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NATIONAL STANDARDS 9 and 10
This standard focuses on the child’s right to feel valued and free from discrimination. Childminders must be committed to equality, helping children learn about it through play, by providing a range of resources and activities that reflect different cultures and needs.
Bromley Early Years and Childcare Service have an Equal Opportunities Policy that is available from their policies and portfolio workshop.
Childminders must provide resources that reflect positive images of culture, gender and disability. Childminders should provide books and writing in different languages:
Bromley Early Years and Childcare Service have an Equal Opportunities Policy that is available from their policies and portfolio workshop.
Childminders must provide resources that reflect positive images of culture, gender and disability. Childminders should provide books and writing in different languages:
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National Standard 9 Equal Opportunities
National Standard 10 Special Needs
This standard focuses on how childminders need to understand the needs of every child in their care, sharing information with parents and organise the environment to ensure children can take part in appropriate activities.
Childminders may notice that a child has special needs and they must consider how to deal with this in a sensitive manner, from making observations, how they share this with the parents and how they may react. Childminders must consider where to seek professional support and ensure family confidentiality.
Childminders may notice that a child has special needs and they must consider how to deal with this in a sensitive manner, from making observations, how they share this with the parents and how they may react. Childminders must consider where to seek professional support and ensure family confidentiality.
Childminders that are Accredited on a Quality Assured Network must also have regard to the Code of Practice for the identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs.
This document can be obtained in printed format from Dfes or downloaded from the internet
This document can be obtained in printed format from Dfes or downloaded from the internet
All childminders need to think about how to include children with special needs, valuing their individuality, seeking information and if necessary accessing specialist equipment.
Ofsted have produced a document: Removing Barriers A ‘can-do’ attitude
A report on developing good practice for children with special needs in Early Years Childcareand education in the private and voluntary sectors.
www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/
index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.
displayfile&id=4003&type=pdf
Ofsted have produced a document: Removing Barriers A ‘can-
www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/
index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.
displayfile&id=4003&type=pdf
For Bromley Childminders caring for a child with a learning difficulty contact Bromley Mencap Childminding Network Co-
For Bromley Childminders caring for a child with special needs but without a learning difficulty contact Bromley Early Years Special Needs Childminding Network co-
Why not make your own resources for Equal Opportunities and get the children to help you.
Personalised place mats, or messy play mats!
Cut out pictures of children from different cultures and with different abilities from magazines and catalogues. (The ELC catalogue is great!) Look for pictures that are non-stereotypical, for example girls playing with a train set and boys playing with the dolls or toy kitchen. With the children’s help arrange the pictures on paper. The ‘picture’ could include the child’s name to personalise it. Then laminate. The children will then be able to easily identify their own mats when it comes to helping to lay the table and they will have a collage of images reflecting positive images. BCMA have their own laminating service and can even do A3 for those really messy eaters!!
Personalised place mats, or messy play mats!
Cut out pictures of children from different cultures and with different abilities from magazines and catalogues. (The ELC catalogue is great!) Look for pictures that are non-
Why not give your posters and artwork a little extra glam?
After numerous requests we have purchased a laminator and will provide a laminating service for you at a fraction of the high street costs! A BCMA representative will try to bring the Laminator to drop-ins on request.
After numerous requests we have purchased a laminator and will provide a laminating service for you at a fraction of the high street costs! A BCMA representative will try to bring the Laminator to drop-
Food is an excellent way of introducing different cultures. Food tasting sessions and using different utensils, such as chopsticks and woks, provide opportunities to discuss different countries and ways of living.
Celebrate different religious festivals, with crafts and activities.
For religious festival dates:
www.woodlands-
For ideas on crafts and recipes from around the world:
Books are an excellent resource and the following charity has a wide range of books in dual languages.