Introduction:
Health and safety instruction should be made available to all members of staff working within the building. This report will explain the experiences I had while working at West Grove primary school and I will clarify my role as teaching assistant and state these policies and procedures such as safeguarding, children injuries, first aid, dealing, with accidents, how to deal with infection and fire drill evacuation procedures.
Fire drill procedure and emergency evacuation procedures:
A fire drill can help you practice leaving your building quickly and safely. In West Grove primary school fire marshals are the site manager, Head teacher, Deputy Head Teacher and Business Manager of the building to ensure that fire evacuation drills are carried out. West Grove Primary School follows these procedures:
Each room has an emergency evacuation procedure map and One fire marshal will call 999.
Children line up quickly and quietly leave by the nearest fire exit away from the fire and adult lead children to the large playground and line up at the furthest point from the school. Children must be silent at this point.
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Fire marshals will check the toilets quickly on their way out but if staffs are passing a toilet point please push door and call. Do not enter the toilet.
Office staff will bring out the registers, pupil address and telephone box if the register is left in the classroom, class teacher is to do a head count and indicate to Head teacher that all children are present.
Once the fire brigade gives the all clear school will enter the building. If school is not able to enter building we will proceed to ST Andrews where parents will be called to collect their children.
Emergency evacuation is the immediate and quick movement to put people away from the danger or real occurrence of a hazard. An emergency evacuation is significantly important for keeping everyone safe. My working place is follows these emergency evacuation procedures.
As part of the evacuation procedures following any emergency, the school will contact the London Borough of Enfield Control Room
When the fire bell rings: all staff and children leave the school by the nearest exit and should go to the assembly point this will be marked on plan in each room.
Teacher should lead their class out in line quickly check their room and close the door.
Any child not with their class when the fire bell rings, should join the nearest class on their way out and join their own class once the assembly point has been reached.
Teacher should take out their registers. On arrival at the assembly point classes should form a double line facing their teacher so that registers can be checked immediately and report given to the Head teacher or the deputy Head teacher.
Head teacher will check room on the ground floor before existing.
Walkie talkies are to be used during emergency
First Aid and dealing with injuries:
Firs aid is the care given to a casualty before professional help arrives. It can be administered by a member of staff who is a trained firs aider. The aims of first aider are:
To protect life, avoid the worsening of any injuries and promote recovery.
In West Grove primary school have two designated first aides who have been on a four day training course. Also all teaching assistants have on a one day training course and will administer first aid. Moreover, the school’s trained first aider should be responsible for ensuring adequate supply and regular restocking of the firs aid box. Supplies should be date stamped as they are received as they have a five year shelf life.
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First aid boxes should include
A leaflet given general advice on first aid
20 individually wrapped sterile adhesive dressings
Two sterile eye pads four individually wrapped triangular bandages
Six safety pins
Disposable gloves
Injured in the school
When a child is poorly or has suffered an accident in school on in playground there is a protocol for staff to follow
A trained firs aider is consulted;
The incident is logged in the accident book
For had Injured a had note is issued
If there is any doubt at all a parent is contacted
All accidents should be reported and recorded. This information can be used to improve health and safety in the workplace and to provide evidence in sport of a claim for compensation. A student who has sustained an injury or taken part in dealing with an accident involving other people must enter relevant details in the accident book, the details will include:
• Date and time of the accident
• Where the accident took place and how it happened
• The cause of the accident, if know
• The method of treating the accident /injury.
• Other people involved
• Own signature and date of entry
How to minimize the hazards:
All staff have a responsibility for reporting and where possible removing any hazard in the school. Staff will need to ensure that safety equipment which is provided for use when carrying out activities is always used. This will be including safe use of tools which are used for subjects for example design and technology or gloves when handling materials in science activities.
For minimizing hazard:
Checking for hazards and risks indoors and outside,
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Report anything which is unsafe,
Dangerous items (scissors, cleaning equipment and materials, kettles, hot drinks…) should remove or put away
Trailing electrical wires, overloaded plugs should tidy an reported
Untidy areas; things which can be tripped over should be tidy and clean
Fire doors obstructed always keep clear
Health and safety and safeguarding children and dealing with infection procedures.
Everyone in the education system must do what is sensible to keep pupils safe and healthy. This includes making the school environment as safe as possible. There are several sets of guidelines setting out the good practice that can help schools meet their responsibilities.
For everyone health and safety,
Provide a safe and healthy working/teaching/learning environment
Maintain the cleanliness and state of repair of the building
Provide safe systems of working to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of all staff/pupils
Provide safe plant and equipment
Manage and maintain the use of personal protective equipment
Carry out detailed reporting and investigation of all accidents and dangerous occurrences to persons and/or property to prevent recurrence
Liaise with LEA, Health and Safety Executive and other official bodies with the aim of improving all aspects of health and safety at work
Provide safe storage for dangerous materials and substances
Provide adequate statutory first aid facilities
Establish, practice and maintain effective emergency evacuation procedures.
Dealing with infection
Dealing with infection all schools should provide;
• Toilet tissue, liquid soap dispenser, and disposable towels should always be available in all restrooms. All children should be taught proper hand washing and encouraged to practice this after using the restroom.
• Children should be discouraged from sharing food, personal grooming items, and cosmetics.
• Proper sanitation procedures must be followed with regard to food handling and preparation, control of insects and rodents, and proper disposal of solid waste.
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Safeguarding children
The governors and staff of in my working place fully recognize the contribution it makes to safeguarding children. We recognize that all staff, including volunteers, have a full and active part to play in protecting our pupils from harm. also all staff and Governors believe that our school should provide a caring, positive safe and stimulating environment which promotes the social, physical and moral development of the individual child.
Our school procedures for safeguarding children will be in line with the education children service, Leisure and the Local safeguarding children Board procedures. The Local safeguarding children Board procedures have adopted and follow the London Child Protection Procedures.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, I believe health and safety and all of the procedures are significant to ensure children and employee for being well and safe. Everyone responsible of the children health and safety if we minimize the risk of any accident happens in school, home or work place everyone feel safe and secure.
