Child/Tama: Abdulrahman. Teacher/ Kaiako: Naema.

Date: October / Whiringa-

a-nuku 2019.

Asalam-o-Alakum Abdulrahman, the last few weeks your

attendance has been really good. Staff supported you to play in
small group as well as in large group like mat times. We also read
you super Friend stories Rasa has provided us. This enable you to
understand the concept of words in a situation to promote positive social
skills. I noticed you have been enjoying the superman story and sit well in
a group. I also noticed you also enjoy music and playing softly with some
support. Your interest in language and literacy growing you are able to
recognize letters A to Z and all letters in Arabic. I have noticed you need
assurance a few times and redirection to know how centre settings work.
Last few days there was rain and we were mostly inside today when
weather was nice we went outside. You were very excited and had a big
run outside in the playground, went up on slide came down from the poll
many times. When you had a run around all corners of playground you
dove in the sandpit and found shuffle to scoop the sand. I mentioned to
you how sand has to stay inside the sand-pit you start slowly dig the sand
but soon you realized how fun is to put sand on your head and scoop it
again all over the place. I sat down with you and dug the sand to fill the
bucket you got fascinated and came close to me and looked carefully, I
said, “I am making sand-castle. You had a big smile on your face and said,
“I want to make sand-castle.”
We together make castle when you smashed the castle down and got
excited I said, I want to make two castle, you repeated and showed your
concentration and when you made two I said I am going to make another
castle. You counted and said, “Teacher, teacher Naema, you made three
castles.” You were very happy and made another castle. I asked who is
living in your castle, you had a spark in your eyes you said Asyia. Then
after a pause added mummy and daddy and my baby sister. I appreciated
you how you have built the castles for your family and carried out our
conversation about where is the bedroom and lounge.
During these few weeks I set up group activities like water-play, Making
Playdough, baking, music and Movement, construction site in the Sand-
pit and Stepping on Mates group activities. I kept the reciprocal
relationship with you to foster your social skills and developing the
understanding of space.
What is Happening:
Observation shows Abdulrahman you are developing the ways to express your feeling and able
to communicate. It is evident the now you are thinking and able to extend your conversation
with some support. You are also enjoying
How can we extend this learning?
Staff will continue supporting you to develop ways to appropriately express your feeling, needs
and emotions when playing in the centre alongside other children.

Abdulrahman enjoying school readiness programme.

Abdulrahman today when you saw wood bark on the table with chalk and markers you came
and looked around. Then you saw me writing Abdi name on the wood-bark. You took the red
marker then drew on the wood bark. Then you picked the black marker and scribble on the
wood bark and looked carefully what Abdi was doing. You gave your black marker to Abdi and
took the white chalk he left on the table. With the white drew a line. You liked the scribble on
the bark with white chalk and were very happy to see visible white lines. You said, “Look
teacher Naema.” I praised you for you rart work and asked you if you want me to write your
name at the back. You nodded!
What is Happening:
You have discovered different ways to be creative and expressive and enjoying all the learning
opportunities provided by the centre, playing music instruments and singing. It is also evident
that you are observing your environments and learning alongside other children. Your
creativity is supporting your social skills which is an important element in building friendships
with other children as you gave black marker to Abdi and took the white chalk in exchange.
How can we extend this learning?
Abdulrahman, your learning pathway for this term is to develop confidence and positive
attitude towards learning. We will be providing the opportunities to increase your knowledge
and theories about the world around you through imaginative play. We will also support you
using vocabulary in context, to your interest and extend on to roleplay.
Parent’s contribution: