Here’s a list of frequently used terms in this module:
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Community | The local or wider social, cultural or geographical context shared with an education and care service. |
| Community engagement | Developing respectful and responsive connections with the immediate or wider community to build connections and relationships |
| Natural environment | The inclusion/addition of natural elements such as a few logs, boulders and plantings, for example, can easily be added to a playspace to create a natural environment. Natural play spaces create opportunities for children to experience both risk and challenge and can also be a safe place for children to explore. |
| Natural resource | Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest, and cultural value. |
| Play based learning | A context for learning through which children organise and make sense of their social worlds as they engage actively with people, objects and representations (Early Years Learning Framework, p. 46) |
| Routines | Regular, everyday events in an education and care service such as meal times, sleep/rest times, group times, nappy change/ toileting, hygiene, and arriving and departing. Routines are a key component of the curriculum/program. Effective routines provide children with a sense of predictability and consistency that help children to feel safe, secure and supported. |
| Self-regulation | The ability to manage energy states, emotions, behaviour and attention: the ability to return to a balanced, calm and constant state of being. Self-regulation is a key factor for mental health, wellbeing and learning (Kidsmatter). |
| Sustainability | Sustainability is a societal goal that relates to the ability of people to safely co-exist on Earth over a long time. Sustainability is commonly described as having three dimensions (or pillars): environmental, economic, and social. |
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