according to bertram et al that said at the moment of drafting this report the ecec quality assurance system had not addressed factors such as staff performance children s wellbeing parental satisfaction and value for money in the same way while curriculum guidance provided referred to useful elements such as areas of learning andor activities learning objectives learning outcomes assessment of learning and development and learning contexts andor environments it did not include pedagogical approaches or national guidelines to support the transition into preprimary education bertram et al