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COMPONENT 1 Children's Growth and Development

Learning outcome A: Understand the principles of growth and development

A1 Understand how and why growth is measured

A2 The principles of development

A3 Development across ages of birth to 18 months

A3 Development across ages of birth to 18 months

A4 Development across ages of 18 months to three years

A5 Development across ages of three to five years

Learning outcome B: How factors impact on children’s overall development

B1 Physical factors

B2 Environmental factors

B3 Social factors

B4 Financial factors

COMPONENT 1 Children's Growth and Development PSA’s x3

COMPONENT 2: Learning Through Play

LOA A1 Stages of children’s play

A2 Types of play

Learning outcome B: Understand how children’s learning can be supported

through play

B1 Physical play

B2 Cognitive/intellectual play

B3 Communication and language play

B4 Social play

B5 Emotional play

B6 How play can be organised to promote learning

B7 The role of adults in promoting learning through play

B8 Planning play opportunities for children

Component 2: Learning Through Play PSA’s x3

COMPONENT 3: Supporting Children to Play, Learn and

Develop

Learning Outcome A Investigate individual needs that may impact on play, learning and development

A1 Individual needs

A2 Know how individual needs may impact on play, learning and development

learning Outcome B Create safe environments for children aged 0–5 years how the environment can be adapted to safely meet the individual

needs of children for the following age groups:

● 0–18 months, ● 18 months–3 years, ● 3–5 years.

B1 Ensure all children are safe

B2 Health and safety considerations for indoor environments for children with

individual needs

C1 The benefits of adapting activities for all childrenC2 Adapting activities/resources to support a child with physical needs

C3 Adapting activities to support a child with cognitive and intellectual needs

C4 Adapting activities to support a child with communication or language needs

C5 Adapting activities/resources to support a child experiencing social and emotional needs

REVISION - PAST PAPERS

COMPONENT 3 EXAM

N/A course comete

Assessment

Knowledge checks

Pause point Q&A

Homework tasks

Mini mock practice for PSA’s

Knowledge checks

Pause point Q&A

Homework tasks

Assessment activity progress check

AP1 – PSA Completion of component 1 assignment tasks, marked and resubmission opportunity

Knowledge checks

Pause point Q&A

Homework tasks

Mini mock practice for PSA’s

Knowledge checks

Pause point Q&A PP

Homework tasks

Assessment activity progress check

PPE for Component 3

AP2 – PSA Completion of component 1 assignment tasks, marked and resubmission opportunity

Knowledge checks

Pause point Q&A

Homework tasks

Mini mock practice for exam questions

External exam

AP3 - Based on external exam