Unit 3: Building Positive Relationships

Task 1)

All children deserve the best start in life, to be provided with endless support which will enable them to fulfill their potential and make the most of their individual talents and abilities as they continue to grow. Between birth to five years, children develop very quickly and their experiences through this time will have a major impact on their future. Enabling a happy, safe and secure childhood along with good parenting and high quality learning, all children will have the start they need for a successful future. The Childcare Act 2006 was introduced as a key piece of legislation and is the first ever Act to be exclusively for early years and childcare (which spans from birth to the 31^st August that falls after the child’s 5^th birthday). This means that all pre-school childcare providers, including reception classes in primary schools, are all governed by this Act. The legal requirements for any of those operating within the child care setting are in the Ofsted publication, ‘Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage’ which sets out the learning and development requirements, welfare requirements, all legal requirements as well as the legal adult to children ratios. The law requires specific duties to be carried out by various authorities, including:

• Providing an information service for parents;
• Providing training and advice for providers of child care;
• Providing working parents with child care as required;
• Achieving a reduction in equalities in children ages 0-5 through close work with Job Centre Plus, associated partners and the NHS;
• Providing positive outcomes for any child at risk of poverty;
• Bridging the inequalities that may exist between children, with particular reference to deprivation.

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Learning and Development Requirements must be provided by the child care provider and all staff operating under any child care provision and any diversity of children within that provision. All resources are available to providers to ensure everyone required to is able to meet the outcomes, no exceptions.

“The Childcare Act 2006 provides for the Early Years Foundation Stage learning and development requirements to include these 3 elements:

• The early learning goals-the required knowledge, skills and understanding which young children should have acquired by the end of the academic year in which they reach the age of 5;
• The educational programmes- the matters, skills and processes which are required to be taught to young children within the provision;
• The assessment arrangements for assessing young children to ascertain their achievements”.

The six areas covered under the learning goals are:

1. Personal, Social and Emotional Development- A group activity such as Show and Tell encourages a child to speak in front of their peers and for other children to learn to respect and listen to each other.
2. Understanding the World-