Progress Report: Reabiloe Phethahatso Khalefi by Cindy van Heerden

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Descriptor: During Terms Three and Four, students were assessed on their ability to demonstrate confidence in social settings, establish and maintain friendships, take turns and share, show awareness of the feelings of others, express their own emotions appropriately, and begin to regulate their behaviour with increasing independence.

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Visual Development:

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Reabiloe shows impressive strengths in visual development and perceptual reasoning. He approaches tasks with remarkable focus and diligence, demonstrating a thoughtful learning style. Instead of rushing, Reabiloe takes his time, carefully thinking and considering his answer before responding, which ensures his answers are consistently correct and accurate. He thoroughly enjoys activities that require visual analysis and discrimination and he particularly loves shadow matching, spot the difference and figure foreground activities. These games effectively strengthen his visual processing skills. Furthermore, Reabiloe is highly adept at seeing and following patterns, a foundational skill crucial for future mathematical and logical thinking. His patience and precision are key strengths in this area.

Auditory Development:

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Reabiloe is an outstanding communicator and listener, consistently modeling excellent social skills. He is very respectful during all conversations, demonstrating maturity by always remembering to use polite phrases like "please and thank you." In group settings, Reabiloe is exceptionally patient, he waits his turn before speaking and listens attentively to group or themed discussions, ensuring he fully understands the topic before adding his own thoughtful ideas and perspectives. This patience allows him to contribute meaningfully. Reabiloe always exceeds my expectations during auditory games and activities, demonstrating excellent sound discrimination, memory and comprehension skills, which strongly supports his classroom learning.

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Date of Birth:

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4 May 2020

Height:

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104cm

Weight:

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15.6kg

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Educator:

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Natasha van Heerden

Principal: Mercia Cruickshank

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Descriptor: Physical development is an important area of learning that supports children in gaining control, coordination, and confidence in their movements. During the year, children are encouraged to strengthen both their gross and fine motor skills through a variety of physical activities and play experiences. They explore how their bodies move as they run, jump, climb, and balance, developing coordination and strength. Fine motor skills are nurtured through tasks such as drawing, cutting, building, and manipulating small objects, helping to improve precision and hand–eye coordination. Alongside these skills, children are supported in developing independence in self-care routines and an understanding of the importance of being active and healthy.

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Descriptor: Cognitive development focuses on nurturing children’s growing ability to think, reason and make sense of the world around them. Throughout the year, children are encouraged to explore, question, and problem-solve through play and guided experiences that build understanding and curiosity. They begin to recognise patterns, sort and classify objects and make simple predictions based on what they observe. Activities are designed to strengthen both auditory and visual perception skills, supporting their ability to listen carefully, follow instructions, recognise differences and similarities and recall details from memory. These foundational skills contribute to their readiness for more complex learning, helping them to concentrate for longer periods, process information effectively and apply their knowledge in meaningful ways.

2025-10-10 08:40:18 UTC

Descriptor: Literacy development focuses on strengthening children’s skills in phonics, writing, speaking and comprehension through engaging and meaningful activities. Children explore letter sounds and begin to blend and segment simple CVC words, building early sound recognition and word awareness. Writing is encouraged through purposeful tracing, practising correct letter formation and beginning to write familiar words with growing confidence. Oral language is developed through discussions, stories and rhymes that extend vocabulary and support clear expression. Although children are not yet reading independently, they demonstrate understanding by recalling, predicting and talking about stories, laying a strong foundation for future literacy success.

2025-10-10 09:00:31 UTC

Descriptor: During the year, our children are introduced to Afrikaans, isiZulu, and South African Sign Language through fun, interactive, and engaging activities that nurture curiosity and confidence in communication. They learn to recognise and use basic vocabulary such as colours, shapes and the days of the week and months of the year across all languages. In Sign Language, they are introduced to the top forty everyday signs, allowing them to express simple needs and greetings while developing awareness and respect for inclusivity. Through songs, games, and repetition, our children build listening and recall skills, laying a strong foundation for a lifelong appreciation of language and communication in a multilingual environment.

2025-10-10 09:14:41 UTC

Descriptor: During the year, our children explore numeracy through hands-on activities that develop counting, number recognition, basic addition and an understanding of order and sequence, using both numbers and pictures up to ten and beyond. They practise number lines and explore 2D and 3D shapes, learning to recognise, name and describe them. Through games and practical experiences, children build confidence in patterns, comparing quantities and applying their number and shape skills in meaningful ways, laying a strong foundation for future mathematical learning.

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Descriptor: During the year, our children explore creative arts through engaging, hands-on activities that nurture imagination, self-expression and confidence. They experiment with colours, textures and materials, creating art that reflects their ideas and experiences. Music and rhythm are an integral part of their learning, as children explore sounds, beat and movement through singing, playing instruments and dancing. Through these experiences, children develop creativity, coordination and a sense of enjoyment in expressing themselves, laying a strong foundation for future artistic and musical growth.

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Reabiloe demonstrates quiet confidence and a caring nature, readily offering support when he sees a friend in need or seeks guidance himself. He enjoys spending time with his peers and participates willingly in both collaborative and independent play. His interest in a variety of activities highlights his enthusiasm and growing social development.

Gross motor:

2025-10-22 10:18:14 UTC

Reabiloe is an agile and energetic young boy who thrives on physical activity. He loves running, moving and playing outdoors with his friends, always showing great enthusiasm for any new exercises or movement challenges introduced. His ball skills are commendable — he demonstrates good control and coordination when throwing, catching, kicking, target kicking, navigating around cones and playing ten-pin bowling. Reabiloe especially adores his weekly soccer lessons and often shares his excitement about visiting the soccer stadium one day, reflecting his genuine passion for the sport and active play

Fine motor:

2025-10-22 10:18:20 UTC

Reabiloe improved greatly with his overall fine motor skills, particularly in threading, cutting and tracing activities. His attention to detail and focus while working on these tasks is visible in his pristine written worksheets. I would like to commend him on his dedication and hard work. Reabiloe responds well to advice offered and has continuously worked on practicing his cutting skills, cutting more detailed and shaped pictures to challenge himself and improve his precision and manipulation of a scissor.

2025-10-22 10:49:09 UTC

Reabiloe has made significant strides in grasping directionality, consistently showing a strong comprehension of left and right concepts. His capability to follow directional instructions is impressive for his age and reflects his attentive nature. He encounters no difficulties with spatial awareness, effortlessly moving through different environments. Reabiloe demonstrated a strong right hand, eye and foot dominance during all activities and assessments done. He shows exceptional skills in physical integration, showcasing remarkable coordination and motor abilities during outside activities. His passion for movement and active play is highly admirable and serves as an inspiring model for his peers.

2025-10-22 10:58:57 UTC

Reabiloe actively participates in all the art activities we introduce weekly, from colouring in, painting, free-hand drawing and tearing and pasting activities. He enjoys using the various art materials and textures available to him to complete his artwork. During the singing and dancing activities, Reabiloe participates and ecourages his peers to also join in the fun. He adores musical chairs and is frequently the winner. His passion for movement is visible in all the dancing games and activities of which "Tooty Tah' is his favourite.

2025-10-26 13:16:43 UTC

Reabiloe is passionate about his literacy journey and demonstrates a wonderful commitment to producing high-quality work. He takes great pride in his written work, consistently focusing on accuracy and neatness, which is reflected in the high standard of his completed worksheets. He has mastered the correct letter formation techniques taught, ensuring his handwriting is clear and legible. Reabiloe is particularly crazy about our phonics lessons as he genuinely enjoys the CVC games and activities and uses this time to strengthen his blending and segmenting skills. His deep commitment to learning how to read is driving his impressive progress in foundational reading skills. He is a focused and determined student in all aspects of literacy.

2025-10-26 13:30:49 UTC

Reabiloe has established good foundational numeracy skills and demonstrates a highly practical approach to mathematics. He shows proficiency in rote counting and effectively uses the mathematical equipment, capably using both the countersheet and abacus to support his basic addition and counting exercises. He thoroughly loved learning how to do basic addition, confidently equating sums up to 10, showing a secure grasp of combining quantities. Reabiloe is now attempting basic subtraction as well. He possesses good number concept skills overall, confirmed by his precision in manipulative tasks, as he always counts out the correct amount of counter blocks when asked. Reabiloe's accuracy and investment in hands-on learning are excellent assets.

2025-10-26 15:02:12 UTC

I have truly enjoyed being Reabiloe’s teacher this year and will sincerely miss him next year. He has shown continuous growth and excellent progress across all academic areas, demonstrating dedication and enthusiasm in everything he does. I am confident that he will continue to thrive and achieve great success in his future schooling journey. I wish him nothing but the very best for 2026 and beyond.

2025-10-26 15:05:10 UTC

Reabiloe has demonstrated impressive growth in his language development this term. He confidently recalls and uses vocabulary introduced in Afrikaans, isiZulu, and Sign Language. In Sign Language, he is familiar with most of the top forty everyday signs and performs them with accuracy and enthusiasm. Reabiloe engages wholeheartedly in multilingual songs, games and class activities, displaying excellent listening, memory and communication skills. His enthusiasm for learning new languages reflects his curiosity, confidence and appreciation

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