Pedagogies - teaching and learning strategies for the provision of play, relaxation, and recreation-based opportunities – interaction, strategies, and activities will be examined in relation to providing a well- balanced, inclusive programme of activities to support children’s and young people’s health, well-being, learning and development.

The role of the practitioner will be explored in relation to encouraging autonomous interactive collaborations that foster child-led learning (i.e. sustained shared thinking, modelling, facilitating and extending thinking and learning opportunities). Encourage a critical reflection on the impact of environments on behaviour, and interactions.

Emphasis on flexible/adaptable approaches, facilitating choice and child autonomy. Ensuring a rights-based model of participation to give children a meaningful voice in decision-making using Lundy model and good practice principles. Planning - provision of play, rest, and recreation activities to meet children and young people’s individual and collective needs and interests (i.e. social skills,independence,and risk-taking) will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the importance of taking time to rest and relax. Developing relaxation strategies. Providing and maintaining a safe, physically, and psychologically, healthy environment. Appropriate knowledge of nutrition, food safety, and hygiene with regards to SAC services.

Emphasis will be placed on creating high quality flexible and adaptable environments indoors and outdoors which leads to an integrated balance of play, relaxation , and recreation and which supports confidence and competence building for children and young people. Explore and reflect on key considerations in environment design in relation to; Landscapes / Constructing Spaces, Characteristics of Space, Dimensions, Power of the environment as third teacher – Reggio Emilio, Purpose/ Adapting Spaces. Exterior: space, maintenance, safety- Knowledge of risk/benefit assessment of the SAC environment.