Laser Lessons - Lesson

Be able to keep early years children safe in the work setting

Find and read your setting’s policies and procedures for

• Receiving children into the setting
• Ensuring their safety on departure
• Off site visits
• Health and safety of the environment (both inside and outside), equipment and materials

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage’
Find and read your setting’s policies and procedures for
‘Health and safety – getting it right in early years settings’ from the Teach Early Years website.
Laser Reading Text: ‘Keeping risk management in perspective’

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Click on the icon to the left to access the website of the Health and Safety Executive and look at the ‘Education’ section’. Make sure to read the HSE's guidance on school trips (PDF) that shows how sensible risk management creates exciting learning opportunities, while preventing tragedies.
The HSE has also produced ‘Managing risks and risk assessment at work’.
Read the section on 'Safety advice' from the website of the Child Accident Prevention Trust.
This article on the ‘Ofsted Insider’ website examines ‘Are plug socket covers safe for children? The surprising truth you should know’.

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