CYP Core 3.4 Help please

[sarah1972]

Begging for some help stuck on the following:

3.1 Explain why it is important to take a balanced approach to risk management

I have written the following but my assesor needs more:-

Any activity a child does involves some risk – even something as simple as painting. If the activity is well planned and organised, with thought given to possible risks, the likelihood of an accident or injury should be minimal. The secret is to balance the risk of an activity against the benefit to and safety of the child.

Risk and challenge are important to a child or young person’s development. Avoiding all risks and challenge would result in a very timid adult lacking in many everyday skills and abilities. It would be very easy to respond to all risks to which children are exposed by not allowing them to explore or experiment. Children need to explore their environment – it is one of the ways in which they learn – but it needs to be a ‘safe’ environment where risk is controlled by adults. It is important that children are given the freedom to develop their skills, with adult support but not too much intervention.

Understanding the stage of development a child is at and their individual needs can help you to provide the right amount of risk in activities, for example children under the age of 8 cannot safely judge the speed or distance of a car on the road, so a child under the age of 8 should never be allowed to cross the road alone.

Also

3.2 Explain the dilemma between the rights and choices of children and peole and health and safety requirements:

written the following but needs more:

Children learn by trying out new experiences and making choices. But they do not have the skills and judgement always to make safe choices. Carers have the responsibility to identify potential hazards in any situation and to judge when it is safe to allow a child to undertake an activity or make a choice. Some children need this freedom to explore risk even more than others. For example a disabled child may be restricted in play at home because of parental concern that the child could hurt themselves. In a well-controlled setting the child can be encouraged to explore and try out new skills.

Children are usually very good at deciding what is safe or not. Using large play equipment is a good example of how children assess and manage risk. In the Outdoor area in Foundation Stage there is a climbing wall where i believe that the children should use with caution but also given the chance to decide whether they can get over without hurting themselves or not, thus they are assessing and managing their own risk. This is a choice that they should make themselves, if they are not happy they will get down. However parents and cares who are being over cautious about children may stop a child trying new things out.


Thanking you in advance

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[tutu]

have you got any practice examples to offer this isnt very detailed or some theory? vygotsky?

[sarah1972]

hi sharon,

i wrote a reflective account on 3.3 detailing a new climbing frame installed in fs anf for 4.1 i inserted all the policys/forms used in my setting for dealing with accidents/risk assessments and fire procedures

Hope this helps

Kind Regards

[misssparkles]

Originally Posted by sarah1972

Begging for some help stuck on the following:

3.1 Explain why it is important to take a balanced approach to risk management

I have written the following but my assesor needs more:-

Any activity a child does involves some risk – even something as simple as painting. If the activity is well planned and organised, with thought given to possible risks, the likelihood of an accident or injury should be minimal. The secret is to balance the risk of an activity against the benefit to and safety of the child.

Risk and challenge are important to a child or young person’s development. Avoiding all risks and challenge would result in a very timid adult lacking in many everyday skills and abilities. It would be very easy to respond to all risks to which children are exposed by not allowing them to explore or experiment. Children need to explore their environment – it is one of the ways in which they learn – but it needs to be a ‘safe’ environment where risk is controlled by adults. It is important that children are given the freedom to develop their skills, with adult support but not too much intervention.

Understanding the stage of development a child is at and their individual needs can help you to provide the right amount of risk in activities, for example children under the age of 8 cannot safely judge the speed or distance of a car on the road, so a child under the age of 8 should never be allowed to cross the road alone.

Also

3.2 Explain the dilemma between the rights and choices of children and peole and health and safety requirements:

written the following but needs more:

Children learn by trying out new experiences and making choices. But they do not have the skills and judgement always to make safe choices. Carers have the responsibility to identify potential hazards in any situation and to judge when it is safe to allow a child to undertake an activity or make a choice. Some children need this freedom to explore risk even more than others. For example a disabled child may be restricted in play at home because of parental concern that the child could hurt themselves. In a well-controlled setting the child can be encouraged to explore and try out new skills.

Children are usually very good at deciding what is safe or not. Using large play equipment is a good example of how children assess and manage risk. In the Outdoor area in Foundation Stage there is a climbing wall where i believe that the children should use with caution but also given the chance to decide whether they can get over without hurting themselves or not, thus they are assessing and managing their own risk. This is a choice that they should make themselves, if they are not happy they will get down. However parents and cares who are being over cautious about children may stop a child trying new things out.


Thanking you in advance

I know this is an old post, but for the benefit of anyone on this question, it probably isn't wise to use this, as all this text has been copied word for word from the Tassoni text book! Be very careful it's plagiarism

[shell loves cats]

Originally Posted by misssparkles

I know this is an old post, but for the benefit of anyone on this question, it probably isn't wise to use this, as all this text has been copied word for word from the Tassoni text book! Be very careful it's plagiarism

when i read that i thought they cant use that its the same as my course book. not helpful when looking for info on what to write

you can get into alot of trouble for doing that -they can fail you for that