Children Experience High Quality Spaces p20 – Quality, safety & maintenance of spaces

Whilst we prioritise children’s safety, we embrace a positive, balanced approach to risk in children’s play. Children engage in a broad range of challenging and interesting play opportunities that support and extend their development and learning. Through these experiences children build self-confidence. They learn to assess and manage risks for themselves, developing essential skills and resilience.

Staff undertake, understand and share appropriate risk assessments. We keep children accounted for by remaining vigilant to risk

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How can we be confident that our physical environment maximises opportunities for children to be challenged, creative and engaged in their play?

How do we know our setting provides a wide range of challenging outdoor play and learning experiences that promote children’s health and wellbeing?

 

Playing, learning & developing p27 – Children’s Engagement

We work effectively with families to support their understanding of the benefits to children of play-based learning experiences which challenge and delight them.

 

Safeguarding and child protection p67 – Empowerment of Staff and Children

We regularly provide motivating opportunities where children assess and manage appropriate risk and learn about how to keep safe. Through our responsive interactions and well-judged support, we help children build skills and learn to keep themselves safe. Children develop their resilience and their understanding of physical and emotional safety very well.

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How effectively do staff support children to learn how to recognise and manage risk as they play and learn?