Specification/Exam Board
OCR Cambridge Nationals
Curriculum Allocation
Child Development is taught for 3 x 100 minute lessons per fortnight.
Curriculum Period 1:
Curriculum content
Unit R058: Create a safe environment and understand the nutritional needs of children from birth to five years
Task 1
Creating a safe environment in a childcare setting
- Plan to create a safe environment in a childcare setting
- Essential equipment and factors for choice
Students will complete task 1 from the coursework unit.
Task 2 and 3
Nutritional needs of children from birth to five years
- Current government guidelines regarding diet for children from birth to 5 years old
- Nutrients and their function for children from birth to 5 years
Students will complete task 2 and 3 from the coursework task
Task 4
Plan and create a suitable feed for an infant
- Produce a detailed plan on how to create a bottle of formula
- Practical assessment - students will use their plan to create a bottle for an infant
Students will compete task 4.
Unit R057: Health and well-being for child development
Topic Area 1: Pre-conception health and reproduction.
This includes the following lessons:
- Factors affecting pre-conception health for women and men
- Other factors affecting the pre-conception health for women
- Types of contraception methods and their advantages and disadvantages
- The structure and function of the reproductive systems
- How reproduction takes place
- The signs and symptoms of pregnancy
Assessment
The coursework will be submitted in May to the exam board for formal moderation.
Curriculum Period 2:
Curriculum content
Unit R057: Health and well-being for child development
Topic Area 2: Antenatal care and preparation for birth
This includes the following lessons:
- The purpose and importance of antenatal clinics
- Screening and diagnostic tests
- The purpose and importance of antenatal (parenting) classes
- The choices available for delivery
- The role of the birth partner in supporting the mother through pregnancy and birth
- The methods of pain relief when in labour
- The signs that labour has started
- The three stages of labour and their physiological changes
- The methods of assisted birth
Topic Area 3: Postnatal checks, postnatal care and the conditions for development
This includes the following lessons:
- Postnatal checks
- Postnatal care of the mother and baby
- The developmental needs of children from birth to five years
Topic Area 4: Childhood illnesses and a child safe environment
This includes the following lessons:
- Recognise general signs and symptoms of illness in children
- How to meet the needs of an ill child
- How to ensure a child-friendly safe environment
Assessment
Students will be assessed on topic 2, 3 and 4.
Curriculum Period 3:
Curriculum content
Unit R059: Understand the development of a child from one to five years
Topic Area 1: Physical, intellectual and social developmental norms from one to five years
- The expected development norms from one to five years for the following developmental areas
Revision resources
Knowledge OrganisersSubject advice and guidance
If you need any further guidance then please contact your child’s teacher via email:
g.brownsett@endon.shaw-education.org.uk