This activity showed a particularly bad example of an early 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 standing close child reaching for Medicine cabinet to the edge of the scissors on table open stage Small 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 near a staircase Football obstructing Hot drink at the edge Store cupboards the of the table with the keys in Slide and trampoline Dirty tea towel Exit left open without safety mats Bricks left on the floor playing on the and badly positioned child climbing up floor in front of the Adult smoking and a slide unattended door wearing high heels Mop and bucket for Rug in front of the with shoelaces cleaning left out next door unfastened to hand wash area Toys left scattered Inadequate staffing, No paper towels just a on the there is only one adult hand towel hanging Child climbing on up the trampoline Spills on the floor without help Boxes stacked up Knives left on the Child looking in the play table playgroup cupboard Glue dripping onto the floor The safety of the 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. Activity 7: risk and safety
Fire exit blocked Medicine cabinet open Window broken Chair standing in front of broken window Hot kettle with trailing plug Hot drink at the edge of the table Dirty tea towel Bricks left on the floor 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 standing close to the edge of the stage Paint cupboard unlocked Chairs stacked up Heater without 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 Child climbing on the trampoline without help Knives left on the play table Glue dripping onto the floor child reaching for scissors on table Small child not able to reach the painting easel and without an apron Books left on the floor Football obstructing the Slide and trampoline without safety mats and badly positioned Adult smoking and wearing high heels with shoelaces unfastened Inadequate staffing, there is only one adult This activity showed a particularly bad example of an early 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 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. Activity 7: risk and safety
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