Yes, these are contributing factors, and a child must be able to feel safe and calm in the class or school environment. The school is where a child will spend the majority of their time, it could be interpreted as there ‘second home’ but it delves much deeper than that, AFL, behaviour management and inclusion hold just as much precedence over the physical factors. Naturally they are all interrelated in creating a positive learning environment. To create a positive environment for pupil
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.
A positive environment for children is a place where a child can learn and develop in a safe secure environment. A setting should ensure that daily and annually risk assessments are recorded to make sure that the indoor and outdoor areas toys, furniture and equipment provided are suitable, clean and safe. The premises used should have appropriate heating, lighting and ventilation and where possible there is outside access to enable children to run and play and get fresh air. The building should be safe from intruders and all staff have CRB checks to ensure that children are safe. The setting should have adequate space for children to play and a good range of resources to enable children to choose and explore a variety of different activities to develop their skills and encourage independence and choice.
Unit CYP3.4 Support children and young people’s health and safety Assessment Criteria 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety. A young person’s learning environment is many things: It's a safe place where children are protected from the elements and are easily supervised. It is where the important activities take place, such as education, playing, eating, washing hands, and going to the bathroom. Beyond the basics, however, an environment for young children implements and supports a schools ethos and curriculum. When setting up an effective preschool classroom, a variety of factors must be carefully considered: Light & Noise: Lighting should be designed for the tasks that individuals are carrying out within that environment.
YP Core 34-1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning H&S indoors and outdoors environments and settings. Indoor Environments. It should be comfortable,interesting attractive and age appropriate for any child who use it. Every child is important and are individual especially if they have special needs. Whether working with babies or 3-4 yr old some layouts will be similar but the age and abilities of the children is important so therefore the different resources and equipment should be age appropriate and carry the usual safety markings, there should also be equipment and resources for children who may have special needs.
TDA 2.9 1.1 1.2 1.1) Describe the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people's positive behavior. In every setting the must have a behaviour pocily as it is a legal requirement.This will tell what the staff will do if any situation occurs within the setting. These guidelines are in place for the staff and parents to understand all the codes of condust that are in place.The behaviour pocily needs to be read and understood by staff to be consistent with all techniques to encourage positive behaviour and be consistent in the use of intervention techniques and set a good example to the children and be good role models.In my setting they have many different guidelines e.g Safeguarding children (
TDA 2.9 1. Describe the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour. In the school when managing behaviour, all members of staff need to be aware of school polices and procedures. School have to make sure that all children in the school understand how they expected to behave to kind and considerate manner and also encourage them to learn in a positive environment. 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.
Natalie Ettrick CYP 3.4 – Support children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 There are a number of factors to think about when you are planning for a healthy and safe environment or an activity with children and young people. You must remember everyone is an individual and may have particular needs. If you have a clear understanding of the following then it will become second nature to include safety in your planning. • Every child is an individual – with different needs depending on their age and abilities. You must think about this when planning activities, for example when they involve physical play, or if more consideration must be given to the needs of a child who has just become mobile than to an older child, when planning room layouts.
Unit 054 Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Setting Outcome 1 Understand how Duty of Care contributes to Safe Practice 1) To me Duty of Care means to offer a caring environment at all times to any young person in my care at any time. It is my responsibility to ensure that any young person in my care has a safe environment, a healthy diet, clean clothes, a clean living environment and ensure their personal hygiene is maintained. I would need to build a relationship with the young person to help keep them safe and follow all the above avenues. This will also enable me to provide opportunities of encouragement and support for them to reach their full potential. To offer and also guide them through emotional periods of their life.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) recommends that programs construct comprehensive system of curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation that fit together in to a coherent educational system linked to child outcomes and/or standards. Observation based authentic assessments are of child in real life time, doing everyday activities or activities that are developmentally appropriate for the child based on their own individual needs and ability while remaining completely objective. These assessments are generally tied into a child's daily activities and are directly linked to curriculum and learning standards. Authentic observation is collaborative with a child's family and includes them during the assessment process and outcomes. Authentic observations and assessments are a valuable and irreplaceable tool in many areas of child development.