All activities a child does involves and element of risk. Ensure it is well planned and organised with thought given to the risk.
If we responded to all the risks, the children would be unable to explore and experiment. Children need to explore and experiment, its part of their development, which allows them to learn.
Children need to develop their skills, with little adult intervention. Ensure to balance the risk of an activity against the benefit to and safety of the child.
Explain the dilemma between the rights and choices of children and young people and health and safety requirements
Children learn from trying new experiences, they do not have the skills to make judgements about safety.
Carers are there to ensure that children can experiment and undertake activities of their choice in a safe environment, through a risk assessment.
Children learn from their mistakes and the choices they make. The practitioners ensure all children are protected from harm in a well controlled setting.
Explain the partnership model of working with carers
The partnership between parents and practitioners working together is the best outcome for the children. This forms the basis of the model of partnership with parents and carers.
Parents and carers work together to share ideas, information and thoughts about the best for the children. As part of the partnership with carers model, the parents are involved as much as they want to be. Parents should feel they can come into the setting to talk about their child at anytime, without an appointment. Parents can view and discuss the observations and assessments that take place in the setting about their child.
Parents are encouraged to share ideas on the planning and decision making. A lot of settings, have open mornings where the parents are invited into the setting to share experiences with their children in a different environment from home.
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