Contribute to the Support of Positive Environments for Children and Young People

LO 1.2 Describe with examples the importance of all staff consistently and fairly applying boundaries and rules for children and young people’s behaviour in accordance with the policies of the setting.

Being healthy is not just about eating lots of fruit and drinking 8 glasses of water each day. It's about young people enjoying a healthy lifestyle, feeling good about themselves and having good emotional and mental health. We hope that

Summarise the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people's positive behaviour (1.1)

1.1 Describe the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour.

When considering a child’s needs and routines in your setting, it is important that we communicate with the parents and find out a little about the home setting so we can carry it on when they come into our care, the more we talk to the parents the more we can help the child’s emotional needs and routines.

This quote helps us understand how children (and adults!) really want to be listened to:

From the offset, I believe that by introducing yourself with a title and surname, a level of respect is obtained. This can also be continued with the other teachers by allowing the children to hear your title & surname being used by them.

It is important to make the best possible use of space and equipment so the children can enjoy the activities.All children will have equal opportunities to develop movement skills and the environment will be changed to help children practise the mivements skills.When planning physical activity we ensure that no child is excluded from play and activities are modified as necessary.

They may become resentful at missing out on their childhood and present challenging behaviour. They may suffer anxiety whilst away from home and worry about their parent, resulting in a failure to engage in their education. They may not fulfil their potential in life as much of it will be dedicated to being a carer. Having a parent with a long term illness or disability could also lead to financial hardship due to lack of employment.

Ratio 's are in place as the well-being and safety of the children are paramount

It is imperative that the early years practitioner promotes children’s physical development. They can do this through having a positive and secure attachment with their children, consequently physically their children will have more confidence interacting with others so may regularly participate in sports; subsequently they will have a better health and well-being. Likewise, being physically active has many long-term health benefits for the whole family, including decreasing the number of children with obesity. Furthermore, practitioners must ensure that children always have access to a spacious outdoor environment that encourage them to use both fine motor and gross motor movements in various creative activities. Additionally babies should be given tummy time so that they are able to develop

So many children this day in age, are sat in front of a television or a tablet and expected to keep quiet. Children are built to explore, move, and learn from their experiences, and this cannot happen when a child is inside, being distracted by technology. No matter how busy parents are, they should find at least thirty minutes a day to go outside and play with their children. If the weather does not permit outside play, then playing games inside is always a great alternative. Parents should be encouraging their children to develop the motor skills that they are going to need in order to succeed in school and later in life. Many parents encourage the development of their children’s gross motor skills by involving them in sports, dance, or gymnastics. These programs are great for not only teaching children how to be good at something they love, but they also encourage children to develop their motor skills. If parents find that they cannot afford programs such as these, they can focus on providing multiple opportunities for play. For example, one day they could go to the park or they could go over the neighbor’s house to play. Ultimately, the best thing that parents can do to encourage the development of their children’s motor skills is to allow them to play as much as possible and to allow them to try new activities, even if they are

hildren need to be able to access the toys and resources independently as most children are able to get around before they are able to talk. Toys should be kept at a low level in appropriate containers that the children can move. The room needs to be suitable for purpose so there needs to be areas for dining, sleeping, playing, changing, washing etc. Physical safety needs to be taken into account as toys balanced on units may be appropriate for children of walking age to access but not for babies crawling where this toy could land on their heads. The room temperature needs to be appropriate not too hot or too cold and appropriately placed windows to aid natural ventilation especially in the hotter summer months. Blinds or shutters should be

Purpose: The purpose of this observation is to identify the child’s gross motor skills within the physical domain. Child H may increase levels of activity and endurance by freely exploring large outdoor equipment (Best Start Expert Panel on Early Learning, 2007, 5.1, p. 58).

Given that children enjoy playing active and dynamic games, specific items of small-scale architecture have been designed solely for them. Slots in the walls that allow them to enter different spaces, allowing the children to create and form the play-zones on their