SITE ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (SEMP)

Action Plan

Theme/ Topic:Outdoor Space
Goals:
  • What are your aims in developing this space?
  • How do they contribute to Learning Outcome 2 and Standard 3.3.?
  • How will you create a shared vision?

Step / Action / Cost / Who / Timeframe / Completed
Planning / Ask children what they like doing outdoors. What are their favourite things outside? / 0 / Staff and children
Ask parents to share their childhood memories and ideas for the outdoor space / 0 / Parents
Visit other preschools with inspiring outdoor spaces / 0 / Staff and parents
Look at nature play books and learn about the pedagogy / 0 / Staff
Create a notice board with pictures and ideas / 0 / Staff, parents, and children
Find a map of the outdoor space and note the conditions; natural light, water access, high and low use areas / 0 / Staff
Discuss with staff and governing council ideas to improve the outdoor space and create a draft plan / 0 / Staff and GC
Ask for suggestions from children, parents and wider community on your draft plan / 0 / Staff, parents, children and community
Decide together which areas are priorities. Focus on this in the implementation section. / 0 / Staff, parents, children and community
What funding do you have available? / $$ / Staff
Learning / Consider how much time children spend indoors vs. outdoors. How can you increase outdoor time? / 0 / Staff
What natural materials are there for children to play with? What resources could you introduce? / 0-$ / Staff and children
How can you encourage children to notice things in their environment? E.g. different shaped leaves, range of flowers, bugs, change of season. / 0-$ / Staff and children
How are the children encouraged to care for the environment? E.g. don’t step on plants and insects, creating habitat, caring for animals. / 0-$ / Staff and children
How are parents informed of these activities and encouraging children to learn outdoors too? / 0 / Parents, staff and children
Implementation / Plant selection. Consider the DECD poisonous plant guide. / $ / Staff
What aspects of your plan can you implement easily? E.g. trimming bushes / In-kind / Staff, parents, community
How will you work to the safety standards e.g. staffing around areas of free water like water troughs; resetting spaces before babies have access (day care sites)? / $$
How do we make sure all staff are aware of the process for managing the spaces, and the intentional learning we are trying to support? / 0
How would a child see this?How does this provoke play, thinking and learning? / 0
What is the educator’s intention? What are the possibilities in this learning environment?
What would I need to do to be able to allow these things to happen? / 0
Evaluation / What have been the benefits of these changes for the children? What have you observed? / 0
Perception survey with parents and staff. / 0 / Parents and staff

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