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Early Childhood
University of
Notre Dame

EARLY YEARS LEARNING FRAMEWORK

Outcomes:

COLOUR KEY:

Term 1 (This Unit)

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

OUTCOME 1: Children have a

OUTCOME 2: Children are connected

OUTCOME 3: Children have a

OUTCOME 4: Children are confident and

OUTCOME 5: Children are effective

strong sense of identity

with and contribute to their world

strong sense of well being

involved learners

communicators

Children feel safe, secure, and supported

Children develop a sense of belonging to

Children become strong in their social and

Children develop dispositions for learning such as

Children interact verbally and non-verbally with

groups and communities and an understanding

emotional wellbeing

curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity,

others for a range of purposes

of the

commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination

reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary

and reflexivity

for active community participation

Children develop their emerging

Children respond to diversity with respect

autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience

Children take increasing responsibility for

Children develop a range of skills and processes such

Children engage with a range of texts and gain

their own health and physical wellbeing

as problem solving, enquiry, experimentation,

meaning from these texts

and sense of agency

Children develop knowledgeable and

hypothesising, researching and investigating

Children become aware of fairness

confident self identities

Children transfer and adapt what they have learned

Children express ideas and make meaning using a

from one context to another

range of media

Children learn to interact in relation to

Children become socially responsible and show

Children resource their own learning through

Children begin to understand how symbols and

others with care, empathy and respect

respect for the environment

connecting with people, place, technologies and

pattern systems work.

natural and processed materials

Children use information and communication

technologies to access information, investigate
ideas and represent their thinking

Principles:
1. Secure, respectful & reciprocal
relationships

2. Partnerships

3. High expectations & equity

4. Respect for diversity

5. Ongoing learning & reflective

practice

Practices:
Holistic approaches
Continuity of learning &
transitions

Responsiveness to children
Cultural competence

Learning through play

Assessment for learning

Intentional teaching
Learning environments

PHYSICAL: Fine Motor

- pencil/paintbrush grip
- manipulating play-dough
- using i-pads
- manipulating recordable pegs
- squeezing for tie dye
- controlling the bee-bots

CREATIVE / AESTHETIC
- creating new colours
- exploring and experimenting with colour
- creating artworks using colour
- creating tie-died artworks
- using ICT to create artworks
- dancing and singing

PHYSICAL: Gross Motor

- dancing
- running

SENSORY
- touch
- sight
- sound

DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAIN
CONCEPT MAP
(o
ption 2)

Concept: Colour
Weeks: 2 and 3

SOCIAL / EMOTIONAL
- group and team
activities
- class questioning
sessions
- sharing

Term: 1

COGNITIVE / LANGUAGE
- experimentation and
exploration
- predicting and observing
- following instructions
- problem solving
- discussing/sharing
observations and ideas
- learning the meaning of
colour terms and using them
- reflecting and evaluating

SPIRITUAL / MORAL
- sharing
- respect for the
opinions and ideas of
others