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offers, meet certain quality criteria. The completion of this course
alone does not lead to an Ofqual regulated qualification but may be used as
evidence of knowledge and skills towards regulated qualifications in the
future. The unit summary can be used as evidence towards Recognition
of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this sector. To
this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked against
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of difficulty involved in successful completion by the learner.
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Cache courses - change in Evidence requirements
PHASING OUT OF PROFFESIONAL DISCUSSION RECORDS AS EVIDENCE
During the summer and Autumn of 2024 CACHE has requested that the use of Professional Discussion records be phased out for current students.
This DOES NOT affect any assignment or task that has already been submitted and passed. No student will be asked or required to resubmit ANY work that has already been marked and graded a pass or a Borderline Pass.
Professional Discussion records will be accepted on your next assignment if they have already been completed and your tutor will advise that going forward one of the following types of evidence should be used:
Witness Statement
Observation statement
Candidate report
Reflective diary
Conversations with your supervisor can still form part of your evidence and can be recorded on any of the evidence types.
Study Guide
To download a copy of the current student study guide which details how to study, how to submit assignments and how to contact your tutor and the student helpline please click here
Student Charter
Our full student charter can be found in your study pack and through the link below.
The course registration form is contained in the study guide that comes with your course notes. it should be completed and sent to us after you have begun your course. If you require another copy of this form please click here
To download an assignment cover sheet please click here
Re-Registration
Course are supplied with an initial 12 month period of support. In most circumstances this can be extended to provide an additional 12 month study period for which a £75 re-registration fee is payable. To download an application form please click here
Once complete please post the form to the address provided on receipt we will write to confirm the new end-date for your course.
Alternatively you can re-register here on the website at the Student Administration tab on the left hand side of this page.
How to Contact Your Tutor
Study House
has two contact points and to assist in providing an efficient service in
answering student queries, marking assignments and claiming certificates we
would be grateful if you can direct your queries, enquiries and assignments as
follows:
Use of examples in
answering assignment tasks and questions
The majority
of your course assignment tasks and questions are intended to enable you to
demonstrate your knowledge, understanding (and where appropriate, skill) in
relation to the topic in the question. This means that your tutor will be
looking for you to show that you have a good grasp of the topic concerned.
You should
include in your answer relevant details of the topic as described in your
course text; and that will most often involve you in putting information you
have read into your own words. This
provides the knowledge element of
you answer but you should also look to demonstrate understanding of the topic by giving one or more examples of how
the knowledge would work in practice. This does not mean necessarily that you
have to have a relevant work placement for each answer, but that you can think
about how knowledge works in practice. Consequently your tutor will expect to
see examples to illustrate your answers wherever possible.
For example if a task
asks you to “Explain the importance of safeguarding
children and young people”, you can describe the reasons why safeguarding is
important, from what you have read in the course notes, and this displays your
knowledge. To demonstrate your understanding
though, you should give an example such as what the consequences may be of
young children being allowed internet and TV access without parental
controls. This shows that you can apply
your knowledge to practical situations.
Please
bear in mind that there is usually no word count for any answer; the key point
to remember is that you should write sufficient to demonstrate your knowledge
and understanding.
Students are required where necessary to reference their work when sending in for marking anything that is not completely in their own words. Click on the link below for details on how to do this.
A number of students contact us each week asking how to find extra information on a topic within their course outside the manual.
Textbooks are sometimes no longer available or out of date when they go into print. We suggest you use a good search engine such as Google.co.uk to research your tuition query.
For example a number of Teaching Assistant students need to find extra information on the National Curriculum. We suggest you go to www.google.co.uk and just type in National Curriculum UK and the website will come up with a large number of links.
If you are specific in your query you will find a nice selection of possible answers to choose from.
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Supporting Teaching & Learning
Click the following link to view the assignments for this course
An example assignment cover sheet, partially completed can be seen here
Level 3 Early Learning & Child Care
Students are reminded that this course covers all age ranges of children and young people from birth to aged 19. When answering assignment tasks, student will be expected to comment not only on the age group of their work experience but also of different age groups where expectations may be very different. A note describing the types of differences between age groups and how to acknowledge this in assignment answers can be found here.
Ofqual Plagiarism and Referencing Guide
When using external sources of information to answers assignment tasks, students need to take care to reference their work and avoid plagiarism. You can read the advice contained with OFQUAL's booklet here: More Information
Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF)
All qualifications in England, Wales & Northern Ireland are moving to a credit based system of recognition. Students can read about what this means in a guide produced by NCFE, a leading UK awarding body.
Unless a work placement is specifically mandated all of our courses can be completed without workplace experience.
If an assignment task asks what 'would you do in this situation ....' you can use your current or previous experience to answer or create a hypothetical situation for your answer. What is important is that you show your tutor that you understand how to deal with the situation not that you can demonstrate you have done it before.
To help here are some case studies designed for specific courses:
Please click through to the next page for access to all the NCFE full course specification documents for our range of Childcare, Teaching and Healthcare courses.
