Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people's health and safety
In this tutorial you will learn:
- That no setting can eliminate the possibility that a child will have an accident.
- How dealing with accidents appropriately is an important skill for practitioners.
- How assessing risks carefully will reduce the chances of these accidents happening.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Health and safety checklist for classrooms' by the Health and Safety Executive
- 'Health and safety: advice on legal duties and powers' by the Department for Education website
- 'Curriculum for excellence through outdoor learning' webpage on the Education Scotland website
- 'Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning in schools' by Louise Burnham and Brenda Baker, published by HeinemannRead the relevant pages from the handbook on supporting children and young people’s health and safety.
- Find and read the health and safety policies and procedures implemented at your work setting.
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- View this video opposite, which was produced by Teachers TV. This is a 15-minute video about preventing safety hazards.Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What can you learn from watching the video?
- View this video opposite, which was produced by Teachers TV. This is a 15-minute video about preventing safety hazards.Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What can you learn from watching the video?
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- 'Keeping children safe while out and about' is a section of the NI Direct website.
- Click the icon to visit the 'Learn first aid skills for babies and children' page from the British Red Cross
- Click the link to visit the St. John's Ambulance website where you will find details of a First Aid course
- Click the icon to visit the UK Health Security Agency website
- Click the link to visit the Gov UK guidance on notifiable diseases.
- Click the icon to visit the Safe at Home website – a bright and fun website that promotes safety in the early years.
- Click the link to visit the The Government’s fire safety website.
- Click the icon to visit The Child Accident Prevention Trust website.
- Track down and read a copy of ‘Good practice in child safety’, a book by Angela Dare and Margaret O’Donovan, published by Nelson Thornes (2000).
- Read ‘Child Care and Education’ by Tina Bruce and Carolyn Meggitt (published by Hodder Arnold), Chapter 4, pages 138-217. Try some of the activities including the Safety Quiz and the Food Quiz.
- Click the link to visit the Education section of the Health and Safety Executive website.
- Click the lnk to visit the website of the National Resource Centre for Health and Safety in Childcare and Early Education. This is an American organisation, so be aware that some of the regulations and legislation that the site mentions are not in force in the UK.
- Think And Challenge
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