Unit Award Scheme

experienced

1. taking part in at least one discussion about the key principles of play and playwork

2. 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

demonstrated the ability to

3. explain the innate drive for children and young people to play

4. explain at least three characteristics of freely chosen, self-directed play

5. state how play is necessary for all children and young people's development and well being

6. plan, prepare and deliver at least one play activity, and recognise their roles, responsibilities and limitations

acquired an understanding of

7. the importance of the UN convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to play provision

8. how play work organisations seek to meet the rights of all children and young people for play

9. at least four impacts and outcomes of play on children and young people, and the communities in which they live

10. the terms 'play needs' and 'play preferences'

11. the theory of the play cycle and its component parts

12. the use of loose parts within a play environment in creating different play spaces

13. how to support children and young people to create play spaces to meet their needs

14. the sixteen play types

15. the main benefits of risk, stimulation and challenge, and the concepts of acceptable and unacceptable risk.