DT0J 04 (CCLD 307) Promote the health and physical development of children
Elements of competence
CCLD 307.1 Plan and implement physical activities and routines for children to meet their
physical development needs
CCLD 307.2 Plan and provide food and drink to meet the nutritional needs of children
CCLD 307.3 Promote children’s healthy physical development
About this Unit
This Unit is concerned with promoting the health and physical development of children.
This Unit is for you if you work in a setting or service whose main purpose is to support the
care, learning and development of children in partnership with their families. This Unit is
suitable for those with supervisory responsibilities or for those who work unsupervised.
Keywords
What we mean by some of the words used in this Unit
Purposeful conduct engaged in by the child to satisfy curiosity
Activities
or achieve an objective. Activities can include planned or
unplanned, structured or unstructured play, with or without
equipment, as well as interactions with others
The children with whom you are working, except where
Children
otherwise stated
Children gaining skills and competence
Development
Refers to a person's identification with a group that shares
Ethnicities
some or all of the same culture, lifestyle, language, skin
colour, religious beliefs and practices, nationality,
geographical region and history. Everyone has an ethnicity
A process of identifying, understanding and breaking down
Inclusion
barriers to participation and belonging
Children obtaining new knowledge and understanding about
Learning
something or acquiring a new skill or changing behaviour as a
result of experience
The regular structure of the day, incorporating care routines,
Routines
play and learning activities that are carried out at similar times
of day in sequence
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Evidence Requirements for the Unit
It is essential that you adhere to the Evidence Requirements for this Unit
GENERAL GUIDANCE
 Evidence must be provided for ALL of the performance criteria and ALL of the
knowledge.
 Work with children and families does not lend itself to a series of fragmented
activities. When assessment planning it is essential that assessors and candidates
identify opportunities to integrate a number of activities for assessment on any
particular occasion.
 Assessment of knowledge and understanding should wherever possible be carried out
during performance to ensure that theory and practice are linked.
 The evidence must reflect, at all times, the policies and procedures of your workplace
as linked to current legislation and the values and the principles for good practice in
children’s care, learning and development.
 All evidence must relate to your own work practice.
SPECIFIC EVIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS UNIT
Simulation:
 Simulation is not permitted for this unit.
The following forms of evidence ARE MANDATORY:
 Direct Observation: Your assessor or expert witness must observe you in real work
activities which will provide evidence of some part of each element in this unit.
 Reflective Accounts: You should describe your actions in a particular situation and
explain why you did things. You may be able to use a reflective account to provide
some of the performance evidence for this unit. e.g. the effectiveness of aspects of
your provision in promoting the health and physical development of children.
Issues for consideration:
 The following performance criteria may be difficult to evidence by observation.
Element 1 – PCs 1, 3 and 11
Element 2 – PCs 1, 2, 6 and 7
Element 3 – PCs 4
Competence of performance and knowledge could also be demonstrated using a variety
of evidence from the following:
 Questioning/Professional Discussion: Questions may be oral or written. In each
case the question and your answer will need to be recorded. Professional discussion
should be in the form of a structured review of your practice with the outcomes
captured by means of audiotape or a written summary. These are particularly useful
to provide evidence that you know and understand principles which support practice,
policies, procedures and legislation, and that you can critically evaluate their
application e.g. health and safety policies and procedures for risk assessment, your
understanding of positive health and how to share this effectively with children and
families. In addition the assessor/expert witness may also ask questions to clarify
aspects of your practice.
 Products: These are non-confidential records made, or contributed to, by you,
e.g.curriculum plans, documented routines, menus, health education information.
 Confidential Records: These may be used as evidence but must not be placed in
your portfolio, they must remain in their usual location and be referred to in the
assessor records in your portfolio e.g. individual child records, risk assessments.
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Original Certificates and other evidence of prior experience and learning:
Where you have relevant prior experience it must match the requirements of the
standards. Certificates of training, awards and records of attendance must be
authentic, current and valid. Your assessor will also want to check the content of
such training so that this can be matched to the standards and check that you have
retained and can apply learning to practice, e.g. previous vocationally related
qualifications, courses on nutrition, training on health care or chronic illness.
Case Studies, projects, assignments: These methods are most appropriately used to
cover any outstanding areas in the knowledge requirement of your award.
Assignments on nutrition or specific health issues may provide useful evidence.
Witness Testimony: Colleagues, allied professionals, children, young people,
families and carers may be able to provide testimony of your performance. Your
assessor will help you to identify the appropriate use of witnesses.
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KNOWLEDGE SPECIFICATION FOR THIS UNIT
Assessment of knowledge and understanding should wherever possible be carried out during
performance to ensure theory and practice are linked.
You need to provide evidence for ALL knowledge points listed below:
To be competent in this Unit, you must know and understand the
following:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
13a
14
15
16
17
18
19
Enter Evidence
Numbers
How you adapt your practice to meet the health and physical
development needs of children, taking into account age, gender,
ethnicities, individual needs and abilities
The type of indoor and outdoor activities that will encourage
balance, co-ordination, gross and fine motor skills, manipulative
skills and hand/eye co-ordination
In what circumstances you might change routines or activities; how
you would adapt existing or planned activities or routines
What the organisation’s policies and practices are regarding risk
assessment and safety and why it is important to follow these
What is meant by challenging activities for individual babies and
children and the link between challenging activities and
developmental progress
How you encourage children to extend their range of skills and
achievements
How to provide opportunities for children to rest and recover from
physical activity and why this is important
How to carry out risk assessment that takes all reasonable
precautions without restricting opportunities for development; how
organisational policy can support this
The government’s guidelines on healthy eating and nutrition for
children and why it is important that these are followed by
childcare practitioners
What are appropriate foods to give to children, what foods are
unsuitable and why
Special dietary requirements and food preparation, related to
culture, ethnicity or religious beliefs
Why it is important that all dietary information is documented and
shared with others e.g. food allergies
How you can encourage healthy eating practices in children
How appropriately balanced exercise and a healthy diet can impact
positively on children and families and can help to prevent both
obesity and malnutrition
The need for good oral hygiene and how and why this can be
encouraged
Principles of cross infection and basic food hygiene
Correct disposal of different types of waste according to procedures
and why this is required
Activities that can be undertaken by children to raise awareness of
their own bodies and their health needs, according to their age,
gender, needs and abilities
Details of health surveillance of children and young people, the role
of immunisations and information on regimes for children
How chronic illnesses may affect physical development and how to
access further information and support about particular conditions
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CCLD 307.1 Plan and implement physical activities and routines for children to meet
their physical developmental needs
Performance criteria
DO
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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RA
EW Q
P
WT
Plan indoor and outdoor activities that
provide opportunities for children to
practise physical skills and develop
competence
Make sure children involved in physical
activity are wearing appropriate clothing
for their safety and given ‘warm up’ and
‘wind down’ opportunities
Ensure that the activities provided are in
line with the overall plan for the setting
Adequately assess risk, in line with
organisational policy, without limiting
opportunities to extend and challenge
children’s skills and experience
Ensure that planned activities are
inclusive and available to all children,
adapting plans as necessary to meet
individual needs
Provide indoor and outdoor activities that
develop balance, skill and co-ordination
of large muscles
Provide activities to support fine motor
skills development
Provide indoor and outdoor activities that
develop hand/eye co-ordination
Provide activities that encourage cooperation, sharing and turn taking among
children
Encourage children to extend their range
and level of skills and reward their efforts
and achievements
Plan and implement routines that allow
children to rest and recover from physical
exercise
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CCLD 307.2 Plan and provide food and drink to meet the nutritional needs of children
Performance criteria
DO
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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RA
EW Q
P
WT
Plan menus, snacks and drinks that meet
the dietary and nutritional needs of
children in your care
Ensure the food and drink provided is in
line with government guidelines, current
best practice on healthy eating and is
prepared according to dietary and cultural
requirements
Involve children in the planning and
preparation of food and snacks, according
to their capabilities
Encourage children to make healthy
choices about food and help them
understand the link between food and
health
Provide food, snacks and drinks that are
interesting and will stimulate children’s
awareness of the variety of different food
and drinks
Provide food and drink for children with
special dietary requirements that meets
their nutritional needs
Document information regarding special
dietary requirements and share this with
all those in contact with the child
Ensure that high standards of hygiene are
maintained when storing and preparing
food and drink, in line with government
guidelines and best practice
Encourage children’s independence in
feeding routines, according to family
requirements and practice
CCLD 307.3 Promote children’s healthy physical environment
Performance criteria
DO
1
2
3
4
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RA
EW Q
P
WT
Provide opportunities for children to learn
about how their bodies work and their
health needs
Provide opportunities for discussion about
healthy physical development, according
to the child’s age, needs and abilities
Support children in making positive
health decisions and choices and provide
information according to government
guidelines and best practice
Ensure children who have chronic
illnesses or physical difficulties can
participate positively in discussions and
activities
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To be completed by the Candidate
I SUBMIT THIS AS A COMPLETE UNIT
Candidate’s name: ……………………………………………
Candidate’s signature: ………………………………………..
Date: …………………………………………………………..
To be completed by the Assessor
It is a shared responsibility of both the candidate and assessor to claim evidence, however, it
is the responsibility of the assessor to ensure the accuracy/validity of each evidence claim and
make the final decision.
I CERTIFY THAT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRODUCED TO MEET
ALL THE ELEMENTS, PCS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS UNIT AND THAT THE
CANDIDATE HAS DEMONSTRATED THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCPLES
AND VALUES.
Assessor’s name: …………………………………………….
Assessor’s signature: ………………………………………....
Date: …………………………………………………………..
Assessor/Internal Verifier Feedback
To be completed by the Internal Verifier if applicable
This section only needs to be completed if the Unit is sampled by the Internal Verifier
Internal Verifier’s name: ……………………………………………
Internal Verifier’s signature: ………………………………………..
Date: ……………………………………..…………………………..
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