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You
will spend about two-thirds of your time in class and
one third on
supervised work placement. This is where you get to practice
the skills you have learned alongside staff in early
childhood centres, and in different nannying situations.
These
include
work with babies, residential
nannying and helping children with special needs.
- Art, music and
movement, imaginative, dramatic and creative play
- Childrens' literature
- Science and maths,
constructive, manipulative
- Sand and water play carpentry
- Te Whariki, The Early Childhood Curriculum
- Structure/Roles of Helping Agencies
- Directing
behaviour
- Changing parenting and child raising patterns
- Programme
planning
- Care of the newborn baby to 36 months
- Breastfeeding management,
bottle feeding, Introducing solids
- Baby bathing, Teething, Supervision
- Nutrition, Immunization
- Pregnancy, Post Natal Depression, Monitors for at-risk babies
- Weekly visiting babies to tutorials for practical demonstrations
- Settling young children Responsive caregiving
- A comprehensive understanding of the child from birth to adolescence.
- Conception and birth, attachment
- Physical, intellectual, social,
language & emotional development
- Vygotsky, Bronfrenbrenner, Piaget, Erikson theories
- Guiding
childrens' behaviour
- Special needs
- Child observations and running records
- Cleaning routines and home maintenance
- Laundry, ironing, stain removal
- Professional conduct in the home
Appropriate use and understanding of home
appliances
- Car
Safety
- Water safety and survival, Home safety and
security
- First Aid Certificate
- (pediatric)
- Traffic safety, children's car seats
- Fire safety, Burns awareness
- Playground safety, Toys and baby equipment
- Role of nanny, Professional ethics
- Interview skills, Employment Contracts, Job Descriptions
- Employer/employee relationships, C.Vs
- Self employment, Taxation
- NZ & Overseas Nanny Agencies
- Visas passports and work permits
- Travel, working holidays, Camp America, Deportment and grooming
- Self-defence, Self-assessments
- Bi-culturalism Multicultural issues
- Selection, planning, preparation
& presentation of children's & family meals.
- Menu planning, Food sensitivities, Allergies
- Food processing & hygiene
- Good food habits for children
- Nutrition for babies, children of different ages, pregnant
& lactating women
- nutritional goals
- Communicable diseases, Childhood illnesses and conditions
- Caring for the sick child, baby massage
- Role of health professionals, Holistic health.
- Hospitalisation of children
- Child protection
- Recognition of child abuse
- Dental Health, Cot death, Grief issues
NB:
Students studying the New Zealand Certificate in Nanny
Education (Level 5) cover the topics above in
greater
depth.
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