1.1 Explain The Importance Of A Team Approach To Supporting Play
Task C Short Answer Questions
Explain the importance of a team approach to supporting play
It is imperative that all staff work together as a team.
Each member should be clear about the aims and objectives.
Good teamwork is important to everyone who comes in to the setting.
Pleasant atmosphere;
There needs to be clear communication
Tasks and responsibilities must also be clearly defined
Work should be fairly distributed
Smooth running is vital to the security and safety of both staff and children.
Ensure that policies, procedures, guidelines and legislation are followed.
Training should be encouraged
Teamwork is also essential for motivation presents a good role model, feel more secure and happy
The team needs to be aware of all …show more content…
the children situations
Playwork principles upheld.
It is easier for tasks to be accomplished quickly and more efficiently
Explain role of playworker working as advocates for play
Principle the play process takes precedence and playworkers act as advocates for play when engaging with adult led agendas’
As advocates for play, we have to enrich the child’s play environment by:
Offering, encouraging and providing a variety of play opportunities taking into account their individual and collective needs
Developing a child centre approach and self-directive play
Providing equal opportunities for every kid
Listening to their interests and ideas, responding to their requests and challenging - involvement
Supporting and enriching their development.
Allowing play to be child centred and personally directed by the children allow them to play what, how when and why playworker can be the perfect person to support or even defend a child’s right or need to play
Ensuring that safeguarding children
Programs should support children’s curiosity, creativity, social skills, self-regulation, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of the world—and the way to do this is to let children play.
Evaluate methods team can use to support play - Methods – observation / planning / procurement of resources / evaluation of playspace and play processes / consultation with children. Playspace – any area – physical / affective / permanent or transient that supports and enriches the potential for childrens self directed play
OBSERVATION: observing children in their play process to see: -Their development (social, emotional, individual, intellectual,..) -Check the resources provided to support their needs. Assessing, afterwards, these observations to improve the weak points and enhance the strong ones. - Check we have displayed enough resources and whether the set plan is useful and cover kid’s needs. -Observe our intervention towards responding to children’s cues, whether we are interfering or not and whether we are supporting kid’s needs in the right way or if they could be improved. -Check we are fulfilling health and safety policies and risk assessment appropriately, keep them up to date and modify them whenever it is necessary.
Observe any problems
PLANNING and PROCURING RESOURCES:
Allows children to enjoy play opps fully
Range of activities
Runs smoothly
Children can be involved and thus self-directed and meeting needs
Setting a plan that enhances development, includes everyone and responding to children’s requests according to their ages, ensuring we are supporting and covering their needs as well as offering equal opportunities, taking into account: -Health and safety and risk assessments
The display of the resources respecting different areas of play (relax corner, building games, reading corner, art table, dolls, fancy dresses, tents,....)
The kids have access to all resources, eliminating (reducing) all possible barriers that may prevent any of them to enjoy of their self- directed freely chosen play.
Importance balancing needs and rights of individual children and the rights of others As a playworker it is important to provide for the needs and rights of each individual child and young person and balance it with the needs and rights of others.
Each child and young person is different and has individual preferences and requirements. We need to ensure that adequate activities are provided to suit each child’s likes and preferences and that they are all given equal play opportunities appropriate for their age. This may mean adapting an activity to be easier for a younger child or more challenging for an older or more able child. Each child’s ability should be praised and encouraged and playworkers should always promote equality and opportunity.
An example of an individual need needing to be met versus a group could be if a child does not want to play outside when it is time for the group to. Of course the child has a right to his/her opinion but we must also respect the majority wanting to go outside. In this example you could have a conversation with the child stating what things you could do outside or even get another child to come to help encourage and enthuse them with you. It is always important to balance needs as children will need these skills later in
life.
Impact of playworkers on the play space - Playspace – any area – physical / affective / permanent or transient that supports and enriches the potential for childrens self directed play
1.Providing a welcoming and nice environment for the kids, task setting, and clean, inviting and safe space.
2.Taking part or stepping back on their play. Getting involve when they require, that is, responding to their cues and observe when they are enjoying on their own and do not need us.
3.Playworkers’ skills: personal and professional, playwork features and qualities: active, observer, with initiative, approachable, compromise, funny, predispose, challenging, aware we are models for the kids, willingness to improve and extend knowledge and training...
Playworkers can positively impact children’s playspace by not interfering too much and helping to facilitate the play flow. Negative impact is also possible. For example, if I was to say ‘why don’t you try this’ or walk through an area that the children have decided is their swamp, children who are deep in play can become interrupted, embarrassed or aware that others are watching. This could interfere with their imagination and distract them from their play.
It is important for playworkers to recognise their own impact on the play space and to be keenly observant in order to recognise and respond to play cues from children and when to intervene on an activity choosing the best method to suit the situation and always ensuring that by doing so we are not restricting play in any way. We work to create an environment in which children and young people are free to choose how and what they play and do this by providing access to materials and equipment, facilitating play opportunities that children may not be able to achieve on their own and empowering the children to have control over their own play environment. As playworkers we should be constantly adapting or modifying the environment to suit the needs of the children and to ensure that play will continue to flourish. The more flexible and changeable the environment is, the more we are allowing the children to take control of what happens in their environment and gain confidence. We also understand the importance of children experiencing challenge in their play and ensure that we balance risks with protecting children from injury.
Impact of play on members of the playwork team
Sometimes children and young people’s play can have a positive effect on a playworker in a good way. Children and young people can be remarkably insightful and understand things that a playworker doesn’t, or show us a different view, they may even have strengths in a certain area that a playworker doesn’t. This can include having a different cultural background or language or different life experiences that they can share with the playworker and teach them or a skill such as a football trick that they can show the playworker how to do.
Sometimes children and young people’s play can have a negative effect on the playworker. Depending on the personal circumstances of the playworker they may feel uncomfortable with a certain activity, type of play or a certain child’s behaviour and this can affect their judgment towards the situation. There may also be a child that is displaying particularly challenging behaviour and this can be stressful for some playworkers who may not have experienced such behaviour before
Every way in which children and young people´s play will have an impact on us, being it positive or negative. Nevertheless, when children or young people are playing showing negative aspects towards other kids or member of the staff, such as the followings, will affect us in a way that we will have to intervene in their play or take further action: - Violence: if the children are playing in such a way (being it verbal, psychological or physical) they are bullying other child/children involved in the play. The fact that they are using such behaviour show that they may be living in an environment with violence and abuse, or they may be experiencing some personal difficulties, and thus they are reproducing, copying and realising their anger in they play setting. If it would be happening, we will have to check the kids involved are safe and take action and find out why this person is behaving in such a way a provide him/her the way to sort it out and safeguard and support him/her.
Discrimination: If the children or young people are discriminating others, being through their play, behaviour or language because of, for example, the other kids’ origin, culture, language, social background, appearance or any disability, they are mistreating them and breaking their responsibility towards their rights. Thus, we will intervene to find out why this person is behaving in such disrespectful way, bearing in mind that it may be caused by issues back at their homes, some problems at the school, or going through a personal difficult moment- Concept of leadership in context of playwork team - Leadership – facilitation of the playwork principles within the playwork setting
Playwork team good leadership will offer quality to kids and parents.
Organisational ability
Approachable
Good listener – to team children
Acting responsible and following procedures
Fair
Carrying a good practice of the playwork principles and children´s rights
Controlling and problem solving.
Good communication
Assigning tasks
Conducting training and development / appraisals
Dealing with kids, team, parents, school, office and external bodies (social services, hospital…)
Observations
The Manager must ensure the delivery of creative and varied play opportunities in a safe, happy and stimulating environment in accordance with the clubs policies and procedures
All record keeping and administration must also be completed, for example, accident/incident forms, medicine forms, registers and updating any of the children’s files.
The staffing team must also be managed and this includes the responsibility to carry out staff inductions, reviews, training and rotas.
Directing the staff i.e. what areas they will be in, things needing done, and organising the daily school run are further tasks of the Playwork Manager with regards to staff.
Team meetings must also be arranged by the Manager in order to organise and confirm rotas, to openly discuss, so that everyone knows what is happening, to plan activities, highlight any issues and for smooth running of the After School Club.
The Manager needs to ensure the safeguarding of all children in the club’s care, ensuring Child Protection Procedures are followed at all times. Any child protection concerns must be raised through the appropriate channels.
Ordering of equipment/resources.
Speaking to parents about any problems or concerns they/the manager has; showing new parents and children around the After School Club and ensuring that handover to parents after each session is completed are all part of the Manager’s role in regards to parents or carers.
The Manager must be aware of any medical conditions of the children in attendance and administer first aid as appropriate. The Manager must also carry out regular fire drills and risk assessments.
The Manager needs to ensure that the club offers a high quality, inclusive environment, that there are opportunities for self-directed play and that the participation in setting boundaries and rules for them to work within is encouraged.
Explain the importance of a team approach to supporting play
It is imperative that all staff work together as a team.
Each member should be clear about the aims and objectives.
Good teamwork is important to everyone who comes in to the setting.
Pleasant atmosphere;
There needs to be clear communication
Tasks and responsibilities must also be clearly defined
Work should be fairly distributed
Smooth running is vital to the security and safety of both staff and children.
Ensure that policies, procedures, guidelines and legislation are followed.
Training should be encouraged
Teamwork is also essential for motivation presents a good role model, feel more secure and happy
The team needs to be aware of all …show more content…
the children situations
Playwork principles upheld.
It is easier for tasks to be accomplished quickly and more efficiently
Explain role of playworker working as advocates for play
Principle the play process takes precedence and playworkers act as advocates for play when engaging with adult led agendas’
As advocates for play, we have to enrich the child’s play environment by:
Offering, encouraging and providing a variety of play opportunities taking into account their individual and collective needs
Developing a child centre approach and self-directive play
Providing equal opportunities for every kid
Listening to their interests and ideas, responding to their requests and challenging - involvement
Supporting and enriching their development.
Allowing play to be child centred and personally directed by the children allow them to play what, how when and why playworker can be the perfect person to support or even defend a child’s right or need to play
Ensuring that safeguarding children
Programs should support children’s curiosity, creativity, social skills, self-regulation, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of the world—and the way to do this is to let children play.
Evaluate methods team can use to support play - Methods – observation / planning / procurement of resources / evaluation of playspace and play processes / consultation with children. Playspace – any area – physical / affective / permanent or transient that supports and enriches the potential for childrens self directed play
OBSERVATION: observing children in their play process to see: -Their development (social, emotional, individual, intellectual,..) -Check the resources provided to support their needs. Assessing, afterwards, these observations to improve the weak points and enhance the strong ones. - Check we have displayed enough resources and whether the set plan is useful and cover kid’s needs. -Observe our intervention towards responding to children’s cues, whether we are interfering or not and whether we are supporting kid’s needs in the right way or if they could be improved. -Check we are fulfilling health and safety policies and risk assessment appropriately, keep them up to date and modify them whenever it is necessary.
Observe any problems
PLANNING and PROCURING RESOURCES:
Allows children to enjoy play opps fully
Range of activities
Runs smoothly
Children can be involved and thus self-directed and meeting needs
Setting a plan that enhances development, includes everyone and responding to children’s requests according to their ages, ensuring we are supporting and covering their needs as well as offering equal opportunities, taking into account: -Health and safety and risk assessments
The display of the resources respecting different areas of play (relax corner, building games, reading corner, art table, dolls, fancy dresses, tents,....)
The kids have access to all resources, eliminating (reducing) all possible barriers that may prevent any of them to enjoy of their self- directed freely chosen play.
Importance balancing needs and rights of individual children and the rights of others As a playworker it is important to provide for the needs and rights of each individual child and young person and balance it with the needs and rights of others.
Each child and young person is different and has individual preferences and requirements. We need to ensure that adequate activities are provided to suit each child’s likes and preferences and that they are all given equal play opportunities appropriate for their age. This may mean adapting an activity to be easier for a younger child or more challenging for an older or more able child. Each child’s ability should be praised and encouraged and playworkers should always promote equality and opportunity.
An example of an individual need needing to be met versus a group could be if a child does not want to play outside when it is time for the group to. Of course the child has a right to his/her opinion but we must also respect the majority wanting to go outside. In this example you could have a conversation with the child stating what things you could do outside or even get another child to come to help encourage and enthuse them with you. It is always important to balance needs as children will need these skills later in
life.
Impact of playworkers on the play space - Playspace – any area – physical / affective / permanent or transient that supports and enriches the potential for childrens self directed play
1.Providing a welcoming and nice environment for the kids, task setting, and clean, inviting and safe space.
2.Taking part or stepping back on their play. Getting involve when they require, that is, responding to their cues and observe when they are enjoying on their own and do not need us.
3.Playworkers’ skills: personal and professional, playwork features and qualities: active, observer, with initiative, approachable, compromise, funny, predispose, challenging, aware we are models for the kids, willingness to improve and extend knowledge and training...
Playworkers can positively impact children’s playspace by not interfering too much and helping to facilitate the play flow. Negative impact is also possible. For example, if I was to say ‘why don’t you try this’ or walk through an area that the children have decided is their swamp, children who are deep in play can become interrupted, embarrassed or aware that others are watching. This could interfere with their imagination and distract them from their play.
It is important for playworkers to recognise their own impact on the play space and to be keenly observant in order to recognise and respond to play cues from children and when to intervene on an activity choosing the best method to suit the situation and always ensuring that by doing so we are not restricting play in any way. We work to create an environment in which children and young people are free to choose how and what they play and do this by providing access to materials and equipment, facilitating play opportunities that children may not be able to achieve on their own and empowering the children to have control over their own play environment. As playworkers we should be constantly adapting or modifying the environment to suit the needs of the children and to ensure that play will continue to flourish. The more flexible and changeable the environment is, the more we are allowing the children to take control of what happens in their environment and gain confidence. We also understand the importance of children experiencing challenge in their play and ensure that we balance risks with protecting children from injury.
Impact of play on members of the playwork team
Sometimes children and young people’s play can have a positive effect on a playworker in a good way. Children and young people can be remarkably insightful and understand things that a playworker doesn’t, or show us a different view, they may even have strengths in a certain area that a playworker doesn’t. This can include having a different cultural background or language or different life experiences that they can share with the playworker and teach them or a skill such as a football trick that they can show the playworker how to do.
Sometimes children and young people’s play can have a negative effect on the playworker. Depending on the personal circumstances of the playworker they may feel uncomfortable with a certain activity, type of play or a certain child’s behaviour and this can affect their judgment towards the situation. There may also be a child that is displaying particularly challenging behaviour and this can be stressful for some playworkers who may not have experienced such behaviour before
Every way in which children and young people´s play will have an impact on us, being it positive or negative. Nevertheless, when children or young people are playing showing negative aspects towards other kids or member of the staff, such as the followings, will affect us in a way that we will have to intervene in their play or take further action: - Violence: if the children are playing in such a way (being it verbal, psychological or physical) they are bullying other child/children involved in the play. The fact that they are using such behaviour show that they may be living in an environment with violence and abuse, or they may be experiencing some personal difficulties, and thus they are reproducing, copying and realising their anger in they play setting. If it would be happening, we will have to check the kids involved are safe and take action and find out why this person is behaving in such a way a provide him/her the way to sort it out and safeguard and support him/her.
Discrimination: If the children or young people are discriminating others, being through their play, behaviour or language because of, for example, the other kids’ origin, culture, language, social background, appearance or any disability, they are mistreating them and breaking their responsibility towards their rights. Thus, we will intervene to find out why this person is behaving in such disrespectful way, bearing in mind that it may be caused by issues back at their homes, some problems at the school, or going through a personal difficult moment- Concept of leadership in context of playwork team - Leadership – facilitation of the playwork principles within the playwork setting
Playwork team good leadership will offer quality to kids and parents.
Organisational ability
Approachable
Good listener – to team children
Acting responsible and following procedures
Fair
Carrying a good practice of the playwork principles and children´s rights
Controlling and problem solving.
Good communication
Assigning tasks
Conducting training and development / appraisals
Dealing with kids, team, parents, school, office and external bodies (social services, hospital…)
Observations
The Manager must ensure the delivery of creative and varied play opportunities in a safe, happy and stimulating environment in accordance with the clubs policies and procedures
All record keeping and administration must also be completed, for example, accident/incident forms, medicine forms, registers and updating any of the children’s files.
The staffing team must also be managed and this includes the responsibility to carry out staff inductions, reviews, training and rotas.
Directing the staff i.e. what areas they will be in, things needing done, and organising the daily school run are further tasks of the Playwork Manager with regards to staff.
Team meetings must also be arranged by the Manager in order to organise and confirm rotas, to openly discuss, so that everyone knows what is happening, to plan activities, highlight any issues and for smooth running of the After School Club.
The Manager needs to ensure the safeguarding of all children in the club’s care, ensuring Child Protection Procedures are followed at all times. Any child protection concerns must be raised through the appropriate channels.
Ordering of equipment/resources.
Speaking to parents about any problems or concerns they/the manager has; showing new parents and children around the After School Club and ensuring that handover to parents after each session is completed are all part of the Manager’s role in regards to parents or carers.
The Manager must be aware of any medical conditions of the children in attendance and administer first aid as appropriate. The Manager must also carry out regular fire drills and risk assessments.
The Manager needs to ensure that the club offers a high quality, inclusive environment, that there are opportunities for self-directed play and that the participation in setting boundaries and rules for them to work within is encouraged.