The aim of Quality Area 2 under the National Quality Standard is to safeguard and promote children’s health and safety, minimise risks and protect children from harm, injury and infection. Show
All children have the right to experience quality education and care in an environment that provides for their physical and psychological wellbeing and provides support for each child’s growing competence, confidence and independence.
Children’s health and safetyStandard 2.1HealthEach child’s health and physical activity is supported and promoted.Element 2.1.1Wellbeing and comfortEach child’s wellbeing and comfort is provided for, including appropriate opportunities to meet each child’s need for sleep, rest and relaxation.Element 2.1.2Health practices and proceduresEffective illness and injury management and hygiene practices are promoted and implemented.Element 2.1.3Healthy lifestyleHealthy eating and physical activity are promoted and appropriate for each child.Standard 2.2SafetyEach child is protected.Element 2.2.1SupervisionAt all times, reasonable precautions and adequate supervision ensure children are protected from harm and hazardElement 2.2.2Incident and emergency managementPlans to effectively manage incidents and emergencies are developed in consultation with relevant authorities, practised and implementedElement 2.2.3Child protectionManagement, educators and staff are aware of their roles and responsibilities to identify and respond to every child at risk of abuse or neglect.HealthAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources: Which way / Deadly nutrition – Metro South Health, Queensland GovernmentAsthma management – Early Childhood AustraliaEat a Rainbow – Department for Health and Ageing, Government of South AustraliaEat Well TasmaniaECRH Newsletter: Food – Commonwealth of AustraliaExecutive function – brains – Alberta Family WellnessExecutive function: Skills for life and learning – Center on the Developing Child at Harvard UniversityfeedAustralia – Australian Government Department of HealthFoodChecker: Free online menu planning tool for long day care – Healthy Eating Advisory ServiceFundamental movement skills – ACT Health DirectorateGet Up & Grow: Healthy eating and physical activity for early childhood – Cooking for children book – Australian Government Department of HealthGet Up & Grow: Healthy eating and physical activity for early childhood – Directors/coordinators book – Australian Government Department of HealthGet Up & Grow: Healthy eating and physical activity for early childhood – Family book – Australian Government Department of HealthGet Up & Grow: Healthy eating and physical activity for early childhood – Staff/carers book – Australian Government Department of HealthGuide to physical health and wellbeing – Queensland Government Early Childhood Education and CareHealthy Eating – Getting Started – Healthy Eating Advisory ServiceHealthy eating in the National Quality Standard: A guide for education and care services – Healthy Eating Advisory ServiceHealthy eating resources – SNACHealthy Jarjums resources – Inala Indigenous Health Service, Queensland GovernmentHow brains are built: The core story of brain development – Alberta Family WellnessInformation sheet: Quality Area 2 – Toileting and nappy changing principles and practice – ACECQAMunch & Move: Publications – Munch & Move / NSW HealthMunch & Move: Resources – Munch & Move / NSW HealthNQS PLP e-Newsletter: Health, safety and wellbeing – Commonwealth of AustraliaStaying Healthy in Child Care: Preventing infectious diseases in child care – NHMRCSLEEP: Sleep learning for early education professionals – Queensland Government Early Childhood Education and CareSunSmart schools and early childhood programs – SunSmartVictorian menu planning guidelines for early childhood – Healthy Eating Advisory ServiceWe hear you blog: Establishing healthy lifestyle habits – ACECQAWe hear you blog: Health and wellbeing – ACECQAYulunga: Traditional indigenous games – Australian Sports CommissionReflecting on common OSHC supervision areas - eLearning module SafetyA guide for creating a child safe organisation – Commission for Children and Young PeopleBack care in early childhood settings – Gowrie Professional Support CoordinatorBirdie’s tree: Growing together through natural disasters – Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health ServiceBushfire education: Early years – VCAAChallenges for young children during the pandemic – Early Childhood AustraliaChildren's commissioners and guardians – Australian Institute of Family StudiesChild development and trauma guide – Department of Communities, Western AustraliaChild protection in Australia – Australian Institute of Health and WelfareChild protection legislation – Australian Institute of Family StudiesChild safe organisations – Australian Human Rights CommissionChild Safe Organisations: Child safety and wellbeing links and resources – Australian Human Rights CommissionChild Safe Organisations: Guide for parents and carers – Australian Human Rights CommissionChild Safe Organisations: Practical tools for implementing the National Principles – Australian Human Rights CommissionChild Safe Organisations: Training resources – Australian Human Rights CommissionChildren as bushfire educators – NCSS International AssemblyChildren’s books about bushfire – NSW Rural Fire Service LibraryCommunity factsheets: Bushfires – Vic Health, Department of Health & Human Services, VictoriaCommunity trauma toolkit – Emerging MindsECRH Newsletter: Surviving in at time of uncertainty – Commonwealth of AustraliaECRH Newsletter: Trauma-informed practice – Commonwealth of AustraliaExploring the world – AITSLFire: Are you ready? – Early Childhood AustraliaGood teaching: Trauma informed practice – Department of Education, TasmaniaHow parents can help kids feel safe during bushfires – Parent TVHow to create a learning environment – Early Childhood AustraliaInformation sheet: Quality Area 2 – Active supervision: Ensuring safety and promoting learning – ACECQAKeeping children safe – Australian Childhood FoundationKids and Traffic: Resources – NSW GovernmentLiterature review: A trauma-sensitive approach for children aged 0-8 years – Women’s Health Goulburn North EastManaging emergency situations in education and care services – Children’s Services CentralNational Child Protection Week – NAPCAN National framework for protecting Australia's children 2009–2020 – Australian Department of Social ServicesNational Principles for Child Safe Organisations – Australian Human Rights CommissionOnline safety – Australian Institute of Family StudiesPrivacy and your child – eSafety CommissionerResources for teachers – Australian Red CrossResources for teachers: School recovery toolkit – Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief NetworkRisk assessment and risk management in family day care – Lady Gowrie TasmaniaReflecting on common OSHC supervision areas - eLearning module Safe sleep and rest practices – ACECQASmart Steps: Making safer choices – Taking smarter steps program – SDERATalking to children about bushfires – Better HealthTeacher resources: pre-school age children (bushfire support) – ANU College of Medicine, Biology and EnvironmentTrauma: supporting your child in the days and weeks after – Raising ChildrenViral talk with children – Early Childhood AustraliaWho knows what about me? – Children’s Commissioner for EnglandWork health and safety in education and care services – Child AustraliaThe Risk Assessment and Management Tool aims to help children’s education and care service approved providers, leaders, educators, teachers and staff to understand the importance of assessing and managing risk as an embedded part of quality practice and improvement.
The tool can assist in identifying, assessing and managing the risk of harm to anticipate the likelihood and consequence of an incident. Working to reduce the risk of harm will help ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of children, families, staff and community members within your service. This tool and the templates in it are intended as a starting point. They are designed to be adapted to meet the needs of your service. You are encouraged to adjust the templates to suit the context of your service, when new hazards are identified or as circumstances change. Templates
Infographics Risk assessment and management for children over 5These tools can be used as a starting point for children to participate actively with the risk assessment and management cycle. Risk assessment and management for children under 5These tools can be used as a starting point for children to participate actively with the risk assessment and management cycle. Risk assessment and management – Adequate supervision infographicDisplaying the following infographic within your service is a useful strategy to support staff in understanding and engaging in adequate supervision practices. Risk assessment and management cycleThis infographic will help to identify, assess, manage, evaluate, review, monitor and document the risk of harm to minimise the risk of an incident occurring. National Quality Framework ResourcesGuide to the National Quality FrameworkQuality Area 2 poster – OSHC servicesQuality Area 2 poster – Centre-based and FDC servicesFurther reading A 2016 ACECQA research paper drew on information from the reports of authorised officers and the National Quality Agenda IT System to examine how service providers are delivering against the requirements of Quality Area 2. Which of the following can enhance a child's safety and reduce the likelihood of injury?We can reduce the risk of serious injuries and death by making sure children are properly buckled in car seats, booster seats, and seat belts that are appropriate for their age and size.
What role does safety play in the development of children?Recent research shows that when children take risks, they learn to test their boundaries, understand their physical capabilities and develop the ability to be somewhat self-sufficient. Safe risk-taking experiences also help your child learn more about themselves and develop emotional coping strategies for the future.
How parents keep their children safe?Protecting young children
tell your child to avoid talking to people they don't know when you're not around. make sure your child knows never to walk away with strangers. make sure your child understands that they should always tell you if a stranger approaches, and never to keep this secret.
What are the two most important contributors to height differences among children worldwide?Height variation is known to be determined by both genetic and environmental factors, but a systematic description of how their influences differ by sex, age and global regions is lacking.
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Which of the following can enhance a childs safety and reduce the likelihood of injury?
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