Xinni zhengxu
Adelaide ,SA
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Casual Educator
Nido Early School
09.2025 - Current
- - Supported infant-kindy rooms by quickly adapting to different routines, documentation requirements and educator styles.
- - Collaborated with Room Leaders to maintain consistency, improve workflow efficiency and enhance children’s wellbeing.
- - Implemented small-group play experiences (sensory trays, loose parts, art) and extended children’s interests using open-ended questions.
- - Recorded observations and shared updates with families under guidance of Lead Educators; contributed to daily reflections and added children’s observation diaries and team activity stories in Storypark.
- - Maintained a safe, hygienic environment; set up/pack down indoor-outdoor spaces; monitored risk and supervised actively.
Pre-Service Teacher / Placement
Nido Early School
- - Facilitated outdoor nature play and risky-play opportunities with clear safety checks and supervision plans (QA2).
- - Differentiated experiences for diverse learners; embedded cultural symbols/keywords to support multilingual identity and belonging (QA6).
- - Assisted with room setup, learning areas and sustainable practices (QA3/QA3.2).
Pre-Service Teacher / Placement
Green Leaves Early Learning
- - Designed inquiry provocations (e.g., water cycle, rainbow refraction, 2D→3D shape building, pizza-fraction role play) linking to EYLF outcomes 4 & 5.
- - Documented children’s learning through jottings, photos and learning stories; reflected on next steps and environment changes.
- - Collaborated with mentor on intentional teaching, behaviour guidance and family communication.
Education
Bachelor of Finance -
The University of Queensland
01.2023
Diploma - Early Childhood Education and Care
Southern Cross University
10.2025
Certification
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- RAN-EC / Child Safe Environments (SA)
- HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education & care setting
Selected Learning Experiences
- STEM – Rainbow Refraction: explored light and colour mixing using prisms and water trays; children hypothesised and tested.
- Mathematics – Pizza Fractions: role-play pizzeria to compare halves/quarters; language of part-whole and sharing.
- Design & Construction – 2D to 3D: nets and blocks to build cubes/pyramids; vocabulary for faces/edges/vertices.
- Sustainability – Water Cycle: mini terrarium/bag experiment; observation diary; weather words and symbols.
Professional Development
- Nido pre-boarding (15 short courses) completed Sep 2025
- Cyber Security Awareness (Nido LMS) — Sep 2025
- University modules: TCHR5009 (infants & toddlers), TCHR5010 (professional practice)
Timeline
Casual Educator
Nido Early School
09.2025 - Current
Pre-Service Teacher / Placement
Nido Early School
Diploma - Early Childhood Education and Care
Southern Cross University
Pre-Service Teacher / Placement
Green Leaves Early Learning
Bachelor of Finance -
The University of Queensland
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