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EDU40001: The Healthy and Active Child

Swinburne University of Technology

Assignment 2: Report

Word/time limit: 1300 words (+/- 10%)

Weighting: 50%

Due date: 5pm AEDT Monday 3 February 2025 (Week 12)

Assignment overview

Your early childhood centre is reviewing its health and safety policies. The existing centre policies on health and safety have included general issues of health, such as health-related conditions and illness (such as allergies and asthma). The centre has taken a holistic and inclusive approach to health and safety issues, and this approach will be applied and reinforced during the review. The centre, however, has decided to include the following two areas in the new policies:

Policy areas

Issue one: Physical activity and health                  Issue two: Child protection

Obesity                                                                                Sexuality Education

Exercise                                                                               Child protective behaviours

You are asked to research the issues and then make policy recommendations in the form of a report.

This assignment supports unit learning outcome 4.

Assignment details

Using the table provided, you will need to choose one topic from Issue One and one topic from Issue Two. Then, you will need to discuss the issues’ impact on children in early childhood contexts. Your report should include the following:

Introduction (approximately 100–150 words)

A brief introduction to health and safety in early childhood education.

Signpost what your report will be focusing on.

Issue One: Topic (approximately 500–600 words)

Presents a definition of the topic in early childhood education.

Explains why this topic is important in early childhood education.

Discusses the benefits of teaching that topic in relation to child protection, and/or wellbeing, and/or resilience.

Suggests one activity or strategy to work with families to further support child protection/wellbeing/resilience in relation to the topic. You should also consider working with families of diverse backgrounds.

 Issue Two: Topic (approximately 500–600 words)

Presents a definition of the topic in early childhood education.

Explains why this topic is important in early childhood education.

Discusses the benefits of teaching that topic in relation to child protection, and/or wellbeing, and/or resilience.

Discusses the potential challenge(s) that early childhood teachers may face when teaching the topic.

Suggests one activity or strategy to work with families to further support child protection/wellbeing/resilience in relation to the topic.

You should also consider working with families of diverse backgrounds.

Conclusion (approximately 100–150 words)

Summarise key ideas of the report.

Restate the importance of the topics in early childhood education.

You will need to support your arguments and ideas with a minimum of 10 professional and academic references (e.g. The early years learning framework). You may draw on one example from your own teaching/placement experience in relation to the topic(s), however, this is not compulsory.

References

Department of Education. (2023). Approved learning frameworks. https://www.education.gov.au/early[1]childhood/national-quality-framework/approved-learning-frameworks

 

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