Hi, enjoy this research :) unlike in England, Wales adopted the united nation's convention as a basis for policy making back in 2004, as such it's a recognised source for underpinning the reasoning of the Welsh foundation phase. Read pages 3 and 7 and throughout the
FP framework.
About the UNCRC in Wales -
http://gov.wales/topics/people-and-c...uncrc/?lang=en
The Welsh Gov's
http://www.uncrcletsgetitright.co.uk/
Rights to action - Welsh document
About children's commisioners The 4 home nation's children's commissioners were created through the Children Act of 2004 and are reflected today in the
Children and Families Act 2014. This is the information for the Welsh children's commissioner
https://www.childcomwales.org.uk/ and
http://www.childcom.org.uk/game/
http://www.childrensrightswales.org....aw-reform.aspx
About DCELLS department for children, education, lifelong learning and skills and an
overview of the UNCRC on Unicef
National minimum standards for childcare in Wales
Food and physical exercise and the
food and health guidelines in Wales
More links -
http://www.silkysteps.com/UNCRC-unit...the-child.html
Equality legislation - The equality act in Wales
Please check back with your course provider/tutor/assessor to see if there's any current research they feel you ought to be looking at.
social and economic influences such as work patterns and financial constraints - you can research the origins of childcare, its scope and purpose in the whole of the UK, the social reasons for it, why it was and continues to be needed in the unit EYMP 4 -
pages 305 +of the level 3 handbook amazon.co.uk and specifically on page 316
There also some links for this
unit on silkysteps that you might find helpful
Best wishes