Explain The Importance Of Safe Healthy And Nurturing Environment For Children
Unit 3: Safe, healthy and nurturing environment for children.
Snack time at my placement is at 9.30am. The children at my setting all have a story leading up to snack time, whilst a story is being read to the children I help the children to come in pairs to wash their hands in the bathroom. Once the children have all washed their hands they go back into story room and then when the story is over they line up at the door in story room then walk into red room and sit around the tables in there.
Once all are sat down they are each given a piece of fruit, apple, pear and melon. They are also given a drink which can either be water or milk depending on what the child would like.
When snack time is taking place the children are encouraged to sit sensibly at the table and to make sure that they are using …show more content…
their manners.
My role in snack time is to hand out the drinks to each child, make sure that they are behaving, such as eating their own snack.
I collect in the plates and cups and then hand each child a wet wipe in order for them to wipe their hands and face. I then carry the pots from red room up into the kitchen and then load them all into the dishwasher.
P3.6- I used snack time as an opportunity to do an activity by telling all the children about eating healthily and their 5-a-day and how milk is a good thing to drink as it gives them calcium which is good for their bones to make them big and strong. I told them that there is a 5-a-day chart and I printed one off for them so they could see what types of foods come from each section. I then asked them to tell me what their favourite foods are so I could tell them what food category it goes into and whether or not they should eat a lot of it or just a bit.
P3.7- Religion is important when it comes to snack time in the setting because each child could have a different religion which they want to follow or their parents want them to follow. For example some Muslims don’t eat pork. Some Jewish people don’t eat pig meat e.g-
bacon.
Some children could also be vegetarian so they have a different option at meal times.
If a child has an allergy to certain foods then on the day that the child is in the setting the children do not eat that food or if a member of staff eats a food that a child in the setting is allergic to they are to eat it in another room and are to wash their hands thoroughly afterwards.
Snack time at my placement is at 9.30am. The children at my setting all have a story leading up to snack time, whilst a story is being read to the children I help the children to come in pairs to wash their hands in the bathroom. Once the children have all washed their hands they go back into story room and then when the story is over they line up at the door in story room then walk into red room and sit around the tables in there.
Once all are sat down they are each given a piece of fruit, apple, pear and melon. They are also given a drink which can either be water or milk depending on what the child would like.
When snack time is taking place the children are encouraged to sit sensibly at the table and to make sure that they are using …show more content…
their manners.
My role in snack time is to hand out the drinks to each child, make sure that they are behaving, such as eating their own snack.
I collect in the plates and cups and then hand each child a wet wipe in order for them to wipe their hands and face. I then carry the pots from red room up into the kitchen and then load them all into the dishwasher.
P3.6- I used snack time as an opportunity to do an activity by telling all the children about eating healthily and their 5-a-day and how milk is a good thing to drink as it gives them calcium which is good for their bones to make them big and strong. I told them that there is a 5-a-day chart and I printed one off for them so they could see what types of foods come from each section. I then asked them to tell me what their favourite foods are so I could tell them what food category it goes into and whether or not they should eat a lot of it or just a bit.
P3.7- Religion is important when it comes to snack time in the setting because each child could have a different religion which they want to follow or their parents want them to follow. For example some Muslims don’t eat pork. Some Jewish people don’t eat pig meat e.g-
bacon.
Some children could also be vegetarian so they have a different option at meal times.
If a child has an allergy to certain foods then on the day that the child is in the setting the children do not eat that food or if a member of staff eats a food that a child in the setting is allergic to they are to eat it in another room and are to wash their hands thoroughly afterwards.