NOCN Course Planner: Supporting Health and Physical Development (All Levels)

NOCN Course Planner: Supporting Health and Physical Development (all levels)

NOCN Supporting Babies’ and Young Childrens’ Health and Physical Development unit (all levels) is completed as part of Peep sessions. Courses involve up to 30 hours guided learning time, with a minimum of 12 hours delivery. Pilots have shown that most parents/carers appreciate more face-to-face time with the Peep practitioner (tutor/assessor) to complete their work successfully. There are nine to ten assessment criteria to cover. This leaves you with some flexibility in planning your course. We suggest that you cover 1 assessment criteria per 1 hour session and also build in the following:

an introductory session
a review session
a celebration event
Introduction to ORIM (contained within Personal, Social and Emotional Development)

Remaining sessions can be used to tailor the learning to the needs of your parents/carers. They may want to cover additional topics relating to one of the assessment criteria (using a topic from the small ticks), for instance.

Bespoke Courses

We would strongly recommend that practitioners who are new to delivery stick with the bespoke course. The topics listed here directly meet the NOCN assessment criteria within the Keepsake Books (portfolios).

Flexible Courses

As you grow in confidence you can progress on to using flexible courses, which offer more variety and choice for parents. Flexible courses will require some session planning to make sure you cover the outcomes of the assessment criteria.

The planners are on the following pages and use these codes and colours to indicate the Peep Learning Together Programme learning strand where the listed topics can be found:

HP&D= Health & Physical Development

PS&ED= Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Topics are shown for different stages of development using the following codes:

B = babies

T = toddlers

P = pre-school stage children

A = all

Bespoke Courses

Bespoke course for Babies – (Please note that assessment criterion 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

Stage of development and Topic name
(A = Any age, B = Babies, T = Toddlers,
P = Pre-school) / NOCN Assessment Criteria (AC)
 = Indicates the focus AC(s) for the topic
1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
B / Babies on the move / 
A / Food for life /  / 
A / Exploring food / 
B / Early sensory experiences / 
A / Musical movements /  /  / 
A / Understanding our place in space / 
A / Developing balance and co ordination / 

Bespoke course for Toddlers ) (Please note that assessment criterion 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

Stage of development and Topic name
(A = Any age, B = Babies, T = Toddlers,
P = Pre-school) / NOCN Assessment Criteria (AC)
 = Indicates the focus AC(s) for the topic
1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
TP / Exploring movement / 
TP / Looking after ‘me’ / 
A / Food for life / 
A / Exploring food / 
TP / Making sense of the world / 
A / Musical movements /  /  / 
A / Understanding our place in space / 
A / Developing balance and co ordination / 

Bespoke course for Pre-school children (Please note that assessment criterion 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

Stage of development and Topic name
(A = Any age, B = Babies, T = Toddlers,
P = Pre-school) / NOCN Assessment Criteria (AC)
 = Indicates the focus AC(s) for the topic
1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
TP / Exploring movement / 
TP / Looking after ‘me’ / 
A / Food for life / 
TP / Making the most of food and mealtimes / 
TP / Exploring nature / 
A / Musical movements /  /  / 
TP / Movement and language / 
A / Developing balance and co ordination / 

Bespoke course for mixed age groups (Please note that 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

Stage of development and Topic name
(A = Any age, B = Babies, T = Toddlers,
P = Pre-school) / NOCN Assessment Criteria (AC)
 = Indicates the focus AC(s) for the topic
1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
B / Babies on the move / 
TP / Exploring movement / 
A / Food for life /  / 
A / Exploring food / 
B / Early sensory experiences / 
TP / Making sense of the world / 
TP / Exploring Nature / 
A / Musical movements /  /  / 
A / Understanding our place in space / 
A / Developing balance and co ordination / 

Flexible Courses

Flexible course for Babies ) (Please note that assessment criterion 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

Stage of development and Topic name
(A = Any age, B = Babies, T = Toddlers,
P = Pre-school) / NOCN Assessment Criteria (AC)
 = Indicates the focus AC(s) for the topic
 = Indicates other ACs that may also be met in the topic
1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
A / Introduction to ORIM /  /  /  /  /  / 
B / Babies on the move /  /  /  / 
A / Building a brain /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Food for life /  /  /  /  / 
A / Exploring food /  /  /  /  / 
B / Early sensory experiences /  /  /  /  / 
A / Musical movements /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Understanding our place in space /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Developing balance and co ordination /  /  /  /  /  / 

Flexible course for Toddlers ) (Please note that assessment criterion 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

Stage of development and Topic name
(A = Any age, B = Babies, T = Toddlers,
P = Pre-school) / NOCN Assessment Criteria (AC)
 = Indicates the focus AC(s) for the topic
 = Indicates other ACs that may also be met in the topic
1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
A / Introduction to ORIM /  /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Exploring movement /  /  /  / 
A / Building a brain /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Looking after ‘me’ /  /  /  /  / 
A / Food for life /  /  /  /  / 
A / Exploring food /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Making sense of the world /  /  /  /  / 
A / Musical movements /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Understanding our place in space /  /  /  /  /  / 

Flexible course for Toddlers continued on next page…

Flexible course for Toddlers (continued) (Please note that assessment criterion 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
A / Developing balance and co ordination /  /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Making the most of food and mealtimes /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Exploring nature /  /  /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Movement and language /  /  /  /  /  / 

Flexible course for Pre-school children ) (Please note that assessment criterion 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

Stage of development and Topic name
(A = Any age, B = Babies, T = Toddlers,
P = Pre-school) / NOCN Assessment Criteria (AC)
 = Indicates the focus AC(s) for the topic
 = Indicates other ACs that may also be met in the topic
1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
A / Introduction to ORIM /  /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Exploring movement /  /  /  / 
A / Building a brain /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Looking after ‘me’ /  /  /  /  / 
A / Food for life /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Making the most of food and mealtimes /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Exploring nature /  /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Musical movements /  /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Movement and language /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Developing balance and co ordination /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Exploring food /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Making sense of the world /  /  /  /  / 
A / Understanding our place in space /  /  /  /  / 

Flexible course for mixed age groups ) (Please note that assessment criterion 2.4 only applies to Level 1 and Level 2)

Stage of development and Topic name
(A = Any age, B = Babies, T = Toddlers,
P = Pre-school) / NOCN Assessment Criteria (AC)
 = Indicates the focus AC(s) for the topic
 = Indicates other ACs that may also be met in the topic
1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 3.1 / 3.2
A / Introduction to ORIM /  /  /  /  /  / 
B / Babies on the move /  /  /  / 
TP / Exploring movement /  /  /  / 
A / Building a brain /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Food for life /  /  /  /  / 
A / Exploring food /  /  /  /  / 
B / Early sensory experiences /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Making sense of the world /  /  /  /  / 
TP / Exploring Nature /  /  /  /  / 
A / Musical movements /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Understanding our place in space /  /  /  /  /  / 
A / Developing balance and co ordination /  /  /  /  /  / 

Peep Learning Together Programme Course Planner – Health and Physical Development (all levels)