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- What is school readiness? Linking Vygotsky’s ZPD to school readiness expectations.
- The value of learning through play and developing resilience.
- Setting strong learning foundations through play.
- Intellectual vs academic learning – what is it and where should the focus be?
- Negative effects of premature academic focus.
Terms and Conditions for Child Australia’s Online Learning Centre (OLC)
Enrolment:
The following terms and conditions apply to all Child Australia Online Learning Centre (OLC) enrolments, which includes the On-Demand Webcasts and Self-Paced Courses.
Types of Enrolment:
Enrolment types include Organisations or Services, Individuals and Student/Retired.
Conditions of Enrolment:
- Participants will be enrolled to the course as specified through purchase at the Child Australia Shop.
- Where purchased on behalf of someone else, the purchaser is responsible for ensuring the correct person is to be enrolled within the specified course.
- Course enrolments are valid for a period of twelve (12) months, commencing from the day of enrolment.
- Enrolments are granted to individuals via email. The individual is responsible to provide the correct email to set up their login and profile.
- All new enrolments are required to indicate they accept all terms and conditions of their enrolment. Allocation to the course will not happen until confirmation is received.
- By enrolling in a Child Australia OLC course, you consent to the organisation contacting you from time to time for the purposes of communication using means including, but not limited to: letter, email, telephone (including SMS services) and social media.
Transfer of Enrolment:
Enrolments made through the Child Australia Online Learning Centre (OLC) are non-transferable. If the instance occurs where an enrolled user does NOT log in and commence the course within the first 14 days and is no longer employed by the provider that purchased the course, this enrolment may be considered for transferring.
Enrolment Period
Enrolments are valid for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of commencement. If you have not been able to complete your course in time, you can request for an extension. Please contact our support team at support@childaustralia.org.au no later than four (4) weeks prior to your enrolment expiry date.
School Readiness
For those children who are enjoying their year ahead prior to going to school, they may find that suddenly the adults around them begin to focus on different aspects of their life. There may be more conversations about ‘when you go to school you will have to…..’
Parents and educators are pointing at black squiggles on the page and asking them to copy them and make sense of them, but the children are reluctant or confused. For children at this age, between the ages of 2.5 to 4 years, this new very abstract can feel irrelevant and leave them feeling bamboozled.
This webcast discusses what children really need to be ready for school. We discuss the importance of play-based learning and the importance of supporting intellectual learning rather than academic learning. The foundations for learning are discussed that can help support discussions with concerned parents about why play-based learning is the best preparation for children at this stage.
Course Specifications
- Audience: Educators
- Duration: 1 - 3 Hours
- Early Learning Settings: ELC, OSHC
- National Quality Standards: Quality Area 1, Quality Area 5, Quality Area 6
- Topics: Curriculum, EYLF, Kindy, MTOP, Programming



