This policy is about aiming to make sure that the nursery is safe for everyone there including, children staff and visitors. Each nursery has one person who takes care of making sure that the requirements of health and safety within the setting is met. There are also signatures of LEYF head of operations and performance improvement, nursery manager and health and safety officer, to show they have read the policy and have understood it and they checks are also been done within that nursery as well as their role of health and safety in the nursery. There are many parts in this policy that supports children and staff as well as other visitors to the nursery, such as risk assessment, health and safety monitoring and inspection, children’s safety,…
Planning is also very important within the foundation phase as all activities and areas within the setting need to be planned in order to challenge and promote children's holistic development. The activities must be enjoyable but also suitable for the children’s individual abilities in order for them to stay focused and learning new things. It is important that when planning practitioners put the child center to the planning and ensure that the children have a good balance between child initiative play and adult led activities. Practitioners may use the quality and environment triangle, this is a clear model and can be extremely useful for childcare practitioners when creating a balanced curriculum within their setting, which is appropriate to the age and stage of development for children’s play and learning. ‘As a professional the planning process is a good way of keeping you aware of all aspects of development and ensuring that some potential areas of learning do no push aside others’ (Lindon, J. 2011, P1)…
Competency Statement IV To establish positive and productive relationship with families. It is important for me to have a positive and productive relationship with families at the facility because the families want the best for their child to have a bright future. At this facility we know that the parents want their child to learn the best way and a fun way. That is why I want the parent to know we like to know their concerns about how their child is learning. Establishing a positive relationship with families I serve in the child care facility is important because I want the parents to feel that this facility is the right place to bring the child.…
Staff members will gain a relationship with parents/carers as their child will be registering with that nursery. The practitioners will need to gather information from each child’s parents/carers to be able to find out important information such as health, allergies, disabilities, likes and dislikes. The parents/carers will also be able to find out how their child has been getting on in the setting and if they are either doing well or having difficulties in a specific area, and find out what support they can get for either them or their child. It’s very important that all the children have a strong relationship as they would be seeing a lot of each other, and together they can gain lots of skills by learning from one another. 3.3: Explain reasons for working in partnership with others.…
Frequently the key worker of a child will play a very important role during transitions plus lots of things can be complete to make sure the impact on a child is minimised. Early Years practitioners should be able to prepare how to help a child throughout a transition plus this is usually done through partnerships with other people and settings including: • Working with families- having close relations among the families of children is important to being capable to strategise with plan how to deal with transitions. besides having a bond with parents and carers at all times you will be able to stay in the loop with regards to any changes in mood or temper which may give clues as to how the child is managing the…
CDEC 1303: Families, School and Community • Identify the positive relationships and supportive interactions for children, families, and the community • Understand the importance and empowerment of families and their involvement • Understand how national, state, and local policies must be guided of principles of Excellence, access, equity, diversity, and accountability CDEC 1311: Educating Young Children • Understand the importance of academics to promote positive learning and development of young children • Identify the preparation and professional education for quality early childhood programs • Provide stability and consistency for learning CDEC 1313: Curriculum Resources/Childhood • Develop Lesson plans that are developmentally appropriate • Identify and…
There are many settings that a child could be cared for, such as: creches, day nursery, after-school clubs, preschools, child-minders, schools, parent and toddler groups and many more. This settings can be statutory, voluntary, private or independent settings. Day nurseries takes care and educates children from age 3 moths to 5 years, they are mostly private settings. Such settings are open all week, they can be half or full day nurseries, anything that can match the need of working parents.…
• Playgroups: Typically managed by volunteers, giving part-time play and early learning…
I believe that every child is their own individual little person that learns best during interaction. In reference to Vygotsky’s interactionist theory inside and outside forces interact to case change. Children need a thriving, stimulating, and caring environment in which they grow intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially. A director has a lot of plaining to do before she can open her own daycare. First, a director has to have a purpose for wanting to open his/her own daycare and deal with young children.…
Asquith Salcombe Day Nursery and Pre-School is the leading nursing provider of the United Kingdom based in London that is famous for providing premium childcare and education for the children aged 0 to 5 years. This nursery is responsible for providing the stable future for about 13,000 children in their care. There is one female manager of the nursery named Libby Williams who is responsible for managing majority of the function to provide excellent childcare and learning services. There are 44 staff members in the nursery, which includes both qualified and unqualified employees such as cleaners, caretaker, and others. the total places that are available for children in this nursery is 86…
This can range from health nurses for early years through to speech therapist or counselors who work mainly with young people and transitioning periods. On a 6 monthly basis a review is carried out for each child with professionals such as Independent reporting officers, social workers, LAC nurse, teachers and house manager to discuss the child 's/young persons health, education, future wellbeing and if that child 's meeting targets on development. Reports would be included on within the meeting to document the progression of the young…
When I began my college career I have always known that I wanted to work with the elderly. I hope with my degree that I will be able to assist the age challenged. I would like to assist the elderly and their families ensuring all of their needs are met. I have an 80 year old friend who lives at Barrington Square Apartment. Barrington Square is an independent living facility for individual that are at least 62 years old or older in Acworth, GA.…
I strive to help co-construct this environment with the children allowing them to develop a voice to be heard of their needs and to feel the confidence to be individual in their learning. My role as an early childhood educator is to provide meaningful relationships and links to the families and communities within and outside the centre. That I make use of the resources and knowledge the community and families have to offer to help enrich the children 's learning and experiences.…
My Professional Philosophy Statement My personal belief, in regards to teaching early childhood education has three primary components. First of all, I believe it begins with creating a safe and caring atmosphere for young children to learn. Secondly, as an early childhood educator I also place a value on teaching a child developmentally appropriate practices. Finally, making an effort to teach about a child’s family culture, values, beliefs, or expectations assists me to make their experience meaningful through family involvement.…
Although I do not intend on becoming an Early Childhood Educator, these honest reflections have helped me grow as a Child and Youth Care practitioner. My career goal is to work in family and community development. My role as an advocate and support for these families will most definitely involve working with young children. I will need to understand my view of a child and understand that each individual with which I will work might have a different view. As I will be working with families of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, values, and cultures I will need to recognize that each families view of a child will vary, therefore each child’s need will vary as well.…