Transcript CACHE Level 2 Intro to Early Years Education

CACHE LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO
EARLY YEARS EDUCATION
AND CARE
Unit 2.1 An introduction to the
role of the early years
practitioner
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Learning Outcomes
LO2 Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and preferences.
AC 2.1 Identify reasons why people communicate.
AC 2.2 Explain how communication affects all aspects of own practice.
AC 2.3 Use communication methods that meet individuals’ communication
needs and preferences.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1)
Starter activity
Time: 15 mins
1. Draw a simple picture, but make sure your partner cannot see it.
2. Sit so that you are back-to-back and cannot see each other’s pictures.
3. Take it in turns to describe your picture to your partner.
4. When your partner is describing their picture, you must try to draw it on
a blank piece of paper.
5. When you have both described your picture, turn round and compare the
originals with your attempt.
6. What stopped you from making an exact copy of your partner’s picture?
7. What was difficult about this task?
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1)
To share
news
To ask
questions
To learn
Why we
communicate
To
answer
questions
To help
ourselves
To help
others
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To be
friendly
CACHE Level 2 Intro to Early Years Education
2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1)
Pairs activity
Time: 15 mins
Look at the diagram ‘Why we communicate’ on slide 4 and discuss the
following:
• Explain three of the examples shown
• Discuss which one you feel is the most important and explain why
• Identify which one you would find the most difficult and explain why
• Can you add any other reasons as to why we communicate?
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.2)
Communicating with others
Communication affects all aspects of practice, and practitioners will need to
be able to communicate with a range of different people. These will include:
• Parent/s carers
• Children
• Colleagues and other professionals.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.2)
Reflection activity
Time: 15 mins
Reflect on your own communication skills.
Consider:
• Are you happy to talk to people you do not know very well, or does this
make you nervous?
• Can you remember information accurately and pass it on to other people?
• Can you change the tone of your voice when talking to children?
• Are you happy to ask questions if you are unsure about something?
• Why are these important skills?
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1, 2.2)
Communicating with others
• Practitioners will need to communicate regularly with parents/carers.
• This will range from saying hello in the morning, to telling parents/carers
something that has happened to their child in the setting.
• Communication with parents/carers is very important, as it supports
working in partnership.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1, 2.2)
Communicating with others
• Children and practitioners are constantly communicating throughout the
day.
• Communication is a two-way process, and practitioners may need to adapt
their communication methods so that all children can understand what is
being said or asked.
• Adapting the way we communicate with children will support the
individual needs of the child.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1, 2.2)
Communicating with others
• Practitioners will need to communicate with colleagues and other
professionals.
• Practitioners will communicate with their colleagues in the setting on a
daily basis.
• From time to time, practitioners may need to communicate with
professionals outside the setting.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and preferences
(2.1, 2.2)
Group activity
Time: 15 mins
Identify why practitioners need to communicate with:
• Parents/carers
• Children
• Colleagues and other professionals.
For each example, include when and how this communication may take place.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1, 2.2)
Communicating with others
• It is important that practitioners have good communication skills.
• Communicating with others is a vital way of information sharing and it
helps build relationships.
• If practitioners did not communicate with others, then they would not be
able to do their job effectively.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1, 2.2)
Pairs activity
Time: 15 mins
How good is communication in your setting?
Consider:
• How does important information get shared among the team, for example
if a child is being collected by someone new?
• How do telephone messages get passed on?
• How do practitioners respond to children’s questions?
• Is there time for practitioners to talk to parents/carers at the end of the
day?
• Why is it important to consider how a setting communicates with others?
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.3)
Methods of communication
• It is important that appropriate methods of communication are used to
meet individual needs and preferences of all children and adults.
• Practitioners may need to adapt how they communicate with others.
• There are a range of communication methods, and practitioners need to
consider what they are saying, who they are saying it to, and why they are
saying it in order to select the most suitable method.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.3)
Independent research activity
Time: 15 mins
Some people may need to communicate in different ways. Research two
different methods of communication to support those with individual needs.
This may include:
• People with a hearing impairment
• People with a visual impairment
• Young children who have difficulty communicating
• People who do not have English as a first language.
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2. Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.3)
Classroom discussion activity
Time: 15 mins
Using your notes from the Independent research activity, identify a range of
communication methods and describe when they would be used.
Consider:
• Written communication
• Spoken communication
• Signs and symbols.
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Be able to communicate to meet individuals’ needs and
preferences (2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
Extension activity
Time: 15 mins
You have been asked to share an idea with the team. How would you prepare
yourself to communicate your idea effectively?
Consider:
• What you want to tell them – it could be a new activity idea, or maybe
feedback from a trip
• How, when and where you are going to tell them – it could be during a
team meeting, or 1–1 with individual colleagues
• How you will deal with any questions.
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Summary
• Effective communication is essential for an early years practitioner.
• There are a range of communication methods to suit individual needs and
preferences.
• Practitioners need to be able to communicate with parents/carers,
children, colleagues and other professionals on a daily basis.
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Plenary
1.
List three reasons for communicating with others.
2.
Name two different methods of communication.
3.
How would you tell a parent/carer about:
a. A trip
b. An accident
c. An activity that their child did really well in.
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