It is essential that children are given a variety of opportunities to access a range of activities. These include television, media, talking books and IT opportunities.

The guidelines for using such equipment are:

• The children will not have more than 15 minutes access to television or other media activities per day.
• The staff will vet the product before the children view it, to ensure that they are suitable both in content and in length for the age of children that they are working with.
• Where a DVD is shown it will be of educational content that ties in with or leads into previous learning opportunities for the children.
• Only children over the age of 2 will have access to the equipment.

Reviewed February 2009