eCPD Resource Package - Temperatures & Weights

Childcare

Temperatures & Weights1

You have accepted a short term work placement at the local childcare centre.

Your duties will include

• Monitoring children’s temperatures

• Recording children’s weights

• Working out mean and range temperatures.

Learning

In this task, you will be covering the areas detailed below.

Children and Young People’s Workforce:

• Basic understanding of how to take temperatures and record illnesses

Functional Skills Mathematics:

• Extract and interpret information from tables, diagrams, charts and graphs

• Find mean and range

eCPD Resource

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Task 1

Your first task is to help one of the staff record the temperatures of 4 sick children in the setting at the end of the day (3pm).

These were:

John C: 37.8%,

Jack D: 37.4%,

Helen A: 36.6%

Michelle F: 38.3%.

Unfortunately the records were mixed up as they were being filed. You have been asked to sort them out.

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John C

Jack D

Helen A

Michelle F

Draw a line from the correct temperature reading to the correct name

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.

4Pink line – normal expected temperatureBlue line – Jack D

Daily Illness Sheet

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Name: Room: Jelly totsAge: 4 yearsDate: 04/05/06

Morning: Temperature taken at 9am- ……………………….. 11am- …………………………

Afternoon: Temperature taken at 1pm – …………………….. 3pm - ………………………..

Did his temperature come down to the normal expected temperature? Yes/No

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?

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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StatementTRUE 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

Task 4

Before Jack is sent home the setting needs to record his average temperature and the range of his temperatures during the day.

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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: 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8

Notes

Use this space to make notes.

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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