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Best Start Kindergarten Assessment identifies student’s literacy and numeracy skills on entry to Kindergarten. It has been conducted in all NSW public schools since 2010. The assessment is mapped to the National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions.
The "What is the Best Start Kindergarten Assessment?" video provides parents and carers with an overview of the assessment.
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Kindy Orientation Resource - Healthy Children _ Families.pdfFamilies play an important role in supporting young children’s learning in early childhood and the early years of schools. These resources provide ideas to engage in learning at home through every day experiences.
Use the learning outcome cards below to unpack learning in relation to the early years curriculum and show how this learning links to learning at school.
Learning outcome cards
Learning outcome cards
Connecting to nature culture and your community (PDF 1.24 MB)
Being involved and confident in learning and play (PDF 1.32 MB)
Learning every day and in every way through play
Learning every day and in every way through play
Every day learner cards:
provide 10 different activities that families can play with their children at home
explain the activity along with the learning that is happening throughout it
provide some alternate play experiences to achieve the same learning.
Everyday learner cards
Everyday learner cards
Everyday routine cards outline 10 different everyday routines that happen in the home and explain how families can incorporate learning into these routines.
Everyday routine cards
Everyday routine cards
Learning every day in every way through play is a five-part podcast series targeted at families, with a focus on how learning happens at home. The Early Learning team talk about how families can support children’s learning during play and everyday routines.
Parents and carers are responsible for their child's safety on the way to and from school.
Parents and carers can reinforce what their children learn at school by planning and using safe school travel routes, modelling how to be a safe road user and always following road rules. Young children, in particular, require active supervision by an adult whenever they are in a traffic environment.
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