Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care Curriculum Vision

The Health and Social Care curriculum at Epsom and Ewell High School looks at a range of topics and areas which are assessed in multiple ways including; portfolios, role plays, presentations and exams. Students are encouraged to apply different theoretical concepts to vocational settings and their own personal experiences. The wide variety of skills and knowledge that students have to work on leads to massive developments in organisation, communication and presentation skills, all of which can be used outside of the classroom.

In Key Stage 4, students have plenty of time for course content to be learned and embedded as well as completing coursework assignments. In Key Stage 5 complete six different units across the two-year course.

How do we help our students to ROAR?

Resilient: Students are encouraged within Health and Social Care, to persevere and learn from mistakes that they make. Students are set long assignments, which at the beginning, can feel overwhelming but they are given the support to break challenges down and work towards a range of short terms goals that lead to long term goals being achieved.

Open Minded: Students are given a broad curriculum which look at a wide range of topics. Some of the topics will involve students looking at scenarios and evaluating it from all angles and forming conclusions based on the different information. The course will cause students to look at pre-misconceptions and form debates with other students.

Aspirational: All students will be pushed and encouraged to aim for the highest grades possible. The curriculum is designed to enable students to have all the tools to achieve distinction level work. Furthermore, there will be regular opportunities for students to discuss their targets and what there aiming to get out of the course.

Reflective: With Health and Social Care having a large amount of coursework, students naturally have time to receive feedback on work and to take feedback on to make improvements to work. Being reflective is a key skill in order to be successful in Health and Social Care with it being vital for students to use comments and initial marks to make improvements and be successful in Health and Social Care.

Year 10:

Intent:

In the first year of the key stage students will gain knowledge on a variety of different topics, including life stages and barriers to care. Alongside this, students will develop literacy skills in order to be able to apply knowledge to a variety of coursework assignments. Students will also learn to use feedback and to self-assess work and produce work that is to the highest standard possible.

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Year 11:

Intent:

In Year 11 the key focus is the ability to apply content to vocational scenarios and to exam questions. Students will learn a range of content looking specifically at health and well-being. They will also work on exam technique and understanding the key ways to plan out long answer questions. Furthermore, students will also finish the final coursework sections which will include creating role plays and improving communication skills.

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Year 12:

Intent:

Throughout Key Stage 5, students will complete six different modules which look at a wide aspect of the course. Students will learn and develop knowledge on a range of topics and will be assessed on these topics in a multiple of ways. A number of the units will be assessed with portfolios and reports which will need students to develop literacy skills. Also some units require presentations which will result in students having to improve their presenting and communication skills. Finally, two of the units are assessed through exams which mean students have to develop ways of retaining knowledge and being able to apply that to health and social vocation scenarios under exam conditions. With all the different aspects of the course, self-assessment and using feedback are vital skills which students must perfect in order to be successful.

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