Diary Task 3 Unit 7: Play & Learning in Children’s Education.
Experience No. (2) – Circle Time
P7.8. Describe TWO (2) of activities or experience which encourage children’s awareness of their own and others safety.
Within my KS1 practice another way we show children aware of safety and others is at circle time. Circle time in my placement is the time to sit and socialise and speak to their friends on their row. On the carpet the children are seated next to one another looking like rows, we have 6 rows with six children seated. As the children sit on the carpet there are a number of rules the children must follow for their safety. Children have to sit on the carpet with arms and legs crossed to avoid other children getting hurt. When children’s arms are kept to themselves, there are less chances of other children getting hurt on their body. When children are getting up to go the toilet they need to go certain way so they do not hurt anyone. As a practitioner it is important that we teach children the importance of keeping safe as it teaches them to learn to self-defensive. In my setting we also have a volunteer that comes into the setting to speak to the children, who speaks about keeping save
Describe your role?
My role within this experience is that I supervise the children when they are on the carpet ensuring that they sit on the carpet with their arms crossed so that they do not hurt anybody by pocking, smacking or hitting. During this time it is important that children must know the importance of hurting others and consequences of their actions.
The Homework on Middle Child Time Things One
The Art of the Middle Child What if you had the opportunity to see something you had never seen before. Would you take a camera? Would you go? Would you give it a thought? This is what goes through the mind of a person like me. More specifically a middle child, they put way too much thought into things. I am Josh, and I am a middle child. I've said it once and one more time wont hurt, being a ...
Consider the implications if children have not got an awareness of their own and others safety
Children who do not have an awareness of their safety tend to go through stages of life not knowing what to do in an emergency. In my setting we also have a volunteer that comes into the setting to speak to the children about keeping safe in and out of school.
P.7.9 Reflective on the effectiveness of the activities or experience in practice
Reflecting back on this experience, a way to implement this experience is that I would have turned this into an activity for children to realize this and sings songs to the children.
