Early+Years

** Early Years Learning Community Meeting Term 3, 2013 **
Week 3, Thursday August 8th Topics: Early Years sharing of ideas, provocations and resources (as discussed from Term 1 meeting), National Quality Standards, Term 4 meeting. Please bring something to share that you and your team are working on. For details contact Anica Beckett anica.beckett@nt.gov.au
 * Clyde Fenton Preschool **



This booklet is an excellent source of ideas and tips for providing play-based learning experiences. The booklet outlines the play types of dramatic, sand, water, dough and clay, table top, small world, construction and creative. For each type of play there are suggested resources, links to learning areas, prompts for language development and intended outcomes.

In 2012, teachers from the Katherine region along with Jasmine Dwyer from Top End Group School attended a Walker Learning Approach study tour in Melbourne. The teachers spent two days observing the Approach in schools around Melbourne and undertaking workshop sessions with Kathy Walker and her team. Everyone returned home bursting with new ideas and enthusiasm for implementing this play-based pedagogy in their classrooms. The teachers will present their learning to colleagues around the region and share some of their learning and experiences on this Wiki page.

These are my notes from observing Investigations, Tuning In and Reflection on the study tour and undertaking Kathy's sessions.

Presenters: Tracey Ind, Kelly Donald, Laura Kimber, Rhean Bates Location: Katherine Group School Offices 27th August, 2012 This was a fantastic session, thank you to all involved! Access your colleague's presentations below.
 * **__Walker Learning Approach Study Tour Sharing Session __**

Professional Learning:

Please check the Upcoming Professional Learning page for current opportunities.
What do the National Teaching Standards look like in practice? In collaboration with teachers around Australia, AITSL (Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership) has developed video clips demonstrating quality practice. This document compiles the Illustrations of Practice that feature Early Years students and teachers.



Facilitator: Amy Higgins & Kylie Ousey Location: Katherine South Primary School 31st October, 2012
 * **__Monitoring on the T-9 Net Using SAIS __**

  

Facilitator: Amy Higgins Location: Katherine South Primary School 2nd May, 2012
 * **__Australian Curriculum and the Early Years Learning Framework __**



<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"> Scholarships are available for early childhood educators, teachers and school support staff to upgrade their qualification to specialise in early childhood education by undertaking the Bachelor of Teaching and Learning Inservice (Early Childhood), Certificate III in Children's Services, or a Masters degree.





The easy way to provide a print-rich environment! Use the resources on this site to label the classroom, add words with pictures to a word wall, create role-play sets and learning centres, print bingo boards and reference posters to reinforce key concepts, create displays and signs - an essential time-saving site for every teacher.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is the result of a research project based at Edith Cowan University, with videos of effective literacy practice.