NZQA registered unit standard
10021 version 3
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Title
Describe the basic needs of children in an ECE service
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
3
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the
basic needs of children in an ECE service and the
environmental influences on the provision of basic needs.
This unit standard is an introduction to education and care of
children in an ECE service. It is designed for people who
intend to work, or are working with, children in ECE services.
People working in the wider education sector may also be
interested in this unit standard. This unit standard will prepare
people to advance to a higher level of study in ECE.
Classification
Early Childhood Education and Care > Early Childhood:
Educational Theory and Practice
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Definitions
Early childhood education (ECE) services are centre-based, hospital-based, homebased, or the child's family environment.
Children in this unit standard refer to children from birth to school entry and include
three ‘broad age ranges’. The overlapping age categories as defined in Te Whāriki
are:
infant – birth to 18 months;
toddler – one year to three years;
young child – two and a half years to school entry age.
Whānau/family may be parents, guardians, and members of the extended family who
have an interest in the child.
Culture is defined as understandings, patterns of behaviour, practices, and values
shared by a group of people.
2
Candidates for this unit standard should be familiar with the intent of Te Tiriti o
Waitangi, which informs guidelines, procedures, and practices in the ECE sector.
3
Legislation and Regulations include but are not limited to –
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Care of Children Act 2004.
4
References
Ministry of Education, Te Whāriki: He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o
Aotearoa. Early Childhood Curriculum (Wellington, Learning Media, 1996);
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NZEI Te Riu Roa, Early Childhood Education Code of Ethics for Aotearoa/New
Zealand (Wellington: 1995). Available at
http://www.nzei.org.nz/site/nzeite/files/misc%20documents/NZEI_code_of_ethics_Jul
y_2008.pdf.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the basic needs of children in an ECE service.
Range
basic needs include but are not limited to – clothing, shelter, bathing and
cleanliness, sleeping, nurturing, feeding.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Basic needs of children in an ECE service are described in terms of their impact
on the health and wellbeing of children.
1.2
Basic needs of children in an ECE service are described in terms of their impact
on patterns of learning and development of children.
Outcome 2
Describe the environmental influences on the provision of basic needs of children in an
ECE service.
Range
environmental influences include – health of child, safety, education of child and
parents, culture, whānau/family.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Environmental influences are described in terms of their impact on the provision
of basic needs for children in an ECE service.
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 April 1997
N/A
Review
2
26 May 2004
N/A
Review
3
17 December 2010
N/A
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Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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