Communication and Language
1. Listening, Attention and Understanding ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
1. Listening, Attention and Understanding ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comment and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions;
- Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding;
- Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers.
2. Speaking ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas,
- using recently introduced vocabulary;
- Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced
- vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate;
- Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences,
- including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions,
- with modelling and support from their teacher.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
3. Self-Regulation ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
3. Self-Regulation ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to
- regulate their behaviour accordingly;
- Set and work towards simple goals, being able to wait for what they want and
- control their immediate impulses when appropriate;
- Give focused attention to what the teacher says, responding appropriately even
- when engaged in activity, and show an ability to follow instructions involving several
- ideas or actions.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Be confident to try new activities and show independence, resilience and
- perseverance in the face of challenge;
- Explain the reasons for rules, know right from wrong and try to behave accordingly;
- Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including dressing, going to the
- toilet and understanding the importance of healthy food choices.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Work and play cooperatively and take turns with others;
- Form positive attachments to adults and friendships with peers;
- Show sensitivity to their own and to others’ needs.
Physical development
6. Gross Motor Skills ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
6. Gross Motor Skills ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others;
- Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing;
- Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and
- climbing.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in
- almost all cases;
- Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery;
- Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.
Expressive Arts and Design
16. Creating with Materials ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
16. Creating with Materials ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting
- with colour, design, texture, form and function;
- Share their creations, explaining the process they have used;
- Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and
- stories.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher;
- Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs;
- Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try
- to move in time with music.
