Healthy Body, Healthy Mind:

Creating a multi-sensory environment ECET (North) invites passionate early childhood educators to an exciting workshop offering wealth of information

to assist in creating healthy bodies and minds in young children.

The first part of our session will be led by Mario Bergamin and Deb Shegog, who will share with us the Outdoor

Classroom at Youngtown Primary School. The Outdoor Classroom initiative is best described as a rich multi sen-

sory learning program underpinned by a philosophy that authentic learning occurs in a variety of

environments, not just the classroom.

Mario is assistant principal at Youngtown Primary School and co-ordinates the Outdoor Classroom. Mario has had

experience in a variety of educational settings. He is very much aware of the importance of utilising the

environment in children's learning.

The second part of our session will be led by Mary Eckhardt, who will provide an overview of how the specific

requirements of the early childhood program are practically expressed in policy and creatively expressed in

practice in a school setting.

Mary is the manager of the Move Well Eat Well - Early Childhood (MWEW-EC) Award Program and is responsible

for the development and ongoing management of the program state-wide. Mary developed the early childhood

program in 2011 in partnership with the education department, state dieticians, Early Childhood Australia, Family

Day Care Council and PCSTas. The early childhood program is offered to kindergartens (even within Move Well

Eat Well member schools) long day care and family day care schemes. The program incorporates healthy eating

and active play criteria requirements that are age appropriate for services providing education and care for

children 0-5 years. The Program is designed to assist ECEC services meet the National Quality Standards around

Health and Wellbeing within an Early Years Learning framework. Member services receive an MWEW-EC Starter

Pack, resource kit and access to the Early Childhood section of the Move Well Eat Well website. There are also

templates to assist with policy alignment of the early childhood program to an existing primary school policy.

Thursday 14th August Time: 4pm—6pm

(Afternoon tea 4:50pm)

Location: Youngtown Primary School

Victoria St, Youngtown

Cost: Members Free,

Non Members $15.

RSVP: Bronwyn Bushby

bronwyn.bushby@soc.tas.edu.au

By Monday August 11th, 2014.

All ECET activities are GST free