Nursery Management and Nutrition for Young Children (Level 3)

Course Structure

Nursery Management

Unit 1: The Management of Nursery Staff

• Effective communication
• The appraisal process and logging staff records
• Disciplinary procedures and grievance issues
• Employment policies for the recruitment and management of staff

Unit 2: Safeguarding Children

• Definition of child abuse
• Forms of child abuse
• Policies, legislation and guidelines for safeguarding children
• Roles and responsibilities of staff
• Reporting an incident
• The child protection conference

Unit 3: Health and Safety for Children and Staff

• Safe working practices in the nursery setting for children and staff
• Health and safety at different stages of child development
• Procedures for good hygiene
• Illness
• First aid

Unit 4: The Early Years Foundation Stage: Curriculum and Assessment

• Types of learning
• Detrimental issues and learning
• The importance of differentiation
• Planning learning with the support of assessments

Unit 5: Creating a Positive Nursery Environment

• Observations
• Summative assessments
• Referral to third parties
• Risk assessment
• Communication for play and learning

Unit 6: Supporting and Planning Self-Directed Play

• The play cycle
• The importance of play for young children
• Play equipment and space in the nursery setting
• Outdoor play space
• Indoor play space
• Health and safety for the play space

Nutrition for Young Children

Unit 1: The principles of a balanced diet

• Nutrients in our food
• Macro-nutrients
• Micro-nutrients
• How much of each nutrient do children need?
• Estimated average requirement (EAR)
• Reference nutrient intake (RNI)
• Energy in versus energy out
• BMI

Unit 2: The special dietary needs of pregnant women and children

• The nutritional requirements of pregnant women
• Weight gain in pregnancy
• Nutrition advice
• Supporting pregnant women
• The nutritional requirements of lactating women
• Breast versus formula milk
• The nutritional requirements for babies
• Weaning babies
• The nutritional requirements for toddlers
• What is a healthy balanced toddler diet?

Unit 3: How certain diets can effect health

• Food intolerance and dietary adequacy
• Types of food intolerance
• Allergies
• Coeliac disease
• Low income and dietary adequacy
• Popular diets in Britain influenced by religion and ethinicity
• Potential nutrition consequences
• Vegan and vegetarian diets

Unit 4: Contemporary food issues and their impact on diets

• Food additives
• Convenience food
• Fast food
• Cooking methods
• Salt and sugars
• Saturated fat

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