If any of the instruments are electronic I must check for current safety test stickers and check all cables and plugs for breaks and repairs, if battery operated, check that the batteries are working and have not blown. Any percussion instruments with mouth pieces must be hygienically cleaned and maintained. Any damaged resources/instruments must be stored safely out of the way of the children and reported to the appropriate person. I would ensure there are enough musical instruments for each child, or divide into groups and take it in turns. It may be possible to have the children make some of their own percussion instruments prior to the lesson i.e.
Assessment Task – CYP Core 3.4 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Introduction Providing children and young people with a safe environment requires knowledge and understanding of potential hazards and risks. Task 1 links to learning and outcome 1, assessment criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4. You are asked to provide a resource to inform staff in the setting about health and safety issues. You will need to provide: 1.1 A description of the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. There are a variety of different factors that should be taken into account when planning safe and healthy environments.
CYP Core 3.4: Support children and young people’s health and safety. 1, Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety. Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoors and outdoors environments and services Factors to be considered for indoor environments include: Space – is there enough space or room for the pupils to achieve what they should, does furniture need moving if perhaps the class were having circle-time Accessibility – if a pupil is in a wheelchair they need to have as much access to the classroom facilities as others. Furniture and resources may need to be moved. Light – may need to be adjusted accordingly if a child or young person is visually impaired Sound – some pupils may be sensitive to sound, for example, a child on the autistic spectrum.
CYP 3.4 – Support children and young people's health and safety assessment 1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. There are a number of factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. The individual needs of the child, their age and ability and to ensure that equipment and resources are age and stage appropriate. If I have a child with specific needs I would need to have specialised equipment that would be adaptable for the needs of the child. All equipment should be clean and fit for use, including safety gates and cupboard / drawer locks.
Unit Three 1. Describe four factors to consider when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments As a professional working with children, it is our responsibility to ensure that the children we work with feel safe, secure and protected. When it comes to planning activities, we must take into account the safety, security, hygiene and comfort of pupils who will be taking part. A learning environment can be in almost any area, inside or outside the school that is used for learning. For example, a learning environment could be; classroom, science lab, art studio, playground or sports field.
1. Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and younge people's health and safety. 1.1 - Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. There are alot of factors to think about when planning for any healthy and safe environments or activities where children or young people are involved. Some are general common sense but you must remember that each child or young person is an individual and could have different needs from the next.
Specific legal requirements and statutory guidance covers safeguarding, information and complaints, premises and security, outings, equality of opportunities. Medicines, illness and injuries, food and drink, smoking, behaviour management. These cover the many day to day activities we provide. Suitable people include vetting procedures, health, training levels, qualifications and ratio and staff qualification levels. Suitable premises covers children are looked after that premises and environments are safe checks are risk assessments.
Maintain a safe environment and employ practices that promote children's health, safety, physical, mental, and emotional well being. All practitioners need to recognise when a child is in danger or at risk of harm and know how to act to protect them. * Relationships with children. All practitioners need to be
EYMP3: Promote children’s welfare and wellbeing in the early years. 1.1 Explain the welfare requirements and guidance of the relevant early year’s framework. In a work place everyone should safeguard and promote children’s welfare. We need to make sure we take necessary steps to ensure it. We must promote good health of all children within our care and take steps to prevent the spread of any possible infections and make sure we take appropriate action when child is ill. Child protection should be one of the most important parts of working with children.
LO1 Know about the legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety. 1.1 identify the current legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety In every setting there are policies, procedures, legislation and guidelines in place to make sure children within your care are kept safe and their wellbeing is being looked after. Here are some that are in place to make sure that this is happening: * Every Child Matters * Children Act 1989/2004 * Education Act 2002 (ECM) * Safeguarding the welfare of the children 2013 * UNCRC * What to do if a child is being abused 2006-2015 * Keeping children safe in education * DBS * E-safety 1.2 Describe the roles of different agencies involved in safe guarding the welfare of children and young people. When safeguarding children it is the responsibility of all staff that the children’s safety and welfare is the priority. This is done by following policies and procedures and there is a designated person within your setting who will deal with any concerns you raise about a child.