Dressing and undressing self

Packing your own bag; identifying, caring for and finding your own belongings

Self-care skills, for example taking themselves to a quite area to relax when tired

Ability to toilet self; including flush toilet and wash hands

Self-Regulation skills: Identifying feelings and how to express them in a healthy way, as well as develop empathy towards others

Asking for help from educators

Communicating their needs to others verbally

Communicating to others through body language and non-verbal communication

Being a friend to others

Following instructions (lining up, hands-up, waiting your turn)

Kindness & Manners

Name recognition

Name writing including developing the ability to hold a pencil or other drawing materials

Item/Belonging recognition

Phonics recognition - the sound of a letter

Reading a variety of texts including picture books

Sequencing - start, middle and end of an action or story

Letter and numeral recognition (alphabet and numbers 1 - 10 or higher)

Identifying environmental print for example signs, labels, and logos.

Science and Engineering: Caring for the environment and animals, gardening, investigating the world around them and how it works

Mathematics: concepts of counting, measurement, shapes, colours, sorting/categorising, patterns

Instilling a love, excitement and enthusiasm for primary school and furthering their learning

Fundamental movement skills like climbing, running, jumping, skipping and other physical activities help to develop balance, hand-eye co-ordination and concentration via playing school games (i.e., handball, chasing games, soccer)

Canteen/lunch orders - this is done towards the end of the year

Boys/Girls toilets - asking to go to the toilet

School-focused dramatic play - school uniforms, school bags, keyboards

Transition to school statement is written in November and passed onto your child’s primary school