Unit Award Scheme

71819 INTRODUCTION TO PLAY AND PLAYWORK

In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have		Evidence needed
experienced
1	taking part in a discussion about play and playwork	Summary sheet
2	reviewing and discussing the principles of playwork	Summary sheet
3	taking part in a discussion about how play settings seek to balance the main health, safety and security requirements that apply to a play environment	Summary sheet
demonstrated the ability to
4	explain the innate drive for children and young people to play	Student completed work
5	explain at least three characteristics of freely chosen, self-directed play	Student completed work
6	state how play is necessary for all children and young people's development and well being	Student completed work
7	plan, prepare and deliver a play activity	Summary sheet
8	recognise their roles, responsibilities and limitations	Student completed work
acquired an understanding of
9	the importance of the UN convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to play provision	Student completed work
10	how play work organisations seek to meet the rights of all children and young people for play	Summary sheet
11	at least four impacts and outcomes of play on children and young people, and the communities in which they live	Student completed work
12	the terms play needs and play preferences	Student completed work
13	the theory of the play cycle and its component parts	Student completed work
14	the use of loose parts within a play environment in creating different play spaces	Student completed work
15	how to support children and young people to create play spaces to meet their needs	Student completed work
16	the 16 play types	Student completed work
17	the main benefits of risk, stimulation and challenge	Student completed work
18	the concept of acceptable and unacceptable risk.	Student completed work

All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet

Approved 3 March 2015Level - Level Two