Year 10-11 Pathway - South Devon UTC

(Key stage 4)

The key stage 4 health sciences pathway allows students to commence, from year 10, an education directly aligned to a future career in the health sector. The key stage 4 curriculum provides a spectrum of experience, providing the foundation from which to further specialise in year 12 (key stage 5).

At key stage 4, all students nationally, are expected to study GCSE Maths, English, and Double Science, and also access PE and Life Skills as part of the curriculum. At the UTC instead of selecting further options from for example geography, history, languages, music, media, IT, the remainder of your study is focused on your chosen health sciences specialism.

The health sciences specialism includes four qualifications:

#1.

The Prevention and Control of Infection

#2.

Health & Social Care

In this course you will apply your learning to a real-life scenario, focusing on practical tasks rather than written examination, and learning the core components of health and social care to support your next step in education or employment.

The course includes:

Human Lifespan Development

In this component you will understand how we grow and develop throughout our lives:

exploring how individuals develop physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually over time investigating how various factors, events and choices impact individuals’ growth and development discovering how people adapt to life events and cope with making changes.

Health and Social Care Services & Values

In this component you will understand how the health and social care sector works and the care values that lie at the core of it:

learning which health and social care services are available
identifying why people might need to use these services
discovering who’s involved in providing these services
exploring what might stop people from accessing the services they need
looking at the care values the sector has to make sure people get the care and protection they need.

Health and Wellbeing

In this component you will understand how to improve someone’s health and wellbeing:

learning what ‘being healthy’ means to different people
exploring the different factors that might influence health and wellbeing
identifying key health indicators and how to interpret them
assessing an individual’s health using what they’ve learned
creating a health and wellbeing improvement plan for that person, which includes targets and recommendations of support services available
reflecting on the potential challenges the person may face when putting the plan into action.

#3.

Child Development and Care

In this course you will apply your learning to a real-life scenario, focusing on practical tasks rather than written examination, and learning the core components of child development and care to support your next step in education or employment.

The course includes:

Understanding and Exploring the Characteristics of Children’s Growth and Development

In this component you will understand and explore the characteristics of children’s growth and development:

understanding the difference between growth and development
exploring factors that affect growth and development
illustrating how children grow and develop across the ages of birth to five years old.

Developing an understanding of how children learn through play

In this component you will develop an understanding of how children learn through play:

exploring how children play
understanding how play can be organised to promote learning
demonstrating how children’s learning can be supported through play

Investigating how a child learns, develops and adapts through play

In this component you will understand how a child learns, develops and adapts through play:

understanding how individual circumstances can impact on a child’s

learning and development

exploring safe environments to support play, learning and development
investigating how a child learns, develops and how to adapt activities to support the inclusion of all children in play for learning and development.

#4.

Relationships, Sex and Health Education

The purpose of this qualification is to provide learners with the knowledge and understanding that will enable them to make informed decisions about their wellbeing, health and relationships.