Gateway Qualifications
    Level 1
    QN: 603/6550/X
    Curriculum Active

    Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Diploma in Childcare

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Gateway Qualifications. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2543 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 1
    Awarding Body
    Gateway Qualifications
    Syllabus Units
    98 Units
    Guided Hours
    2543 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Applying for a Job

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about different methods of applying for jobs.2.
    • Be able to complete a job application.
    2

    Awareness of protection and safeguarding in health and social care adults and children and young people, early years and childcare

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand protection and safeguarding in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare
    3

    Books, Stories, Poems and Rhymes for Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand what a child may learn from taking part in poetry and story telling sessions.
    • Know how to select books, poems and rhymes that are suitable for use with children aged 0-3 and 3-5 years.
    • Know what resources may be used when telling stories or poems.
    • Be able to make a child's book and read it using different techniques.
    • Be able to recite rhymes suitable for children aged 0-3 years and 3-5 years.
    4

    Building Confidence Through Play

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about different play activities that can be used to build a child’s confidence
    • Know the support a young child needs to gain confidence through play
    5

    Career Planning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to investigate different career options.2.
    • Be able to assess career options.3.
    • Be able to plan goals for future career.
    6

    Child-Minding

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the law and regulations for child-minding in the home
    • Know how to create a safe and healthy environment for home-based child care
    • Know the equipment required for child-minding in the home
    • Know how to provide care for children in home-based childcare
    7

    Communicating with Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know why communication is important to child development
    • Know the elements of communication that are used in communicating with children
    • Understand listening skills required to communicate effectively with children
    • Know how to ask appropriate questions when communicating with children
    8

    Communication skills for work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Use written communication in a work context.2.
    • Use oral communication in a work context.
    9

    Community environment project

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to select a focus for a community environment project.
    • Be able to communicate the benefits of engaging in a community environment project.
    • Be able to plan a community environment project.
    • Be able to participate in a community environment project.
    • Be able to review a community environment project.
    10

    Conduct at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to conduct self appropriately in a work setting.2.
    • Be able to review own conduct in a work setting.
    11

    Craft activities for young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the benefits of craft activities for young children.
    • Understand health and safety when providing craft activities for young children.
    • Know the learning which youngchildren can gain from craft activities.
    12

    Customer service skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about good customer service.2.
    • Be able to provide effective customer service.3.
    • Be able to perform customer service tasks.
    13

    Digital Skills for Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use digital skills to handle work-related information.
    • Be able to create and edit digital content for work-related purposes.
    • Be able to use digital skills to communicate in a work context.
    • Be able to work online and use digital devices safely and responsibly in a work context.5.
    • Be able to identify and solve technical problems.
    14

    Encouraging Children to Eat Healthily

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about healthy eating for children.
    • Know ways to encourage children to eat healthily.
    • Be able to prepare an activity to encourage healthy eating amongst children.
    • Be able to contribute to leading an activity to encourage children to eat healthily.
    15

    Engage in Discussion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to engage in discussion to reach a shared understanding of a topic.
    16

    Environmental awareness

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how and why the climate is changing.
    • Know about the effects of climate change on plants, animals and people.
    • Know about the carbon footprint.
    • Know how individuals and businesses can reduce their carbon footprint.
    17

    Exploring and Presenting Enterprise Ideas

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to discuss ideas for an enterprise activity.2.
    • Be able to select an enterprise idea.3.
    • Know the risks involved in implementing the enterprise activity.4.
    • Be able to present an idea for an enterprise activity to an audience.
    18

    Exploring Entrepreneurship

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.2.
    • Be able to assess own suitability for enterprise.
    19

    Finding out about Forest Schools

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about Forest Schools.
    • Know how to choose an outdoor learning environment.
    • Know how to use the outdoor environment to support learning.
    • Know the benefits of outdoor learning.
    20

    Growth and development of young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about factors which influence growth and development of children from birth to 5 years 11 months.
    • Know how to support growth and development of children.
    21

    Health and safety in health, social care and children’s and young people’s settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the main responsibilities of workers and employers for health and safety in health, social care and children's and young people's settings.
    • Understand the importance of assessing risk in relation to health and safety.
    • Understand the importance of key areas of health and safety in relation to health, social care and children's and young people's settings.
    • Know what contributes to the reduction of the spread of infection in health, social care and children's and young people's settings.
    22

    Health and Safety in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about roles and responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace.2.
    • Know about roles and responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace.3.
    • Know the procedures for responding to accidents and incidents in the workplace.
    23

    Healthy eating for families

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of a balanced diet.
    • Know about good eating habits for families.
    • Know special food requirements for groups and individuals.
    • Know how to handle and store food safely.
    24

    Improving sustainability in the workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify an area of a business in need of improvement in terms of sustainability.
    • Be able to identify processes, practices or resources to support improvement in terms of sustainability.
    • Be able to develop and present a project plan to support improvement in terms of sustainability.
    25

    Infection Prevention and Control

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how infection is spread.2.
    • Know how to manage the risk of infection.3.
    • Know how to use personal hygiene practices and personal protective equipment to contribute to infection prevention and control.
    26

    Intellectual and Language Development of Young Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the stages of intellectual and language development in young children
    • Know the main factors that can affect intellectual and language development of young children
    • Know how to support aspects of intellectual and language development in young children
    27

    Interview Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to prepare for an interview.2.
    • Be able to plan how to arrive punctually.3.
    • Be able to present self positively at an interview.4.
    • Be able to review own performance in an interview.
    28

    Introduction to community development in early years settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to develop links with the local community that could enhance children's learning and development.
    • Know the role of volunteers from the community.
    • Know the procedure for involving volunteers in the early years setting.
    29

    Introduction to Learning Disability

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the importance of a person centred approach when working with individuals with a learning disability.
    • Know the main causes of learning disability.
    • Understand the importance of effective communication for individuals with a learning disability.
    30

    Introduction to Mental Health

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the importance of a person centred approach when working with individuals with mental health problems.
    • Know the main factors that can ca
    • use mental health problems.
    • Understand the importance of effective communication with individuals who have mental health problems.
    31

    Introduction to Self-Employment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about self-employment opportunities in a given sector.2.
    • Know about income and expenditure.3.
    • Know about planning for self-employment.
    32

    Introduction to the physical care of babies and young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the physical care needs of babies and young children
    • Know how to support physical care routines for babies and young children
    • Know how to support safe and protective environments for babies and young children
    • Know the nutritional needs of babies and young children
    33

    Introductory awareness of equality and inclusion in health, social care and children’s and young people’s settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the importance of equality and inclusion within health, social care and children’s and young people’s settings
    • Know the affects of discriminatory attitudes and behaviours on individuals
    • Know the factors that affect equality and inclusion of individuals
    34

    Listen and Respond

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to understand and respond to spoken language.
    • Be able to listen and respond in exchanges.
    35

    Making Calculations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals.
    • Be able to multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals.
    • Be able to solve problems with and without a calculator.
    36

    Making the Most of Work Placement

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to prepare for a work placement.2.
    • Be able to set goals to get the most out of a work placement.3.
    • Be able to review a work placement.
    37

    Money, Time and Temperature

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work with money.
    • Be able to work with time.
    • Be able to work with temperature.
    38

    Musical activities for young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the benefits of musical activities for young children
    • Know how to make musical activities or musical games for young children.
    39

    Negotiation Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to communicate own position.2.
    • Be able to discuss the position of others.3.
    • Be able to suggest ways forward at the end of a negotiation process.
    40

    Numbers, Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work with numbers.
    • Be able to work with fractions.
    • Be able to work with decimals.
    • Be able to work with percentages.
    41

    Numeracy Skills for Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to select appropriate numeracy skills in a work context.2.
    • Be able to apply appropriate numeracy skills in a work context.3.
    • Be able to interpret and communicate results in situations where they have applied numerical skills in a work context.
    42

    Numerical Relationships, Algebra and Ratios

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about numerical relationships.
    • Be able to solve problems involving algebra.
    • Be able to work with ratios.
    43

    Physical Activities for Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about physical activities for children
    • Know how physical activities can support children’s learning and development
    • Know the role of the adult supporting physical activity for children
    • Be able to plan and prepare a physical activity for children
    44

    Physical Development of Young Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know key stages in the physical development of young children
    • Know the importance of a healthy diet, exercise and rest for the healthy development of young children
    • Know how to meet the physical needs of children of different ages in a care setting
    45

    Planning a Healthy Diet

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the principles and benefits of a healthy diet.
    • Know why it is important to understand an individual's needs when planning their diet.
    • Be able to plan a healthy diet for an individual.
    46

    Practical health and safety when with young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about health and safety guidelines and instructions.
    • Know about health and safety equipment which helps to keep children safe.
    • Know about fire safety when with young children
    47

    Preparing Food For and Feeding Babies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the nutritional needs of babies under twelve months.
    • Know how to prepare and feed babies formula food.
    • Know how to prepare and feed babies their first solid foods.
    48

    Protection and Safeguarding in Health and Social Care Adults and Children and Young People, Early Years and Childcare

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about protection and safeguarding in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare.2.
    • Know how to report concerns about protection and safeguarding.3.
    • Know how staff and organisations can protect and safeguard individuals.
    49

    Providing a safe and hygienic environment for a young child

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the importance of personal hygiene.
    • Know about signs of ill health in a young child.
    • Know about keeping a young child safe in the home.
    50

    Providing Support at Mealtimes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the responsibilities of the carer at mealtimes
    • Know about appropriate equipment for use at mealtimes
    51

    Read for Information

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to read and obtain information from everyday sources.
    • Be able to use a dictionary to obtain information.
    52

    Read for Purpose and Meaning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to read and understand texts.
    • Be able to use simple reading strategies to support understanding.
    53

    Respecting and valuing children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to respect and value children as individuals.
    • Understand ways to respect and value children.
    • Know that children have rights.
    54

    Responsibilities of new parents

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about a baby's growth and development during pregnancy.
    • Understand the care required for a mum during pregnancy.
    • Know the support available to new parent(s).
    55

    Routines for a young child

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of a routine in the care of a young child.
    • Know about the need for a healthy diet for the young child.
    • Know how to dress a young child for different weather.
    • Know how to support a young child to restful sleep.
    56

    Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care Adults and Children and Young People, Early Years and Childcare

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand protection and safeguarding in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare.2.
    • Know how to respond to concerns about potential or actual harm ,ab
    • use or neglect within health and social care, early years or childcare setting.
    57

    Science activities for young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know science activities suitable for young children.
    • Know how to set up science activities to support the young child’s learning.
    • Know the learning which young children can gain from science activities.
    58

    Searching for a Job

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to find out about job vacancies.2.
    • Be able to take a pro-active approach to job searching.
    59

    Self-Management Skills for Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to demonstrate good time-keeping.2.
    • Be able to work in an organised manner.3.
    • Be able to manage own feelings and behaviours.4.
    • Be able to review own self-management skills.
    60

    Setting and Meeting Work-Related Targets

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to set personal targets relating to work.2.
    • Be able to review progress towards personal targets.
    61

    Sharing learning experiences with children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how children learn.
    • Know how to use stories and rhymes with young children.
    • Understand that the natural world can support children's learning.
    • Know how the local community can be used to broaden children's experiences.
    62

    Skills for Creative Thinkers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to think creatively
    • Be able to work creatively to apply imaginative solutions to issues
    63

    Skills for Effective Participants

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to engage in issues that affect their communities (eg place of learning
    • work or area in which they live)
    • Be able to take action to bring about improvements within communities
    64

    Skills for Independent Enquirers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan investigations
    • Be able to carry out investigations
    • Be able to present findings of investigations
    65

    Skills for Reflective Learners

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify own strengths and weaknesses
    • Be able to set goals for own development
    • Be able to reflect on progress and achievement
    66

    Social, Emotional and Psychological Development of Young Children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know key stages in the social, emotional and psychological development of young children
    • Know the factors that can affect the behaviour of young children
    • Know ways to meet social, emotional and psychological needs in young children
    67

    Solving Work-Related Problems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use sources of help for work-related problems.2.
    • Be able to come up with solutions to work-related problems.3.
    • Know how to apply a strategy to solve a workplace problem.
    68

    Speak to Communicate

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to speak to communicate information, feelings and opinions.
    69

    Support for New Parents

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the support needs of new parents
    • Know the support available for new parents
    • Know how new parents can access support
    70

    Support individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of multiple conditions and/or disabilities on individuals
    • Understand own role in supporting individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
    • Understand the support available for individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
    • Be able to assist individuals with multiple conditions and/or disabilities
    • Be able to evaluate the support provided to an individual to engage in activities
    71

    Sustainability

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know what sustainability means.
    • Know how human activity is threatening sustainability.
    • Know about sustainability goals and targets.
    • Know how a business or sector is working towards achieving sustainability.
    72

    Taking Personal Responsibility for the Environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to research ways individuals can help fight climate change.
    • Be able to identify ways to reduce own negative impact on the environment.
    • Be able to implement actions or changes to reduce their negative impact on the environment.
    • Be able to reflect on how effectively they have reduced their negative impact on the environment.
    73

    Technology activities for young children

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know technology toys or activities for young children.
    • Know how technology toys or activities support children’s learning and development.
    74

    The Development of Children and Young People Through Play

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the importance of play for children and young people's development and well being.
    • Know factors that promote inclusive and stimulating play environments.
    75

    Time Management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to manage their time while working or studying.2.
    • Be able to assess how well they are managing their time.
    76

    Understanding learning and development through play

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the features of a positive learning environment.
    • Understand how play can help children’s learning and development.
    • Understand how play activities can avoid stereotyping and discrimination.
    77

    Using and Communicating Data

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to extract information.
    • Be able to collect and record information.
    • Be able to organise and present information so it makes sense to others.
    78

    Using Probability

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know about probability.
    • Be able to calculate and express probability.
    79

    Using Size, Shape and Measures

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to read
    • measure, estimate and compare length.
    • measure, estimate and compare weight.
    • measure, estimate and compare capacity.
    • Know about shape, positional vocabulary and space.
    80

    Using Size, Shape and Space

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to measure length and distance.
    • Be able to measure weight.
    • Be able to measure capacity.
    • Be able to work with shape, positional vocabulary and space.
    81

    Using Whole Numbers, Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work with whole numbers.
    • Be able to work with fractions.
    • Be able to work with percentages.
    • Be able to work with decimals.
    82

    Working in a Team

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify how they could contribute to a team task.2.
    • Be able to plan team activity with others.3.
    • Be able to work positively as a member of a team.4.
    • Be able to review own performance as a member of a team.
    83

    Working in Early Years Settings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the range of settings in early years provision
    • Know the roles, responsibilities and possible career progression routes in early years settings
    • Know the core skills required for work in an early years setting
    • Be able to plan own learning and development in order to prepare for a career within the early years sector
    84

    Working Safely

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify risks and hazards in a work environment.2.
    • Be able to reduce risk of harm to self or others.3.
    • Be able to deal with hazards and risks within the work environment.
    85

    Working with Colleagues

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to work with senior colleagues.2.
    • Be able to work with peers in the workplace.
    86

    Write Accurately

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to write using correct basic grammar.
    • Be able to write using correct basic spelling and punctuation.
    • Be able to proofread own writing.
    87

    Write to Communicate

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan own writing.
    • Be able to structure own writing to communicate ideas and information.
    88

    Write with Accuracy

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use correct grammar in written texts.
    • Be able to write legibly with correct spelling and punctuation.
    • Be able to proofread and revise writing.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/6550/X
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Gateway Qualifications
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Sept 2020

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