Thinking Points What do you about the EYLF’s definition of curriculum? How does it fit with your own ideas? How does your curriculum currently include that happens”? “everything What potential for learning is there in the routines, transitions and day to day interactions at your service? Whether the EYLF’s definition of curriculum will Team meeting notes be a big change for your team or not? The EYLF’s definition of curriculum is a broad one. It What is it about the way you currently approach makes us think about how everything we do and every curriculum and learning that you want to part of our day supports children’s learning. If we are change? used to thinking about our curriculum as the planned The resource sheet will have introduced some of the experiences we write on our program this involves a key ideas about curriculum to your team members. big change. It doesn’t mean that we don’t have to plan You might want to start your discussion by asking for anymore, but it might mean that we need to think people’s responses - What did they think of it? Did it about our planning differently. make sense? Was it new information? What jumped out as being most relevant? If you are to use this resource sheet as the basis for a team meeting you should consider: Some specific discussion questions that might be helpful: How you currently think about curriculum - what aspects of the day do you already include What does learning look like in our service and and plan for?
Thinking Points What do you about the EYLF’s definition of curriculum? How does it fit with your own ideas? How does your curriculum currently include “everything that happens”? What potential for learning is there in the routines, transitions and day to day interactions at your service? Team meeting notes The EYLF’s definition of curriculum is a broad one. It makes us think about how everything we do and every part of our day supports children’s learning. If we are used to thinking about our curriculum as the planned experiences we write on our program this involves a big change. It doesn’t mean that we don’t have to plan anymore, but it might mean that we need to think about our planning differently. If you are to use this resource sheet as the basis for a team meeting you should consider: How you currently think about curriculum - what aspects of the day do you already include and plan for? Whether the EYLF’s definition of curriculum will be a big change for your team or not? What is it about the way you currently approach curriculum and learning that you want to change? The resource sheet will have introduced some of the key ideas about curriculum to your team members. You might want to start your discussion by asking for people’s responses - What did they think of it? Did it make sense? Was it new information? What jumped out as being most relevant? Some specific discussion questions that might be helpful: What does learning look like in our service and
team_meeting_package.docx