4.13 A Closer Look at the Outcomes

Erin Jones

4.13 A Closer Look at the Outcomes

The five outcomes are designed to capture the integrated and complex well-being, development and learning of all children. They: Are broad and observable

Acknowledge children in care have choices and opportunities to collaborate with other children and educators Recognize that children lean in a variety of ways and vary in their capabilities and pace of learning

Respect that children engage with increasingly complex ideas and learning experiences, which are transferable to other situations

Are influenced by Each child

Educators’ practices

The environment

Engagement with the family and community (including the school) Are achieved in different and equally meaningful ways

Provide for collaboration between children educators

Let’s look more closely at each outcome and ways that educators may support this outcome through their curriculum planning.

Table 4.13.1: Outcome 1 – Children Have a Strong Sense of Identity. Belonging, being and becoming are integral parts of identity.

PointsEducators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children feel safe, secure, and supported	spend time interacting and conversing with children, listening and responding sensitively as they express their ideas and needs acknowledge the importance of opportunities for children to relax through play and recreational
Children develop their autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency	encourage children to make choices and decisions maintain high expectations of each child’s capabilities motivate and encourage children to succeed when they are faced with challenges provide time and environment for children to engage in both individual and collaborative pursuits
Children develop knowledgeable and confident self-identities	acknowledge and understand that children construct meaning in many different ways maintain and build on the knowledge, languages and understandings that children bring share children’s successes with families
Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect	organize environments and spaces in ways that promote small and large group interactions and meaningful play and recreational

Table 4.13.2: Outcome 2 – Children Are Connected with and Contribute To Their World

Points	Educators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation	provide opportunities for children to investigate ideas, complex concepts and ethical issues that are relevant to their lives and their local communities scaffold children’s opportunities to participate and contribute to group activities plan opportunities for children to participate in significant ways in group discussions and shared decision-making about rules and expectations and activities

PointsEducators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children respond to diversity with respect	plan experiences and provide resources that broaden children’s perspectives and encourage appreciation of diversity explore the culture, heritage, backgrounds and traditions of children within the context of their community
Children become aware of fairness Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment	analyse and discuss with children ways in which stereotypes are portrayed provide children with access to a range of natural materials in their environment embed sustainability in daily routines and practices discuss the ways the life and health of living things are interconnected

Table 4..13.3 Outcome 3 – Children Have A Strong Sense of Well-Being

PointsEducators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children become strong in their social and emotional well-being	provide time and space for children to challenge and practice physical prowess collaborate with children to plan and document their achievements and share their successes with their families
Children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical well-being	collaborate to plan energetic physical activities, including dance, drama, movement, sports and games provide a range of active and relaxing experiences throughout the day adjust transition and routines to take into account children’s needs and interests

Table 4.13.4: Outcome 4 – Children Are Confident and Involved Learners

PointsEducators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children develop dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity	provide environments that are flexible and open-ended encourage children to engage in both individual and collaborative explorative and reflective processes model inquiry processes, including observation, curiosity and imagination, try new ideas and take on challenges
Children use a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, enquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating	plan environments with appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take appropriate risks provide experiences that encourage children to investigate ideas, solve problems and use complex concepts and thinking, reasoning and hypothesizing encourage children to communicate and make visible their own ideas and theories collaborate with children and model reasoning, predicting and reflecting processes and language provide opportunities for children to initiate and lead activities and experiences
Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another	support children applying their learning in new ways and talk about this with them in ways that grow their understanding support children to construct multiple solutions to problems and use different ways of thinking plan for time and space where children discuss and reflect to see similarities and connections between existing and new ideas

PointsEducators facilitate this in their curriculum when they

Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

provide opportunities for choice and collaboration create possibilities for peer scaffolding

introduce appropriate tools, technologies and media and provide the skills, knowledge and techniques

provide resources that encourage children to represent their thinking

Table 4.13.5: Outcome 5 – Children Are Effective Communicators

PointsEducators facilitate this in their curriculum when they
Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes	include real-life experiences and resources to promote children’s use of literacy and numeracy allow children to direct their own play experiences with their peers
Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these texts	provide opportunities for children to follow directions from everyday texts such as recipe books, instructions for craft, rules for sports or games. read and share a range of books, magazines and newspapers with children provide a literacy-enriched environment including display print in home languages and English
Children collaborate with others, express ideas and make meaning using a range of media and communication technologies	build on children’s family and community experiences with creative and expressive arts provide a range of resources that enable children to express meaning using photography, visual arts, dance, drama and music

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