Child Development Support Assignment

Assessment Title: Supporting the development of the whole child.
The compulsory patch work assignments are due on the following days:
Patch 1 – What social issues do children experience? Monday 19th October 2026
Patch 2 – What emotional issues do children experience? Monday 2nd November 2026
Patch 3 – What moral issues do children experience? Monday 7th December 2026
Type of Assessment: Patchwork assignment
Word Limit: your final assignment will comprise 3,500 words and this is made up of a 2,000 word assignment and 3 x 500 word patches. You must include all elements in order to pass.
What to include: You should consider the experiences of children and young people and how their holistic development can be promoted. You will consider a range of barriers facing children, young people and their families and you will offer some suggestions of how these barriers can be resolved by a range of people with whom they will come into contact. You will make reference in the 2,000 word assignment to the patches that you will have written throughout the semester and these will be based on one or two issues that you are aware of that impact children. Successful assignments will make wide use of reading and will view sources through a critical lens; they will also demonstrate an awareness of safeguarding practices and the associated legislation designed to keep children safe and to encourage them to thrive.
AI use: Please include a short statement which outlines acceptable AI use for your assessment
For this submission, generative AI must not be used to write any of your essay or presentation script or slides. You can use generative ai to locate sources and to support with the planning of your submission, as well as to design any graphics that you choose to use to illustrate your work.

Which learning outcomes are being assessed?
• Demonstrate critical understanding of contemporary thinking and practice in relation to the whole child
• Critically evaluate characteristics, traits and conditions associated with teaching and interacting with the whole child
• Identify and articulate the relevance of underlying theories that relate to this module such as Emotional Intelligence
• Address these aspects in the primary phase and identify where guidance can be sought to support this
• Evaluate competing definitions of the whole child and promote wellbeing in particular