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There are many factors to consider when planning healthy and safe environments and services as there are many vital principles to think about and decide when I am planning activities. Most principles are common sense as every child is their own person and every child has their own needs as it’s important to remember and bear in mind when planning about individual needs when doing the room layout.
As when planning it’s important to consider that ‘the duty of care’ of the setting to all the children as the practitioner should constantly have the child’s safety and wellbeing and welfare when planning. It’s also important that the practitioner understands that every child is an individual and unique and have different needs depending on the age and stage they are at and abilities.
As some children have particular needs for example hearing impediment as it is important that when in a group discussion they may need to come closer so they can understand and feel more comfortable about what they are learning and this can be taken into consideration when doing planning.
It is important that every child and young people have desired outcomes at the current starting point as most activities and games have clear objectives for the child and young people that are also based around the early year’s foundation stage. As it is important that they are based around the age that the child is at as early years foundation stage is for children age five years and younger.
It is also important about the responsibility of being a practitioner as every practitioner employed in that setting has a lot of responsibility for the safety of the room layout and the safety of the children. As every child is different so they need to be responsible and cater for every child in different ways.
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Every setting should have strong and clear policies and procedures about everything within health and safety within the setting. All the toys and equipment in the
Bibliography: : Tassoni, P (2010) ‘Children and young people’s workforce early learning and childcare’ Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex http://childcareaware.org/child-care-providers/program-planning/indoor-and-outdoor-environment