Unit1 Childcare.
The first statutory childcare setting I chosen is primary school. Primary school children are age’s between5-11. Schools exists because there is a law that states that all children should be educated from ages 5 to 16 years and this education is provided by the government if the school is public, for private school you have to pay fees.
Primary schools follow Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum; primary schools follow the NC of key stage 1 and key stage 2. NC stands for National Curriculum and this means that a common programme of study in schools that is designed to ensure nationwide uniformity of content and standards in education. The children in primary schools learn …show more content…
As a practitioner in the setting all children should be as important and you should treat them equal. Treating children equal means thinking about each child as an individual and treat them with the same concern you treat the rest of the children. Every child has their own ways and is unique, you will get a chance to meet the differences and individual needs. Racism, age and ethnicity is the common stereotype that children see and decided to act on because we live in a place with people from different countries that speak different languages and look different than others. People often judge people on what colour skin they are and where they come from this is called discrimination. Girls don’t always have to play with dolls and boys don’t always have to play with cars, you should always engage all the children with the same activities, so no child feels left out or discriminated. Discrimination refers to the practice of treating people differently. When working with children you should highly avoid all of those things. Try to celebrate all cultural festivals like Christmas, Eid, and Diwali.
Allow the children to learn about different types of traditions and all countries. Teach children about different countries and languages, you can for example write hello in all different languages and make a poster. You can put up a picture of different foods from different