Child Safety, Health and Nutrition Discussion 2022

Running head: CHILD SAFETY, HEALTH AND NUTRITION
CHILD SAFETY, HEALTH AND NUTRITION
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Introduction
In addition to delivering comprehensive teaching and learning practices, maintenance of a
clean, safe and hygienic environment at the early childhood center is essential for ensuring
positive health and learning outcomes in children (Kanwal & Rana, 2017). Thus, with this
respect this paper will provide a detailed and comprehensive discussion on the key strategies of
effective supervision, medication administration, hygienic food provisions, illness response and
exclusion which educators recruited in early childhood environments can administer to ensure
safe learning areas and maintenance of optimum health in nature.
Discussion
Clean, Safe and Hygienic Environment
As per the strategies suggested by the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality
Authority (ACECQA, 2020), Karen, Samantha, Zahida as well as other early childhood teachers
and helpers at the kindergarten must ensure that:
 All adults are thoroughly following correct hand washing, disinfection and drying
practices, such as before and after Samantha and Zahida provide food.
 All the four and five year children at the kindergarten are encouraged to follow regular
hand washing practices, such as before and after meal consumption.
 All the equipment and toys used at the kindergarten are regularly washed and sanitized.
 All the facilities of the kindergarten, such as the bathroom, rest areas, play areas and the
kitchen are cleaned and sanitized regularly.
 All workers are using cleaned and sanitary wiping procedures for cleaning children’s
noses as well as teaching children on how they can safely do it themselves.

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 The kindergarten is decorated with posters and signs on correct practices of hygiene.
 All workers are skilled at providing written instruction to families in case of exclusion of
children for any infection or illness.
 There are instructions at place for safely disposing any body fluids from the premises.
Additional regulations and guidelines which Karen, Samantha, Zahida as well as other
early childhood teachers and helpers at the kindergarten can follow as per Quality Area 2 of the
National Quality Standard for Early Childhood Education and Care and School Age Care, are
(ACECQA, 2020):
 Ensuring that there are optimum number of usable basins for hand washing.
 Ensuring that all soiled linen are stored separately in an region inaccessible to children at
the kindergarten.
 Ensuring that all educators are wearing gloves when cleaning children, administering
food and medication or separating soiled linen.
Plan and Monitor Supervision
To plan and monitor the supervision and care for children as well as monitoring the
supervision by others, Caren must adhere to Quality Area 2 as per the National Quality Standard,
as per Standard 2.2 of which, she must ensure that all the four and five year old children at the
kindergarten are protected. To ensure the same, Caren must follow the practice of ‘Active
Supervision’ which requires early childhood educators to not only examine the physical
environment for any potential risks or injuries, but also being vigilant enough to listen to any
abnormal changes in tone or voice of the children (ACECQA, 2020). Caren, Samantha and
Zahida can be found to follow comply with active supervision, by noticing abnormalities in
Jordan, during distribution of safe and hygiene food to the children as well as being vigilant