D4:
Confidential information about children in a setting should be stored securely in a locked cupboard or the mangers office and handled with care confidential information should not be lying around for other people that it does not concern about will have access to them. Prationers should understand the settings confidential policy, which says “you must respect confidential information about the children to your self or the staffs that need to know about it e.g.: Manager, parents”. All confidential information should be available for the child’s individual parents/careers to view.
D5:
Before going to placement you should ring them to tell them who you are and what college you come from and ask what time do they want you to come in, what they want you want you to wear, what will I have to do in the placement and who my supervisor is but if you don’t rig in you can get a map to the placement and find out what bus or train goes there. And you should wear clean tidy smart casual clothes that are practical for stretching e.g.: bending down you should chose clothes that can be washed easily you should not wear jewelry e.g.: hoop earrings, bracelets and necklaces and take out piecing e.g.: surface piercing. And you should take off fake nails to because they can scratch the children. Some settings in there baby room to help in clean so you should bring some just in case you are in that room for your time of arrival you should at least come 10 mins early for placement so then you will have time to put your stuff away. On the first day you should find out who your supervisor is your supervisor will give you guidance while you are there and will tell you what you are expected to do e.g.: reading, cleaning up, preparing food. When going placement you should bring some ID of who you are e.g.: CRB, birth certificate, college id and national insurance number. You should know whom to work as a team like getting to know the staff in the setting. Your supervisor will tell you the rules and policies of the setting e.g.: confidentiality, emergency procedures, health, and safety.
D6/D7:
You can value child as an indivial by promoting a multi cultural environments e.g.: diwali, eid, Christmas, Easter etc.. In addition, they can do a display on a table and can have some objects to do with religion or theme and they can have displays on the walls that could have different religions on it e.g.: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jewish and Hindu etc... And could have what festivals they celebrate. Moreover, children could do activates to do with festivals e.g. Christmas cards by doing all of this you will be valuing each child a an indivial.
You can also value a child as an indivial when planning activies e.g.: for disabled children you would have to have materials and recourses that disabled children can use to a swell as children with out disables e.g.: use low tables if it’s for a child in a wheel chair or if it is a child with a visual impairment you would have to do activates to do with touch like play dough in settings staff should always plan activities for all the children to do so none is left out.
C1/D7:
An example of when you should pass on information about a child is when a child is allergic to something e.g.: nuts, strawberries and glue if staff in a setting does not pass on important information like this the child could die from its allergic reaction. An other time when staff has to pass on information is if one of the children’s parents tell you that someone else is picking up the child so the staff will have to tell the other staff in that room so they will know and they will have to give a password so then they will know that it is safe to give the child to them. You can also pass on information about a child like when they have done something good staff in a nursery can pass on information like when they are worried about a child e.g.: if they feel they are being abused or have noticed a medical condition.
B1:
It is important to makes positive impression when starting placement because it shows you are trying to be a professional and it shows respect for the placement time keeping shows positive impressions because being on time from the first day of placement will be a good stead for the rest of your career in child care. In placement, the staff needs people they can rely to arrive early in the morning and from break, this shows responsibity. Being well prepared for placemen can too make a good impression like e.g.: CRB and maybe birth cerficate, Ni number and college ID. Having a positive attitude also shows positive impressions because you could contribute ideas e.g.: activities like hand painting and free painting and contributing ideas about displays e.g.: festivals and put it on the walls or tables. The way you behave can have a positive impression because having a professional behavior is part of your role to behave responsibly because you are a role model for the children because they learn how to behave by looking at people around them. Having personal hygiene and coming placement well dressed can show good first impressions because personal hygiene prevents the spread of infection and showing personal hygiene at placement e.g.: washing hands, the children copy you. So setting a good impression is important.
B2/D7:
When working with children it is important to show positive attitude because you are a role model for children they look up to you and will copy what you do “You need to demonstrate a positive attitude whenever you’re working professionally” – Child care and education level 2 pages 9. Children learn how to behave by watching those around them if a member of staff in the nursery goes around shouting at everyone the children will copy the same behaviour. Showing a positive attitude could be like giving ideas what activities the children can do, being obedient and respectful, polite, participating in a team, not having a non-judge mental approach e.g.: answering someone in a non bias way and staff should not discriminate against the children in the setting and other staff, respecting parents e.g.: talking to them with respect, having positive relationships e.g.: having a positive relationship between the children, staff and parent/careers. “ Warm trusting relationships with knowledge adults support children’s learning more effectively than any amount of resources” – Practical EYFS Handbook Penny Tassoni Heinemann. Staff as well should have active listening and have eye contact when children are talking to them e.g.: don’t ignore or pretend to listen to a child when they are talking to you.
A:
It is important to maintain confidentiality about children there families because it can beak professional relationships with the parents would had told you will keep it to your self or if you feel the child’s well being is in danger you should tell your supervisor or some other professional e.g.: social worker. Parents build a trust with staff if you gossip about peoples information trust will be lost. In addition, if you break the confidential policy your professional reputation could be at stake and the manger could put you on disciplinary or even lose your job. It is important that staff understand the confidentially policy and procedures, which says “The respect due to the privacy and ownership of information and the prevention of misuse of the information. All employees’, parents/careers and management committee members are required to adhere to practice ensuring confidentiality in professional interaction and communication of all nursery issues” - previous placement policy at a community nursery. Sensitive information (need to know information all the time) should be available to staff that need look after that child the info would be like deity needs, allergies, medical conditions, personal information e.g.: numbers, address and parents names. Information that should not be gossiped about is the children’s personal needs e.g.: emotional needs, physical needs. Information about the family e.g.: numbers, address, parent’s names or family member’s names, issues like post relationships in families e.g.: divorced parents and child lives with mum and do not want dad to see child, information about past experinces and incidents or a bad event e.g.: house fire or a family member has died. Confidential information should be locked in a filed cabinet or locked office and should be handled with care they should not be left around for people that it doesn’t concern to see them. Staff should always respect confidential information about children and families as long as it doesn’t affect the child’s welfare e.g.: if child was being abused you would have to tell the information to a person in charge e.g.: manger, key worker and maybe deputy.
A*:
It is important to recognize your own learning style because it can help you doing assignments and could benefit me recognizing and accepting the learning style that helps me the most. The learning style that helps me the most is kinaesthic and visual learning style because I like to do practical activities to help me learn rather than listening to someone teaching me using this kind of learning could help me to succeed in the course and in the future. Visual learning style also help me because cause it helps me to member things like if the teacher is teaching me from the computer white board I stays in my head for longer than someone just talking to me. In placement I find it easier when a member of staff shows me what to do first this helps me learn faster. In class I taking notes from the videos/DVDs help me in my assignments.
D8:
Books:
Child Care and Education level 2
Practical EYFS Handbook Penny Tassoni
Child Care and Education level 2 Penny Tassoni
EYFS Handbook
Internet:
Nurseryworld.co.uk