Assessment for Child Care setting such as a nursery or child minder Setting the scene The manager carried out the risk assessment in this nursery‚ which is located on a suburban residential estate. It caters for 20 children aging from 6 months to 11 years of age. The manager is a full-time member of staff‚ as is the deputy manager who provides cover for the manager. Both the manager and the assistant manager are appointed persons for first aid. There are ten other staff members‚ a mixture of
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and safety. Legislation Impact on early years practice The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (Great Britain) Outlines the responsibility of individual employees for maintaining health and safety in the workplace. Childcare Act 2006 Focuses on improving outcomes for children in the early years through the ‘five outcomes’ of Every Child Matters (including ‘being healthy’ and ‘staying safe’). Introduced the Early Years Foundation Stage in 2008 (including the welfare requirements
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Early Years Reflection Biddick Hall Infant School Ryhope Infant School Biddick Hall Infants is an averaged size community school‚ with 251 pupils on the school roll. There is a significantly above proportion of pupils supported by school action‚ school action plus or a statement of special educational needs. The early years provision consists of; a nursery opening for morning and afternoon sessions‚ with 39 pupils in attendance to each session who are supported by five members of qualified staff
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entitlement and provision for early years education Since 2004 all children in the UK aged three and four years old have been entitled to free places at nursery or another preschool setting including childminders. From 1st September 2010 the government extended these hours from 12.5 hours to 15 hours for up to 38 weeks of the year. The free entitlement provides universal access to early childhood education and care‚ ensuring that all children have the opportunity to benefit from early years education
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Sandra. 2001. Grammar in Context 3rd ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers. Grammar in Context by Sandra N. Elbaum is an interesting approach to teaching grammar. Elbaum encases grammar in a much more useful mantle by using real life examples of U.S. culture and history. Grammar is an important part of language‚ but it is technical‚ abstract‚ and boring. In order for a text to engage a student it must be interesting and relevant to their lives. I think Grammar in Context could be effective because
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discuss these questions in the following. During my early education years‚ my teachers taught me what it means being a Singaporean and also inculcate moral values. I learnt the meaning of the Singapore Flag‚ learnt to sing the National Anthem‚ to recite the Singapore Pledge‚ and know about the different racial and culture heritage and practices through my Mother Tongue ‘Good Citizen’‚ Social Studies and Religious Knowledge lessons. Over the years‚ the citizenship education programmes in school has
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for babies and young children in the early year’s settings are carefully planned to promote holistic development of the child. The role of the early year’s practitioner is to plan and implement activities to facilitate the development of children generally to include cognitive development‚ speech‚ language and communication development‚ physical development and social and emotional development at all stages. Cognitive Development It is important for an early year’s practitioner to plan and implement
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Value of play in promoting learning and development in the early years Play is an essential part of every child’s life and is vital for the enjoyment of childhood as well as social‚ emotional‚ intellectual and physical development. Though play children learn about themselves and the world that surrounds them. They also learn to express themselves and form relationships with others. Play in early childhood education is not considered as a kind of fun activity where children spend their energy on
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scope and purposes of the early years sector Explain how the range of early years setting reflects the scope and purpose of the sector. The early year’s sector in the U.K. is complex‚ unlike many European countries it was not developed by government policy with particular aims but came about in response to family’s requirements which were based on changing economical and social factors. In the second half of the twentieth century public expenditure on early year’s provision focused on families with
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EYMP4 CU1536 UNIT: PROFESSIONAL PRACTISE IN EARLY YEARS SETTINGS... 1.1 Explain how the range of early years setting reflects the scope and purpose of the sector. During the Second World War nurseries were set up for childcare so women could go and join the work force to replace their men who had to serve in the war. They needed women to work on farms‚ shops‚ factories etc‚ but when the men returned home and back to their jobs‚ women went back to caring for their children and therefore nurseries
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