FAMILY DAY CARE 0-5 YRS
NATIONAL QUALITY FRAMEWORK (NQF)
Educators use this Framework in a range of early childhood settings, to ensure that your child receives a high quality experience.The National Quality Framework (NQF) for Early Childhood Education and Care helps ensure your child is given the best possible start in life.The NQF has new quality standards to improve education and care across long day cares, preschools, kindergartens, family day cares and outside school hours care services.
NATIONAL QUALITY STANDARD (NQS)
The National Quality Standard is part of the National Quality Framework. It sets a higher benchmark for all children’s education and care services across Australia.
All children’s services will be given a rating for each of these seven quality areas, and an overall rating.
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Educational program and practice
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Children’s health and safety
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Physical environment
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Staffing arrangements
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Relationships with children
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Partnerships with families and communities
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Leadership and service management
BELONGING, BEING, BECOMING
My programme is an emerging one based on the interests and needs of the children and families in my care, and it reflects the principles and practices of the National Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). This framework recognises that early childhood is a vital period in children’s learning and development. It further embodies the idea of ‘Belonging, Being and Becoming.'
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Learning Outcomes supports and guides individual learning programs for children. They are designed to be broad and observable. In the Early Learning Framework (EYLF) there are five Learning Outcomes, each with their own goals for learning. The Framework focuses on your child’s learning program that builds on your child’s interests and abilities, and keeps you in touch with your child’s progress.
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE EYLF
1. Children have a strong sense of identity.
2. Children are connected with and contribute to their world.
3. Children have a strong sense of wellbeing.
4. Children are confident and involved learners.
5. Children are effective communicators.
BELONGING
WHERE DOES A CHILD BELONG
Belonging is the basis for a child’s sense of identity. It is about knowing where and with whom you belong. A sense of belonging is formed by the relationships children have with their family, community, culture and place. Children belong to a family, a cultural group, a community.
BEING
WHO CHILDREN ARE
Allowing children to BE children and to learn about themselves. It is about the here and now. Allowing children time to just “be” - time to interact, time to engage, time to discover, time to learn, time to have fun.
BECOMING
WHO CHILDREN CAN BECOME
‘Becoming’ focuses on development and growth.The early years are the formative years for the development of the children’s identities, understandings, knowledge, skills and relationships.