3:4 Support Children and Young Peoples Health and Safety

A guideline to all staff on how pupil’s behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils; this is why all staff must be familiar with this policy.

For all settings, the condition of the premises should provide sufficient assurance as to the health, safety and welfare of all of the people who use the building. Good standards of hygiene should be always be maintained and there should be sufficient space so over-crowding is avoided. The Education Regulations stipulate:

2.1- Explain why a safe but challenging environment is important for children and young people.

Dimension 3.1, classroom environment, routines, and procedures, the teachers is expected to organize and maintain a “safe, accessible, and efficient classroom” (TEA, 2016, p. 15). Dimension 3.2, managing student behavior, focuses on establishing expectations for behavior. And dimension 3.3, classroom culture, consists of creating a culture of mutual respect in which all learners are engaged (TEA, 2016). The focus of this domain is to ensure an orderly and safe environment for all learners by maintain high

9.Asseses teachers in maintaining a safe learning and playing environment to ensure the protection of their well-being.

* Keep an updated classroom, playground, and building safety check list. Safety check lists should be used daily,

To create a supportive environment that fosters our children’s healthy, of course, teachers must provide active play/activities every day whether it occurs indoor or outdoor. Outdoor physical play, for example, the playground that has slides and swings should be appropriate for the children’s age, which means slides should touch the ground to reduce the hazard of falls for younger children. Any broken toys should be removed immediately for both outdoor and indoor play. Play equipment that is properly designed, well maintained, and correctly placed can help minimize risk and provide greater protection from serious injury. The space for the indoor environment is vital as well because we want to keep the environment as free from stress as possible,

understanding of health and safety whilst helping them help me make our learning space everyone’s

Safe: Maintain a safe environment by supervising children, being up to date on CPR, posting and modeling safe behaviors. The toys, furniture, and equipment inside and outside the classroom should be in good repair without sharp corners, exposed screws, or debris. They should be appropriate for children's development/size and checked daily. Children's materials should be non-toxic, non-flammable, and washable. The floors and exits should be unobstructed. All cleaning/hazardous materials should be in a locked cabinet. There should be no exposed electrical outlets or cords crossing floors, posing trip hazards. First aid kits, fire extinguishers and smoke alarms should be checked regularly, ensuring they are adequate and in working condition. An emergency evacuation plan should be posted with a diagram that is easily understood by children and adults.

The rues in my classroom are based on the children safety (ex. no running in doors or no sharing of your meals).

Being in the early childhood set up, the first and foremost priority of the teacher should be the child’s safety. The adults involved in the early childhood sector play an important role in maintaining the supervision standards as well as environmental safety at the highest level (Mytton et al., 2009). The ability to provide children with a safe environment where they feel safe and secure enables them to become confident learners to explore their environment whilst learning and developing their interests as well as their skills. The teacher should have a keen eye for detail to be able to notice and identify anything in the environment that could be a potential safety hazard for the child to be exposed to. A safe environment is an enabling environment

When some children did go outside they liked to pick up sticks and climbed the fences; however, an educator was always present at the scene and ready to help if the children need it. Indoors, children like to run around, climb, and jump. “It is worth the significant investment of thought and time required to introduce these materials and organize them in ways that provide visibility and access, invite investigation and respect, and contribute to the aesthetic beauty of the setting” (Callaghan, 2013, p. 13). “Children can be supported to develop relationships with materials that call upon them to be mindful and respectful, when they are given the opportunity to learn to be responsible for their own safety, and to care for their environment” (Gambetti, 2002 as cited in Callaghan, 2013, p. 13). Children engage with the materials available for them. In the gym, the children immediately engaged with the jumping box in front of them. While some children played at the jumping box area, other children played with wooden

Safe: I will establish and maintain a safe environment first by always supervising children, being up to date on CPR, teaching children about and modeling safe behaviors (walking feet, cleaning up spills, etc.). The toys, furniture and equipment inside and outside the classroom should be in good repair without any sharp corners, exposed nails or screws, is free of debris and appropriate for children’s development and size. The playground equipment and area should be checked daily. Children’s materials should be non-toxic, non-flammable, and washable. The floors, halls, stairs and exits should be free of clutter, unobstructed and clearly marked. All cleaning supplies, medicines and other hazardous materials should be in a locked cabinet where

Based on my observation I believe that this program is in compliance with this regulation of indoor activity space, because there was proper square footage that allowed the child to play and transition from one activity area to the next. In addition, it had clean surfaces that where sanitized and disinfected and all furniture was safe and non-threatening to a child’s safety. Furthermore, it compares to a few of the practices that are describe in the textbook for example, they did have ample space for the children to play without hurting themselves or bleeding into the next area. And all surfaces where decluttered for the children’s safety and properly disinfected when the children played outside. Therefore, this health practice, indoor activity space, influences the quality of the program because it allows children to feel safe and confident to explore the environment. Parents also feel secure that their children are safe and out of dangerous situations. In addition, this health practice would support the child’s and other children’s physical development by allowing the children to move around, walk, run, jump and carry objects safely from one area to the next. Second, this health practice would support the child’s cognitive development by allowing children to develop problem solving skills, and observe activities that will stimulate their intellectual development

As an educator I would create a proactive learning environment involving natural materials and resources as this allows the students to feel comfortable to express them-selves and to reach to their fullest potential. As an educator when it comes to planning the learning environ-ment it must be structured to reflect and support the four elements of development; Intellectual, Physical, Social/Emotional and Temporal. I would create outdoor and indoor spaces that are de-signed and organised to engage every child in quality experiences, invite open ended interactions and have a sense of purpose for natural resources and materials in both built and natural environ-ments. Overall I would just make sure that I will create a positive environment that will encourage all of the children’s engagement, natural curiosity, problem solving, independent learn-ing/exploration and appropriate risk taking. My classroom is home away from home for the chil-dren, so I must make the environment attractive, comfortable and functional so the students will feel empowered to