CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drinks Student Name: XXXXXX Student Number: XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXAssessment Number: 31867/01 All terms...

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CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drinks Student Name: XXXXXX Student Number: XXXXXX Assessment Number: 31867/01 All terms mentioned in this text that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalised. Use of a term in this text should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. © Open Colleges Pty Ltd, 2015 All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. File naming Once you feel confident that you have covered the learning materials for this unit, you are ready to attempt this assessment. 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Open CollegesAssessment CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drinks Page 1 of 11 Getting started The assessment activities in this booklet have been designed to allow you to provide evidence that demonstrates your competence in the unit CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drinks. Your trainer will: · answer any questions that you might have about the assessment · assess your competence as required by the unit of competency, by making judgments about the evidence you have presented in line with the rules of evidence: validity, authenticity, currency and sufficiency · provide feedback on the outcomes of the assessment process. Introduction You are required to complete one written assessment task, which has three separate components for CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drinks. In completing the final assessments, you will show evidence of your ability to: · promote healthy eating · plan food and drinks that are nutritious and appropriate for each child · maintain food safety while carrying out food-handling activities. Assessment number Assessment deliverables 31867/01 Written assessment 31867/01 Written assessment Part A - Case studies Student instructions · Consider each of the below situations then answer the questions or complete the tasks that follow. · To answer questions accurately, you may refer to applicable legislation including the National Quality Standard and Education and Care Services National Regulations, along with the Belonging, Being and Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework, Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics, policies and procedures common to early childhood education and care services, position descriptions detailing an educator’s duty of care responsibilities, and/or other sources such as professional readings along with the course textbook and identified key resources. · Ensure you acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you use your own words or quote the author’s words. For more information on referencing and plagiarism, refer to the ‘Academic reference guide’ in the Student Handbook. · When referring to early childhood education and care service policies and procedures or position descriptions, please submit with your assessment to support your answer. Case studies Case study 1 You are working in an early childhood education and care service that asks families to provide their children’s snacks, meals and drinks for consumption throughout the day. A parent has begun sending juice in their child’s drink bottle, instead of following the service’s Food and Nutrition Policy, which states that children should only drink water when in care at the service. After discussing this with the parent, the parent begins to send colourless cordial in their child’s drink bottle. Complete the following: a) Which policies, typically available in an early education and care service, is this parent breaching? Identify two policies. 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date b) Identify two information resources that you could direct the parent to in order to educate them about the dangers of giving their child unhealthy drinks. In your answer, include the full title of each information resource and/or website including the Web address to clearly identify to the assessor the resources you would direct the parent to. 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date c) Briefly outline three possible health implications for this child if they are only drinking sugary fluids. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case study 2 You are working in an early childhood education and care service that asks families to provide their children’s snacks and meals. You have noticed that one of the families who access the service continually pack their child’s lunchbox with highly processed, brown coloured, carbohydrate rich foods, such as bread, biscuits, Nutri-Grain breakfast cereal and rice crackers. Complete the following: a) Briefly outline three strategies that you could use to make the child’s parents aware of the need to include a variety of food types in their child’s lunch. 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) 3. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date b) Briefly describe three experiences you could include in the service’s educational program to promote and role model healthy eating amongst the children. 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) 3. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case study 3 It is coming up to April and the early childhood education and care service where you work traditionally holds an Easter egg hunt within the service’s grounds. The children eagerly look forward to this experience each year, and make Easter egg baskets to collect their eggs in. This year a parent, in the 3-5s room has requested that their child not participate in the egg hunt as they do not allow their child to eat chocolate. The parent also makes comment that they feel this experience contradicts the service’s practices in relation to promoting healthy eating amongst the children and their families. Complete the following: a) How would you accommodate this parent’s request, while at the same time respecting the wishes of the other families who attend the service? Remember, it is important not to make any child feel excluded. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date b) List four ways you could provide information to families about the inclusion of ‘discretionary’ or ‘sometimes’ food items in the service’s program. 1. (Enter Response Here) 2. (Enter Response Here) 3. (Enter Response Here) 4. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date c) Outline how you would lead and facilitate this experience to ensure that food safety and hygiene standards are maintained throughout the Easter egg hunt. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case study 4 The early childhood education and care service where you work provides morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea to all children that attend each day. A number of parents have complained about the fact that the service is not providing a hot meal every day. The parents are indicating that they would like a hot meal served each day, even during summer. Complete the following: a) Describe how you would respond to the parents’ complaints? (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case study 5 You have just begun working in the 0-2s room at an early childhood education and care service. One of the other educators in the room is reluctant to allow the children to feed themselves and still insists on having all of the children sitting in high chairs for every meal. From your studies and professional readings, you know that children should be encouraged to develop self-help skills and be given the opportunity to experience relaxed, enjoyable mealtimes. Complete the following: a) Which staff members should you approach with your concerns? (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date b) What steps would you take to change the culture in the 0-2s room around meal times without causing conflict amongst the educators? In your answer, state how the Belonging, Being and Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standard can be used to facilitate change and guide practice within the service. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date c) List three resources that you could provide to the other educator to increase their knowledge of healthy eating for under two and the benefits of allowing children to feed themselves. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date d) Identify for each of the age groups below, the furniture and utensils which are required to support children in their attempts to feed themselves independently during the ages: · 6-12 months · 12-18 months · 18 months – 2 years. 6-12 months (Enter Response Here) 12-18 months (Enter Response Here) 18 months-2 years (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case Study 6 A new educator has started working at your service. During meal times you have observed her making statements to the children like, ‘You won’t be getting any dessert unless you eat all of your lunch’, ‘Children who don’t eat all of their food won’t get presents off Santa Claus’, ‘I’m not giving you a drink until you eat all of your carrots’ and ‘Well if you don’t eat the casserole I won’t give you anything else to eat. You will just have to go hungry’. Complete the following: a) Identify the Education and Care Services National Regulation this educator is breaching by making these statements. b) Explain how this staff member is acting unethically and undermining the rights of the children in their care. Make reference to the National Quality Standard, Belonging, Being and Becoming – The Early