Cambridge National level 1 & 2 Child Development
Exam Board: OCR J818
Coursework: 60% Coursework
Exam: 40%
Units:
Health and wellbeing for child development
Creating a safe environment and understanding the nutritional needs of children from birth to five years.
Understanding the development of a child from one to five years
Students who opt for this course will need to have access to a child on which to base their observations. The child should be between 6 months and 5 years at the start of the study.
Course Summary + Controlled Assessment/Overview of content:
The exam: will be one exam of 75 minutes, this will test a candidate’s knowledge and recall of the compulsory topic “Health and Wellbeing for Child Development”. Quality of written communication will also be assessed. This will be marked by the exam board.
School Assessed Tasks
Each student will be required to produce 2 extended coursework tasks;
1) An investigation to review and compare essential equipment for a nursery, identify and prevent accidents, recommend healthy meal choices and plan, prepare and evaluate a feed or meal.
2) Observe and compare a child (from whom they have decided to base their studies on) to developmental norms and plan and evaluate a suitable play activity.
Between 10-14 hours of class time will be allocated to complete each task. The tasks will be marked by the teacher and moderated by the exam board.
Skills needed to study this subject: should be interested in and confident around young children and keen to observe and understand their stages of physical, intellectual and social development. Good literacy skills are required as there is a considerable amount of theory and written work. Higher marks are awarded for accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation. Have the ability to work independently on two extended coursework tasks.
Possible Careers + Future Study: Course leads to a career working with children for example Nursery Nurse, Early Years Teacher, Primary School Teacher and Social Worker.