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Term 1 Theme Getting started

Day 1 Date

Arrival Greet learners: Good morning song. (See Teacher Resource)

Orientation During the first week it is important to establish a

routine. Demonstrate how children should sit on the
carpet. Prepare name cards for the desks as well
as for the learners.
Free play 2
Morning ring Devotion, register, birthday, special news
Introduce the prayer of the school.

Theme discussion The teacher introduces herself and each child to say their names. The
teacher will give each child a name tag with their names in it.

Mathematics ring Mental maths

Focus activity

Side activity 1

Side activity 2

Assessment

Creative arts/ Focus activity Creative arts: Performing arts: Teach them songs
Perceptual/ to establish different routines. Going to the toilet,
Science pray before we eat, tidy up, story time. Teacher
Resource 1

Side activity 1

Side activity 2

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Outdoor play Learners go outside do the actions to the song “I went to school one
morning and I walked like this” See Teacher Resource 2

Life skills ring

Story Title Thabo and his friends See Teacher Resource 3

Questions 1. What was the boy’s/girl’s name?
2. What was broken?
3. Who broke it?
4. Who fixed it?

Activity

Assessment

Teacher notes Reflect on the day. Preparation for the next day
 Blank paper
 Blocks
 Name tags
 Note to parents about the
picnic

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Term 1 Theme Getting started

Day 2 Date

Arrival Greet learners: Good morning song

Free play 1 Set up a simple activity

Free play 2

Morning ring Devotion, register, birthday, special news

Theme After the prayer. Invite the learners to some and sit on the carpet.
discussion Introduce each child. Make sure that the learners are wearing their name
tags.
Weather: Discuss the day of the week, month and the date. Talk about the
weather. Summer is hot. Discuss the clothing they should wear. The
learners should be encouraged to wear a hat.

Mathematics Mental maths The teacher sets up 5 objects. The learners count to 5
ring with the teacher.
Focus activity Introduce the block corner. Discuss the rules of the
corner. The teacher discusses the tidy up chart.

Side activity 1

Side activity 2

Assessment

Creative arts/ Focus activity Creative art: Visual arts: Ask learners to colour a blank
Perceptual/ paper in a colour of their choice.
Science

Side activity 1

Side activity 2

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Outdoor play Allow learners to play freely outside. Discuss simple rules.

Life skills ring Discuss the simple rules of the classroom.

Story Title Read Thabo’s story again.

Questions

Activity Encourage learners to give their own end to the story.

Assessment

Teacher notes Reflect on the day. Preparation for the next day
 Clay
 Name tags
 Prepare for the picnic

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Term 1 Theme Getting started

Day 3 Date

Arrival Greet learners - Good morning song

Free play 1
Free play 2
Morning ring Devotion, register, birthday, special news

Theme After the prayer. Invite the learners to some and sit on the carpet. Clap each
discussion child’s name. Make sure that the learners are wearing their name tags.
Weather: Discuss the day of the week, month and the date. Talk about the
weather. Summer is hot. Discuss the clothing they should wear. The
learners should be encouraged to wear a hat.

Mathematics Mental maths Counting the same five objects. Ask learners to come up
ring and count each object.

Focus activity Each learner is given a symbol. Explain to the learners that
the symbol is theirs for the year.

Side activity 1 Allow learners to play with clay. Show them what to do with
the clay.

Side activity 2

Assessment

Creative arts/ Focus activity

Perceptual/
Science

Side activity 1

Side activity 2

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Outdoor play Have a welcome picnic. Each child may bring a blanket. Once the learners
are done encourage learners to clean up.

Life skills ring

Story Title Snow white and the seven dwarfs.

Questions

Activity Read the story. Discuss the story.

Assessment

Teacher notes Reflect on the day. Preparation for the next day
 Weather charts
 Set up theme table
 Threading activity
 Painting

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Term 1 Theme Getting started

Day 4 Date

Arrival Greet learners – Good morning

Free play 1
Free play 2
Morning ring Devotion, register, birthday, special news
Theme Weather: Discuss the weather and the weather symbol.
discussion
Discuss the theme table. Discuss the name of the school and the
uniform of the school. Discuss the importance of coming to school.
Learners say their name using their name tag. My name is ..... They
match the name tag to their place at their table.
Mathematics ring Mental Start the mathematics ring with a number song. Give
maths each learner five objects. Count it with them.

Focus (Whole class) Discuss what we will do in the day. Discuss

activity the daily programme.

Side activity Take out a threading activity. Demonstrate to learners

1 how to do threading.

Side activity Allow learners to play in the block corner.

2

Assessment

Creative arts/ Focus Creative arts: Visual art: Learners do finger painting.
Perceptual/ activity Before starting the activity practise the action of cutting
Science without a scissor.

Side activity
1

Side activity
2

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Emergent (Focus activity: Whole class) Discuss the use and care
reading for books in the book corner. Discuss how to turn pages
of a book.

Outdoor play Learners take a tour of the school. When the learners are back. Sit on
the carpet and discuss big and small objects. Now let’s make our bodies
big and small respectively.

Life skills ring Learners are told the importance of good hygiene habits.
 How to use the toilet, toilet paper.
 How to open and close the tap.
 How to wash and dry their hands

Story Title Tim learns to say thank you. Teacher Resource 4

Questions

Activity

Assessment

Teacher notes Reflect on the day. Preparation for the next day
 Bag of items
 Take rhyme and blood policy
 Puzzles, paper

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Term 1 Theme Getting started

Day 5 Date

Arrival Greet learners- Greeting song

Free play 1 Play dough
Free play 2 Prepare free colouring
Morning ring Devotion, register, birthday, special news
Theme In a bag put enough items for each child. Pencil, crayons, rulers and
discussion small pieces of paper. Each child pulls an object and says what he/she
will do with the object. The teacher directs this discussion.

Mathematics ring Mental Learners will be asked to group according to the object
maths they have in common from the previous discussion.
Learners use the same objects and count how many
people have the same object as themselves.

Focus (Whole class) Sing the rhyme 1,2,3 once I caught a fish
activity alive.
Groups. The teacher to give a puzzle to the learner and
they work with it. This is a teacher directed activity.

Side activity Learners play with clay.

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Side activity
2

Assessment

Creative arts/ Focus Perceptual: The teacher works with a group of learners
Perceptual/ activity on the eye exercises. Learners follow the pencil the
Science teacher moves.

Side activity
1

Side activity
2

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Emergent Learners are given paper and they scribble on it with a

writing piece of coloured chalk.

Emergent
reading

Outdoor play Physical education: Warm up: learners first walk in different directions.
Instruct the learners not to bump into each other. Eventually they will run
in different directions.
Main activity: they play catches. Learners cool down by pretending to be
sleep walking.

Learners play in the sand. The rules of the sand pit are discussed.

Life skills ring The teachers uses picture to discuss the blood policy.

Story Title Tim learns to say thank you

Questions 1. Where did Tim go?
2. Why did they go there?
3. Who carried the money?

Activity Learners dramatise the story.

Assessment

Teacher notes Reflect on the day. Preparation for the next day
 Hoops

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Term 1 Theme Getting started

Day 6 Date

Arrival Greet learners – Greeting song

Free play 1
Free play 2
Morning ring Devotion, register, birthday, special news

Theme Discuss the items on the theme table. Sing the school rhyme.
discussion

Mathematics ring Mental Counting up to 5

maths

Focus (whole class) Discuss the different times of the today.

activity Learners sit in pairs and compare the size if their hands
with a friend.

Side activity Learners work with puzzles.

1

Side activity
2

Assessment

Creative arts/ Focus Science:

Perceptual/ activity Discuss the importance of keeping the class clean.
Science

Side activity Learners draw a picture of the teacher.

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Side activity
2

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Emergent (Focus activity) Eye exercises – the teacher will swing a

reading ball from left to right. The learners will follow the ball with
their eyes.

Outdoor play Hula hooping

Learners are given hula hoops. The teacher to demonstrate how to
swing the hoop on the waist.

Life skills ring Discuss the rules of the classroom.

Story Title The boy who would not listen. See Teacher Resource 5
Questions 1. Who was hardworking?
2. Who always helped Mummy?
3. What did Mummy bake?

Activity

Assessment

Teacher notes Reflect on the day. Preparation for the next day
 Shakers

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Term 1 Theme Getting started
Day 7 Date

Arrival Greet learners – Good morning song

Free play 1
Free play 2
Morning ring Devotion, register, birthday, special news
Theme Discuss all the activities they have done so far.
discussion

Mathematics ring Mental Learners make the numbers with their bodies.
maths

Focus Learners get into pairs and trace their shoes.

activity

Side activity
1

Side activity
2

Assessment

Creative arts/ Focus Creative arts: Performing arts: Warm up: The teacher
Perceptual/ activity will instruct learners to shake their hands, roll their wrists.
Science Shake their bodies.
Main activity: The teacher gives a child a shaker. The
learners will shake the Some children will clap their hands
while others would stamp their feet. The teacher shakes
the shaker once and children repeat. The teacher will
shake a variety of tunes and the children would shake the
shaker, clap or stamp their feet. Note change the activity
so that each child gets to use the shaker.
Cool down: Learners wriggle their different parts of the
body. Start with the toes and move to the heads.

Side activity Learners play with puzzles.

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Side activity
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Emergent Colour picture. Learner worksheet 1.

writing

Emergent (Focus activity) The teacher will discuss a picture of a

reading school using different questions.

Outdoor play Water play: Learners will pour water from one container to another.
The other learners will play on the jungle gym.

Life skills ring Fantasy corner: Discuss the fantasy corner. How to care and share the
toys.

Story Title The boy who would not listen

Questions 1. Why sis Buti cry?
2. What did Buti’s daddy say?
3. What did mummy give him?

Activity Dramatise the story.

Assessment

Teacher notes Reflect on the day. Preparation for the next day
 Paper
 Bean bags and hoops

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Term 1 Theme Getting started
Day 8 Date

Arrival Greet learners – Good Morning song

Free play 1
Free play 2
Morning ring Devotion, register, birthday, special news
Theme What have I learnt at school thus far.
discussion Sing all the different songs.

Mathematics ring Mental Learners each get a chance to count to 3

maths

Focus Learners look for objects that are big and small. Give
activity learners a set of mixed objects. Instruct the learners to
sort the objects.

Side activity Block corner

1

Side activity
2

Assessment

Creative arts/ Focus Creative arts: Visual arts: Learners draw their
Perceptual/ activity classroom.
Science

Side activity Learners work with puzzles.

1

Side activity
2

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Outdoor play Physical Education:

Warm up: Learners start by doing small frog leaps. Instruct learners to
jump forward, sideways and backwards.
Main activity: Learners have a sack race.
Cool down: Learners roll on the floor. First forwards, backwards and
they slide on the stomachs and on their backs.

Life skills ring

Story Title When I grow up. Teacher Resource 6

Questions

Activity When I grow up I want to be...(each child gets to respond)

Assessment

Teacher notes Reflect on the day. Preparation for the next day
 Set up the next theme

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