It is important to take a balanced approach to risk assessments. Children learn by seeing risks and knowing what to do next time to avoid these. Children are growing around lots of risks and hazards and dangers we cant keep them away from them all so helping them learn about them will improve there knowledge if the do come across one. If we are restricting them from these we may be restricting their learning. However a child should learn how to cool down their food by being shown not by being burnt and learning to sit on a chair correctly they should be shown and not left to fall off and then learn. You have to take the correct approach to show them. Sometimes they will have to learn for themselves but in some cases they will need to be …show more content…
Children learn to and develop by making selection , exploring and experiment the environment around but they do not necessarily have the acquirement and judgement to make the right option all the time. As a practitioner we must be there to financial backing them by giving them the attainment for example a child should not be diaphragm from acting with coon and planting vegetable outside but instead must be provided with child size of it , show them how to dig the soil and plant and supervise the child when doing so this minimizing the risk and if any accident was to happen there is a qualified first aider to help. As a practitioner we need to give children that freedom to explore experiment and make choice but also make sure that the risk is managed by doing risk assessment and grownup supervision.
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A risk assessment is when you identify risks if needed and how to reduce these risks if there is any. First you would identify the risk and who it is going to affect. See if it can be removed or made safe/minimised. The write down what you have found and the plan of action taken if any. You would need to monitor and review this and if it isn’t working how can we change this.
A daily room check is making sure the room is clean, toys and equipment are clean, no spillages on the floor etc and making sure all outdoor areas are clear of animal