Language, Literacy and Numeracy Assessment

Language, Literacy and Numeracy Assessment
This assessment must be completed by all applicants applying for the CHC30113 Certificate III in
Early Childhood Education and Care or the CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and
Care in order to assess whether you have the required language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills
needed for the course.
You will need to complete this assessment at home and send it in with your enrolment form. It is
important that you complete the assessment by yourself without seeking assistance from anyone else
and you will need to sign the declaration at the end of the assessment verifying that this is your own
work.
Where all your answers are correct, it will be deemed that you have sufficient LLN skills to participate
in the course. However, if you answer one or more questions incorrectly, you will be contacted by the
Training Manager to discuss your results. This can mean providing you with a further opportunity to
answer a similar question where you have answered only 1 or 2 questions incorrectly or discussing
specialist sources of LLN support that you may need to access before enrolling in your chosen course.
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LEARNING
1. In a short paragraph, please describe why you want complete this course and what you hope
to achieve at the end of it.
2.
Do you like learning? Why?
READING
Please read the following article and then answer the questions below.
If a child has a temperature, then we need to reduce it. There are a number of ways to do this.
We can:
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loosen or remove their outer clothing
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give them small sips of water
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open the windows
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use a fan to blow cool air
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sponge them with lukewarm water
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Although it may be tempting to place the child in a cold bath or use ice to cool the fever (and you
may have seen movies where this approach has been used) do not do this as it may lower the
temperature too quickly and send the child into shock.
If the child is overheated we need to check their temperature every half an hour to see if our
strategies for lowering their body heat are working. Taking a child’s temperature is just one way
of identifying a possible illness. You will probably come across people who are keen to take
children’s temperatures at set times throughout the day so they understand the child’s normal
body temperature. We do not need to do this unless it is a service policy. We are much more
likely to identify the onset of illness, if we watch and observe the children in our care.
There are, however, a number of illnesses that commonly occur in children. Although we are not
required (and we are not medically qualified) to diagnose a child’s particular illness, it does help if
we have a basic understanding of the type of diseases we will encounter working in early
childhood. ‘Staying Healthy in Childcare’ provides an excellent overview of respiratory complaints,
gastrointestinal complaints (diarrhoea and vomiting), skin complaints and illnesses such as
hepatitis, measles and meningitis.
1. Why is it not advisable to place a child in a cold bath if they have a temperature?
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2. What five ways can childcare workers try to reduce a child’s temperature?
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3. If a child is overheated, how often should their temperature be checked?
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4. What is the best way for childcare workers to notice if a child in their care is not well?
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5. Why is it important for child care workers not to diagnose illnesses of children in their care?
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WRITING
1. Correct the punctuation below. Re-write the statement correctly.
before you lift anything assess the load to see if it is
very heavy.
Menus must be planned within a budget
Following are some questions you could ask children
to ascertain their interest
what can you see
what are they doing
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SPELLING
Circle the correct spelling of the missing word in each of these sentences:
1. Mary enjoys working in child care. Her supervisor says she is very ________________.
Punctule
pumntual
punctual
puncktual
2. The teacher ________________ to her students
Listen
lissend
lisend
listened
3. It is very important for children to have a variety of learning ___________________
experiences
experences
experienses
expirienses
COMPREHENSION
1. The childcare assistant employed good working habits within the work environment
Hired
utilised
explained
took
2. Health and safety hazards can be minimised by enforcing good health and safety practices within
the work place
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Prevented
deficient
eluded
reduced
3. Early childhood professionals encourage children to explore their surroundings, solve problems,
communicate and think creatively and constructively
Discover
find
look
destroy
NUMERACY
1. How long have you been at work if you arrive at 7.05 am and leave at 3.35 pm. Write your answer
in number of hours and number of minutes.
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2. Sarah arrived at family day care at 9 am and stayed until 2.30 pm. Sarah’s family pays $7.90 per
hour for family day care. How much does Sarah’s family need to pay?
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3. A play dough recipe requires flour to be diluted at a ratio of 1:4 with the water. If you have 8 cups
of flour, how many cups of water will have to be added to the water to make the dough?
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4. Anand’s working hours are 35 hours per week. Last week Anand worked for 40 hours. Overtime is
paid at $23.60 per hour before tax. How much overtime does Anand get?
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5. Jacob needs to administer medicine to a child every four hours during 9 am to 5 pm when the
child is in care. The child’s parent administered the first dose at 8 am, what times does Jacob
need to give the child the doses of medication?
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Student Declaration
I confirm that completion of this assessment is all my own work.
Student Signature:
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Assessor use only:
I have assessed the LLN assessments and based on the results obtained, the student:
☐ Meets the level of competency required to be able to complete the requirements of the course
they are enrolling in.
☐ Does not meet the level of competency required to be able to complete the requirements of the
course they are enrolling in.
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