Health, Safety and Nutrition are very important when it comes to children and families. But, as caretakers it is very important for us to watch over the children and make sure that they’re safe at all times, for example, making sure that the child doesn’t play with matches or lighters. Secondly, it is critical to make sure that the child is making healthy decisions such as teaching them good exercise habits. Lastly, It’s crucial that we also teach the child to make nutritious decisions, for instance, teaching children good eating habits. It 's important to teach young children about health safety and nutrition because, if we as caregivers don 't teach young children the importance about health safety and nutrition they won 't be able to live…
with the training, knowledge and skills to carry out these arrangements. It is the appointed person's (Health and Safety Co-ordinator) responsibility to ensure that everyone within the setting is made aware of, read and signed the changed or new policies and procedures. People within the work setting must be made aware of where of the Health and Safety Policy is kept, up to date training must be provided and copies of risk assessments must be given when necessary, for example when going on…
make sure that everyone follows the rules. Duty of Care – under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 all employers and employees have a duty of care towards people whenever there is a potential risk of danger. The duty of care is a legal obligation to anyone who works with a group of people, for example teachers or coaches. However if the teachers and coaches have a duty of care then people above them, e.g. Headmaster…
PersuasiveUChijnjkn40001: The Healthy and Active The safety of young children as they learn and develop is of major concern for educators, parents and early learning centers. In Australian early year’s education, we acknowledge growth and development as dynamic and harmonize holistic approaches to health (United Nations International Children 's Emergency Fund [UNICEF], 2008). The below article details the critical reviews of current philosophies of risk-taking and safety literature in early…
I am going to assess the hazards and risks to both a staff member and a child whilst walking in a park. If they are walking past a pond or a lake it would be considered a hazard to the child 's safety. The risk with this is that the child could fall in and inhale or swallow dirty water, the child could end up with an infection or possibly drowning. This would be a hazard from the physical environment. The children should wear appropriate footwear to ensure that they do not slip or trip. All…
Health and Safety Policy and Procedure The health and safety policy is aimed make the setting a more healthy and safe environment as the health and safety of all children, young people, staff and other adults is vital. For that reason all children, parents, staff and volunteers are to be made aware of any risks and hazards to health and safety to minimize the risks and hazards to enable children and young people to succeed. The entitled health and safety person at the setting has to undertake…
Attitudes surrounding co-sleeping vary greatly throughout different cultures, as do the shaping factors for these outlooks. In general, those from individualistic cultures go to great lengths to discourage co-sleeping, citing, possible long-term behavioral and health effects, safety risks and out-of-home child rearing advice as key determining factors in their decision. In contrast, parents from collectivist societies encourage close parental and child sleeping arrangements, naming emotional…
life-threatening disease and illnesses around the world. Parents fear having their children immunized more than the disease itself, causing more parents to refuse to vaccinate their children (SP). Not vaccinating does not only affect the child, but also other children in school. For students, there are medical and nonmedical exemptions that can be obtained for school-required vaccinations. The amount of nonmedical exemptions has been increasing lately, which is putting many young children in…
mixed ages which encourages social interaction therefore children learn to respect themselves, others and their environment. An objective which Montessori thought a child need to captivate is to have a natural desire to learn, this is approached in two ways; first by allowing the experiences to excite learning by child choice rather than being forced; second, helping to perfect all learning tools so ability is at maximum in future learning situations. An international initiative is Rudolf…
disease. Vaccinations have been building the immunity of one’s health and giving an advantage over those whom are not immunized. Lately, there has been a large controversy over whether having a child vaccinated does have its benefits for the child and the parent. Parents of children in the United States are beginning to not see the need to immunize children, which puts children at high risk of attracting contagious diseases. Vaccinations have been done for many years and have benefited…