Childcare Skills

Assessment

UNIT 1: Children’s Development. This is assessed by an external 1 hour 30 minutes examination. UNIT 2: Development of Children’s Communication, Literacy and Numeracy Skills. This is assessed by reading a scenario and undertaking 2 hours of supervised assessment where students will produce up to of our sides of A4 notes, which can then be taken into a further 6 hours of supervised assessment, where they will answer examination questions. Unit 3: Play and Learning. This assessed by externally set coursework assignments. Unit 5: Keeping Children Safe. This is assessed by externally set coursework assignments.