Lifestyle (Early Years)
Leading a healthy lifestyle is important to us all and healthy habits established at a young age can help to establish lifelong healthy behaviours.
A healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of developing some illnesses, increase the enjoyment children get from life and help them to lead active and healthy lives. Early years settings offer important opportunities to promote key messages around a variety of health topics including sun safety, immunisations and vaccinations and accident prevention.
| Preschool Vaccinations | A guide to vaccinations for 2-5 year olds. |
| Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage (2017) Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage | Department for Education: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five. |
| Sun Protection Policy Guidelines for Nurseries and Pre-Schools and general sun protection information. | |
| Sunsafe Nurseries | The site has free download resources. The scheme assists nurseries in implementing a suitable sun safe policy and promoting the reinforcement of sun safety at home. Along with working towards a national award and joining a growing list of accredited Sun Safe Nurseries. |
| Provide safety advice, resources to order, quizzes, practitioner support and training. | |
| Brake - Road Safety Charity | Details about road safety campaigns, resources, facts, advice and research. |
| Brook Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool | This tool lists examples of presenting sexual behaviours within four age categories. All green, amber and red behaviours require some form of attention and response, but the type of intervention will vary according to the behaviour. This tool must be used within the context of the guidance provided and should not be used in isolation. |
| Childnet | Screen Time boundaries resources. |
| UK Safer Internet Centre | Education packs for children aged 3+ as part of Safer Internet Day |
| Bullying UK | Free posters and other resources for settings to display to help stand up to bullying. |
| MindEd | This website has a large range of e-learning resources, including information for those that support infants and parents. |
| Handwashing Song | Children are particularly at risk of picking up infections and spreading them to other people. The NHS have a song on YouTube to help teach them the proper hand washing technique. |
| Education for a Connected World | A guidance document from the Government that provides a framework to outline the digital knowledge and skills that children and young people (from early years to Post-16) should have the opportunity to develop at different ages and stages of their lives. |