To maintain attention and sit quietly during appropriate activity.
Listening in a range of situations and responding to ideas expressed by others.

Show understanding by, responding to instructions, following a story without props.

Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations. 
Link statements and stick to main theme or intention.

Using talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events

Showing a preference for and developing their fine motor skills using a dominant hand.

Handle mark making tools, objects and malleable materials safely and with increasing control.

Beginning to read words and simple sentences.

Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books. 

Enjoying an increasing range of books - fiction and non-fiction books about transportation and space.

Beginning to understand that information can be retrieved from books and computers. 

Giving meaning to marks they make as they draw, write and paint. 

Using some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning. 

Writing own name and other things such as words (for labels) or simple sentence about a story using developing phonic knowledge.

Completes a simple program on a computer. 

Children know about similarities & differences in relation to places, objects, materials & living things. 

They talk about the features of their own immediate environment & how environments might vary from one another. 
They make observations explain why some things occur, & talk about changes.