Child Studies COMPLETE UNIT: Newborn Care

In the Stage 5 NSW curriculum, Child Studies explores the broad range of social, environmental, genetic and cultural factors that influence prenatal development and a child’s sense of wellbeing and belonging between 0 and 8 years of age. The Newborn Care unit within the Child Studies subject has students identifying the physical characteristics of a newborn, along with the tests and special care options available to the child immediately after birth. Students develop an understanding of ways to satisfy the needs of a newborn in order to promote their safety and wellbeing, as well as exploring the impact of bringing a newborn into a family.

This is a complete unit of work and includes:

• a Teaching & Learning Program outlining the outcomes students aim to achieve, teaching and learning activities matched to the student workbook and including all website links and YouTube video links used, resources needed as well as space for teacher registration
• Student Workbook which provides all the learning materials identified within the teaching program
• Differentiated Extension Task for students who are more advanced in the subject (could also be used as a homework task)
• Assessment Task to provide the teacher with a summative mark and evaluation of student learning at the end of the unit. This task requires access to eggs. Students become the ‘parent’ of a drained but decorated egg for a week. They are required to keep a journal of their experiences
• Egg Baby Scrapbook/Journal Scaffold
• Assessment Task Register so teachers know which students have been given the assessment task and who was away/need to catch up

*The Teaching & Learning Program, Assessment Task and Assessment Task Register are provided in an editable MS Word/Google Docs format

*The Student Workbook, Differentiated Assessment Task and Egg Baby Scrapbook/Journal is provided in PDF format

These resources are provided in a zipped folder. To access them, you will need to unzip the folder once it has been downloaded to your computer.