| K1 | <p>Demonstrate an understanding of health, safety and wellbeing of children and implications for and of nature learning</p> |
| K2 | <p>Articulate and demonstrate the role and value of nature pedagogy as a curriculum approach and an awareness of how the dynamic nature of teaching, afforded through nature pedagogical approaches, link to and support other pedagogies and how nature programs support socially inclusive teaching and assessment practices.</p> |
| K3 | <p>Demonstrate an understanding of content teaching areas, in particular, health and physical education, and how they can be addressed using nature and play-based pedagogies and the selection of appropriate health and physical education experiences for young children.</p> |
| K4 | <p>Outline legislative and curricula requirements as they relate to conducting nature programs and the importance of demonstrating a positive attitude toward health and physical education</p> |
| K5 | <p>Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of parent/carer and community partnerships in developing and implementing nature programs</p> |
| S1 | <p>Address curriculum content areas across early education contexts, with a focus on the health and physical education curriculum area and describe the various ways in which health and physical education experiences can contribute to children's development</p> |
| S2 | <p>Plan engaging experiences that use inclusive teaching and assessing strategies for young children in prior to school settings ensuring health, safety, curricula and regulatory requirements are addressed</p> |
| S3 | <p>Use IT to record teaching and assessment in nature programs and analyse and critically reflect on nature pedagogy approaches</p> |
| S4 | <p>Be conscious of the role that the adult can play in assisting young children to explore health and physical education and articulate why health and physical education should be taught to children</p> |
| A1 | <p>Identify and apply relevant health and physical education curriculum which can be used to implement a nature based learning experience.</p> |
| A2 | <p>Plan appropriate health, physical education and nature-based experiences that cater for a diverse range of students.</p> |
| A3 | <p>Using knowledge of nature approaches, socially inclusive practices, and curricula requirements, articulate the value of nature programs for the wellbeing of children, critique and reflect on their own teaching practices to highlight professional learning goals and strategies for improving the teaching of health and physical education</p> |
| A4 | <p>Distinguish possible changes to the environment in an early childhood context and discuss how changes could be implemented with active involvement of children, families and communities</p> |