THCR5010
Workshop 5
I acknowledge and pay respect to
the ancestors and descendants of
the Lands upon which we work,
meet and study. I am mindful that
within and without the buildings, the
Land always was and always will be
Aboriginal Land.
This workshop
Assessment 2, Part 1 – Learning Experience Plan
Why Plan a Learning Experience?
Using Your Anecdotal Record to Guide Your Plan
How to Use the Planning Template
Linking to EYLF and NQS
Common Mistakes to Avoid
The learning experience plan
Learning experience plan
Based on the anecdotal record, write
a plan on the planning template of a
learning experience to follow up on
and enhance the pre-school
children's learning and development.
Key Word Why It's Important
Based on the anecdotal record
Your plan must be directly linked to what
you observed. No random activities — it
needs to build from what the child
showed interest or ability in.
Write a plan
You are creating an intentional,
structured, and thoughtful teaching plan
— not just listing an activity idea.
Planning template
Follow the required format carefully —
missing parts (like materials or
evaluation) will lower your marks.
Learning experience
It's more than just play; it’s a designed
opportunity to extend thinking, skills,
social interaction, or understanding.
Follow up on
You are responding to the child’s current
development —developing their learning
based on what you saw in the
observation
Enhance
You are not just repeating — you are
extending, deepening, and challenging
their knowledge, skills, or behaviours.
Pre-school children
Think age-appropriately: children aged 3–
5 years — plan activities suitable for their
developmental stage.
Learning and development
Your plan must show intentional links to
children's cognitive, social, emotional,
language, or physical growth — not just
be fun and engaging
Why Plan a
Learning
Experience?
You are building a bridge from what the
child showed you (anecdotal record) toward
new learning opportunities (learning
experience) — using a structured,
thoughtful plan.
Using Your
Anecdotal
Record to
Guide Your
Plan
Let’s try…
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How to Use the Planning Template
Child’s Name, Age, Date, Your Name
• Fill out all identification details correctly.
Aim/Objective
• Give your experience a name.
• Succinctly state what the child/children will learn e.g., “Children will learn to…”
Tip: Use the language from the EYLF to articulate
• Link to the specific intended EYLF Outcomes and indicators clearly. Tip: 2-3
LOs to ensure authentic teaching and learning. Make clear and direct
connections — don't just list numbers, explain why they fit.
Rationale
• Explain why you chose this experience.
• Link it back directly to your anecdotal record and the planning cycle.
Tip: Include the date from the previous observation
Setting and Timing
• Describe where (indoor, outdoor, art area, etc.).
• Note when (morning, group time, free play session).
Tip: Setting and timing choices should support the learning goal — think
about the best environment and time when children will be most ready to
engage.
Remove the red writing – it is there to prompt you!
Detailed Procedure and Pedagogical Strategies
• Step-by-step guide: what will happen, how, and why.
• Include intentional teaching strategies — e.g., prompting, scaffolding,
modelling, questioning, supporting.
Tip: Good procedures aren't just what children will do — they also explain
how educators will guide learning intentionally throughout the experience.
Column What to Write
Timing When each part of the activity happens (start, middle, end).
Procedure Step-by-step: how you will run the experience (intro, body, conclusion).
Considerations Safety, supervision, group size, space use.
Environment/Resources List materials needed (e.g., blocks, water trays, storybooks).
Pedagogical Approaches
Teaching strategies: How you will guide,
scaffold, extend children's learning
(e.g., open-ended questions,
modelling, prompting).
Good procedures aren't just what children will do — they also explain how educators will guide learning
intentionally throughout the experience.
Top tips – the
golden rules of
planning!

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