Unit 1 Module 4 Newborn Care

NAPLAN Spelling List - Practise and learn these words as you use them throughout the unit:

Hygiene            Reflexes                 Feature      

Normally          Responsibility       Safety    

Instinct             Supervision       Bottom     

Enjoyable

Activity 2 

• In your 9CS_newborn shared Google Folder, create a Google Doc titled, Characteristics of Newborns

• In your Google Doc, create a table with two columns and eight rows

• Adjust the column size so the first is narrower than the second. 

• Use the following characteristics of a newborn for your table row headings:

  • • Head

    • Hair

    • Skin

    • Vision and Eyes

    • Hearing

    • Sense of taste 

    • Sense of smell

• Using the links below, research information about the characteristics of newborns to complete your table.

  • • Newborn Features and Characteristics - iVillage

    • Understanding your newborn - Clinical Pediatric Associates

    • Child Development (1) - Newborn to 3 months - Better Health Channel

    • KidsHealth - Looking at Your Newborn

Activity 3 

• In your Google Doc titled, Screening Tests, create an Inquiry Chart (Table) to outline the other newborn screening tests carried out on babies. The chart should include the following headings, and can be presented in various visual ways.  

  • Name of screening test

  • What to expect 

  • Why it’s done 

This link should provide information to assist with answering the questions:

Raising Children Network - Newborn Screening Tests

Activity 4 

• Read the Raising Children Network article about Signs Of Serious Illness

Activity 5 

• View the YouTube video - Jaundice in Newborns. Then complete the activities below in your Screening Tests document.

• Use the link below and YouTube video research the following questions about jaundice. Raising Children Network - Jaundice of the newborn

  • • What is the definition of jaundice?

    • What causes jaundice?

    • What are the symptoms of jaundice? 

    • What is the treatment for jaundice?

• Share your answers with a partner

• Discuss the responses as a class

Activity 3

Continuing in the Neonatal presentation:

• Think: Think about and write down the functions and importance of a Neonatal Unit.

• Pair: Share your ideas with your partner. Add any of their ideas to your list. 

• Share: Together decide on and write a summary that outlines the main function and importance of the neonatal unit to share with the class. 

  • • For your summary, think about these points:

      • Use formal language

      • Write 5 separate sentences or 1 complete paragraph

      • Use language to connect the sentences together (As a result; In addition; In conclusion etc.)

Sentence 1: The neonatal unit aims to …

Sentence 2,3,4: Write about the things that happen in the Neonatal ward OR what the nurse’s duties include. Perhaps answer some of the questions: who, what, when, where, why and how 

Sentence 5: Write a concluding sentence. This might be about the outcomes of the work the nurses perform.

practical care activity

LI: We will be able to describe and practice how to care for newborns.

Activity 1

• Observe the demonstration of the techniques and procedures for bathing a newborn provided by your teacher or a visiting parent and baby. 

• Bathe a baby doll using the correct technique

Activity 2

• Continuing in your Bathing a Newborn document, write a short reflection about the bathing demonstration you witnessed and your learnings from this beautiful experience.

practical care activity

LI: We will be able to describe and practice how to care for newborns.

Dressing a Baby

Activity 1

• Dress a baby doll in a singlet and a stretch jumpsuit using the techniques from the videos

Literacy Activity & Annotating a PDF

LI: We will be able to analyse the features of an information article

Activity 1

• Using How to write a newsletter article , complete an SQ3R activity. Follow the steps below to complete an SQ3R to investigate how to write an information article: 

  • • Survey: Scan the worksheet to gain an overview. Read the title; inspect the graphics; read the headings; read the introduction; scan topic sentences, read all words in bold.

    • Question: Write 5 questions about 'How to write a newsletter article' that could be answered from the information on the worksheet.(example; What's the mission of a feature article? )

    • Read: Read and answer your five questions.

    • Recite: Discuss your answers with a partner. Tell them what you discovered. You can also talk about any differences or similarities in both your questions. 

    • Review: Review or check your own answers and information

Activity 2

• View the YouTube videos about writing a feature article

• Download, read and discuss the notes about writing a feature article. You can also use the Skwirk website link below.

  • • Skwirk - Feature Article

    • Squidoo - How to write a feature article - Notes 

Activity 3

Your assessment task for this unit requires you to write a newsletter article. In this activity, we are going to look at how to research and write an article, being sure to include all of the standard elements. Your teacher will show you how to annotate PDF text using the computer. Use the How to Annotate a PDF document as a guide.

• Using the articles provided below, annotate the text to identify the following features and language.

  • • Bold clever headline

    • Introductory paragraph – uses a question or something unexpected

    • Supporting paragraphs

    • Column format

    • A mixture of facts and emotional content – 2 facts  

    • Emotive, descriptive and technical words – 2 of each kind of words

    • Quotes or comments – 1 quote

    • Graphics – 2

    • Tear-out section usually in bold/bigger font - 2 of each  

    • Concluding paragraph

• Select one of the following articles to annotate:

  • • Sample 1 - Are You Grounded?

    • Sample 2 - Power of the Present

    • Sample 3 - Bullying Among Children & Youth

Activity 4

• Download, save a copy into your Unit 1 folder and complete the PALS Prompt - Feature Article.

• As a class, we will fill in the scaffold for structuring our feature article.

Daily Care of Newborns 

LI: We will be able to describe and practice how to care for newborns.

Nappy Changing

Activity 1

• In your shared 9CS Google Folder, create a Google Doc titled, Changing Nappies

• View the child care website videos and YouTube video below to observe the procedure for changing a newborn's nappy

  • • Raising Children Network – Nappy Changing Video

    • YouTube - Kidspot – Changing your Baby's Nappy

    • Cloth nappy + cover – Video:

Activity 2

• Continuing in your Google Doc titled, Changing Nappies and referring to the information from the videos and the links below, write a procedure for changing a baby’s nappy. Your procedure should: 

  • • Have each step starting with a verb

    • List the items you should have ready

    • Include guidelines for cleaning girls and cleaning boys

    • Include a diagram of how to fold a cloth nappy 

    • Include images to demonstrate some of the steps

• • ers

Activity 3

• Continuing in your Google Doc titled, Changing Nappies:

  • • List individually and then discuss the various types of nappies

    • Download and insert an image of each of the following:

• • Fabric - terry cloth nappy

  • Disposable nappy

  • Shaped fabric nappy 

  • Plastic pants, liners, pins/fasten

Activity 4

• In your Changing Nappies Google Doc and referring to the resource below: 

  • PMI: Create a 3 column PMI table that shows the positive, minus (negative) and interesting facts of both cloth and disposable nappies. 

  • As a class, discuss your responses

Raising Children Network – Nappies

practical care activity

LI: We will be able to describe and practice how to care for newborns.

Changing a Nappy

Activity 1

• Working in groups of 4, change different types of nappies on a baby doll. 

  • Each student should have a turn at changing the nappies. 

  • Other students can help with instructions if they get lost. 

Feeding Newborn Baby - Breastfeeding

Learning Intention: We will be able to investigate the baby feeding options available to mothers.

Breastmilk is the normal food for babies, naturally designed for human babies. 

Breastmilk:

• Is a complete food containing all your baby's nutritional needs for the first 6 months of life.

• Satisfies both hunger and thirst; extra water is not needed.

• Increases a baby's resistance to infection and disease.

• Reduces the risk of allergy and food intolerance.

Activity 1

• View the video, Baby Center - Breastfeeding lessons learned - 5 things I never knew

• View the YouTube Videos about the anatomy and physiology of the female breast.

Activity 2

• Download, save a copy into your 9CS Google Folder and complete the Anatomy and Physiology of the Breast Notes and use them to complete the Anatomy and Physiology of the Breast Worksheet to examine the:

  • • Labelled diagram of breast

    • Influences of oxytocin and prolactin in milk production

    • Influence of baby sucking on milk production

Activity 3

• View videos showing the ‘Let Down’ Reflex of breastfeeding

Breastfeeding – Medical Animation

Health Animation - Breastfeeding Video

• Draw a flow chart to demonstrate the ‘let down reflex’ shown here.

  • • You might like to use Lucidchart, SmartArt or Docs (Insert a Drawing)

Activity 4

• Use the websites below to help you complete the Breastfeeding Advantages Worksheet to list the advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding for both the mother and baby:

  • Baby Center - Advantages of Breastfeeding

  • Breastfeeding Essentials - Advantages

  • Australian Breastfeeding Association - FAQs

  • Kids Health - Breastfeeding vs Formula Feeding

Feeding Newborn Baby - Bottle feeding

Learning Intention: We will be able to investigate the baby feeding options available to mothers.

Activity 1

• Using a Google Slides presentation, Pamphlet, Podcast, Movie or other presentation format create a presentation, for first time parents, about bottle feeding. The YouTube video and links below should help with information. 

  • • The presentation should include: 

      • Hyperlinks to at least two relevant websites

      • Reasons for bottle feeding rather than breastfeeding

      • Benefits or advantages of bottle feeding

      • Describe one method of sterilising bottles and feeding equipment

      • Preparing formula procedure

      • Bottle feeding procedures

      • Diagrams to support your research/presentation

      • Insert video/video link of bottle feeding technique

• Ranker - How to correctly bottle feed a baby

• Raising Children Network - Bottle and Formula Preparation Video and Notes

Numeracy Activity - Preparing Formula

Activity 1

• Complete the following Problem Solving Activity – Preparing Formula.

• Click on the link to complete activity. Newman's Prompt Numeracy Activity - Preparing Formula

Safety in the Home

Learning Intention: will be able to suggest strategies for the safety of children in the home.

Activity 1

• Using the Baby Safe Zone website 

• Create a Google Doc titled Baby Safety and create a table to:

  • Identify the safety hazards in the home, starting in the nursery

  • Select the appropriate action to prevent the safety hazard

Activity 2

Create a poster that promotes safety for infants 0-6 months. Choose from one or more of the following topics:

• • Burns

  • Scalds

  • Choking and/or suffocation

  • Car injuries

  • Sleeping

  • Strollers

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