Curriculum and Observation Helpers

How to use.
There is nothing new in EYLF, we have seen it all before. What is different are the new
words and terminology to describe things we already know. Until you learn these new
words use these sheets to help remind you of words, sentences and learning
outcomes you can write for:
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Observations
Day Books
Learning Stories
Curriculum

Learning Outcome 1.1 Page 21 -

Children feel safe, secure, and supported

Child has familiar relationships with one and then more of their educators.
Routines are implemented to help make predicted transitions smooth for the child.
Child feels a strong sense of belonging.
Child openly communicates their needs for comfort and help.
Child maintains respectful and trusting relationships with other children and educators.
Child freely expresses their emotions and is involved in meaningful interactions with
peers and educators.
Child actively responds to peers and educators.
Child opens conversations with educators.
Child confidently explores and engages with social and physical environments through
relationships and play.
Child initiates and joins in play experiences.
Child uses role-play to explore their identity.

Learning Outcome 1.2 Page 22 -

Children develop their emerging autonomy, interdependence, resilience and sense of agency

Child demonstrates awareness and respect of the rights of others.

Child explores new challenges and discoveries.
Child with and works collaboratively with others.
Child takes planned risks in their decision-making.
Child celebrates their achievements and the achievements of others
Child is able to self-regulate their behaviour.
Child is confident when dealing with new and spontaneous situations.
Child is able to share confidently with others.
Child is persistent when overcoming new and challenging experiences.

Learning Outcome 1.3 Page 23 -

Children develop knowledgeable and confident self

identities

Child feels confident with their identity.

Child confidently expresses their identity through dramatic play.
Child regularly shares information and practices of their home culture.
Child uses their home language with educators and shares this with others.
Child maintains and develops both their home culture and that of the local community at
the same time.
Child engages with local community members and Elders.
Child openly communicates their need for compassion.
Child celebrates and shares their achievements with others.

Learning Outcome 1.4 Page 24 -

Children learn to interact in relation to others with care,

empathy and respect

Child actively participates in group experiences and shows interest in their peers.
Child actively contributes to play experiences.
Child appropriately expresses a wide range of their emotions.
Child is able to empathise with others.
Child acknowledges and respects the views of others.
Child is able to reflect on their actions and predict consequences for others.

Learning Outcome 2.1 Page 26 -

Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and

communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active
community participation

Child accepts their right to belong to many communities.

Child is cooperative with others and negotiates in group experiences.
Child actively seeks the involvement of their peers.
Child broadens their understandings of the world they live in.
Child feels confident to express their personal opinion.
Child explores the social and cultural community and other ways of living.
Child participates in reciprocal relationships with others.
Child reads the behaviours and signs of others and respond appropriately.
Child understands different ways of contributing through play and projects.
Child feels comfortable and like they belong in their environment.
Child positively engages with other children to form friendships.
Child contributes to decision-making processes about matters which affect them.

Learning Outcome 2.2 Page 27 -

Children respond to diversity with respect

Child shows concern for others.

Child explores and celebrates diverse cultures and understands new opportunities to
learn about alternative ways of living.
Child recognises and celebrates the similarities and differences between themselves and
others.

Child listens to the views of others and respects their input.

Child is inclusive of others.

Learning Outcome 2.3 Page 28 -

Children become aware of fairness

Child explores the connections between people in the community.

Child is aware of the inclusion and exclusion of others.
Child is able to recognise bias and respond appropriately.
Child makes choices and is able to solve problems.
Child is able to distinguish between fair and unfair behaviour.
Child is able to identity and respond to stereotypes in various texts and experiences.

Learning Outcome 2.4 Page 29 -

Children become socially responsible and show respect for

the environment

Child investigates new ideas through play experiences.

Child demonstrates knowledge of both natural and constructed environments.
Child understands people, animals, plants and land.
Child demonstrates care for both natural and constructed environments.
Child explores relationships with other living and non-living things.
Child understands the impact of humans on the natural environment.

Learning Outcome 3.1 Page 31 -

Children become strong in their social and emotional

wellbeing

Child demonstrates trust and confidence

Child shares humour, happiness and satisfaction
Child seeks new challenges and makes new discoveries.
Child is able to co-operate and work collaboratively with others.
Child is able to work and play independently.
Child recognises their individual achievements.
Child is able to manage and reflect on their own emotions.
Child seeks opportunities for new learning in their home languages or Standard
Australian English.
Child is able to acknowledge and accept affirmation
Child is aware of their capabilities and independence.
Child recognises the contributions they make to shared projects and experiences.

Learning Outcome 3.2 Page 32 -

Children take increasing responsibility for their own health

and physical wellbeing

Child is able to communicate their needs for rest, sleep, clothing, water etc.
Child is connected to others in a positive and happy way.
Child effectively engages in activities requiring fine-motor and physical skills.
Child uses their physical skills to engage in dance, creative movement and drama
Child is able to use their sensory capabilities to explore and respond
to their environment.
Child demonstrates spatial awareness and moves through environments confidently and
safely.
Child uses equipment with increasing confidence and skill
Child respond through movement to traditional and contemporary music, dance and
storytelling
Child is aware of the importance of their health and wellbeing through regular exercise
and good nutrition.
Child shows independence with hygiene practices.
Child is able to use equipment to ensure the safety of themselves and others.

Learning Outcome 4.1 Page 34 -

Children develop dispositions for learning such as

curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and
reflexivity

Child is curious and imaginative about their environment.

Child is an enthusiastic learner.
Child imagines and expresses creativity through play.
Child follows and extends their own interests with enthusiasm, curiousity and
concentration.
Child initiates and contributes to play experiences emerging from their own ideas
Child participates in a variety of activities to expand their curiousity.
Child is determined and persistent when overcoming challenges.

Learning Outcome 4.2 Page 35 -

Children develop a range of skills and processes such as

problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating

Child is able to apply a variety of thinking strategies to solve problems and adapt to new
situations.
Child is able to apply their mathematical knowledge to problem solving.
Child applies their mathematical knowledge to daily activities and makes predictions.
Child explores their environment.
Child uses trial and error methods to overcome problems.
Child actively contributes to mathematical learning for themselves and others.
Child reflects on their experiences and learns from this.

Learning Outcome 4.3 Page 36 -

Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from

one context to another

Child engages in their own learning and development.

Child is able to mirror the positive behaviour and methods of others.
Child makes connections between experiences, concepts and processes.
Child uses investigation to solve problems.
Child uses strategies to overcome problems in various contexts.
Child transfers knowledge from one setting to another.

Learning Outcome 4.4 Page 37 -

Children resource their own learning through connecting

with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

Child engages in learning relationships.

Child confidently shares their learning and pleasure with others.
Child explores and safely experiments with various technologies and tools.
Child uses resources to investigate, take apart, assemble, invent and construct.
Child uses technology to solve problems.
Child explores ideas and theories using imagination, creativity and play.
Child uses feedback from others to assist their own learning.

Learning Outcome 5.1 Page 40 -

Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for

a range of purposes

Child is confident in using verbal and non-verbal communication methods.

Child is able to construct meaning through verbal communication.
Child responds verbally and
non-verbally to what they see, hear, touch, feel and taste.
Child uses language to express meaning about play and creative experiences.
Child confidently engages in small and large group experiences.
Child shows that they are actively listening to and understanding what is being said to
them.
Child uses their home language appropriately and helps the listener to understand them.
Child conveys and constructs messages with purpose and confidence in Australian
English and their home language.
Child exchanges ideas, knowledge and feelings during play experiences.
Child demonstrates an increasing understanding of measurement and number (size,
length, volume, capacity and names of numbers).
Child uses language to communicate thinking about quantities and mathematical
concepts.
Child can confidently express meaning verballing in at least one language.

Learning Outcome 5.2 Page 41 -

Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning

from these texts

Child listens and responds to sounds and patterns in speech, stories and rhymes.
Child is curious about visual images and responds with questions and interest.
Child sings and chants rhymes, jingles and songs.
Child takes on roles of literacy and numeracy users in their play
Child understands texts and the way that they are structured.
Child is aware of the meaning of different texts.
Child actively shares their enjoyment for texts, reading and literacy.

Learning Outcome 5.3 Page 42 -

Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of

media

Child uses language and engages in play to imagine and create roles, scripts and ideas.
Child shares the stories and symbols of their own culture and re-enact well-known
stories.
Child uses the creative arts such as drawing, painting, sculpture, drama, dance,
movement, music and storytelling to express ideas and make meaning.
Child experiments with ways of expressing ideas and meaning using a range of media.
Child uses images of letters and words to convey meaning.

Learning Outcome 5.4 Page 43 -

Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern

systems work

Child uses symbols in play to represent and make meaning.

Child makes connections between their own feelings and the feeling of others.
Child understands the concept of time and planning.
Child understands the meaning of and importance of symbols.
Child has an increasing awareness of the relationships between oral, written and visual
representations.
Child begins to recognise and understand patterns.
Child is able to compare events, objects and materials in their social, cultural and natural
worlds.
Child can listen and respond to sounds and patterns in speech, stories and rhyme.
Child draws on memory of a sequence to complete a task.
Child uses symbols to construct meaning.

Learning Outcome 5.5 Page 44 - Children use information and communication technologies
to access information, investigate ideas and represent their thinking
Child applies technologies in their everyday activities and understands their use.
Child uses technologies to understand the world around them.
Child uses technologies as tools for designing, drawing, editing, reflecting and
composing.
Child engages with technology for fun and to make meaning.