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Children regularly bring their popular-culture interests into early learning and care settings in the form of toys, food packaging and clothing motifs. However, the curriculum doesn’t typically link these interests to learning outcomes.  In 2014, Deakin University worked with educators from Alamanda Kindergarten and Werribee West Family Centre to generate 20 learning outcomes that could be linked to children’s popular-culture interests. For example; understanding nutritional food panels, understanding sugar/fat content, growing foods, living and non-living things, recycling, and energy intake/expenditure.  This year the following ECMS services will be involved in the study: - Janet Mundy - Caulfield - St John the Baptist - Cambrian - Melton Central - Bridge Rd The progress of the study will be published in the Early Years: International Journal of Research and Development next month. 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