eCPD Resource Package - Temperatures & Weights
Childcare
1 Temperatures & Weights
You have accepted a short term work placement at the local
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childcare centre. In this task, you will be covering the areas detailed below. Your duties will include Children and Young People’s Workforce: • Monitoring children’s temperatures • Recording children’s weights
• Basic understanding of how to take temperatures and record illnesses
• Working out mean and range temperatures.
Functional Skills Mathematics: • Extract and interpret information from tables, diagrams, charts and graphs • Find mean and range 1
Task 1
Your first task is to help one of the staff record
Unfortunately the records were mixed up as they
the temperatures of 4 sick children in the setting
were being filed. You have been asked to sort
at the end of the day (3pm).
them out.
These were: John C: 37.8%, Jack D: 37.4%, Helen A: 36.6% Michelle F: 38.3%.
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Draw a line from the correct temperature reading to the correct name
John C
Jack D
Helen A
Michelle F
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Task 2
Once all the children’s temperatures have been recorded the results are plotted on a line graph. The manager asks you to use Jacks’ graph to fill in his daily illness sheet. Read the graph and then look at the daily illness sheet. Write the answers to each question in the blank boxes on the daily sheet and explain why you chose this answer over the next page.
Pink line – normal expected temperature Blue line – Jack D
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Daily Illness Sheet Name: Room: Jelly tots Age: 4 years Date: 04/05/06 Morning: Temperature taken at 9am- ……………………….. 11am………………………… Afternoon: Temperature taken at 1pm – …………………….. 3pm ……………………….. How do you work out what the child’s temperature was at 9am?
How do you work out what the child’s temperature was after lunch at 12pm?
How do you know if the child’s temperature ever reached the normal expected temperature?
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Task 3
All children must have their weight monitored during their stay in the setting. Their first weight check is done once they have enrolled in the setting. One of the staff has asked you to weigh four new babies. The readings are shown below. Look at the readings, and then tick either ‘true’ or ‘false’ next to each statement. In the task 3: do it section write down the rules for rounding. Child 1 - 22.55kg
Child 2 - 25.3kg
Child 3 - 19.8 kg
Child 4 - 15.5kg
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Statement
TRUE
FALSE
Child 1’s weight should be rounded down to 22kg Child 2’s weight should be rounded up to 25kg Child 3’s weight should be rounded up to 20kg Child 4’s weight should be rounded down to 15kg
What are the rules for Rounding?
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Task 4
Before Jack is sent home the setting needs to record his average temperature and the range of his temperatures during the day. 9am
11am
1pm
3pm
38 degrees
37.9 degrees
37.7 degrees
37.4 degrees
What is Jack’s mean temperature? What is the range? Mark your answer on the scale below and show how you worked out the answer. Jack’s average (mean) temperature is: Jack’s range of temperature is:
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Notes Use this space to make notes.
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Childcare Temperatures and Weights eCPD Resources
These resources have been produced as part of the Traineeship Staff Support Programme commissioned and funded by The Education and Training Foundation. Find out more on the TSSP website: www.traineeship-staff-support.co.uk
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