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)
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
- 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.
- Think And Challenge
- Think And Challenge
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