This activity showed a particularly bad example of an year’s setting. There were so many things wrong with it that it would most certainly have been closed down by Ofsted. Fire exit blocked Child standing close Small child reaching for Medicine cabinet to the edge of the scissors on table open stage child not able to Window broken Paint cupboard reach the painting Chair standing in front unlocked easel and without an of broken window Chairs stacked up apron Books left on the Hot kettle with Heater without floor trailing plug guard near a Football obstructing Hot at the edge staircase the slide of the table Store cupboards Slide and trampoline Dirty tea towel with the keys in without safety mats Bricks left on the floor Exit left open and badly positioned Young child climbing playing on the Adult smoking and up a slide unattended floor in front of the wearing high heels Mop and bucket for door Child with shoelaces cleaning left out next Rug in front of the unfastened to hand wash area door Inadequate staffing, No paper towels just a Toys left scattered there is only one adult hand towel hanging on the floor up Child climbing on Spills on the floor the trampoline Boxes stacked up without help Child looking in the Knives left on the playgroup cupboard play dough table Glue dripping onto the floor The safety of the child is of paramount importance. This is a phrase that you will hear over and over again. However, you need to be careful that you don’t protect’ the children ‘over as they need to be able to take risks and stretch their skills in order to develop.
Fire exit blocked Medicine cabinet open Window broken Chair standing in front of broken window Hot kettle with trailing plug Hot at the edge of the table Dirty tea towel Bricks left on the floor Young child climbing up a slide unattended Mop and bucket for cleaning left out next to hand wash area No paper towels just a hand towel hanging up Spills on the floor Boxes stacked up Child looking in the playgroup cupboard Child standing close to the edge of the stage Paint cupboard unlocked Chairs stacked up Heater without guard near a staircase Store cupboards with the keys in Exit left open playing on the floor in front of the door Rug in front of the door Toys left scattered on the floor Child climbing on the trampoline without help Knives left on the play dough table Glue dripping onto the floor Small child reaching for scissors on table child not able to reach the painting easel and without an apron Books left on the floor Football obstructing the slide Slide and trampoline without safety mats and badly positioned Adult smoking and wearing high heels Child with shoelaces unfastened Inadequate staffing, there is only one adult This activity showed a particularly bad example of an year’s setting. There were so many things wrong with it that it would most certainly have been closed down by Ofsted. The safety of the child is of paramount importance. This is a phrase that you will hear over and over again. However, you need to be careful that you don’t ‘over protect’ the children as they need to be able to take risks and stretch their skills in order to develop.
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