1. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator CACHE LEVEL 3 CHILDCARE & EDUCATION Unit 6 Understanding children’s additional needs © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

2. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support. AC 1.3 Analyse the impact of environmental factors on children’s development AC 1.4 describe factors which affect children’s development in the: Short term Long term. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

3. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Environmental factors, which can affect children’s development, may include: Environmental factors Pollution – may include: air, water and noise pollution. Poverty – may include: poor nutrition lack of stimulation poor provision for play. Housing – may include: overcrowding damp. Lifestyle – may include: smoking shortage of play facilities. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.3]

4. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Pollution Both air and noise pollution can affect children’s development. Air pollution can affect such conditions as chest infections, asthma and cystic fibrosis. Noise pollution can lead to a lack of sleep and medical and social problems. Water pollution could lead to diarrhoea. Poverty Poverty may lead to poor nutrition which could affect children’s growth. Housing The impact of housing can be linked to poverty. Overcrowding and lack of play space can affect social and emotional development. Lifestyle X-rays and passive smoking may cause cancer. Shortage of play facilities may lead to lack of exercise. The impact of environmental factors © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.3]

5. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Starter activity Time: 10 mins Discuss the environmental factors outlined on slides 3 and 4. Consider how they may affect children’s development. Consider positive as well as negative results of environmental factors. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.3]

6. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Group activity Time: 15 mins Using the cards on the worksheet provided, look at the headings for environmental factors. Match the impact cards to the headings. Discuss the topics on the impact cards and how they may affect children’s development. Please include activity cards from Unit 3.13 Lesson 2 (LO1) GA © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.3]

7. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Independent research activity Time: 15 mins Research ‘A children’s environment and health strategy for the UK’ by the Health Protection Agency. Refer to the worksheet for this activity and answer the questions in preparation for the Classroom discussion activity. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.3]

8. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Classroom discussion activity Time: 15 mins Share your answers from your research of ‘A children’s environment and health strategy for the UK’. What does Figure 3.1 show and what can you learn from it? Discuss the initiatives that have already been implemented – how effective do you think they are? Compare your ordering of the recommendations – how much agreement is there? Discuss why you may have prioritised in different ways. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.3]

9. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Illness and accident can affect children’s development in the short term. They can mean that a child may be absent from school and miss out on learning. If a child has a contagious illness, they will be excluded from the setting for the required length of time, but it should not affect their development in the long term. An accident such as a broken leg may mean some absence, however when the child returns to school they may find that they are temporarily restricted in the activities that they can participate in, for example, PE. Factors which affect children’s development in the short term © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.4]

10. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Pairs activity Time: 10 mins List contagious illnesses which will result in exclusion from the setting for a period of time. Discuss how a child may feel when they return to school after a prolonged absence. What can the practitioner do to ease the return for the child? © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.4]

11. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Group activity Time: 10 mins Review your research of the biological and environmental factors from Lessons 1 and 2. List the factors which will have a short-term effect on children’s development. Explain what the short-term effects may be. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.4]

12. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Lifestyle Children who do not take much exercise tend to become inactive adults. Obesity is more common in children who take little exercise. Nutrition Poor diet can lead to musculoskeletal problems or cardiovascular disease. There could be a high risk of weight problems in adulthood, obesity can result in diabetes and heart conditions. Eating habits developed in childhood are likely to be continued into adult life. Pollution High levels of air pollution can affect the development of the lungs. Factors which affect children’s development in the long term © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.4]

13. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Poverty Children growing up in poverty are statistically more likely to have accidents, some of which can have long term effects. ‘Developmental delay in early childhood, particularly delay in speech and language, is associated with social disadvantage.’ www.endchildpoverty.org.uk/files/Health_consequences_of_Poverty_for_chil dren.pdf. www.endchildpoverty.org.uk/files/Health_consequences_of_Poverty_for_chil dren.pdf Housing There is a link between poor housing and poverty. ‘There is evidence of a direct link between housing conditions in childhood and later health problems, or even death, in some studies.’ http://england.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/39202/Chance_of _a_Lifetime.pdf http://england.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/39202/Chance_of _a_Lifetime.pdf Factors which affect children’s development in the long term © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.4]

14. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Pairs activity Time: 15 mins Research: Either: The factors which affect children’s development in the short term. Or: The factors which affect children’s development in the long term. Make notes and prepare to share them in the classroom discussion activity. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.4]

15. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Classroom discussion activity Time: 15 mins Share the research that you carried out in the Pairs activity with the rest of the class. Compile a list of key factors for both the short term and long term. Discuss any similarities between the two lists. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.4]

16. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator Extension activity Time: 15 mins Design one poster to: Outline the factors that affect children’s development in the short term, and explain how the factors affect development. Or: One to outline the factors that affect children’s development in the long term, and explain how the factors affect. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited LO1 Understand biological and environmental factors which may result in children needing additional support [AC 1.4]

17. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator In this lesson we: Have learnt about the environmental factors which can affect children’s development. Have matched environmental factors to their impact on development. Have researched ‘A children’s environment and health strategy for the UK’. Have learnt how illness and accident can affect children’s development in the short term. Have discussed contagious illnesses which will result in exclusion from the setting for a period of time. Have considered the factors which affect children’s development in the long term. Have researched factors which affect development in both the long term and the short term. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

18. CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator 1.Conduct further research on air pollution and noise pollution. 2.Does living next to pylons and mobile phone masts affect children’s development? Research arguments for and against. 3.Are there any local issues that you are aware of? 4.Observe any children in your setting who have been absent for an extended period of time, possibly due to illness. Do they have any difficulty picking up on learning? © Hodder & Stoughton Limited