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 Organisers

      Subject 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