Progress Report: Kanyisorochi Mosa Masemola 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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2022/08/01

Height:

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98cm

Weight:

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17.2kg

Body Awareness:

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Kaiso is developing a strong understanding of her body and how it moves. She can identify most of her basic body parts and confidently participates in songs and activities that involve movement and body awareness, such as Simon Says. Kaiso takes part enthusiastically in physical activities like dancing, jumping, and stretching, demonstrating growing coordination and balance. She particularly loves her dancing lessons and always joins in with joy and energy. I’m so proud of you, Kaiso!

Fine Motor:

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Kaiso is developing good control over her fine motor skills and enjoys engaging in hands-on activities such as painting and colouring. She is becoming more confident in holding crayons and paintbrushes with a steady grip, showing improved hand–eye coordination. Kaiso also enjoys creative activities like tearing and pasting, carefully tearing paper into small pieces, which helps strengthen her finger muscles and coordination. What a wonderful effort, Kaiso!

Gross Motor:

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Kaiso has shown steady progress in her gross motor development throughout the year. She participates enthusiastically in outdoor activities and enjoys climbing on the jungle gym, demonstrating good balance and growing strength in her large muscles. She has become more confident in her ball skills and can hit the ball around cones, showing continued improvement in coordination and control. Kaiso maintains great enthusiasm and engagement during all physical activities.

Visual Development:

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Kaiso participates enthusiastically in activities that involve sorting different coloured balls into the correct hoops. She confidently identifies all her colours and shapes and is developing her visual perceptual skills well. She can recognise pictures in books with growing confidence and understanding. With continued opportunities to engage in hands-on visual activities, she will further strengthen her visual discrimination and spatial awareness skills.

Auditory Development:

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Kaiso is developing her auditory perceptual skills well. She listens attentively during group lessons and shows great interest in story time, especially when listening to Little Red Riding Hood. She follows simple verbal instructions and can identify familiar sounds from her environment, such as music, animal noises, and classroom sounds. Her ability to remember and recall short sequences of instructions is improving, reflecting her growing auditory memory and concentration.

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Art:

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Kaiso is developing well in her creative arts activities. She enjoys exploring a variety of materials, including paint, glue, macaroni, and coloured paper, and takes great interest in her tearing activities. She can tear paper into small pieces to create beautiful collages. Kaiso participates confidently in art and craft lessons, demonstrating enthusiasm, creativity, and pride in her work. She especially enjoys painting and mixing colours to create patterns on her paper. Well done, Kaiso — keep shining brightly!

Music and Rhythm:

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Kaiso shows great interest in music time and responds positively to different songs and sounds. She joins in happily with singing and clapping along to the rhythm. She can move her body to the beat and uses simple instruments such as shakers and bells with confidence. She is beginning to keep a steady rhythm and demonstrates good listening skills during musical activities. Kaiso has a joyful attitude towards music and expresses herself freely through both movement and song.

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Kaiso is a cheerful and affectionate little girl who enjoys spending time with both adults and her peers. She has developed a strong sense of belonging in the classroom and interacts positively with those around her. She is learning to express her feelings appropriately and shows growing empathy towards others, often offering comfort or assistance when a friend is upset. We love you very much, Kaiso, and we love having you in our classroom!

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Kaiso listens attentively to stories and explores books with curiosity. She can recognise most letters of the alphabet and is beginning to associate them with their sounds, such as a for apple, d for dog, and c for cat. Her vocabulary is expanding, and she expresses her thoughts clearly using simple sentences. Kaiso participates confidently in conversations with both her peers and adults. She shows creativity in her drawing and enjoys tracing patterns in shaving cream, activities that support the development of her early writing skills.

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Kaiso shows a growing interest in learning and using her additional language. She listens attentively during group time and participates confidently in familiar songs such as Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. She is beginning to repeat simple words and makes a wonderful effort to pronounce them correctly. Kaiso is enthusiastic about learning sign language and actively practises the signs she has learned.

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Kaiso shows growing confidence in her numeracy skills. She actively participates in counting activities and enjoys using rhymes such as ‘Ten Little Fingers’ to reinforce her learning. She can sort objects into different containers and confidently identify basic shapes and colours, knowing all of them accurately. Well done, Kaiso! She can count from zero to ten and is still developing her recognition of written numbers. With continued practice, she will further strengthen her number recognition and early problem-solving skills.

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Kaiso is a cheerful and enthusiastic student who approaches each day with curiosity and a positive attitude. She actively participates in classroom activities and is growing in confidence when expressing her thoughts and ideas. She has made excellent progress this year. Well done, Kaiso — keep up the great work! Wishing you a joyful and restful festive season.

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