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Contents 1 Unit 3 Explore and Understand How to Keep Children Safe 1.1 Learning Objectives 1.2 Identifying Risk Factors 1.2.1 But maybe our kids need to take risks? 1.2.2 Activity 1.3 Simple Risk Assessments 1.4 Coffee 1.5 Personal Hygiene 1.5.1 Reviewing good practice 1.5.2 Discussion Points 1.6 National and Local Policies on Medicines in Schools 1.6.1 Discussion Point 2 Homework 2.1 Assignment 3 2.1.1 Section 1 2.1.2 Section 2 2.1.3 Section 3 2.1.4 End of Unit Quiz

Unit 3 Explore and Understand How to Keep Children Safe

Today's session will be a mixture of 1-1 and independent study. This will allow anyone who is absent if Eid is called today to catch up on their own.

In Unit 3 we will look at

• Issues of safeguarding children from harm
• Maintaining a safe environment
• Protecting yourself and others from harm
• A range of minor childhood injuries and how to respond
• Strategies for dealing with minor injuries, common childhood illnesses and a range of emergencies in schools

Learning Objectives

The student will be able to:

• Identify a range of hazards within classroom and outdoor settings
• List basic elements of good hygiene when dealing with children's accidents and illnesses.
• Identify what their own responsibilities are with regard to administering children's medicines in the school.

Identifying Risk Factors

1.Look at the photo and identify risk areas

2. Label possible risk areas

But maybe our kids need to take risks?

And

Activity

• Fill in table 1 saying how you would deal safely with each situation.

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Simple Risk Assessments

Choose three from the following settings:

• Reception classroom during an art lesson,
• Playground in winter,
• Lunch hall,
• Year 2 school trip to a city farm,
• Year 5 design & technology lesson,
• Year 3 science lesson.

Think though the possible risks, to both the children and staff. Use the blank table provided to:

1. Identify possible areas of risk

2. State what the risk is

3. Explain briefly how this risk may be safely handled

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Coffee

Personal Hygiene

Make a spider diagram or bullet pointed list of ways of keeping yourself and others clean in a variety of risk situations.

Include answers to these questions:

• What can you use to protect you?

• Who else does good hygiene protect?

• Why do you need to?

Reviewing good practice

We all know how to wash our hands! Or do we? Is it different when we've been dealing with infection?

Discussion Points

• Why is this important?
• Are there cultural or religious aspects to hygiene practises?

National and Local Policies on Medicines in Schools

Read through Handout 3 use a highlighter or similar to note the keywords.

Use your notes to answer these questions:

• What information do you need to check before giving medicine to a child?
• Why might a child need to carry their medicine round with them?
• What should you do if a child refuses their medicine?
• Why is it good practice to keep records of giving medicines?

Discussion Point

What would you need to do to feel adequately trained to administer medicines?

Homework

In Unit 2 in your portfolio:

• Risk assessment table 1
• Risk assessment table 2
• Spider diagram on personal hygiene in risk situations
• Your answers to the section National and Local Policies on Medicines in Schools

In Unit 1 of your portfolio with the rest of your school policies:

• Health and safety policy form
• Policy form on school policy on administering medicines

Assignment 3

Due in January 20th 2009

Section 1

• A list of common childhood illnesses and their symptoms
• Brief description of treatments for minor injuries (include bumps, grazes, cuts and nose bleeds)

(Please do not copy this directly from a book! I will know and you will have to do it again.)

In a paragraph:

• Explain how you can safeguard children in your classroom.

Section 2

Record of an activity related to healthy and safe environment as defined by Every Child Matters (will be covered in January)

Section 3

In not more than 750 words, write a paragraph on each of the following:

• What do we mean by the term 'safeguarding'?
• What is the likely impact of abuse?
• What changes in children's behaviour might indicate abuse?
• Explain the role of parents/carers and professionals in keeping children safe.

End of Unit Quiz

There will also be an end of unit quiz on the 13th of January.

You will be in two teams and there will be a small prize for the winners

It will be your individual answers that will be used as part of your assessment for Unit 3