Childcare
“Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning.”
- Robert John Meehan -
The Level 1/Level 2 Cambridge National in Child Development is aimed at students aged 14-16 years and will develop knowledge, understanding, and practical skills that would be used in the Childcare sector.
The course comprises of 3 elements:
• Unit R057: Health and well-being for child development
• Unit R058: Create a safe environment and understand the nutritional needs of children from birth to five years
• Unit R059: Understand the development of a child from one to five years
Students will:
• understand and apply the 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.
• develop learning and practical skills that can be applied to real-life contexts and work situations
• think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically
• develop independence and confidence in using skills that would be relevant to the childcare sector and more widely
Careers and Further Studies:
- Early Years worker in Nursery/childcare settings
- Childminder
- Playgroups.
- Health & Social Care Levels 2 and 3
- Apprenticeship (Early Years Educator Level 3)
- A Level Biology / Sociology (Level 3)
- T Level (Technical Qualification in Education and Childcare
