Progress Report: Ntandoyenkosi Twala by Cindy van Heerden

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Oral:

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando expresses her thoughts and ideas clearly and engages well in conversations and discussions. She uses descriptive language to convey her ideas and participates confidently in class discussions. She is working on articulation and pronunciation of certain sounds and words, but continues to show good vocal play and strong oral language skills.

Literacy:

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

She shows strong phonics skills and can decode unfamiliar words with growing confidence. Ntando identifies blends and digraphs correctly, writes neatly aligned short sentences and can unscramble sentences accurately, demonstrating a strong foundation for reading and writing.

Reading:

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando recognises sight words and demonstrates a good understanding of story structure. Her comprehension skills are developing well and she approaches reading with a positive attitude, making connections between stories and her own experiences.

Educator:

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Cecilé Farrar

Principal: Mercia Cruickshank

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando is calm, cooperative and considerate, always expressing her needs and feelings appropriately. She shows empathy towards her peers and a genuine kindness in her interactions. She works harmoniously with others, forming positive, respectful and lasting relationships with both classmates and teachers.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando demonstrates excellent control and planning of her movements. She uses her body expressively during activities and has strong sensory awareness, which enables her to regulate her energy and participate confidently in both physical and classroom tasks.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando's gross motor development is exceptional. She performs forward rolls with confidence, moves heel-to-toe with ease and demonstrates strong ball skills. She skips, hops, gallops and jumps with control and balance, showing both strength and grace in her movements.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando’s fine motor skills have developed beautifully. Her cutting and threading skills are precise and she demonstrates excellent hand-eye coordination. She uses a correct pencil grip, executes tasks with dexterity and manipulates tools such as tweezers and small objects effectively. Her attention to detail in hands-on activities is impressive.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando demonstrates strong visual perception skills, recognising and completing shape patterns accurately, identifying similarities and differences and solving symmetry puzzles with confidence. Ntando’s ability to track and focus visually enhances her performance in academic tasks.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando listens attentively, recalls stories accurately and recognises everyday sounds, rhymes and word families. She applies her auditory skills effectively in classroom activities, following instructions and demonstrating good auditory discrimination, which supports her literacy development.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando demonstrates excellent creativity and imagination in all her work. She makes good use of colour and materials, shows enthusiasm for movement to music and dance and expresses her thoughts and feelings effectively through art, storytelling and creative play. She enjoys imaginative hands-on activities and participates confidently in all creative experiences.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando has a solid understanding of numbers and mathematical concepts. She can describe 2D and 3D shapes, recognise numbers up to 100 and understands measurement and capacity using number lines. She performs addition and subtraction, understands whole and half, identifies odd and even numbers and demonstrates good graphing skills.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

Ntando is a diligent learner who achieves excellent results. She works independently, completes tasks with care, demonstrates a strong sense of responsibility and maintains excellent relationships with teachers and peers. Her confidence and consistent progress across all areas have been a pleasure to observe. I wish her all the best for Grade 1.

koencindy360 — 2025-09-30 07:42:15 UTC

2025-11-04 07:33:03 UTC

Date of Birth

2025-11-04 07:34:09 UTC

3 January 2019

Weight

2025-11-04 07:36:02 UTC

23.2 kg

Height

2025-11-04 07:36:39 UTC

118 cm