Staff Reflection and Discussion Sheet No. 2 Quality Area 2 - Children’s health and safety. The Quality Area Children’s health and safety focuses on supporting and promoting children’s health and safety while attending education and care services. Services are expected to have policies and procedures in place on healthy eating, children’s safety, dealing with any injury or illness, and preventing harm to children. Quality Area 2: Standards and elements Standard 2.1 Each child’s health is promoted.
P1 Providing a safe pre- school environment To maintain a safe environment in pre-school environment it is important to follow policies and legislations of Every Child Matters 2004 which states that every child have right to be healthy and stay safe. “Health and Safety at Work Act 1974” guide as on having equipment like: • Fire guards and fire blankets • Cooker guards • Plug covers • Safety gates • Rains and harnesses • Window and cupboard door locks • First aid box • Clear safety signs When planning an outing we need to carry out risk assessment • Check the location • Inform the parents • Have consent forms sighed • Ratio • Suitable clothing
• Be healthy • Stay Safe • Enjoy and Achieve • Make a positive contribution • Achieve Economic well being. Rules builds up trust, a common standard for children and young people and I feel it is essential for young people to learn respect for others , self-control and social interaction with others. All schools have policies and they are not stand alone as they have to relate to Local Authority and national guidelines. e.g The Children's Act 2004. The reason for these policies are to promote positive behaviour and all schools have policies on : • Behaviour • Bullying • Child Protection • Equal Opportunities As a TA it is our responsibility to find out about the role of staff, rewards and sanctions and training.
STL5 – Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Work with Children and Young People 1.1, 1.2 Task 1 There are many pieces of legislation or codes of practice which we must adhere to in order to promote equality and diversity in schools, three of these include: * Every Child Matters 2003 - aims to ensure that that every child and young person is provided with the opportunity to be able to reach the goals set out within its five key outcomes of: * Staying safe – being protected from harm and neglect * Being healthy – enjoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle * Enjoying and achieving – getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood * Economic well-being – not being prevented by economic disadvantage from achieving their full potential in life * Making a positive contribution – being involved with the community and society and not engaging in anti-social or offending behaviour * SEN Code of Practice 2001 – The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA) strengthens the rights or parents and SEN children to a mainstream education. The SEN code of practice provides guidance for local authorities, schools and early education settings and helps identify, assess and support children with special educational needs and help them to reach their potential, be included in their local communities and make a successful transition to adulthood. * UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 –This is a human rights treaty which leads on from the Human Rights Act and sets out the rights of all children to be treated equally and fairly and without discrimination. It outlines a list of rights which every child is entitled to – including the full range of human rights – civil, cultural, economic, social and political. The UK signed the legally binding agreement in 1990.
The policies include guidance: Behaviour policy :( Promoting appropriate behaviour in the children and discouraging inappropriate behaviour) The school’s behaviour policy is very important because this policy gives guidelines to all members of staff how they can manage children behaviour. In my setting there is a code of conduct policy help to manage the children’s behaviour effectively and in a manner appropriate to their stage of development and their individual needs and make sure staff and children keep calm when dealing with inappropriate behaviour. In my setting class teacher ensure that both sides of the story are heard and dealt with consistently. . Navneet Kaur (Neetu) Identify transitions that only some children and young people may experience e.g.
Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs (Maslow 1954) can be useful in planning to meet these needs for the children in our service. [pic][pic] [pic] [pic] Physiological needs: the bottom layer in Maslow’s hierarchy is our physiological or basic needs. These are the needs that must be met in order to stay alive. Children need clean water and food to stay alive. The environment must be clean, hygienic and warm.
Duties and responsibilities of own work role..... SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL Responsibilities and duties is to create safe, happy, positive and stimulating learning environment that children can be cared for. To beware and to follow the school policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, school rules, behaviour policy, confidentiality and data protection, reporting any concerns to an appropriate person. To ensure all children and young people have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop. To respect and support the role of other professionals. Keeping up to date with change procedures and practice by attending meetings and training.
Fortunately, the solution to this national epidemic is within reach. Parents, grandparents, educators and caring people everywhere can all play a part in instilling in kids the lifelong habits they need for health and academic success. I believe public schools should take a better initiative to increase health in schools because it is best to instill good habits at a young age, schools are an ideal environment to improve health of children (our future adults), and they can play an active role in fighting obesity. Everyone has a role to play. Your involvement as caregivers and adults is key to ensuring a healthy future for our children.
The Education Act 2002 This sets out the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities (LEAs), governing bodies, head teachers and all those working in schools to ensure that children are safe and free from harm. Children Act 2004 This provides the legal framework for Every Child Matters. It includes the requirement for: ● services to work more closely, forming an integrated service a ‘common’ assessment of children’s needs ● shared database of information which is relevant to the safety and welfare of children ● earlier support for parents who are experiencing problems Policies which safeguard Schools must develop a range of policies which ensure the safety, security and well-being of their pupils. These will set out the responsibilities of
A positive role model can encourage children to stay in school to gain the skills necessary to succeed. Parents and teachers who stay engaged in a child’s life teach that child the value of an education and that school is a safe place to express one’s self. Role models demonstrate that attending school gives children a group of friends and extracurricular activities, which help children, enjoy school. They motivate a child that dropping out of school is not an option for people who want to become someone, and they can motivate them to improve their understanding of the world by staying in school. A positive role model can promote healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle.