Health and Wellbeing in the Early Years

Module Identifier: ED14620
Module Title: Health and Wellbeing in the Early Years
Academic Year: 2027/2028
Semester: Semester 1
Co-ordinator: Mrs Annabel Latham
Reading List: View on Aspire
Other Staff: Dr Panna Lloyd-Karlinger; Miss Katie Hicks; Dr Stephen Atherton; Dr Lucy Trotter; Dr Sian Lloyd-Williams; Dr Megan Hicks; Mr Berian Lewis; Dr Rhodri Evans; Mr Prysor Davies; Dr Rosemary Cann; Dr Susan Chapman; Mr Gwilym Ap Gruffudd

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Bibliographic exercise: 900 Words	30%
Semester Assessment	Portfolio: 2100 Words	70%
Supplementary Assessment	Bibliographic exercise: 900 Words	30%
Supplementary Assessment	Portfolio: 2100 Words	70%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Critically understand the different facets of health and well-being
Understand and evaluate the main factors that impact upon the health and wellbeing of children
Understand and evaluate roles and identities of individuals and groups, and how social and political factors contribute to the health and wellbeing of children.

Brief description

This module critically examines positive and negative factors that influence the health and wellbeing of young children. Key issues relating to healthy diet, physical activity, poverty and healthy relationships will be explored. An emphasis on multi agency working and evolving policy and legislation will be evaluated in relation to individual families, communities, and wider society.

Content

Lectures and seminars will be based on the following:
Health
Wellbeing
Relationships
Belonging
Rights of children
Positive behaviour
Policies and procedures to ensure positive health and wellbeing
Practices to promote health and wellbeing (including own health and wellbeing)
Weeks 9 and 10 – students will be undertaking placements for a different module. Where students are not on placement, they will be involved in employability workshops and events.

Module skills

Skills type	Skills details
Application of Number	Occasional descriptive statistics in lectures and sources.
Communication	Communication techniques are a vital element throughout lectures and seminars. Spoken communication throughout seminar activities. Written communication throughout written assessments.
Improving own Learning and Performance	Feedback from the written assignment and personal reflection during seminar tasks
Information Technology	Written assignments will be word-processed and students will be using ICT to research
Personal Development and Career planning	Students will be encouraged to reflect upon and evaluate their skills
Problem solving	An essential element in the process of critical assessment
Research skills	Research is required for the main assessments and will be for the seminar tasks.
Subject Specific Skills	Students will be challenged and encouraged to develop a range of professional skills
Subject Specific Skills	Employability skills – tasks and activities undertaken throughout the module and acknowledged in the employability sessions in teaching weeks 9 and 10/students on placement during teaching weeks 9 and 10.
Team work	Team work, in form of key professional behaviors and interdisciplinary working procedures, will be an important skill that will be developed throughout

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4