Laser Lessons - Lesson

Understand how to establish a safe and healthy home based childcare environment for children

View this video, produced by Laser Learning. It shows good practice in making up a formula feed safely in a home based environment. Watch this video and make notes. Is the process different to the one you use in your setting?

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Early years foundation stage statutory framework: For childminders’ from the Department for Education
'Managing risks to health and safety'
'Accidents, illnesses and injuries'
'Children who feel unwell'

Presentation

Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Accidents'
Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentaton on 'Basic hygiene'
Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Children managing risks'
Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Medicines'
Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Risk assessment'

Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Click on the icon to the left to visit the Government’s webpages on health and safety when organising educational visits.
Click on the icon to the left to find out about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Access the website of UK Health Security Agency where you will find useful information about infectious diseases. You can click on the icon to the left to reach this website.
Click on the link to the left to visit the website of St. John’s Ambulance where you will find useful first aid advice.
Click to read this article about electrical socket covers from Nursery World.
Click on the icon to the left to make sure you know the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia in toddlers with this symptom guide from the Meningitis Research Foundation.
Click to read 'Safer Food better business for childminders’ produced by the Food Standards Agency.
Click to read this information about Emergency Evacuation from Devon County Council website and create or review your own evacuation plan.

Extended Learning
Think And Challenge