Module 4FD028 - Introduction The aim of this module is to show an understanding of the key concepts and approaches in Early Years provision and practice. By reflecting on how these are applied in practice, evaluating the impact on children’s learning and development and the practitioner’s role. The notion of ‘quality’ and the impact of one key concept on the child’s development and providing quality provision and practice will be discussed. Namely Transition from an Early years setting into a school environment for the first time paying particular attention to the role of the adult and the impact on the child’s well-being. In the developing field of Early Years, it is becoming more and more important for practitioners to have an awareness of the many topics that impact on the provision available to young children.
Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings Links to: SHC32: 1.1 and 1.2. Personal development and reflective practice is an integral part of working with children and or young people. To support you in reviewing the need for personal development in relation to your work role produce the following: a) Write a description of the duties and responsibilities of your own work role b) Prepare an explanation of the expectations about your own work role as expressed in relevant standards. (Standards may include: codes of practice, regulations, minimum standards or national occupational standards. Context and principles for early year’s provision Links to: EYMP1: 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3.
The EYFS is a statutory framework which is relevant for all children from 0-5 that are being cared for or educated outside of their own homes and is a statutory curriculum in order to provide these children with suitable education for their age. The reformed framework focuses on the 3 prime areas of development; Physical development, Communication and Language development and Personal, Social and Emotional development. The other 4 areas of development are also worked on but these 3 remain the most important and are essential for future learning and development. The reformed framework also presented progress checks at the age of two so that children’s progress can be monitored and interventions can take place earlier than they may have happened. The framework also required assessments at age 5 to be simplified.
Assignment overview Introduction This assignment is intended to provide evidence of a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years. By completing all tasks within the assignment, the candidate will provide evidence that meets the Learning Outcomes and assessment criteria of Level 2 Unit 201, Child and young person development. Tasks There are three tasks to this assignment. A Complete table B Complete table C Complete table This is a summary of the evidence required for the unit. Task | Evidence required | Unit coverage | A | Complete tables | 1.
Assignment 1 Question 1a Know the structure from early years to post-compulsory education. Summarise entitlement and provision for early year’s education There are many key stages that a child will go through in their school life, from early years to post-compulsory education. Starting with the Early Years Foundation Stage(EYFS) framework. As part of the Every Child Matters agenda and the Childcare Act 2006,all 3 to 4 year olds in England can receive free part-time early years education of up to 15 hours per week, for 38 weeks out of the year. Government funds ensures that every child receives up to 2 years of free education, before reaching school age.
What is happening in the child’s environment. It also includes whether the child has any additional needs or which children/people are around the child as the child may act differently around different groups of friends and different members of staff. To assess young children in a setting you follow the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) the EYFS give guidelines as to what a child should achieve at what age or stage. To find out what stage a child is achieving members of staff, especially the key person, perform observations and record these. These observations should cover all areas which are Physical development, Communication and language, Literacy, Personal, social and education, Maths, Art and design and Understanding the world.
Unit 136 Support children’s learning and development in the early years Outcome 1 Understand the impact of early years curriculum models on the application of theoretical perspectives of children’s care, learning and development 1.1 Outline early years curriculum models supporting children’s care, learning and development Birth to Three Matters In 2002, Sure Start published a framework for learning to support practitioners working with babies and young children. This framework is called “Birth to Three Matters” and aims to raise the quality of learning and development opportunities for babies and children from birth to three years and to provide the necessary training to enable practitioners to deliver and implement the framework. The opportunities that the framework identifies, forms the basis of holistic care for babies and young children whilst focussing on care for them as individuals. It is important to note however, that “Birth to Three Matters” is not intended to be a curriculum for under threes but put in place to support and guide practitioners. The framework does not focus on individual areas of development but on the child themselves.
1.1 Explain the function of assessment in learning and development. “Assessment is a way of finding out if learning has taken place” (Achieving your TAQA Assessor and Internal Quality Assurer Award (Lifelong Learning Sector Series by Gravells, Ann 1st Edition 2012) In other words, it is how an assessor or teacher makes sure each learner achieves given assessment criteria; Assessment allows the assessor to monitor, support and record how a learners knowledge and understanding has progressed throughout a given course. Assessment should always follow the assessment cycle; Initial Assessment Review of Progress Assessment Planning Assessment decision & feedback Assessment Activity An assessor should continue to follow these five stages of the assessment cycle until the learner has achieved all assessment criteria associated with their given qualification. Additionally there are three main categories of assessment, initial, formative and summative assessment. Initial assessment takes place before a learner begins a course with the aim of ensuring, through diagnostic testing, the learner is enrolling on a course appropriate to their previous knowledge, skills and abilities.
Panels are usually made up of different agencies and these panels determine the access that is available between settings. These panels aim to support the early identification of children’s needs, monitor children’s progress, ensure a child’s needs are identified and assessed quickly and referred to the appropriate setting. They also coordinate provision through the development of partnership with parents, settings and different agencies and support inclusion in mainstream early years settings. It’s important to identify the need for additional support as early as possible. Without it the children will not get the help they need at the right time and this could have an affect on the child’s well being.
The EYFS framework describes how early years practitioners should work with children and their families to support their development and learning. It describes how each child should be kept safe and cared for and how all adults involved in the care of the child achieves their individual potential in the earliest years of life. The EYFS framework sets the standards that ALL early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life. The EYFS aim is help develop children in the following 7 areas of learning.