My Time, Our Place - Framework for School Age Care in Australia will form part of the Council of Australian Government’s reform agenda for childhood education and care and will be a key component of the Australian Government’s National Quality Framework for childhood education and care. It will be incorporated in the

National Quality Standard in order to ensure delivery of nationally consistent and quality school age care across sectors and jurisdictions. The Framework will ensure that children in school age care will have opportunities to engage in leisure and play-based experiences which are responsive to the needs, interests, and choices of the children attending the service and contribute fully to their ongoing development. It will support and provide guidance to educators working with school age children in outside school hours care, long day care, and family day care settings.

The Framework for School Age Care builds on the Early Years Learning Framework and extends the principles, practice and outcomes to accommodate the contexts and age range of the children and young people who attend school age care settings.

• Draft Framework for School Age Care – My Time, Our Place ( PDF 622KB | RTF 751KB)
• Literature Review for the development of the Framework for School Age Care
  ( PDF 382KB | RTF 353KB)

This Framework has been developed by the Australian and state and territory governments and authored by Dr Jennifer Cartmel of Griffith University.  A national consultation process was conducted through forums held in all capital cities and some regional centres from 5 November to 3 December 2010. Comment has also been provided through feedback sheets available on this site. The development of the Framework for School Age Care has taken into account the feedback received and the Government would like to thank participants for their valuable comments.

The following documents form part of the work undertaken for the consultation phase.

• My Time, Our Place –Framework for School Age Care Consultation Forum Presentation
  ( PPT 230KB | RTF 88KB)
• School Age Care in Australia Presentation ( PDF 2.3MB | RTF 75KB)