The transition from home to an early years setting may start when the family visits the early years setting‚ or through a home visit. A home visit or a visit to the setting before a child starts there gives the staff a chance to find out what the parents are expecting from the setting. All this helps parents and children to make the transition from being at home to starting in a group setting. Parents and child often appreciate having a booklet of their own to keep and this can build into a record
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Education and Care in the Early Years (3rd edition‚ Dublin 2007) 2 reasons why childcare is developing Increased participation by women in the paid labour force. Recognition of the value of play and socialisation opportunitites for children’s development. In Ireland today‚ women with young children are forming an increasing proportion of the paid labour around 60% of women with a child under 6 years are now employed and it is recognised that lack of childcare can act as a barrier to employment
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Title Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings Ref 33 Level 3 Credit value 2 Learning outcomes The learner will: Assessment criteria The learner can: 1. Understand the importance of diversity‚ equality and inclusion 1.1 Explain what is meant by Diversity Differences in choices‚ character or style. All individuals are different and unique. They all have the right to be supported by this concept. Equality Being equal to all no matter what life situations
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Study day 11 Box 2 Diversity means something or someone is different (diverse). Equality means that everything and/or everyone is to be equal and treated the same. Inclusion means that everyone is to be included in a task/event ect‚ and no one is to left out. Participatation means taking part in an activity and/or sharing with others. Some of the main features of discrimination in our society are disabilities‚ your race‚ culture‚ religion‚ your sex‚ and your social group‚ these all play a
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the benefits and challenges of Inclusion of Special Needs children in mainstream education Special educational needs also referred to as SEN‚ is a term that is widely used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to enable professionals to differentiate between individuals that require assistance for disabilities and individuals who do not. These disabilities tend to come under the following categories: medical‚ mental‚ behavioural or psychological. Inclusion in education is an approach
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Entitlement and provision for early years education As part of the Every Child Matters agenda and the Childcare Act 2006‚ it became an entitlement of all 3- and 4-year-olds in England to receive a free part-time early years education of up to 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. The government funds local authorities to ensure that every child receives up to two years of free education before reaching school age. Parents do not need to contribute to this‚ but will be charged fees for any
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needs to be in place within an early years setting. This is because‚ it allows the setting to run smoothly as everyone knows what they need to do and when. Operational systems and financial systems are important elements of a business plan which enable a service to run efficiently. There are many operational systems and financial systems involved in a service. Task 2: Structure of the day: There are many ways in which this operational system impact on early years or play works services. It
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How have understandings and ideals of early years education changed and developed in Britain? This essay is going to discuss how over time‚ the understandings and ideals of early years education have changed and developed enormously in Britain. The ideals of education are to emphasize an individual’s mind of knowledge‚ allowing them to adapt and develop what they already know. Early years education is a modern term‚ which is the first part of education‚ providing a variety of opportunities for a
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Assignment 1.1 Explain what is meant by: Diversity‚ Equality and inclusion Equality means that every human being is to be treated in the same way and once cannot differentiate between people‚ being cause of their faith‚ sexuality‚ nationality‚ gender or age. Everyone is to be treated fairly and equally. Each person has the right to be treated with respect and has the right to participate with others. Equality though does not mean identical treatment. To make each human being equally successful
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Myself‚ my setting and my learning The aim of this reflective account is to discuss my developing practice and how as a childminder I ensure my setting meets the requirements of the curriculum which I follow. This is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS‚ DfES‚ 2007)‚ whilst still keeping true to my own beliefs in the best environment for learning to meet the needs of all the children whom attend my setting. My setting has eleven children enrolled‚ from one to ten years; all children
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