CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

Self-Directed Learning Activities Plan
Nurturing Babies & Toddlers Module
Students are required to have a minimum of 20 scheduled course contact hours per week, 1/3 of these can be
directed distance education or online study. The twenty hours are scheduled as:
 14 hours a week for classroom learning (140 hours per term) and
 6 hours a week (50 hours per term) to engage in self-paced distance study.

In addition, students are required to undertake 10 hours of self-directed review, reflection and learning a week
(100 hours a term).

This plan is to provide you a weekly outline to undertake self-directed learning to review and revise the material
covered during the week to reinforce learning and prepare for follow up sessions. The plan recommends study
time with suggested reading, activities and preparation for each upcoming week. Please note the hour allocated
is a recommendation and time may varies depending on students’ learning style and needs.

Your trainer will monitor your progress with the plan in classroom sessions as the basis for any additional group
discussion.

This plan complements the Self-paced Distance learning and Assessment Plan.

These suggested activities and time allocations are a guide only. 

Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities

hours Completed
1 Revision of Classroom learning:
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class.

❒ Revise
Week 1 PowerPoints.
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
https://www.ecrh.edu.au/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-
focus/working-with-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander- 3 ☐
children
Children’s Rights: Early Childhood Australia Learning Hub
https://learninghub.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/elearning/c
hildrens-rights/
Exploring Indigenous ways of knowing and being: The Spoke
Early Childhood Australia
http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/exploring-
indigenous-ways-knowing/

❒ Reflective learning journal (a suggested template is 1 ☐

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attached): write in your journal; what information has stood

out to you this week, what you have learned, what activities
were useful and what you would like to learn more about.
Prepare for week 2:
❒ Read
Week 2 PowerPoint
Read your Guiding Document booklet – The Early Years
Learning Framework for Australia
Read your Guiding Documents Booklet – Developmental
Milestones and the Early Years Learning Framework and the
National Quality Standards

❒ Read the articles

Promoting Diversity, Equity and Cultural Competence in the
Early Years: Raising Learning.
https://www.raiselearning.com.au/blogs/news/5828398-
promoting-diversity-equity-and-cultural-competence-in-the-
early-years
Diversity in Early Childhood Programs: Early Childhood News
http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_vi
ew.aspx?ArticleId=548 6 ☐
Position Statement on the Inclusion of Children with a Disability
in Early Childhood Education and Care: Early childhood
Australia and Early Childhood Intervention Australia
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/wp-
content/uploads/2014/06/ECA_Position_statement_Disability_
Inclusion_web.pdf
Statement on the Inclusion of every child in Early Childhood
Education and Care: Early Childhood Australia
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/wp-
content/uploads/2014/01/Statement-of-Inclusion-2016.pdf

❒ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find out

more about.

❒ List - any questions for in class discussion with trainer in your

learning journal.

Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities

hours Completed
2 Revision of Classroom learning: 3 ☐
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class
❒ Revise
PowerPoint Foundation Week 1
PowerPoint Week 2 work with diverse people
Pages 238-257 in your textbook The Big Picture by Karen
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Kearns

Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what

information has stood out to you this week, what you have
1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
Prepare for week 3:
❑ Read
Week 3 PowerPoint
Read pages 150-198 from your text “The Big Picture.

❒ Read the articles

Staying Healthy Ed 5 pages 10, 11 and 12 Section 1.3.1 Effective
Hand Hygiene
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/repo
rts/clinical%20guidelines/ch55-staying-healthy.pdf
Pages 124 and 125 of your textbook The Big Picture on Hand
washing
Food Safety Children’s Services: NSW Food Authority
http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/retail/childrens-services
First Aid Qualifications and Training-: ACECQA
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/qualifications/requirements/first-
aid-qualifications-training#centre
Division 2 Incidents, Injury, trauma and Illness: Education and
Care Services Regulations 2018 6 ☐
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2011/6
53/chap4/part4.2/div2
Division 4 administration of Medication: Education and Care
Services Regulations 2018
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2011/6
53/chap4/part4.2/div4
Division 3 Medical Conditions Policy: Education ad Care
Services Regulations 2018
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2011/6
53/chap4/part4.2/div3
Division 5 Emergencies and Communication: Education and
Care Services Regulations 2018
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2011/6
53/chap4/part4.2/div5
❑ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find out
more about.

❑ List - any questions for in class discussion with trainer in your

learning journal.
Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities
hours Completed
3 Revision of Classroom learning: 3 ☐
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❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class

❒ Revise
Week 2 PowerPoint 2

Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what

information has stood out to you this week, what you have
1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
Prepare for week 4: 6 ☐
❒ Read
Week 4 Powerpoint
Read your textbook “The big picture” Pages 89-113

In your Guiding Documents booklet- Revised National Quality

Standard

❒ Read the articles

Safety Signage and your Workplace: WHS Consulting

http://www.whsconsultinghunter.com.au/whs/safety-signage-
workplace/
Quality Area 2: Children’s Health and Safety: ACECQA
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-
standard/quality-area-2-childrens-health-and-safety
Smoke Alarm Legislative Requirements: Department of Fire and
Emergency Services
https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/safetyinformation/fire/fireintheh
ome/pages/smokealarmlegislativerequirements.aspx
Manual Tasks: SafeWork Australia
https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/hazards-a-z/manual-tasks
Emergency and Evacuation Quality Area 2: Community early
Learning Australia
https://www.cela.org.au/wp-
content/uploads/2017/06/emergency-and-evacuation.pdf
5th Edition Staying Healthy- Preventing Infectious Diseases in
Early Childhood Education and Care Services
3.3 Safely dealing with spills pages 48-51
3.4 Cleaning the Education and Care Services pages 52-55
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/repo
rts/clinical%20guidelines/ch55-staying-healthy.pdf
Asthma and asthma management: Early Childhood Australia
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/our-
publications/every-child-magazine/every-child-index/every-
child-vol-18-4-2012/asthma-asthma-management/
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Symptoms of Asthma: Asthma Australia

https://asthma.org.au/about-asthma/understanding-
asthma/symptoms/
Asthma and Anaphylaxis Australia Signs and Symptoms
https://allergyfacts.org.au/allergy-anaphylaxis/signs-symptoms
Anaphylaxis: Australian Society of Clinical Immunology &
Allergy ascia
https://allergy.org.au/patients/about-allergy/anaphylaxis
Safely Administering medication: Care for kids
https://www.careforkids.com.au/childcarenews/2010/august/
medication.html
Fever factsheet: Sydney Children’s Hospital
https://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/files/factsheets/fever-
en.pdf
Successful sleep Strategies in Child Care: care for Kids
https://www.careforkids.com.au/childcarenews/2011/decemb
er/sleep.html

❒ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find

out more about.

❒ List - any questions for in class discussion with trainer in

your learning journal.
Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities
hours Completed
4 Revision of Classroom learning:
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class
3 ☐
❒ Revise
Week 3 PowerPoint 3 Babies

Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what

information has stood out to you this week, what you have
1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
Prepare for week 5: 6 ☐
❒ Read
Week 5 PowerPoint
Chapter 1 The Big Pictures – pages 1-31

❒ Read the articles

Duty of care when working with children, young people and
families: Network of Community Activities
https://networkofcommunityactivities.org.au/duty-of-care/
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Stopping the spread of childhood infections factsheet: NSW

Health Government
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/c
hildhood.aspx
5th Edition Staying Healthy Subdivision 4 Confidentiality and
storage of records
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2011/6
53/chap4/part4.7/div3/subDiv4
❒ List - any questions for in class discussion with trainer in
your learning journal.
Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities
hours Completed
5 Revision of Classroom learning:
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class.
3 ☐
❒ Revise
Week 4 PowerPoint

Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what

information has stood out to you this week, what you have
1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
Prepare for week 6: 6 ☐
❒ Read
Week 6 PowerPoint
Read textbook pages 199-218 of “The big picture”

❒ Read the articles

Mandatory reporter Guide Factsheet: Keep Them Safe NSW
Government
http://rs.psc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/84881/0
3a_KTS_FACT_SHEET_-_MRG.pdf
Children at Risk of harm Signs of Abuse and Neglect: family and
Community Services FACS
https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/Protecting-
kids/reporting-child-at-risk/harm-and-neglect?
merge_chapters=true#chapter-439284
Disclosures of Abuse and neglect: ChildStory Caring
https://www.caring.childstory.nsw.gov.au/everyday-
caring/getting-started/disclosures-of-abuse-or-neglect
Trauma: BeYou
https://beyou.edu.au/fact-sheets/mental-health-issues-and-
conditions/trauma
Child Protection Policy: responding to and reporting students at
risk of harm: NSW Department of Education
https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/child-
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protection-policy-responding-to-and-reporting-students-at-
risk-of-harm

❒ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find

out more about.

❒ List - any questions for in class discussion with trainer in

your learning journal.
Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities
hours Completed
6 Revision of Classroom learning:
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class.
3 ☐
❒ Revise
Week 5 PowerPoint

Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what

information has stood out to you this week, what you have
1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
Prepare for week 7: 6 ☐
❒ Read
PowerPoint Week 7

❒ Read the articles:

Ethics in Action: The Spoke Early Childhood Australia

http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ethics-in-
action/
Reflective Practice-making a commitment to ongoing learning:
Be Spoke early Childhood Australia
http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/reflective-
practice-making-commitment-ongoing-learning/
Growing Pedagogical Leaders-Reflective practice in Early
Childhood Education
https://tecribresearch.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/growing-
pedagogical-leaders-reflective-practice-in-early-childhood-
education/
Reflective practices in Childcare: Aussie Childcare Network
https://aussiechildcarenetwork.com.au/articles/childcare-
programming/reflective-practices-in-childcare
Quality Area1 Developing a culture of learning through
reflective practice: ACECQA
❒ https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/file
s/QualityInformationSheets/QualityArea1/DevelopingaCulture
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ofLearningThroughReflectivePractice.pdfResearch – The area/s

of learning you would like to find out more about.

❒ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find

out more about.

❒ List – any questions for in class discussion with trainer in

your learning journal.
Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities
hours Completed
Revision of Classroom learning:
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class. 3 ☐

❒ Revise
Week 6 PowerPoint
Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what
information has stood out to you this week, what you have
1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
Prepare for week 8:
❒ Read
PowerPoint Week 8
Chapter 6 of your textbook The Big Picture by Karen Kearns

❒ Read the articles

7 Breastfeeding: Healthy Kids
https://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au//parents-
carers/nutrition/breastfeeding.aspx
Bottle Safety and Preparation: CELA Community Early Learning
Australia
https://www.cela.org.au/wp-
6 ☐
content/uploads/Resources/bottle-safety-and-preparation.pdf
Using expressed breast milk in Child Care Centres: Australian
Breastfeeding Association
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/using-expressed-
breastmilk-childcare-settings
Nappy Change: CELA Community Early Learning Australia
https://www.cela.org.au/wp-
content/uploads/Resources/nappy-change.pdf
❒ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find
out more about.

❒ List - any questions for in class discussion with trainer in

your learning journal.
Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities
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hours Completed
8 Revision of Classroom learning:
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class 3 ☐
❒ Revise
Week 7 PowerPoints

Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what

information has stood out to you this week, what you have
1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
Prepare for week 9: 6 ☐
❒ Read
PowerPoint Week 9

❒ Read the article:

Healthy Eating Guidelines: Healthy Kids
https://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/teachers-childcare/food-
and-nutrition/guidelines.aspx
Menu Planning Guidelines for Long Day Care: Healthy Eating
and Advisory Service
http://heas.health.vic.gov.au/early-childhood-services/menu-
planning/long-day-care/guidelines
Children’s health and Nutrition: Early Childhood Australia
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/parent-
resources/childrens-health-nutrition/
About the Australian Dietary Guidelines: Eat for Health.gov.au
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines/about-australian-
dietary-guidelines
Food Safety Children’s Services: NSW Food Authority
http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/retail/childrens-services
Transitions for Children: Helping Children Change Activities:
Raising children.net.au
https://raisingchildren.net.au/preschoolers/behaviour/behavio
ur-management-tips-tools/transitions
Is your playground up to standard: Kidssafe NSW
https://www.kidsafensw.org/playground-safety/education-
and-care-services/
Childcare room setup: Aussie Childcare Network
https://aussiechildcarenetwork.com.au/articles/childcare-
articles/childcare-room-setup
Intentional Teaching Strategies: Aussie Childcare Network
https://aussiechildcarenetwork.com.au/articles/childcare-
programming/intentional-teaching-examples-in-qklg
❒ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find
out more about.

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❒ List - any questions for in class discussion with trainer in

your learning journal.
Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities
hours Completed
Revision of Classroom learning:
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class
3 ☐
❒ Revise
Week 8 PowerPoints

Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what

information has stood out to you this week, what you have
1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
Prepare for week 10:
❒ Read
PowerPoint Week 10
First Aid Workbook

❒ Read the articles

Relationships and child development
https://raisingchildren.net.au/newborns/development/underst
anding-development/relationships-
development#:~:text=Through%20relationships%2C
9
%20children%20learn%20how,observe%2C%20experiment
%20and%20solve%20problems.

Relationships and child development

https://raisingchildren.net.au/newborns/development/underst
anding-development/relationships-development
6 ☐
Quality Area 5- relationships with children
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/professional-
development/nsw-oshc-quality-development-program/quality-
area-5-relationships-children/

Interactions with children

https://www.ecrh.edu.au/docs/default-
source/resources/ipsp/policies-in-practice-interactions-with-
children.pdf?sfvrsn=6

❒ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find

out more about.

❒ List - any questions for in class discussion with trainer in

your learning journal.
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Week Suggested Activities Suggested study Activities

hours Completed
Revision of Classroom learning:
❒ Review
Structured study plan and reflect on in class learning and any
questions you have bring to the next class 5 ☐

❒ Revise
Week 9 PowerPoint
Reflective learning journal – write in your journal; what
information has stood out to you this week, what you have
10 1 ☐
learned, what activities were useful and what you would like to
learn more about.
❒ Research – The area/s of learning you would like to find
out more about.

❒ Read 4 ☐

Work on First Aid Online component

First Aid workbook

Should you have any questions please reach out to your trainer during class.

Please see below for Reflective Journal Template

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Reflective Learning Journal (Suggested Template)

1. What information has stood out to you this week?

2. What you have learned?

3. What activities were useful?

4. What you would like to learn more about?

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