Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety
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Case Study
Your setting has a playhouse in the playground that all children love to use. On looking through a catalogue you see that the age range for using the playhouse is 5 years plus. You have 4 year olds in your setting and are concerned that the playhouse will be a safety risk. It would be impossible to prevent the 4 year olds from using the playhouse when they all go out to play together.
- How will you address the potential hazard relating to children under 5 using the playhouse?
- What strategies will you put in place to ensure that children under 5 do not use the playhouse?
It is rare that there is just one way to respond to a scenario or situation, so do not consider that the response you have chosen to this scenario will be judged as right or wrong. Share your scenario with a work colleague and ask them to tell you if they think you have responded appropriately. Ask them to challenge your response if necessary. You do not need to submit this task for assessment unless asked to do so by your tutor.