3:4 Support Children and Young Peoples Health and Safety
3:4 Support children and young people 's health and safety
learning outcome 1: Understand how to provide environments and services that support children and people 's health and safety.
1:1Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services.
It is important when planning and setting up learning activities that indoor and outdoor environments are hazard free and that staff and pupils will be able to work safely. The following factors must be taken into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services;
• light:
The lighting needs to be bright for indoor learning. It helps pupils and staff stay alert and has less environmental blocks to their learning. Lighting in indoor classrooms and assembly halls needs to be adjustable for media presentations and sunny days. Window blinds or curtains need to be in working order and easily accessed for quick use so as not to interrupt with lesson time. Flickering lights need prompt action. This may cause anyone with epilepsy to have a fit, be annoying to both pupils and staff and affect the learning environment negatively.
•Heating:
Needs to be adjustable. Windows must be in working order. So a pleasant classroom environment is possible. It should not be too hot in temperature as this helps the spread of colds, coughs and other bugs.
• Noise:
Schools are all built according to what the thinking was at the time of it being built. Some schools were built with open plan classrooms. This may cause problems with noise. If it is possible sliding doors should be installed and used to patrician the classroom off. If this isn 't possible different areas of the classroom can be used for different activities. For example when using the interactive white board the pupils could gather round it on the floor. When explaining a lesson pupils could sit round the teacher then go to their desks and do the work. Some schools
learning outcome 1: Understand how to provide environments and services that support children and people 's health and safety.
1:1Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services.
It is important when planning and setting up learning activities that indoor and outdoor environments are hazard free and that staff and pupils will be able to work safely. The following factors must be taken into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services;
• light:
The lighting needs to be bright for indoor learning. It helps pupils and staff stay alert and has less environmental blocks to their learning. Lighting in indoor classrooms and assembly halls needs to be adjustable for media presentations and sunny days. Window blinds or curtains need to be in working order and easily accessed for quick use so as not to interrupt with lesson time. Flickering lights need prompt action. This may cause anyone with epilepsy to have a fit, be annoying to both pupils and staff and affect the learning environment negatively.
•Heating:
Needs to be adjustable. Windows must be in working order. So a pleasant classroom environment is possible. It should not be too hot in temperature as this helps the spread of colds, coughs and other bugs.
• Noise:
Schools are all built according to what the thinking was at the time of it being built. Some schools were built with open plan classrooms. This may cause problems with noise. If it is possible sliding doors should be installed and used to patrician the classroom off. If this isn 't possible different areas of the classroom can be used for different activities. For example when using the interactive white board the pupils could gather round it on the floor. When explaining a lesson pupils could sit round the teacher then go to their desks and do the work. Some schools