CHCECE037 - Support children to connect with the natural environment

Unit code: CHCECE037 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
50
Location
Footscray Nicholson
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to support and encourage children’s connection with the natural environment.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• on three occasions support children’s knowledge, appreciation and understanding of the natural environment. At least one of these occasions must involve Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ use of the natural environment
• plan and implement two opportunities that encourage children to engage positively with the natural environment, using one indoor and one outdoor opportunity.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• requirements of the following National Quality Standard and related regulations and laws applicable to this unit including:
• physical environment
• relationships with children
• the importance of the natural environment:
• plants
• animals, including insects
• physical landscapes and environments
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ connections with and knowledge of the natural world
• benefits of nature play:
• child development
• physical and mental health
• social and emotional learning
• implications of non-exposure to nature
• ways to encourage children to respect the natural environment:
• in play and learning experiences
• in practical routines
• service standards, policies and procedures for:
• physical environment
• relationships with children.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
CHC30121 | Certificate iii | Duration:

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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