Leap For Learning Sample

As a childcare provider I must ensure quality meals are served to children and that nutrition education is encouraged. I offer a variety of foods for our preschoolers and toddlers. Each meal has whole grain bread, a serving of vegetables, and a serving of fruit, with a meat or meat alternate, and milk is served with each meal. I believe that my menu meets all the requirement for a child’s nutritional needs according to the “National Standards for Child Nutrition Programs”

The setting used meal and snack times to encourage the children to develop independence through making choices, serving food and drink and feeding themselves.

Any childcare setting should have clear policies and procedures that cover all aspects of safeguarding. This should include policies and procedures for:

The Special Educational Needs Code of Practice 2001 outlines the statutory guidance for policy and the procedures and responsibilities towards children and special educational needs. It includes the levels of support which should be provided to children depending upon their individual needs.

7. This document forms part of the statutory framework for the EYFS. It sets out the learning and development requirements (the early learning goals; the educational programmes; and the assessment arrangements) in Section 2 and the welfare requirements (safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare; suitable people; suitable premises, equipment and environment; organisation; and

Information from carers and colleagues- the parents and carers would give helpful information that would tell the practitioners if the child has a disability and that would help tell whether they are going to need extra support. The parent knows lots about the child they would be able to tell if something is not right at home. The practitioners would notice if something is wrong at the pre-school if the practitioner is concerned about the child they would let the parent know if they think something is different. The parent could ask questions at parents meeting with the child’s key person about what the

The schools requirements & any other guidelines for health, hygiene, safety & supervision in the setting including access to premises, store rooms and storage areas.

As a childminder you have to make sure that if you have a child with an infectious disease that you don’t let the child get in contact with other children. This sometimes means asking the parents to keep their child at home.

Within our school there are policies set in place and it is important that staff know the proceedures.

Health and safety policies and procedures help to provide a safe setting for children, parents, staff and volunteers. The policies and procedures will include: risk assessments, security, hygiene, fire emergency, first aid, sickness, accidents and incidents. Good quality care consists of taking steps to prevent illness and accidents, being prepared to deal with emergencies if and when they occur and educating children about health and safety matters. Nursery staff will report any item, practice or event which may affect the safety of children or adults, and the appropriate action

In our crèche we are not provide the meal and snacks. Parents bring snacks and drinks for their children. In this section I would like to describe how successfully develop food policy for settings.

Receiving children into settings can be very busy therefore it is very important to have a clear system put in place to welcome children into the setting. We ensure that a risk assessment is carried out before children can enter the setting so any dangers and risks can be minimised. It is important that the

• Help children to enjoy life and achieve success - getting the most out of life and developing broad skills

The Nutritional School Lunch Program is federally assisted meal program, which provides lunch to public and private schools, and residential child care institutions. The goal of this program is to provide nutritionally balanced, free or low cost lunch to children every day. The private or public high schools are also eligible to participate in the school lunch program. The independent schools or school districts, who participate in this program gets cash subsidies and USDA food by serving meals. The schools in return, should serve the food that meet Federal requirements and also eligible children should get reduced cost or free meals. The USDA can also provide reimbursement to the school authority for the snacks served in enrichment program or afterschool education.

Around 600,000 parents have taken one program. In addition to this, over 120,000 copies of the book have been sold. All parents who have taken the class or read the book are being taught the same thing about sleeping patterns and feeding times for their child. Every parent is told to feed their child every three hours on a strict schedule in which babies needs are meet based on time rather than wants. However, the American Academy of Pediatrics advise against this strict scheduling because each child is unique.