learner record
Learner Record-Part 1
School Age Childcare:
School-Age Childcare Thematic Working Group (SACTWG) defines School Age Childcare (SAC) as:
“School-Age Childcare / Out-of-school services refer to a range of organized age-appropriate structured programs, clubs and activities for school-age children and young people (4-18) which takes place within supervised environments during the times that they are not in school”.
“School age childcare services are by definition about the care of children when their parents are absent. Caring mean taking responsibility for children’s physical, emotional and developmental well-being. School age childcare services play an important role in the lives of the children who use them. It is essential that they meet children’s needs during the time they are used. This entails providing a setting where children feel they belong and where staff relate to them on an individual level as well as collectively.”
These settings include: center-based, school-based, and other formal before- and after-school arrangements for children, as well as summer programming.
Elements of School Age Childcare Setting:
School age programs have the potential to play a positive and proactive role in developing social, personal and interpersonal skills. The out-of-school setting can nurture academic success, offer opportunities for physical activity, develop creative artistic expression and a wide range of associated skills in a happy and caring environment.
The key elements which contribute to the delivery of a quality school age childcare service. These include;
The activity program
The importance of play The physical environment
The regulation of school age childcare Training for the sector
Relationships between providers of school age childcare, the client children, their parents and on occasion the schools.
Children like to feel they belong. As they grow to understand themselves both as individuals and in
School Age Childcare:
School-Age Childcare Thematic Working Group (SACTWG) defines School Age Childcare (SAC) as:
“School-Age Childcare / Out-of-school services refer to a range of organized age-appropriate structured programs, clubs and activities for school-age children and young people (4-18) which takes place within supervised environments during the times that they are not in school”.
“School age childcare services are by definition about the care of children when their parents are absent. Caring mean taking responsibility for children’s physical, emotional and developmental well-being. School age childcare services play an important role in the lives of the children who use them. It is essential that they meet children’s needs during the time they are used. This entails providing a setting where children feel they belong and where staff relate to them on an individual level as well as collectively.”
These settings include: center-based, school-based, and other formal before- and after-school arrangements for children, as well as summer programming.
Elements of School Age Childcare Setting:
School age programs have the potential to play a positive and proactive role in developing social, personal and interpersonal skills. The out-of-school setting can nurture academic success, offer opportunities for physical activity, develop creative artistic expression and a wide range of associated skills in a happy and caring environment.
The key elements which contribute to the delivery of a quality school age childcare service. These include;
The activity program
The importance of play The physical environment
The regulation of school age childcare Training for the sector
Relationships between providers of school age childcare, the client children, their parents and on occasion the schools.
Children like to feel they belong. As they grow to understand themselves both as individuals and in