LEARNING OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

(Understanding, skills, knowledge to be learned)

(Standards of achievement against which outcomes will be measured)

The learner will be able to:

The learner has achieved this because (s)he can:

1.          Demonstrate an awareness of the types of games available for children to play across a range of ages

1.1       Identify a range of different types of games available for children to play, e.g. board games, ball games, parachute games

1.2       Give an example of each

2.          Demonstrate an understanding of the value of games to a child’s all round development across a range of ages

2.1       Give examples of the possible benefits to a child’s all round development of playing board games and physical games

3.          Demonstrate an awareness of the possible effects on children of playing competitive games across a range of ages

3.1       Give examples of the possible benefits to children of playing competitive games, e.g. working as a team

3.2       Give examples of the possible negative effects to children of playing competitive games, e.g. feeling a failure if they lose

4.          Demonstrate an ability to support children’s involvement in playing games across a range of ages

4.1       Give examples of how they could support children’s involvement whilst playing games, e.g. helping them to remember the rules, encouraging turn taking

5.          Demonstrate an ability to plan or design a game for children to encourage specific learning outcomes across a range of ages                          

5.1       Identify a game which will encourage children to achieve a specific learning outcome e.g. knowledge of colours, knowledge of road safety, ability to catch a ball

5.2       Plan to play the game with children identifying how to play the game and the equipment needed

5.3       Identify the learning outcome they hope to achieve