Laser Lessons - Lesson

S2 Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies)

This lesson covers food safety, diets, starting solid food, and allergies and is one of four lessons for this skill. In this lesson you will learn:

About healthy activity levels and nutrition for babies and children
When weaning should start and the foods to include or avoid
What to do to reduce the chances of a child choking

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework’ from the Department for Education
Find and read your setting’s policies and procedures on:
‘Food safety’ from the UK government’s Help for Early Years Providers website

Good Practice Example
Presentation
Reading Materials

‘What is weaning?’ from the Better Health; Start for life NHS website
Laser Reading Text: 'A varied diet'
‘Eat better, start better: A practical guide’ from Action for Children
‘Guidance for foods for religious faiths’ produced by Public Health England

Good Practice Example
Reading Materials
Good Practice Example
Presentation

Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on ‘Physical exercise for young children'.
‘Physical activity guidelines for children (under 5 years)’ from the NHS website

Good Practice Example
Presentation

Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on ‘Allergies'.
Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on ‘Food allergies'.

Reading Materials

‘Types of allergies’ from Allergy UK
‘Anaphylaxis and Severe Allergic Reactions’ from Allergy UK

Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

‘Weaning made easy: moving from milk to family meals’ produced by Public Health England. This leaflet will help guide you through this developmental stage and encourage you to introduce a range of tastes and textures to babies.
‘Nutrition matters for the early years’ is guidance for feeding under fives in the childcare setting produced by Public Health England.
‘5532-a-day: Perfect portions for little tums (1-4 years)’ from the British Nutrition Foundation.
This ‘Eating well in the early years’ section of the First Steps Nutrition Trust’s website contains:
This section of the UK Government’s website contains example menus and useful guidance for early years settings to help meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements for food and drink.
This information is about avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and was published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
This poster ‘Early years food choking hazards’ from the Food Standards Agency contains a table of advice on key foods for care givers who are involved with preparing and serving food for babies and young children (under 5 years old).
These two videos from British Nutrition cover ‘Establishing healthy eating behaviours in the early years’ and ‘Nutrition in the early years matters’.
The British Heart Foundation has produced this ‘Introduction to physical activity in the early years’.
Click on the link to read the section on ‘Under 5s Physical Activity Guidelines’ in the ‘UK Chief Medical Officers' Physical Activity Guidelines’.
‘Physical activity guidelines: early years (under 5s)’ is an infographic from the Department for Health and Social Care explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for children under 5 years of age.

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