It explores the core principles of child development, emphasizing physical, mental, and cognitive skills through a play-based curriculum. The assignment highlights the importance of observation, documentation, reflection, and implementation in developing effective care plans. It focuses on five key skills: communication, cognition, motor development, social skills, and emotional development, integrating various indoor and outdoor activities. The learning environment promotes cultural competence and collaboration, preventing biases and prejudices. The analysis includes individual child assessments, outlining specific needs and implications for planning for children named Taya, Khade and Andrew, addressing their preferences, behaviors, and family dynamics to tailor interventions that enhance their overall development. The assignment emphasizes the importance of family involvement and a multicultural environment to foster well-rounded individuals.

Running head: ASSESSMENT 3
ASSESSMENT 3
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
Author note:

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Task 1:
Point 1: 150
A comprehensive service is provided by the teacher to toddlers who are coming from a variety of
backgrounds in Australia. The families who are sending their children are of varied backgrounds
staring from Australian non indigenous citizens, indigenous citizens and well as immigrant form
other countries like India, Pakistan, England and also other countries. The children are within the
age range of three to four and are 15 in number. Mostly they are in their budding stags and
different individuals were seen o have different cognitive levels and speaking skills. All of them
were mentally stable and were active physically. The staffs who attended the students were all
educated with proper degrees if childcare and early years educator. There were 3 young teachers
with one old lady as a mentor.
Point 2: 150
The child care provided by the staffs of the unit believed on the core principle of a child’s all
round development in physical, mental developments well as cognitive skills. The service mainly
focuses on a cycle with three basic elements in order to develop the correct curriculum for the
children 1. These include observation and documentation of the children’s activities, reflecting
and planning the care plan for the children and then implementing the strategies taken which
again move onto observation and documentation. The service mainly helps in the establishment
of the strategies that will address a child’s negative aspects for turning them into positive
1 Gestwicki, C., 2013. Developmentally appropriate practice: Curriculum and development in
early education. Cengage Learning.

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behavior and modify the already positive traits to further enhanced skills2. Five important skills
on which the teachers mainly focus in this service for the children are developing the skills for
communication, cognition, motor development, social skills and emotional development3.
Different indoor and outdoor activities are introduced in a timely scheduled format in each of the
five mentioned categories for an overall development of the children.
Point 3: 300
The learning environment is developed mostly in the form of learning though playing methods
rather than book based education. Researches shows that play based methods create less pressure
on the children. Moreover, the strategies that are taken help the children to explore the
surrounding environment and the nature so that they not only learn the elements of the nature and
their utilities but also help to develop a bond with the nature which is very important in the
present generation4. The curriculum has different activities which are introduced with the
rationale of development for each of the five categories mentioned. After determine the interests
of the families in their children’s developmental prospects, a culturally competent strategies were
included where the children could collaborated with other children in the learning environment
so that the growth of biasness and prejudices can be prevented. The tasks that were initiated were
2 Hsin, C.T., Li, M.C. and Tsai, C.C., 2014. The influence of young children’s use of technology
on their learning: A. Educational Technology & Society, 17(4), pp.85-99.
3 Jackman, H., Beaver, N. and Wyatt, S., 2014. Early education curriculum: A child's connection
to the world. Cengage Learning
4 Mayesky, M., 2014. Creative activities and curriculum for young children. Cengage Learning.

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for cognitive development was finding objects of interest in nature and disusing their utilities,
encouraging the students to make stories and tell the class for better communication purposes,
treasure hunt games with clues for both physical and intellectual development, collaborative
activates in crafts making for developing social skills. All the work is done in groups so that they
can communicate with each other for promotion of their emotional development as well as for
self regulation 5. All the strategies are planned in a way which involves every children to express
their cultures and family emotions so that others can also get chance to get introduced with other
cultures and communities leading to a multiculturism environment. This will help the student to
develop as better human beings who would be free from any stereotypes of other communities
and will be able to get accustomed to all cultures in the multicultural nation of Australia6. many
innovative ideas are expressed in daily basis so that students do not get bored with regular
similar strategies. Families are always invited to provide suggestions so that betterment of the
students can be ensured.
Point 4:
After evaluation of the learning environment and also analyzing the students learning capabilities
and their likings, it was noted that students mostly liked those activities which gave them scope
5 Dillon, J., 2016. 17 On Scientific Literacy and Curriculum Reform. Towards a Convergence
Between Science and Environmental Education: The Selected Works of Justin Dillon, p.269.
6 Brodin, J. and Renblad, K., 2014. Reflections on the Revised National Curriculum for
Preschool in Sweden–interviews with the heads. Early child development and care, 184(2),
pp.306-321.

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to discover new things. They mostly loved collecting things form the nature and making their
won story with it, or discussing their utilities or making them to good use by recycling. Often
they were involved into groups to accomplish an activity which improved their communication
skills and capabilities and helped them to develop bonds with each other7. Shared thinking and
collaborative learning were helping them to overcome any gender biasness or cultural biasness
that come within them form very small age and this had a positive effects on their life for their
future endeavors. Often this also helped the families to handle many stressful situations
effectively as their children had helped the families to come together as well as overcoming
inhibitions. The families were very much positive about the school environment where they
stated that it was a beneficial environment for the development of their children to be a good
should besides academic learning developments8. Children were happier when they were outdoor
than indoor and hence most of the activities were designed within the contact with the nature
which had helped them to explore nature more closely. In the modern world, where children
remain mostly indoors with gadgets and social media, these new groups of children with their
appreciation of nature might help in bringing revolution to the generation.
Task 2:
7 Gough, N., 2014. Reflections and Diffractions: Functions of Fiction in Curriculum
Inquiry. Curriculum: Toward new identities, p.93.
8 Forbes, H. and Watt, E., 2015. Jarvis's Physical Examination and Health Assessment. Elsevier
Health Sciences.

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Student name: Taya (3 years)
Questions Response Implications for planning
What are your child’s
favorite toys and activities?
Taya likes to play alone with
her dolls and she barely
speaks with any guests
She should be involved in
skills that would enhance
her communication. She
should be made
participated in story
telling classes to her
classmates. Indulge in
group activities like
treasure hunts and more9.
What does your child enjoy
doing with the family?
She enjoys walk with her
mother in the park and plays
with her kitten
She should be
incorporated in games
with small animals within
the nature like the kittens,
puppies, hamsters and
others. She loves nature
and therefore different
9 Tayler, C., Ishimine, K., Cloney, D., Cleveland, G. and Thorpe, K., 2013. The quality of early
childhood education and care services in Australia. Australasian Journal of Early
Childhood, 38(2), p.13.

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activities of her will be
related to nature so that
he can develop the five
skills mentioned within
the nature only10
Do you have any particular
goals for your child or are
you working on anything
with your child currently?
The mother is trying to make
her child venture the outside
world as she is more a loner
and does not like to talk with
others than her parents
Taya should be
encouraged to
communicate with the
teachers, her friends and
family members. The
school should introduce
innovative ideas which
will help her to break the
shell and be more
communicative.
Source Information Implications for planning
Child She says that she feels scared
to talk to new people
She should be gently
made to understand the
10 Iivonen, S. and Sääkslahti, A.K., 2014. Preschool children's fundamental motor skills: a review
of significant determinants. Early Child Development and Care, 184(7), pp.1107-1126.

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meaning of friendship and
her fear should be
dissolved with
communication strategies
with her friends. Care
should be taken that she
has positive experiences11.
Family Family says she is non verbal
and does not talk much.
She should be encouraged
to participate in
conversation classes
where the teacher would
be discussing on a random
topic and Taya would be
asked any random open
ended question. She
should give her the time
and the environment so
that she can be
comfortable in opening
11 Woods, A., Dooley, K., Luke, A. and Exley, B., 2014. School leadership, literacy and social
justice: The place of local school curriculum planning and reform. In International handbook of
educational leadership and social (in) justice (pp. 509-520). Springer Netherlands.

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up. The more she will
talk, the more will be her
speech development
Staff Staffs say that she remains
shy and try to hide herself
among the other students to
prevent her from
identification
The staffs should
encourage her by asking
her to tell her daily stories
which will help her to
open up and also describe
her life events giving
more scope to speech
development12
Professionals working with
the child
She is a sweet child who was
initially shy but is gradually
opening herself
Taya needs time to open
up and therefore the
planning done for her
should be slow and steady
and should given her
scope to gradually emerge
out of her shyness13.
12 McConney, A., Oliver, M.C., WOODS‐McCONNEY, A.M.A.N.D.A., Schibeci, R. and Maor,
D., 2014. Inquiry, Engagement, and Literacy in Science: A Retrospective, Cross‐National
Analysis Using PISA 2006. Science Education, 98(6), pp.963-980.

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Student name: Khade (3years)
Questions Response Implications for planning
What are your child’s
favourite toys and activities?
The child likes to play with
weapon like games like with
gun. He thinks himself to be
superhuman with power and
often makes the mother act
like victims whom he will
save
He should be encouraged
to take part in story
telling classes where he
will tell stories to the
class. This will make him
executed and will
increase his imaginative
skills14
What does your child enjoy
doing with the family?
Child mainly remains a loner
and loves watching
superpower cartoons and
films and parents read
As he is a film and
cartoon lover he can be
educated about his bad
habit of biting through
13 Chen, J.H., Claessens, A. and Msall, M.E., 2014. Prematurity and school readiness in a
nationally representative sample of Australian children: does typically occurring preschool
moderate the relationship?. Early human development, 90(2), pp.73-79.
14 Sikder, S. and Fleer, M., 2015. Small science: Infants and toddlers experiencing science in
everyday family life. Research in Science Education, 45(3), pp.445-464.

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comics to him educational videos, moral
stories and others which
will help him to learn the
negative effects of biting
and hitting15.
Do you have any particular
goals for your child or are
you working on anything
with your child currently?
He has a biting and hitting
habit which needs to be
handles with care as more
complaints are making the
parents embarrassed
As he is a lover of action
films, he thinks that
biting and hitting is a
casual activity and
therefore he would be
told stories about how
biting and hitting can
have negative effects.
Moreover he should be
verbally taught about the
wrong side and state that
his heroes would never
like him if he becomes a
15 Dawson, V., 2015. Western Australian high school students’ understandings about the
socioscientific issue of climate change. International Journal of Science Education, 37(7),
pp.1024-1043.

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rowdy kid.
Source Information Implications for
planning
Child Khade likes going to theatres
with parents for watching
movies on superhero.
Stories should be told
about how biting and
hitting makes the boy get
into trouble and help him
overcome the habit by
stating that would he
himself like if beaten
and making him
understand in this mode
which will help him to
reason and develop idea
about the bad habits16.
Family Parents say that he stays The divorce had affected
16 Woods, A., Dooley, K., Luke, A. and Exley, B., 2014. School leadership, literacy and
social justice: The place of local school curriculum planning and reform. In International
handbook of educational leadership and social (in) justice (pp. 509-520). Springer
Netherlands.

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alone and does not want to
talk with others. They say
that others insult him as they
are going through divorce
his intellectual
development and
therefore the family
should be properly
counselled so that they
can handle his emotions
effectively and both
parents give him quality
time.
Staff He gets ferocious whenever
other children asks about his
parents and bite or hit them
Care should be taken
that children in the
school should be advised
to behave with him
properly and moreover
he would be encouraged
to talk more about his
parents making him feel
that he is also of a
normal family and that
he would be encouraged
not to bite or hit as it
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friends with anyone
Professionals working with
the child
he has many insecurities
about his parents and he
thinks hitting others is a
normal process when he feels
angry like the heroes
He need a child
counsellor who would
help him to reveals his
insecurities and thereby
help him in normal
living
Student: Andrew (3years old)
Questions Response Implications for planning
What are your child’s
favorite toys and activities?
Andrew loves to play with
clay and often develops new
models of dinosaurs, cars
and others
He can be provided with
clay and several other
craft material to denote
different elements of
nature. In this way his
knowledge about the
nature can be evaluated.
What does your child enjoy
doing with the family?
Child loves to go for walks
with families, loves
gardening with father
He can be given the task
of developing knowledge
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the work. He can discuss
the steps with other
children helping to
develop knowledge of all
students
Do you have any particular
goals for your child or are
you working on anything
with your child currently?
Andrew is very kind and
sympathetic for everyone
and therefore his patents
allow any animals he rescues
from garden. They have two
recued puppies and rescued
kitten
His love for animals
should be enhanced by
helping him know how to
maintain their homes and
how to feed them
correctly. This would
help him to gatherer
knowledge about how
animals respond and help
him to care for them
properly.
Source Information Implications for
planning
Child He loves gardening and
fishing with his father
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taught about their
contribution to mankind
with simple examples.
Family He is a kind child and is very
innocent. He rarely become
naughty and they often
encourage him to participate
in social activities
He loves animals and
therefore he can be taught
about how different
animals help us in our
ecosystem by giving
simple examples.
Staff He is enthusiastic and keen
towards nature.
His nature loving
behaviour can be used
strategically by making
him involved in picking
up different types of
wastes material to make
the mother nature free
from wastes. This would
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be prevented.17
Professionals working with
the child
Currently no professionals
are working with him
Not applicable
Student: Allys (3 years old)
Questions Response Implications for planning
What are your child’s
favorite toys and activities?
She has a mike and a mini
recorder where she sings and
dances like a pop star. She
developed the style form his
elder sister who is a fan of
pop singing
She can be encouraged to
participate in dramas in
small groups which will
also increase her
communication skills
What does your child enjoy
doing with the family?
She attends theatres and
musical with the family and
loves to attend dance
programs.
She can be made the
singer and dancing
coordinator of her
friends. As she loves to
17 Woods, A., Dooley, K., Luke, A. and Exley, B., 2014. School leadership, literacy and social
justice: The place of local school curriculum planning and reform. In International handbook of
educational leadership and social (in) justice (pp. 509-520). Springer Netherlands.

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talk, she should be
engaged in conversation
classes and make her
learn new things.
Do you have any particular
goals for your child or are
you working on anything
with your child currently?
Her parents want her to
engage her in dancing and
singing classes
A dance and singing
session can be arranged
for her where she will
show off her skill which
will help her to be more
confident in her future.
This would develop her
motor skills as well18
Source Information Implications for planning
Child She likes to do puzzles She can participate in
treasure hunt games with
simple clues which will
brush up her cognitive
18 Tayler, C., Ishimine, K., Cloney, D., Cleveland, G. and Thorpe, K., 2013. The quality of early
childhood education and care services in Australia. Australasian Journal of Early
Childhood, 38(2), p.13.

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and intellectual skills and
make her intelligent
Family She is very talkative Children might be over
excited sometimes and
this should be taken as a
positive trait. However,
she should be given tasks
which will test her
patience like making
drawings, arranging beads
into garlands and others.
All these will help her
build concentration
Staff She is intelligent child She would be given tricky
clues to solve which will
not only interest her but
will also reduce her
chances of talking and
gaining concentration19
19 Gestwicki, C., 2013. Developmentally appropriate practice: Curriculum and development in
early education. Cengage Learning.

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Professionals working with
the child
She has a dance teacher who
teaches her ballad
This would help her in
development of motor
skills
Child’s name: Taya Date: 1st august 2017
Setting:
playing with rock pebbles in a group of
four children where each children had
Observer:
teachers

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to collect a particular shape of rock
form a big bag of mixed rocks
Observation: Taya was at first shy but
later she was seen to help other
children and communicate with them
when she had another shape of rock
which needed to be collected by
another child. Her helping nature was
also observed.
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
More group activities will
help her to break the
nutshell and be more
communicative
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Framework
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Possible future planning:
More group activities should be arranged for her so that her communication skills get

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enhanced.
Child’s name: Khade Date: 2nd August 2017
Setting:
Story telling class with morals
Observer:
Teacher
Observation: Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
Relevant
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When short stories were told about
how superhuman did not like children
who bit other children and also other
short stories with morals were told to
the class, he was seen to have a deep
impact. This was known as when the
teacher asked what he had learnt, he
rightly said that beating us a bad habit
domain/s:
Stories with m oral was
able to change his thinking
and develop better habits
Learning
Framework
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Possible future planning:
More such stories will be told in the class and the parents should also encourage the
development so that he can develop the understanding that his biting and hitting others is
immoral

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Child’s name: Andrew Date: 3rd August 2017
Setting:
Craft making class
Observer:
teacher
Observation:
Andrew could easily use his
imagination and make up any animal
with great ease
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
Both his imagination
power and handicraft skill
are appreciable and he
would be provided help to
Relevant
Approved
Learning
Framework
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make more innovative
craft work with guidance

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Possible future planning:
Andrew’s parent should buy different handicraft books and accompany him and
encourage him in new crafts. This should be also followed by teachers in the school.
Child’s name: Date: 4th August, 2017

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Allys
Setting:
Singing class
Observer:
teacher
Observation:
Alys was seen to sing an entire song
beautifully for which her friends gave
her a round of applause. This made
her very happy and she also danced
for them
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
Her love for dancing and
singing was noticed
Relevant
Approved
Learning
Framework
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Possible future planning:
The school should encourage her singing and dancing spirit and encourage her to perform
more often for them making her feel that she is really good at this co-curricular activities.
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so that she can pursue her wishes.
Child’s name: Sierra Date: 5th August 2017
Setting: drawing classes Observer: teacher
Observation:
The girl can do proper coloring and
none of the colors come out of the
images
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
She has a very good
coloring idea and this
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Learning
Framework
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should be encouraged by
guiding her through her
painting and drawings

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Possible future planning:
The parents should buy her coloring books where she can draw and color in the house. In
schools, she would be given more scope of drawings so that she can be more skilled in her
artworks
Child’s name: Date: 6th August 2017

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Gurmeet
Setting:
Vocabulary development classes
Observer:
teacher
Observation:
He is obese and therefore does not
like to participate in outdoor activities
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
He should be encouraged
to participate in easy
activities and a routine
should be made for him
which he needs to conduct
the free hand exercises
everyday
Relevant
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Learning
Framework
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Possible future planning:
His parents should be given a proper diet for him. He should also be encouraged to take
walks and exercises in the park in the evening with parents.

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Child’s name: Amanpreet Date: 7th August, 2017
Setting:
Conversation classes
Observer:
teacher
Observation:
He does not participate in the
discussion. Probably he cannot
understand the language of English.
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
M ore communication with
English is very necessary
so that he can talk
properly with his friends
and also for learning the
language
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Possible future planning:
Parents should be requested to converse more in English in front of him rather than their
mother tongue of Hindi. He should be given special attention and teachers would
communicate with him more than other childrre. A professional can be also appointed by
his parents to help him overcome the barrier
Child’s name: Tiara Date: 8th August, 2017
Setting:
Outdoor activities
Observer:
Teacher

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Observation:
She loves nature and are more
enthusiastic when allowed to play
outside rather than inside
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
She is a nature lover and
so more activities would
be influenced which will
help her develop more
knowledge about nature
like how do plants grow,
what do birds like to eat,
where do they stay and
other
Relevant
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Framework
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Possible future planning:
Her will power to know nature should be encouraged by family members. The school
should also arrange more outdoor activities for her like planting of seeds, making houses
for birds with boxes and so on. This will make her more interested in nature.

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Child’s name:
Elle
Date:
9th august, 2017
Setting:
School classrooms
Observer:
teacher
Observation:
Does not respond and is fearful of
teacher and cries a lot
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
She has inappropriate
ideas about schools being
a strict and rigid place. Her
ideas should be changed
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Framework
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Possible future planning:
She should be counseled by the teacher privately. Teachers should have very polite and
she should be encouraged to participate. Her self confidence is to be raised. Parents would
be advices to speak positive things about school which will remove her fear
Child’s name: Simi Date: 10th August, 2017
Setting: Observer:

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classroom
teacher
Observation:
Can not paint
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
The teacher should
encorge and coanstltly
guide her painiting at fosrt
by hlding her fingers and
later by encouraging her to
maintain the outlines of
thedrawing so that colour
does not go out
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Framework
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Possible future planning:
Continuous guidance and encouragement required from parents

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Child’s name: Natasha Date: 11th August
Setting:
Outdoor activities
Observer:
teacher
Observation:
Quite enthusiastic about nature wand
wants to know more
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
This enthusiastic nature
should be encouraged n all
her queries should be
resolved
Relevant
Approved
Learning
Framework
Links:

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Possible future planning:

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Parents should try to expose her to natural elements so that she gets more knowledgeable
Child’s name:
Samantha
Date:
12th august
Setting:
school
Observer:
teacher
Observation:
Loves solving puzzles
Analysis (interpretation),
including developmental
domain/s:
Relevant
Approved
Learning
Framework

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Solving puzzles makes the
mind sharper and
therefore it should be
encouarged
Links:

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Possible future planning:
Parents should gradually increase the difficulty level of puzzle so that they can promote his
skills.
Learning Story Template
Child’s name: Date:

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Taya 1st August
Setting:
school
Observer:
teacher
What happened and who was involved:
She was given group activities to enhance her communication skill. The communication
skill developed over time

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Analysis (interpretation) of learning:
With the help of group activities, children interact among one another and hence they can
break their outer shell of shyness and become more vocal

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Relevant Approved Learning Framework Links:
Extension of learning:
Parents were asked to mingle their daughter with children of neighborhood and
encourage her to talk with people in the park.
Observer: teacher
Date: 1st august

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Learning Story Template
Child’s name:
Andrew
Date:
3rd august
Setting:
school
Observer:
Teachers
What happened and who was involved:
He was involved in craft classes and he conducted all work successfully

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Analysis (interpretation) of learning:
He should be given more craft as he fills interested and this would also develop his
handicraft skills