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 Child Development at Longfield

 

Year 9 Child Development

Areas covered in the course include topics such as
‘Family and Parenting’,
‘Preparation for Pregnancy and Birth’,
‘Development of children (P.I.E.S.)’,
‘How children play’ ’.
Task set by centre, based on a topic of the subject content which will be taught prior to the carrying out of the task.
Planning, practical skills and evaluation skills will be assessed
 
Year 10 and 11 Child Development G.C.S.E.
Areas covered in the course include topics such as
‘Family and Parenting’,
‘Preparation for Pregnancy and Birth’,
‘Development of children (P.I.E.S.)’,
‘How children play’ and ‘Safety’.
Assessment involves pupils completing three short tasks these are:
Internally assessed
20 marks - 20% of the qualification
Task set by centre, based on a topic of the subject content which will be taught prior to the carrying out of the task.
Planning, practical skills and evaluation skills will be assessed internally.
In addition pupils will study a child over a period of 6 months to observe and analyse the development of that child in one key area of the Childs development – this is 40% of their final mark
An exam is sat at the end of the year and this accounts for another 40% of their total marks and will be externally assessed

 
  		 
 

 Health and Social Care at Longfield

 

​Year 10 and 11 G.C.S.E.

Welcome to Health and Social Care. Students who complete this course find the work covered very relevant and useful to further their career and everyday life. 
It is one G.C.S.E which is completed over the year.  The one year course usually suits students who are looking into a career where they want to work with people where every day is different.  Examples might be Nurses, Teachers, Nursery Nurses, and Paramedics, Doctors, Physiologists, Carers for the Elderly, Social Workers and many others. 
The course is broken down into 2 units. 

Unit 1 is exam based and contains the following topics.
*  Human growth and development
*  Factors affecting human growth and development
*  Effects of relationships on personal growth and development
*  The effect of life events on personal development.

Unit 2 is based on their a special work experience which is set up for a week so pupils may collect evidence on a client and people in the profession of caring  They then complete a written assessment.

This unit contains the following topics:
*  The range of care needs of major client groups
*  How health care, social care and early years services are accessed and the barriers
*  How health, social care and early years services are provided
*  Workers in health, social care and early years
*  Care values which underpin service provider interaction.