Health and Social Care

Why do we study Health and Social Care?
Health and Social Care equips our students to discover the impact of positive and negative human development and how to critically analyse how these factors affect our day to day lives. The study of Health and Social Care enables students to explore academically and practically areas that influence how we develop throughout life stages and in turn raise expectations of how we can live successful and healthy lives now and in our future.
Within the Health and Social Care department at Mangotsfield I believe that there has never been a more relevant time to study this subject. The intention is to fully support and prepare students who want to work with, care for and help other people in their future careers.
The KS4 Course provides students with the background knowledge and skills needed by someone considering working with people in a health care provision capacity. The course has a history of enabling students to achieve the qualifications they need to build successful careers in the Health and Social Care sector such as; Teaching, Social work, Nursing and Midwifery and Paramedic science.
Meet the team
- Miss Natalie Dale (Teacher of Health and Social Care/Child Development and P.E)
Course: OCR Cambridge National Level 1/2 Health and Social Care
Students complete three units during the course, these include:
Unit R033: Supporting Individuals through the Life Stages
Unit R035: Public Health Campaign
Each coursework unit makes up 30%of the student’s overall grade, with 40% from the year 11 exam unit. Unit R032 is the examined unit, whilst the remaining two units are coursework based.
Health and Social Care Programme of Study
Y10
Terms 1 and 2: R033 - supporting individuals through life stages
Terms 3, 4 and 5: R033 - supporting individuals through life stages (coursework submitted April)
Term 6: R035 - Public Health Campaigns
Y11
Terms 1 and 2: R035 - Public Health Campaigns (coursework submitted December)
Terms 3, 4 and 5: R032 - Principles of Care in Health and Social Care settings (exam sat in May)Resources
Cambridge National Level 1/2 Health and Social Care by Maria Ferreiro Peteiro, Judith Adams, Mary Riley.
My Revision Notes: Cambridge National Level 1/2 Health and Social Care by Judith Adams.
Homework
When the exam unit is being studied, homework will be linked to exam questions and low stakes quizzing.
Enrichment Opportunities
In Health and Social Care we make a conscious effort to work with the local community, students will have the opportunity to take part and also organise activities for our community as well as take part on various university taster days.

