Sparkling Stars Childcare Incident Report Analysis

This assignment analyzes an incident report from the Sparkling Stars Childcare Centre, focusing on the health and safety of children. The report details an incident involving a child, Isaac, who sustained abrasions and a cut while playing. The analysis explores the incident report's context, including the National Quality Framework (NQF), the National Quality Standards (NQS), and the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), and the Framework for School Age Care in Australia (FSAC). The assignment requires identifying relevant NQS standards, outlining how the EYLF relates to child health and safety, and identifying educator practices for curriculum quality and children's wellbeing. The report also includes details on the incident, the response to the incident, and the actions taken by the educators, such as providing first aid. The assignment aims to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of health and safety protocols in early childhood education settings.

Incident Report Form
1. Centre details
Location: Sparkling Stars Childcare Centre
Director: Contact phone:
Setting:
2. Incident details
Day: 6.7.2019 Date: Time:
Report completed by: alexander Washington
3. Type of incident (indicate which is applicable)
Personal injury Staff Customer Tick Child
Name of person injured: Issac
Part of Body Injured (if relevant): left arm
Nature of injury sustained:
Abrasions, scrapes - tick
Bite
Broken bone/fracture
Bruise
Burn
Concussion
Cut
Rash
Sprain
Swelling
Other (please specify)
Approximate size/colour of injury:
2 centimetres and a cut that is about half a centimetre.
Damage to goods (please specify):
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Assault Staff Customer Other
(please specify):
Vandalism
Robbery/break-in (also complete security incident report form)
Equipment failure/damage (please specify):
4. Response to incident (indicate which is applicable)
First aid treatment administered (please specify what/by whom etc):
First aid, dressing and cleaning by educator Trang
Medical treatment administered (please specify where/by whom etc):
Assistance sought: (please specify type) Ambulance Police Counsellor
Equipment shut down (please specify what/when etc):
Centre closed (please specify exact time):
Repair person contacted (please specify whom):
5. Other information
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Who witnessed the incident? (please use full name, details of staff’s job title where
applicable, and telephone number/s):
Trang witnessed.
NOTE: Be specific. Describe in detail what actually happened, stating the facts in a
clear and precise manner. Include exact location of incident, factors involved and any
other details that may be beneficial. A drawing of the centre layout, identifying where
the incident occurred, would be useful.
Trang is working as an assistant educator in the Sparkling Stars Early Childhood
Education and Care Centre observing a group of children in the outdoor play area and
notices that four of the boys are running around screaming. She monitors their
behaviour for any unsafe activity but besides being very noisy their behaviour is safe.
After a few minutes of doing this the boys start pushing each other. Trang quickly tries
to intervene but unfortunately Simon pushes Isaac too hard and he falls, tripping over
the step rail surrounding the sand pit. You rush over and notice Isaac, holding his left
arm and huffing and puffing strangely but appears to be unhurt, the next thing Trang
hears is Isaac screaming as he realises there is blood on his fingers. Trang
approaches Isaac to inspect his arm. She notices that he has an abrasion that is
approximately 2 centimetres and a cut that is about half a centimetre.
6. Other information
This report was compiled by (full name, title and contact telephone): On (date/time):
This report is a true and accurate summary of the incident that occurred (please sign):
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