1.1 Explain The Importance Of Equality, Diversity And Inclusion Setting

Equality is ‘about ensuring that every individual has an equal opportunity to make the most of their lives and talents, and believing that no one should have poorer life chances because of where, what or whom they were born, what they believe, or whether they have a disability.’ (Anon, 2016:1)
‘Equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice, ensuring that every child is included and supported’ (DfE, 2017:5)
A characteristic of an enabling environment is Space within a setting. When on placement during my first year, I found that one of the settings made their environment enabling by making the majority of the rooms within the school accessible by wheelchair. This was a result of when children within the school had an injury that
This is beneficial for children as it allows them to be able to learn and play alongside their peers in the classroom. Children will be able to sit at tables or move within different areas of the classroom and still be able to play with their friends instead of being restricted to a small area because of a lack of manoeuvring room. It is also a positive for the emergent literacy of a child as children will be able to communicate with their peers and develop their communication and language skills by holding conversations with each other while playing alongside one another. The strengths of making the setting accessible to all are that all children are given an equal opportunity to learn, this enables practitioners to support the emergent literacy of a child since the children will be able to come into a setting and stay up to
Not every child within a school may have English as a first language so having signs around the room written in other languages as well as English shows a sense of inclusion to parents/carers and their children. This is also another way for children to develop their emergent literacy; during one of my placements the practitioners taught the children how to say common words in another language such as ‘hello’, ‘goodbye’, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, this encouraged the children especially when they used the phrases they are learning with each other and at home with parents/carers. The reason signs and displays written in other languages supports equality is that not all children understand English at first, it shows a sense of unity especially when at a young age. It can also allow parents/carers to see what support their child will be provided with throughout their time in that setting. Another way for practitioners to include everyone in learning is to teach the children basic sign language for nursery rhymes and common phrases so that the children can all communicate in a common language and so that every child is included and will feel equal to one another. This ties into practitioners supporting emergent literacy through play for children because it provides the children with ways to communicate even if a child has an additional need or has