In this session, we did stay, play and learn which was by 9:30am, we did morning registration for parents to understand if the children feel interested to part in all the activities. I went outside the room and saw the child on the sand tray, using shovel to make some experiments by pouring sand while other children were causing disruptions in the children’s centre. in my placement where I am still working with children, I found out that children push boundaries beyond their imagination when working in groups in creating friendship. I tidied up the placement around 11:00am when children were ready to have their lunch and I put toys and animals in the right place so that I do not get complains from members of staff. in addition, i also went back into the room to serve children fruits to eat in their plates when parents are about to feed them. I saw the child moving his plates as i was controlling saying ‘here is your meal’ as the child disrupts the class when other children were having their meal. When children have finished eating their meal, I collected some plates from practitioners and parents to go to the kitchen to wash the plates and allow it to dry so that we do not get complains from staffs who are working here. whilst I started staying in the room watching children singing rhymes with parents, I respected the child’s dignity when I carried them with care. after, i finished tidying up the room, i went straight into the kitchen to wash the plates for their practical work, when i noticed that the practitioners went out to have their lunch.

Another session I did in the afternoon was children’s healthy eating, I helped the children to cut the pieces of fruits to eat so that they do not have any injuries that can lead to the risk of injury with health and safety. in my placement, i helped children cut all the fruits with knife in the bowl or plate. when looking at what the child does in cutting fruits, i collected the knife from their hand so that he does not cut himself. also, i tasted the fruit which was very healthy and nutritious for children to eat to provide vitamins and minerals that will make them have strong bone (calcium).

what made me feel at the end of the day was that I felt happy that the child ate the fruit salad when i was talking to them by saying ‘Do you like it? when the child replied back by saying ‘yes’. Therefore when working with children, we need the respect the child’s opinions when working in a placement. Children tasted the fruit salad to see if it tastes good which made me feel impressed for them to learn how they could build up some muscles and strong bones.