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Tlholo demonstrates excellent body awareness and shows a clear understanding of her own movements and spatial orientation. She can confidently name all major body parts, including her head, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet and tummy, and enjoys demonstrating them during songs and movement activities. This strong awareness of her body enables her to move with confidence, control and coordination.

She follows directions in space with ease, responding accurately to instructions such as “go under,” “stand behind your chair” or “place the toy on the table.” She shows impressive balance and agility, confidently walking along a beam, jumping forwards and backwards on command, and changing direction smoothly during games. Her control and precision are particularly evident during activities such as yoga stretches, animal walks and obstacle courses, where she demonstrates strength, flexibility and focus.

Tlholo’s growing body awareness supports her overall physical confidence and enjoyment of active play. She continues to explore movement creatively, showing curiosity, determination and a willingness to challenge herself. Fantastic work!

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Tlholo is developing impressive fine motor skills and shows great enthusiasm for activities that strengthen her hand and finger muscles. She demonstrates clear right-hand dominance, holding her crayon confidently with a tripod grip and making steady progress in tracing lines with increasing accuracy. She is also learning to colour within the lines, showing growing control, focus and patience.

Her hand-eye coordination is developing well, as seen in threading and sorting activities, where she carefully picks up and manipulates small objects using a precise pincer grip. She can tear paper confidently and is making noticeable progress in using training scissors to cut along straight lines, showing improved control with continued practice. Tlholo thoroughly enjoys playing with playdough, exploring it creatively by rolling it into balls, flattening it into pancakes, pinching shapes and cutting with plastic tools or cookie cutters. These activities help build both strength and flexibility in her fingers, supporting overall dexterity. Additionally, she demonstrates problem-solving skills and patience while completing puzzles, confidently managing a 12-piece puzzle.

Her right-hand dominance, dedication, focus and enjoyment of these activities highlight her growing fine motor independence and creativity. Excellent work!

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Tlholo is making excellent progress in her gross motor development and demonstrates confidence, coordination and control in a wide range of physical activities. She enjoys active play and approaches movement-based challenges with enthusiasm and determination. She can run, jump, climb and balance with ease, showing strong body awareness and control. Tlholo particularly loves outdoor play and actively engages in games that involve running, chasing and taking turns, such as “catchers” or group relay activities. She confidently climbs up and down the jungle gym, swings, slides and crawls through tunnels with joy and agility. During obstacle courses, she navigates equipment by climbing over, under and through obstacles, demonstrating excellent balance, coordination and spatial awareness.

She also shows growing confidence in more structured movement activities, such as hopping, skipping and balancing on beams. Her energetic and adventurous approach to physical play, combined with determination and focus, continues to support her overall strength and motor confidence. Fantastic work!

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Tlholo demonstrates strong visual development and is confident in identifying and naming both primary and secondary colours, including red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, pink, brown, black and white. Her excellent colour recognition supports participation in a variety of activities, including art, sorting and matching games, and enhances her creativity and attention to detail.

She is also able to name and identify a wide range of basic shapes, such as circle, triangle, square, rectangle, oval, star, heart and diamond. She enjoys shape-based games and activities that involve matching, tracing, building and creating patterns with shapes, showing precision and growing spatial awareness.

She can identify pictures that correspond to letters and sounds of the alphabet, demonstrating developing visual literacy skills. She confidently follows simple patterns and sorts objects by colour, shape and category, showing strong observation skills and logical thinking. Additionally, she can point out differences between objects or pictures, highlighting attention to detail and critical thinking.

Tlholo’s keen observation, love of learning and growing confidence in visual tasks support success across a range of activities. Excellent work!

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Tlholo is developing strong auditory processing skills and shows a keen interest in listening activities. During story time, she engages attentively, pointing to pictures, calling out what she sees and beginning to recall parts of the story. She often repeats words or phrases she has heard, demonstrating good listening comprehension, memory and growing language skills.

She is able to identify a wide variety of everyday sounds, such as a ringing telephone, doorbell, car hooting or a door closing. She also recognises and imitates animal sounds, including a dog barking, cat meowing, cow mooing and sheep baaing, showing both attention to detail and enjoyment in sound exploration. Tlholo understands the difference between loud and soft noises and can respond appropriately when asked to make a sound quieter or louder.

Whether during music time, storytelling or listening games, she demonstrates increasing focus, attention and confidence in processing auditory information. She enjoys exploring different sounds and shows curiosity in discovering how sounds are made, often joining in with clapping, tapping or vocalising. Her growing auditory awareness supports learning in both language and music activities, contributing to her overall development. Excellent work!

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Tlholo shows wonderful enthusiasm and confidence in her visual art development. She approaches creative activities with focus, pride, and a genuine enjoyment of exploring different art materials. She especially enjoys painting, experimenting with colours and brush strokes to create unique effects, and is not afraid to try new techniques or ideas.

In addition to painting, she enjoys pasting and working with a variety of textures, including cotton wool, sand, coloured paper, and fabric pieces. She demonstrates curiosity and creativity as she explores how different materials can be combined to make interesting and imaginative artwork. Manipulating playdough and other tactile materials further develops her fine motor skills and creativity through hands-on artistic experiences.

She takes great joy in sharing her creations with teachers and friends, showing pride in her work and delight in expressing herself visually. Her enthusiasm, creativity, and willingness to experiment highlight her growing artistic confidence and imagination.

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Tlholo demonstrates a strong love for music and rhythm and eagerly participates in a variety of musical activities. She enjoys moving her body to music, showing great enthusiasm for dancing and experimenting with different steps, gestures, and movements. She particularly enjoys watching herself in the mirror as she dances, which helps refine her movements and express herself confidently.

She participates actively in group music sessions, clapping, stomping, and using instruments to explore different sounds. She enjoys experimenting with rhythm, following beats, and moving in time to songs, demonstrating growing coordination and musical awareness. Her joyful energy and creativity shine through as she dances freely, tries new movements, and expresses herself through music.

Her love for music and rhythm not only supports physical coordination but also encourages confidence, self-expression, and social engagement with peers. Fantastic work!

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Tlholo is a lively and cheerful girl with a strong sense of self and a clear understanding of her own needs. She expresses her feelings and emotions openly, using both her words and body language, which helps those around her understand and respond effectively. She enjoys social interactions and often shows a caring and helpful attitude towards her friends, offering support or joining in their play enthusiastically. While capable of waiting her turn, she occasionally benefits from gentle reminders to share and consider others’ perspectives.

Tlholo demonstrates confidence in making choices and is developing a healthy sense of independence. She can work well in a group setting when comfortable but often prefers to focus on tasks independently or with one close friend, allowing her to engage deeply in activities.

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Tlholo is making steady and impressive progress in her language development. She communicates confidently, speaking in full sentences and engaging in meaningful conversations with both peers and teachers. She demonstrates curiosity and actively asks questions to express her thoughts and seek information, showing growing confidence and enthusiasm for communication.

At times, her speech can be a little unclear, particularly when she becomes excited and speaks quickly. However, she is always eager to share ideas, participate in discussions, and contribute to group activities. Her bubbly and expressive personality shines through in the way she communicates, making interactions lively and enjoyable for those around her.

In addition to her home language, she shows a keen interest in exploring additional languages. She enjoys listening to and copying words in Afrikaans, Zulu, and even sign language, demonstrating her ability to imitate and learn new forms of communication. She also participates enthusiastically in songs, rhymes, and activities in these languages, showing curiosity, engagement, and growing confidence in expressing herself across multiple languages. Well done!

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Tlholo is developing her literacy skills with enthusiasm and curiosity. While she is not yet able to independently recognise letters, she can copy letters and simple words after guidance, demonstrating a growing interest in writing and early literacy. She enjoys activities that involve tracing, drawing, and imitating letters, which help build hand-eye coordination and pencil control.

She engages actively during story time, pointing to pictures, listening attentively, and beginning to recall parts of the story. Rhymes, songs, and word games are particularly enjoyable for her and support the development of phonological awareness and listening skills. Through copying and guided activities, she is gradually gaining confidence in exploring letters, words, and early writing.

With continued encouragement and practice, her literacy skills—including letter recognition, writing, and phonics—will strengthen, along with confidence in expressing herself through written language. She approaches these activities with curiosity and joy, which is wonderful to observe.

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Tlholo is making excellent progress in her numeracy development and demonstrates growing confidence with numbers and mathematical concepts. She can count aloud from 0 to 20 independently and enjoys participating in counting games and songs, enthusiastically joining in with both the numbers and associated actions. She is also able to recognise numbers from 0 to 10 and is beginning to match numbers with quantities through hands-on activities, showing a developing understanding of number concepts.

She demonstrates a strong awareness of basic mathematical ideas, identifying, comparing, and describing objects using terms such as big and small, long and short, and heavy and light. Through practical, hands-on experiences, she is learning to sort, group, and compare objects by size, weight, and length, and enjoys exploring these concepts through play.

Her growing numeracy skills are evident during activities such as block building, counting steps, placing objects in rows, and engaging in group games that involve numbers and measurements. Curiosity, focus, and enthusiasm for learning about numbers and patterns contribute to her developing mathematical understanding and problem-solving skills.

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Tlholo is a vibrant and joyful girl whose cheerful personality lights up our classroom. She approaches each day with curiosity, enthusiasm, and a genuine love for learning. She enjoys exploring new activities, expressing herself creatively, and participating in play and group experiences with her friends. Her confidence, determination, and cheerful nature have grown remarkably over the year, and it has been a pleasure to watch her develop socially, emotionally, and academically.

Her warmth, kindness, and love for dancing, art, and music make her a delight to be around, and her smile brightens every day. She will be truly missed next year, but we are so proud of all she has achieved and are confident she will continue to shine and bring joy to everyone around her.