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Early Years Education Level 1 & Level 2 Courses

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Getting Ahead

Early Years Education CACHE Level 1 Diploma & CACHE Level 2 Diploma at South Downs Campus

Welcome to Early Years Education. We are looking forward to meeting you in the next academic year. Below are activities that will allow you to make the best start to this subject area. We look forward to seeing them when you start.

Please send your completed Getting Ahead work to – Gettingahead-earlyyearssd@hsdc.ac.uk

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Research the meaning of the following keywords used in Early Years

Key Term Definition
Development  

 
Growth  

 
Developmental Milestones  

 
Rate of Development  

 
Sequence of Development  

 
Maturation  

 
Developmental Norms  

 

Research what job roles you can do with an Early Years Qualification. You could use a table like this or create your own research.

 

Job Roles Explanation
 

 

 

Research the meaning of the following keywords used in Early Years

Key Term Definition
Development  

 
Growth  

 
Developmental Milestones  

 
Rate of Development  

 
Sequence of Development  

 
Maturation  

 
Developmental Norms  

 

 

Research the definition of each of the following areas of development

Area of Development Definition
Physical Development, including Fine and Gross Motor Skills  

 
Cognitive Development  

 
Language Development, including Receptive Language and Expressive Language  

 
Emotional Development  

 
Brain Development  

 

Research the Early Years Foundation Stage – explain what is it and how do we use it in Early Years settings?

Resources

Meet your Lecturers

  • early years lecturer cathryn atherton

    Cathryn Atherton

  • early years lecturer jill clausen

    Jill Clausen

  • early years lecturer nikki sparshatt

    Nikki Sparshatt

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Your Learning Space

*This is a representation of your learning space and may not be the exact room you will be using

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