She exhibits good balance, coordination and control, confidently performing tasks such as standing on one leg while reaching out, walking along a balance beam and navigating obstacle courses. Her ability to coordinate her movements reflects both her physical development and her growing confidence. Additionally, she can draw a recognisable body image, demonstrating developing visual-motor skills and an emerging awareness of body proportions.

Her strong body awareness supports active participation in physical play and structured movement activities.

She can trace over simple lines, copy shapes and colour between the lines with increasing precision. She uses scissors correctly with some guidance and is making steady progress in her cutting skills. She also enjoys activities such as spreading glue, manipulating playdough, rolling and pinching clay and drawing detailed pictures, which further refine her hand strength and coordination. She holds her crayon with a correct tripod grip, consistently shows right-hand dominance and takes pride in completing tasks independently.

Her enthusiasm for fine motor activities continues to support her creativity, focus and growing confidence.

Obstacle courses are a particular favourite, and she navigates them with determination and balance, confidently overcoming climbing, jumping and balancing challenges. She responds joyfully to action songs and movement rhymes, demonstrating rhythm, timing and spatial awareness. She also enjoys activities such as dancing, hopping on one leg, balancing on beams and using playground equipment, all of which further strengthen her coordination, stamina and body confidence.

Her enthusiasm and skill in physical play reflect her growing gross motor abilities and her love for active learning. Excellent work!

She shows excellent visual discrimination, comparing objects to notice similarities and differences in size, shape and colour. She enjoys sorting activities, grouping objects according to colour, shape, size and type, which further strengthens her visual-perceptual abilities. She also engages enthusiastically in matching games, puzzles, patterning tasks and memory games that challenge her attention to detail and spatial reasoning. In addition, she can copy simple patterns, complete shape-based art activities and recognise differences in sequences, showing her developing visual-memory skills.

She enjoys singing songs, reciting nursery rhymes and participating in musical activities, showing good rhythm, pitch recognition and memory. Tshedza particularly enjoys action songs where she can enthusiastically take part in actions. She also responds well to clapping games, musical instruments and sound-based games that require careful listening, demonstrating her ability to focus, discriminate sounds and respond appropriately. Great job!

She takes delight in incorporating different textures and materials into her artwork, such as pasting paper, fabric or natural objects, which enhances her sensory exploration and creativity. She enjoys cutting, threading and assembling craft materials, showing developing fine motor control and precision. She also engages enthusiastically in group art projects, collaborating with peers while contributing her own ideas and designs. Her creativity, focus and joy in art activities reflect her growing confidence, artistic skills and love for self-expression.

She participates enthusiastically in both structured and free musical activities, including singing, movement-based exercises and concert practice. She loves to dance freely, moving her body to the rhythm of music and particularly enjoys putting on performances and “shows” for her friends and teachers. Her ability to coordinate movement with music, recognise rhythms and express herself creatively through sound and dance reflects her developing musical awareness and confidence.

She thrives in group activities, collaborating effectively while also taking pride in her individual achievements. She expresses her emotions clearly and appropriately, showing growing self-awareness. She is learning to navigate her feelings and communicate them confidently, which supports her developing resilience and positive social relationships.

She enjoys a variety of literacy games, including picture matching, sound sorting, storytelling cards and “I Spy” with letters and sounds. She also engages in mark-making and early writing activities, experimenting with drawing and forming shapes and lines to represent her ideas. Her curiosity and enjoyment of books, stories and interactive literacy games reflect her emerging literacy skills and growing confidence. Fantastic work!

She shows a keen interest in listening and speaking activities, enjoying stories, rhymes, songs and interactive language games that support both her comprehension and expressive abilities. She is also beginning to engage with additional languages, including Afrikaans and isiZulu, as well as basic sign language. She enjoys copying words in these languages and imitating signs, demonstrating curiosity, attentiveness and a growing ability to understand and use new vocabulary and gestures. Her positive attitude towards learning and her developing language abilities reflect her growing communication skills, expressive confidence and readiness to explore multiple languages further. Well done!

She shows a good understanding of key mathematical concepts, including big and small, heavy and light, long and short, and little and a lot. She is able to sort, match and group objects based on attributes such as colour, shape or size, demonstrating her growing ability to categorise and compare. She enjoys games and activities that involve patterns, sequencing and simple problem-solving, such as completing puzzles, arranging objects in order and following number-based instructions in group activities. Excellent work!