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   CYPW children and young people's workforce
   EYMP 2
Promote learning and development the the early years 
 


Suggestions for places to research and professional books to try and access
These will support  your study
  Page 225 of this level 3 handbook  on amazon.co.uk
  Contemporary thinking and theorists on amazon.co.uk
  Every Parent Matters 2007
  KEEP - key elements of effective practice
  Effective Provision in Preschool Education (EPPE)
  Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years (REPEY)

    The framework of your home nation
Refer only to the framework of your nation ie. if you work in ..
  England use EYFS 2012
  Northern Ireland - Foundation Stage
  Scotland - Pre-birth to three and curriculum for excellence
  Wales - Foundation Phase

   Forum search page for locating information on specific criteria
  Verb list - know how to analyse by researching, comparing and contrasting
 


yellow star    The following is based on the EYMP 2 OCR unit content © OCR 2010 pdf

Outcome 1 expects you to ..
Understand the purpose and requirements of the areas of learning and development in the relevant early years framework

1.1 Explain each of the areas of learning and development and how these are interdependent
1.2 Describe the documented outcomes for children that form part of the relevant early years  
       framework
1.3 Explain how the documented outcomes are assessed and recorded

Each of the areas of learning and development As required by the frameworks within the relevant UK Home Nation
Documented outcomes
These are the desired outcomes for children that form the basis of the early year’s framework.  They will vary according to the early years frameworks used in the relevant UK Home Nation

Outcome 2 expects you to .. Be able to plan work with children and support children’s participation in planning

2.1 Use different sources to plan work for an individual child or group of children

2.2 Engage effectively with children to encourage the child’s participation and involvement in planning their own learning and development activities

2.3 Support the planning cycle for children’s learning and development

Different sources may include:
  children’s interest and preferences
  observations and assessments
  mothers, fathers and carers
  colleagues in setting
  professionals such as health visitors

Outcome 3 expects you to ..  Be able to promote children’s learning and development according to the requirements of the relevant early years framework


3.1 Explain how practitioners promote children’s learning within the relevant early years framework

3.2 Prepare, set out and support activities and experiences that encourage learning and development in each area of the relevant early years framework



How practitioners promote children’s learning
may include:

  effective organisation and management
  sensitive intervention
  following child’s interest and stage of development
  supporting and facilitating
  modelling
  coaching
  providing balance of child initiated and adult initiated play and activity


Outcome 4 expects you to ..  Be able to engage with children in activities and experiences that support their learning and development

4.1 Work alongside children engaging with them in order to support their learning and development
4.2 Explain the importance of engaging with a child to support sustained shared thinking
4.3 Use language that is accurate and appropriate in order to support and extend children’s learning when undertaking activities

Language may include:
  mathematical language that enhances learning of mathematical concepts
  open questions designed to promote and extend children’s thinking and
                          communication, their curiosity and their problem solving and investigation
  modelling use of language that is grammatically correct
  using language in ways that extend children’s vocabulary




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