Ensuring Health and Safety of Children in Early Childhood Education and Care Services

Part A. Healthy and Safety Environment
1. You are required to demonstrate how to access the following in relevance to ensuring the
health and safety of children in the workplace:
 the National Quality Framework
 the National Quality Standards
 the relevant approved learning framework
Guidance: Fill out each section in the table below using relevant information from the
National Quality Framework, The National Quality Standards, and the relevant approved
learning framework.
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a) Under the NQS, there are a number of
standards that are relevant to the health
and safety of children in an Early Childhood
Education and Care service. What are the
two (2) main standards that support this?
 childhood health and safety
 educational program and practice
b) Which of the five (5) EYLF outcomes most
relates to the health and safety of children?
EYLF Outcome:
 Children are connected with and
contribute to their world.
 Children are being effective
communicator
 Children have strong sense of identity
 Children that are being strong sense of
having well-being.
 Children are confident and involved
more about learners.

c) What practice does the Educator’s Guide to
the EYLF recommend that educators use to
raise and debate issues relating to
curriculum quality, equity and children’s
wellbeing?
Children identities, understanding, knowledge,
capacities, skills and relationship change during
having childhood. they are shaped,
circumstances and event about the different
events. this reflects about process of rapid and
importance for changes in the early occur as
early as young children learn and grow.
d) Review the practice section outlined in the
Framework for School Age Care in Australia
(FSAC).
i. Fill in the missing word.
This section outlines that “nutrition
and safety” are seen as important
for educators to consider in relation
to ___________.
ii. Which practice does this fall under?
i. emotional integrity children and
families.
ii. this fall under the cultural expression
and cultural endorsement.
e) In the FSAC, it states that educators can
facilitate “Children take increasing
responsibility for their own health and
physical wellbeing” by engaging children in
what activities that relate to safety?
 Children taking more responsibility for
their own physical and health well
being.
 Plan for participate in involving about
the physical activity with children.
 Draw on family and community
experience about how usually that
expertise to include the familiar games
and physical activities as they play.
f) In line with Standard 2.1 of the NQS, which
two (2) sections of the National Regulations
does the following statement relate to?
“minimise risks to children, an education
and care service or a family day care
educator must implement:
i. hygiene refers to good practices that
prevent about diseases and lead them
to keep the good health.
ii. Systems are in place to manage risk and
enable the effective management and
operation of a quality service.

• adequate health and hygiene practices
• safe practices for handling, preparing
and storing food.”
g) In line with Standard 2.1 of the NQS, which
four (4) sections of the National Regulation
does the following statement relate to?
“While attending an approved service,
children must have access to safe drinking
water at all times, and have food and drinks
available throughout the day.”
i. well-being and comfort
ii. health practices and procedures
iii. health lifestyles
iv. supervision
2. In your role as an Early Childhood Education and Care worker, you will need to check toys and
equipment for potential risk and hazards that may cause harm to children.
a) Explain in detail the steps involved in conducting a risk analysis on toys and what
you would be checking for at each step.
Sensory room, harm to children, through misuse and unsupervised access. Staff to receive the
training on correct use of equipment.
Playroom, appropriate adult supervision and staff/volunteer to remain aware and vigilant.
Ball pool and playroom, parents to made aware of their responsibility and also working within with
some maintain the supervision.
b) Outline the steps you would take if you identified a toy or piece of equipment
that presented a WHS hazard with extreme risk.
Guidance: Refer to the Hierarchy of Control.

A perilous toy fixed promptly or discarded. Sharp or fragment edges on wooden toys sanded
smooth. Utilize just non-harmful paint on toys or compartment that youngsters interact with.
Check exterior toys for rust and delicate or sharp parts that could become dangerous.
c) Outline at least one (1) policy and procedures you would refer to for advice on WHS
issues.
Guidance: Include reporting procedures and the designated person that you would
report to according to organisational procedures.
Policy: states the matter of principle about the advice of WHS.
Procedures: Add more bullet points as necessary.
 affecting the worker when developing about procedures for resolving about the
health and safety
 as consulting with worker on work health and safety
 along with this also providing and monitoring worker health and safety performance, issues
and condition.

3. In your role as an Early Childhood Education and Care worker, you will need to implement
effective hygiene and health practices in many aspects of practice.
a) Fill in the table below by:
 explaining the importance of maintaining a clean and healthy environment, and
 identifying the risk associated with each of the following areas:
i. The Centre (overall)
ii. Kitchen
iii. Outdoor Environment
iv. Indoor Environment
v. Toilets
Guidance: Make sure you explain the risks associated with not maintaining these
environments and associated risks.
Area Importance of maintaining a
clean and healthy environment Associated Risk
i. The Centre
(overall)
A clean environment which
must be important for healthy
living.
While this things can harm the childcare
and infection with the various disease.
ii. Kitchen An unhygienic cooking
space might draw disturbing
crawlies and rodents that make
cooking region point of sickness.
Keeping kitchen messy can
prompt unfortunate cooking
and can make family inclined
few illnesses like food
contamination, disease, and so
on.
Common risks in the kitchen are; fire,
electrical issues, burns, slipping,
improper handling of kitchen equipment,
food poisoning, and improper storage.

iii. Outdoor
Environment
Keeping the climate clean is
essential to being solid.
Numerous sickness causing
microbes exist conditions, for
example, ones that cause the
runs and diseases. This implies
that numerous illnesses can
through great individual
hygiene, and keeping
environment clean.
Radiation exposure, adverse weather
condition and natural disaster.
iv. Indoor
Environment
A Clean Environment Is Essential
for Healthy Living: The more
could current circumstance, the
more become dirtied with
impurity and poisons that
hurtfully affect our wellbeing.
Air infectivity can cause
respiratory illnesses and so on.
Household chemicals, allergens,
pesticides, water pollution etc.
v. Toilets Toilets tidiness is vital for all
individuals. It is every one of the
microbes and bacteria start
their assaults on human body
Warm-water spouts bidet are tainted
with wide scope, making them an
expected vehicle for cross-disease. In the
emergency clinic setting, common
utilization of should think about the
clinical base of patients

b) Identify which sections in the following frameworks provide information and/or guidance
on WHS and/or hazards and risks:
i. Education and Care Services National Regulations
ii. National Quality Standards (NQS)
iii. Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)
iv. Framework for School Aged Care in Australia (FSAC)
Guidance: You need to review these frameworks and identify which section, standard or
outcomes, address WHS requirements, policies and procedures.
i. Education and Care
Services National
Regulations
Which support the national law. and national quality standards.
ii. National Quality
Standards (NQS)
Guidance: Specify at least one (1) Standard and its element.
Standard: safety
Element: supervision
iii. Early Years Learning
Framework (EYLF)
Secure, reciprocal and respect relationship.
Respect for diversity
Partnership
High expectation and equity
Reflective practice and ongoing practice.
iv. Framework for School
Aged Care in Australia
(FSAC)
Hammond home care can support more about the needs, care and
speak to members and plan about the care and services.

4. Complete the table below by explaining the cleaning procedures for each.
Provide one (1) reason for the importance of each cleaning procedure.
Items Cleaning Procedure Reason Cleaning Product Storage of
Cleaning Product
Toys Soak toys in plastic bucket using the solution non-toxic
disinfectant
To prevent the
unwanted gems
Water-to-bleach,
one gallon of
water
Leave the
chemicals in their
original
containers, store
from the food
separately from
cleaning products
and many other
chemicals.
Floors
Choose a bucket, select the cleaner, sweep the vacuum, fill the
bucket, begin mopping, rinse the mopped area.
To prevent the gems, to
beautify the floor, to
remove allergen, to
remove the stains, dust
and obstruction.
Scotch-Brite Scrub
Dots, Microfiber
cloths
Keep in clean, dry
place, store no
higher than eye
level, away from
the HVAC vents
Toilets, Removing all the items from the usual spot, dust and sweep, tackle To prevent some of the Toilet bowl cleaner, Keep in clean, dry
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