Progress Report: Lwandle Zara Bulumko Nteyi by Cindy van Heerden

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Educator: Deirdre Hatton-Jones

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Principal: Mercia Cruickshank

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Date Of Birth:

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2022/02/02

Height:

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90cm

Weight:

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15.6kg

Body Awareness:

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Lwandle is a bright little girl who demonstrates a good understanding of her body and how it moves. She enjoys participating in physical activities and songs such as “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” which help her explore balance, coordination, and spatial awareness. Lwandle can confidently identify and name different body parts and uses them effectively during movement activities such as dancing and balancing. She moves with control and growing confidence. Keep up the wonderful progress!

Fine Motor:

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Lwandle is developing her fine motor skills steadily and with growing confidence. She takes pleasure in hands-on activities and delights in colouring with different crayons, making both horizontal and vertical lines. She enjoys playing with construction toys such as nuts and bolts and is keen on assembling them carefully. Lwandle can cut with scissors and is learning to hold them correctly with gentle guidance. She can also tear paper into small pieces with good control and great enthusiasm.

Gross Motor:

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wandle is showing steady development in her gross motor skills. She takes great pleasure in participating in Buzzi Bodies activities and eagerly joins in all the fun exercises. She particularly enjoys the obstacle courses, where she confidently climbs up and down the stairs and balances while walking on different surfaces. Lwandle can throw and catch a ball with growing confidence and is enthusiastic about dancing and moving her body to music. She is becoming stronger, more coordinated, and more confident each day. We are so proud of Lwandle’s achievements!

Visual Development:

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Lwandle has demonstrated impressive growth in her visual perceptual skills over the year. She can confidently identify colours such as blue, orange, red, yellow, pink, and purple. She delights in playing games that involve finding and matching different colours and shapes while exploring the playground. Lwandle especially enjoys her painting activities, particularly free art, where she loves creating patterns with her fingers. She is also enthusiastic about outdoor exploration and can often be seen picking up sticks and leaves with curiosity and excitement.

Auditory Development:

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Lwandle is developing her auditory perceptual skills very well. She listens attentively during story time and thoroughly enjoyed our theme lesson on Under the Sea, especially singing the song “Baby Shark” with her friends. She can recognize and respond to familiar sounds in her environment, such as the chirping of birds. She enjoys playing games that involve listening carefully and following simple instructions. She also loves clapping along to the beat of music, showing a growing awareness of rhythm and sound patterns. Well done, Lwandle!

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Art:

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Lwandle shows great enthusiasm and creativity during art activities. She takes pleasure in exploring a variety of materials such as paint, macaroni and paper, and she is especially keen on creating beautiful collages. She expresses her ideas freely through colour and design and takes pride in all her artwork. Lwandle enjoys participating in group art projects and is showing growing confidence in creating her own imaginative designs.

Lwandle’s creativity and developing confidence in art are truly admirable — well done!

Music and Rhythm:

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Lwandle enjoys music time and loves singing along to familiar songs. She has a good sense of rhythm and eagerly joins in with clapping and dancing to the beat. She especially enjoys moving to the concert song “La Bamba” and always participates with great enthusiasm and joy during music activities. She also has great fun playing on the drums outside, expressing herself confidently through sound and movement.

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Lwandle is a soft-spoken and gentle little girl who enjoys spending time with both her friends and adults. She responds beautifully to kindness and encouragement, and she blossoms when given praise and affection. Lwandle is becoming more confident in expressing her thoughts and feelings and participates comfortably in group activities. She shows patience and consideration for others, often waiting calmly for her turn during activities such as artwork. Keep shining, Lwandle — we are so proud of you!

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Lwandle takes pleasure in participating in literacy activities and shows an eager interest in learning her alphabet sounds. She recognises most of her letters through the associated pictures and pronounces them clearly, demonstrating strong developing letter-recognition skills. She delights in paging through books and can identify familiar pictures such as the lion and the elephant, showing great curiosity and enthusiasm while doing so, which supports her growing language and early literacy development. Lwandle’s dedication and curiosity in her literacy learning are truly impressive, and it is wonderful to see her confidence continue to grow.

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Lwandle shows great enthusiasm when learning her additional language. She listens attentively and makes a strong effort to repeat new words and short phrases during group activities. She takes pleasure in singing songs in her additional language, including the National Anthem, during lessons. She is also eager to learn sign language and can use a few basic signs to greet others, as well as say “please” and “thank you” in isiZulu, Afrikaans, and English with assistance. She participates with interest and demonstrates a positive attitude towards learning different ways to communicate. Lwandle’s dedication and curiosity in exploring new languages and signs are truly remarkable, and it is a joy to see her confidence continue to grow.

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wandle is progressing well in her numeracy skills. She takes pleasure in playing counting games, using her fingers and even counting on adults’ fingers with excitement. She joins in enthusiastically during singing and number rhyme activities and has shown wonderful improvement in reciting rhymes independently. She is developing a growing interest in numbers and enjoys exploring them through fun, hands-on activities. She can thread large beads with confidence and is eager to sort and count colourful balls into their correct colour hoops.

Lwandle, your enthusiasm and steady progress in numeracy are truly impressive — keep shining!

2025-10-17 11:33:03 UTC

Lwandle has had an exceptional year, growing beautifully in confidence, curiosity, and enthusiasm for learning. She approaches every activity with joy and a bright, infectious smile, making the classroom a happier place for everyone. Her listening skills and independence have improved remarkably, and she consistently follows instructions with care and attention. Lwandle has formed wonderful, caring friendships and shows kindness, patience, and cooperation during play. She expresses herself with creativity and confidence across all areas of learning, making steady progress every day. We are so proud of Lwandle and all that she has achieved this year — keep shining brilliantly, Lwandle!

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