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Updates to Preparing to Work in Home Based Childcare (Level 3 )Text Book
The updated Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) became effective in England on 3rd^ April 2017. You can download a copy of the EYFS from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--
Current Text Amended Text Page 6 Box ‘ Links to EYFS’
Section 3.68 through to 3.73 (pages 29-30) of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (2014)
Section 3.68 through to 3.73 ( pages 31-33 ) of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage ( 2017 )
Page 9 Box ‘Find out more’
Check exactly what information you will need to provide to meet the suitable people requirement (EYFS Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements 3.9).
Check exactly what information you will need to provide to meet the suitable people requirement (EYFS, 2017 , Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements 3.9 – 3.13 ). Page 9 Box ‘Links to EYFS’
No change There is further clarification in the EYFS (2017) ‘Summary’, page 3, regarding the elements of the EYFS that are requirements (indicated by the word “must”) and which are provisions which providers must have regard to (indicated by the word “should”). Page 18 Box ‘ Links to EYFS’
Sections 3.41 to 3.43 in the 2014 EYFS (page 24) give you the statutory requirement for home-based childcarers with regard to adult-to-child ratios
Sections 3.41 to 3.43 in the EYFS (2017) , page 26, give you the statutory requirement for home-based childcarers with regard to adult-to-child ratios Page 21 Box ‘Tip’
(EYFS Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements 3.9) (see page 9).
(EYFS (2017) Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements 3.9, page 18. Page 23 Box ‘ Links to EYFS’
In Sections 3.44 to 3.46 of the EYFS on page 25, under the heading ‘Health’ you will find all statutory information regarding medicines
In sections 3.44 to 3.46 of the EYFS (2017) on page 27 , under the heading ‘Health’ you will find all statutory information regarding medicines
Page 28 Box ‘Links to EYFS’
Details about risk assessment can be found on page 28 of the 2014 EYFS, in sections 3.64 and 3.
Details about risk assessment can be found on page 31 of the EYFS (2017) , in sections 3.64 and 3. Page 30 Box ‘Link to EYFS’
The statutory framework for all types of food and drink can be found under sections 3.47-3.49 of the EYFS, on page 26
The statutory framework for all types of food and drink can be found under sections 3.47-3.49 of the EYFS (2017) , on page 28
Page 3 1 Box ‘Links to EYFS’
It is a Safeguarding and Welfare Requirement of the EYFS (England) that where children are provided with meals and snacks, these must be, healthy, balanced and nutritious. See Section 3.47 of the EYFS, page 26. Healthy diets will be covered in more detail in Chapter 5.
It is a Safeguarding and Welfare Requirement of the EYFS (2017) (England) that where children are provided with meals and snacks, these must be, healthy, balanced and nutritious. See Section 3.47 of the EYFS (2017) , page 2 8. Healthy diets will be covered in more detail in Chapter 5.
Page 32 Box ‘Links to EYFS’
You must notify Ofsted or your childminder agency of any food poisoning outbreak that affects two or more children in your care. See Section 3.49 of EYFS, page 26
You must notify Ofsted or your childminder agency of any food poisoning outbreak that affects two or more children in your care within 14 days of the incident. See Section 3.49 of EYFS (2017) , page 2 8 Page 36 Box ‘Links to the EYFS’
(section 3.51) (section 3.51 , EYFS 2017, page 28)
Page 43 Box ‘Links to the EYFS’
(DfE, 2014) (DfE, 2017 )
Page 43 Box ‘Links to the EYFS’ ( 4 th^ bullet point)
You must be aware of the governments statutory guidance, ‘Working together to safeguard children’ (2013).
Providers must have regards to the governments statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children, 2015’ and to the ‘Prevent duty guidance for England and Wales, 2015’. It may
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EYFS (2014) EYFS (2017)
Page 120 Box ‘Links to EYFS’
All of the values and rights of the UNCRC underpin the EYFS. In the introduction to the EYFS (2014) it states that ‘a secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right’. The four guiding principles of the EYFS can be tacked directly back to the UNCRC, as it states that: every child is unique every child needs positive and supportive carers every child should learn and develop in enabling environments the age and stage of development of every child must be taken into account
All of the values and rights of the UNCRC underpin the EYFS. In the introduction to the EYFS (2017) it states that ‘a secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right’. The four ‘ overarching principles ’ of the EYFS (page 6) can be tracked directly back to the UNCRC, as it states that: every child is unique every child learns to be strong and independent through positive relationships every child should learn and develop in enabling environments which are responsive to their individual needs children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates Page 126 Box ‘Links to EYFS’
No changes For further information see 1.9 of the Learning and Development Requirements, EYFS (2017) page 10’. Page 138 Box ‘Links to EYFS’
If you care for children between the ages of two and three years it is highly likely that you will complete the two-year progress check.
If you care for children between the ages of two and three years it is highly likely that you will complete the progress check at age two. See EYFS (2017) page 13 for further information. Page 159 2 nd^ column, Box ‘Tip’
No change The EYFS (2017) states in 3.25 of the Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements, that ‘any assistant employed by the childminder
**and who might be in sole charge of the children for any period of time must hold a full current PFA certificate’. The EYFS (2017) includes ‘Appendix A: Criteria for effective PFA training’ (page
- to help providers select a competent training provider.** Page 171 Box ‘Useful Resources’
The EYFS Statutory Framework can be downloaded at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years- foundation-stage-framework-- 2 (ref DFE- 00169 - 2017)
