How long....... - Silkysteps early years forum

babylily · #1 04-01-2009, 10:25 PM

Hiya,
This may be a daft question - but how much work does each unit involve? I think I am just at the end of 303 and feel that I have learned a huge amount and love the fact that I am already putting theory into practice......, but am a wee bit worried about the huge amount of time I've put into it. 302 was straightforward and easy, but if all the rest are like 303 I have no idea how I will really manage it. At the moment it's achievable as I can give up quite a few evenings a week...but for another 7 units I can see my summer disappearing fast!
I did my masters degree part time a couple of years ago and this is absolutely much harder - at Uni we were spoon fed all we needed to do but doing a qualification from 'home' is a new experience!
Please please someone tell me that 303 is hard!
I am completely indebted to this site and for all the knowledge people have posted...hopefully as soon as I can get some work signed off I can give something worthy back!

carriesmad · #2 04-02-2009, 07:39 PM

I've done 303 and found it the longest so far. My assessor told me it was the biggest unit out of all of them. Thankfully just completed 304 which was a lot more manageable!

mayzo1111 · #3 04-03-2009, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by carriesmad

I've done 303 and found it the longest so far. My assessor told me it was the biggest unit out of all of them. Thankfully just completed 304 which was a lot more manageable!

throughtout the units so far i have worked nearly every night.it seemed so hard and tiring. i am now on 305.the assessor told me 303-305 are the worst. There isnt very much home work after that.Infact i havnt done any home work at all in 305.
i found the therorists sooooooo hard.i couldnt understand them. everyone is different and understands things differently. When the assessor comes out to watch you, she may tick off lots of units relating to one activity that you have done in front of her.This boosts your confidence.
This site will help lots.and so will the childrens learning and development book nvq3.all the anwers are in there in all the labelled units.
The trouble i have is understanding the questions.if they were asked in plain english all would be fine.