Task 1 There are many factors you should take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments. Look at the pictures below, and then complete the boxes in the grid to explain how you might need to adapt them in order to take the list of factors into account. Factor | Indoor environment | Outdoor environment | Age and ability of the children | * Age appropriate chairs and height of table. For example in year 3 the chairs and height of table are different of that to a year 6 classroom. * SEN are given the correct equipment to aid them | * Age-appropriate equipment for example soft ball for foundation stage playground and normal football for the KS3 children * Foundation stage children have …show more content…
1. How is health and safety monitored and maintained in your setting? The school has a responsibility to keep the work place for all employees and students safe. The school carries out regular assessments and they provide the appropriate training to the staff for example first aid training. Also staff are expected to ensure that all pupils are supervised at all times. They will ensure that all equipment, including hazardous materials including cleaning materials and flammable substances are labelled and stored correctly and locked away securely. 2. Are there any differences in this between your setting and other settings you have worked in? All schools have their own policies and each school has their own way of stating it for example Copthorne Primary School states: “The Governing Body of Copthorne Primary School will meet its responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act and other health and safety legislation to provide safe and healthy working conditions for employees, and to ensure that their work does not adversely affect the health and safety of other people such as pupils, students, visitors and contractors.” Marshfield Primary School is similar too: “….The school therefore is to provide and maintain a safe and healthy environment for all staff, pupils, parents and visitors when they are on the school premises….” They are very similar and both follow the health and safety act. 3. What
A guideline to all staff on how pupil’s behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils; this is why all staff must be familiar with this policy.
There are many factors to take into consideration, when planning and preparing the setting for healthy and safe indoor and outdoor activities. The main factors fall into the following categories:
Is a guideline to all staff on how pupils behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils, this is why all staff MUST be familiar with this policy.
. Schools have duty to protect the human rights of both its pupils and staff.
This means keeping children safe from accidents (i.e. road safety), crime and bullying and actively promoting their well-being in a healthy, safe and supportive environment. It also encompasses issues such as pupil health and safety and bullying, about which there are specific statutory requirements, and a range of other issues, for example, arrangements for meeting the medical needs of children with medical conditions, providing first aid, school security, drugs and substance misuse.
2.2- Demonstrate how to deal with hazards to minimise risks to the health, safety and security of children and young people.
| Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 requires local education authorities and governing bodies of maintained schools and FE colleges to make arrangements to ensure that their functions are carried out with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.All children deserve the opportunity to achieve their full potential. The five outcomes that are key to children’s and young people’s wellbeing are: * Stay safe * Be healthy * Enjoy and achieve * Make a positive contribution * Achieve economic wellbeing The school should give effect to their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of their pupils (students under the age of 18 years of age) under the Education Act 2002 and , where appropriate, under the Children Act 1989 by: * Creating and maintaining a safe learning environment for children and young people. * Identifying where there are child welfare concerns and taking action to address them in partnership with other
Schools are required to have policies and procedures as they safe guard the staff and pupils and
* Ensure that the environment is safe, secure with high quality of hygiene practices for staff, children and their families and any member of the public while using the premises.
Factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor & outdoor environments & services.
All schools in the UK have a health and safety policy, in which they have to adhere to requirements. There are many current health and safety legislations, policies and procedures. These include the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 which was created to protect those at work by following procedures in order to prevent accidents.
a. The first thing to do is read the risk assessment folders for the student/students involved in the activity. It is necessary to ensure the activity is safe and appropriate for all the students and staff involved. For example if one of the students was not safe to be near water it would not be safe to include that student on a trip that involved being on or in water of any description, like a trip to the beach.
Every member of staff in the school has a responsibility to keep the children safe and well
It is extremely important to safeguard children and young people. As a member of staff in a school setting it is our duty to protect and safeguard children. Children spend a great deal of their lives in school so any signs of anything happening is most likely to be picked up in a school setting. Children tend to build relationships with adults and trust in them. This can result in children feeling comfortable enough to talk about anything that is bothering them. The school is one of many agencies that work in partnership together to help children and monitor anything that might be
The Department of Education in Western Australia follows government policy to ensure all those who are of school age attend school. There is a general duty of care related to common law that the teacher has to do all that is reasonable to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all those who are associated through the teacher/student relationship during the school day, whilst on the school grounds or during school activities/excursions.