CHCECE037 - Support children to connect with the natural environment

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.