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1.1 Includes 2 gapped handouts to introduce the importance of maintaining safety in childcare settings. There is a matching task of childhood accidents and pictures to help students recognise the many hazards faced by babies and children. There is a task that enables students to make a floor plan of what they think is an ideal environment giving justifications for their choices.
2.1 An information handout on essential travelling equipment and factors affecting suitability. This is to prepare the students for assessment by explaining the suitability of their chosen equipment. This is a research activity.
3.1Two simplified handouts on the Eatwell Guide and the British Nutritional Foundation Recommendations that students can use as a starter to gain information on healthy eating.
A research task that enables students to look at the challenges faced by families in terms of maintaining health eating and preventing tooth decay, some prompts included, also helps student’s learn how to research and gather statistics and make comparisons.
3.2 2 tasks to use as a starter to help students understand the different nutrients and how they provide the correct nutritional values. Also, a meal planning task in which students can design their own factsheet to show what babies, and young children should have to promote healthy eating.
3.3 3 short tasks to help students learn about the essential equipment and preparation needed to prepare bottles and foods, opportunity for them to make step by step plans for their practical assessments, finishing with an evaluation of their plans.

Word documents so easily adaptable. Can be used as individual tasks or collated to make a booklet for whole unit.