Bless you honey,
We have all been there. I am on the last leg of completing my level 3 in 35 weeks - way too short in my opinion!
There have been times, when i could have cried - but yet I carried on and I can see the end:)
All I really have to do now is finish off my child study, which I am handing in on Wednesday. I have found this part to be the hardest.
I can't help you with your observations - I am pre-school and I did mine on role play and playdough activities
But keep smiling, you do the work everyday - you just have to find a way to write it down for the NVQ - which is not as easy as it sounds. But you can do it:)x