CACHE Level 3 Award/Certificate/Diploma in Child Care and ...

Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child
Care and Education Course Handbook
© CACHE 2011 Version 5
Section 4
Unit 6 Assignment – Promoting a healthy environment for
children
This assessment task provides the assessment for the unit.
The completed assessment task MUST be submitted and marked as a whole and not in
separate sections.
Assignment task: What do I have to do?
The whole assignment must be completed in order to achieve the unit.
Collate a portfolio of research into these topics:
• The role of the practitioner in working towards a healthy lifestyle and environment for
children
• The legislation which supports the rights of children to a healthy lifestyle
• Factors which may affect children's health and well-being at differing times in their lives
• How these factors may affect children's health
• The routines and activities for children which promote and maintain a healthy lifestyle
• Planning and implementing routines which promote and maintain a healthy lifestyle
The portfolio should include current and relevant research, information and materials from a
variety of sources and identify, where appropriate, the relevance of current legislation.
The portfolio may include documents generated through different aspects of your work such
as action plans, curriculum and routine plans, notes of activities, images, audio files,
narrative accounts, media other than text, reports of presentations, leaflets, booklets, diaries
and other suitable ways of showing research information and materials.
Throughout the portfolio you should ensure that you address diversity and inclusive practice
where appropriate to the task.
You may use appropriate materials from this portfolio to contribute towards your external
assessment task.
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