HSC and Child Development

Child Development

Child Development is a 2 year course offered at KS4 which follows the OCR Cambridge National Level 1 / 2 2022 Specification. Students will understand and apply fundamental principles and concepts of Child Development to include health and well-being, creating a safe environment, the nutritional needs of children from birth to five years and the development of children from one to five years. Throughout the course, students will develop their learning and practical skills that can be applied in real-life contexts and work situations, which will increase their independence and confidence using these skills to the childcare sector. 

Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care is a 2 year course offered at KS4 which follows the Pearson BTEC Tech Award Level 1 / 2 2022 Specification for those who want to acquire sector-specific applied knowledge through vocational contexts. Students will develop their knowledge of human life span and development which allows students to understand the life stages, key characteristics in the PIES development and the factors that can affect an individuals growth and development. This will also include exploring life events and how individuals can adapt or be supported through these changes. Students will also learn about health and social care services and values which include health and social care conditions and how they can be managed by individuals or through services that are available, the barriers that can be faced by individuals and how they can overcome them and the skills, attributes and values required to give care and the benefits of this. In addition, students will the understand health and wellbeing of individuals, the factors that affect this, physiological indicators and lifestyle choices that contribute to physical health, the use of the person-centered approach and giving recommendations to improve health and wellbeing and break down barriers to ensure individuals are overcoming them.

Child Development

Our learning journey has three mandatory units that begins in Year 10 studying Topic 1: R057 Health and wellbeing for child development, followed by Topic 2: R058 Create a safe environment and understand the nutritional needs of children from birth to five years and ending with Topic 3: R059 Understanding the development of a child from one to five years. The students will then revisit Topic 1 to prepare for their final examination in the summer exam series in Year 11. 

Health and Social Care

Our learning journey has three mandatory units that begins in Year 10 studying Component 1: Human Lifespan Development, followed by Component 2: Health and Social Care Services and ending with Component 3: Health and Wellbeing. 

HSC and Child Development KS4 Overview

Child Development

For students to understand the importance of creating safe environments, meeting the nutritional needs and supporting the development of children they must understand and where this began. By studying the exam unit first, it gives students the foundation knowledge and understanding of preconception health and reproduction, antenatal care and preparation for birth, postnatal checks, postnatal care and the conditions of development and childhood illnesses and a child safe environment. It also allows students to have opportunities to recall this knowledge over a two year period and where appropriate within the non-examination assessments to ensure knowledge is mastered before they sit their final exam. 

Health and Social Care

The three components are taught in order as they focus on the assessment of applied knowledge which are all essential to developing a basis for progression. Therefore students need to achieve all components in order to achieve the qualification. Furthermore the components are interrelated for example, component 3 builds directly on knowledge learnt in components 1 and 2 and enables learning to be brought together and applied to realistic contexts.

Child Development

In Child Development lessons at Tottington you will see an engaging environment which begins with recall and retrieval of prior learning. The learning intentions are always made clear with a big question which students will explore within the lesson through information being presented to the class followed by a independent learning. The independent learning section of the lesson will allow students to explore their learning outcomes through a range of pedagogical tasks/activities such as analysing case studies, research tasks and group work. Each lesson will end with a reflection task to consolidate key learning in that lesson. This allows us to see how students have understood the learning outcomes on a lesson by lesson basis to address any misconceptions in their understanding in future lessons.

Health and Social Care

In Health and Social Care lessons at Tottington you will see an engaging environment which begins with recall and retrieval of prior learning. The learning intentions are always made clear with a big question which students will explore within the lesson through information being presented to the class followed by a independent learning. The independent learning section of the lesson will allow students to explore their learning outcomes through a range of pedagogical tasks/activities such as analysing case studies, research tasks and group work. Each lesson will end with a reflection task to consolidate key learning in that lesson. This allows us to see how students have understood the learning outcomes on a lesson by lesson basis to address any misconceptions in their understanding in future lessons.

Child Development

We assess learning in Child Development each lesson through a range of formative assessment strategies such as questioning and quizzes. Checking for understanding of the learning outcomes is a vital component of all lessons to allow students to articulate their understanding. This is then recorded weekly on a tracker to monitor if students are working towards, on or above their predicted grade. There are three mandatory units which are assessed as followed: RO57 - externally assessed examination, R058 and R059 - internally non-examined assessments (coursework). Within the R058 and R059 units, there are sub-topics which outline what students need to learn and understand in order to complete their assignment tasks. After delivery of each sub-topic students will complete a practice assessment task based of assignment style tasks to gain further evidence of students working at grades (WAG). Students will also sit MOCK examinations in Year 10 and Year 11 to prepare for their final examination.

Health & Social Care

We assess learning in Health and Social Care each lesson through a range of formative assessment strategies such as questioning and quizzes. Checking for understanding of the learning outcomes is a vital component of all lessons to allow students to articulate their understanding. This is then recorded weekly on a tracker to monitor if students are working towards, on or above their predicted grade. There are three mandatory units which are assessed as followed: Component 1 and 2 are a non-examination internal assessment (60%) and Component 3: one external examination assessment (40%). Within the Component 1 and Component 2 units, there are sub-topics which outline what students need to learn and understand in order to complete their assignment tasks. After delivery of each sub-topic students will complete a practice assessment task based of assignment style tasks to gain further evidence of students working at grades (WAG). Students will also sit MOCK examinations in Year 10 and Year 11 to prepare for their final examination.

Child Development

We enrich the Child Development curriculum by providing revision materials for students to revise independently throughout the course. Furthermore an afterschool intervention is offered weekly to support misconceptions in learning and reteach R057 content. 

Health and Social Care

We enrich the Health and Social Care curriculum by providing revision materials for students to revise independently throughout the course. 

Child Development

This course will allow students to progress onto working in a range of childcare settings following further study in the industry. This maybe other vocational courses such as the Level 2 or Level 3 Cambridge Technical Qualification in Health and Social Care; the T-Level Technical Qualification in Education and Childcare or the Early Years Educator Apprenticeship. Students can also progress to study A Levels in Biology and Science. Careers these course can lead to are medical care such as nursing or midwifery, health and social care services or teaching in an early years foundation setting. 

Health and Social Care

This course will allow students to progress onto working in a range of pathways in further education such as A Levels, a vocational course such as BTEC Level 3 National in Health and Social Care as preparation for entry to higher education to study a degree, the workplace or apprenticeships all within the health and social care sector. Job roles an careers that this course can lead to are: midwifery, nursing, social work/care, doctor, occupational therapist, youth work, healthcare assistant, care manager/assistant or support workers.