Educators' Guide for Pedagogy and Assessment
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Learning Outcome: 1) Children who develop a strong sense of identity.
Related Achievements: Children who develop in a safe, secure environment which they can trust.
1] I can respond positively to warm interactions.
2] I can initiate interactions through a range of actions e.g. through eye contact, vocalizations and other communicative sounds, one word utterances, simple sentences, etc.
3] I show that I am comfortable in the company of familiar peers and adults.
4] I feel safe and confident to explore my environment.
5] I participate in activities and interactions in the setting I am in.
6] I respond to being called by my name.
7] I am attached to my primary caregiver and I show signs of preference for this person over others.
8] I can indicate and express needs using gestures.
9] I can indicate and express needs using words.
10] I can indicate and express how I am feeling.
2] I can initiate interactions through a range of actions e.g. through eye contact, vocalizations and other communicative sounds, one word utterances, simple sentences, etc.
3] I show that I am comfortable in the company of familiar peers and adults.
4] I feel safe and confident to explore my environment.
5] I participate in activities and interactions in the setting I am in.
6] I respond to being called by my name.
7] I am attached to my primary caregiver and I show signs of preference for this person over others.
8] I can indicate and express needs using gestures.
9] I can indicate and express needs using words.
10] I can indicate and express how I am feeling.
Learning Outcome: 1) Children who develop a strong sense of identity.
Related Achievements: Children who develop a sense of independence and autonomy.
1] I am confident to initiate play.
2] I can indicate my preferences for people and activities.
3] I feel confident taking risks in a supervised environment.
4] I can predict routines within my environment and willingly participate.
5] I become increasingly independent with dressing myself.
6] I become increasingly independent with feeding myself.
2] I can indicate my preferences for people and activities.
3] I feel confident taking risks in a supervised environment.
4] I can predict routines within my environment and willingly participate.
5] I become increasingly independent with dressing myself.
6] I become increasingly independent with feeding myself.
Learning Outcome: 1) Children who develop a strong sense of identity
Related Achievements: Children who become responsible and resilient in the face of challenges.
1] I do not give up in the face of challenges but keep on trying to achieve my goals.
2] I make repeated attempts to achieve my goals.
2] I make repeated attempts to achieve my goals.
Learning Outcome: 2) Children who have a positive self-image.
Related Achievements: Children who believe in themselves fully aware of their potential and capabilities.
1] I approach new situations positively and with confidence.
2] I show interest in my immediate and wider environment.
3] I am confident in taking up opportunities to be creative and imaginative.
4] I am apply problem solving thinking in challenging situation.
2] I show interest in my immediate and wider environment.
3] I am confident in taking up opportunities to be creative and imaginative.
4] I am apply problem solving thinking in challenging situation.
Learning Outcome: 2) Children who have a positive self-image.
Related Achievements: Children who develop positive attitudes which enable them to take the initiative and become risk-takers.
1] I am competent and confident to ask questions and make discoveries.
2] I am motivated to engage with a range of learning opportunities present in my environment.
2] I am motivated to engage with a range of learning opportunities present in my environment.
Learning Outcome: 2) Children who have a positive self-image.
Related Achievements: Children who develop positive attitudes which enable them to take the initiative and become risk- takers.
1] I am able to ask questions in order to learn new things.
2] I am motivated to engage with a range of learning opportunities present in my environment.
2] I am motivated to engage with a range of learning opportunities present in my environment.
Learning Outcome: 3) Children are socially adept.
Related Achievements: Children who are capable of establishing relationships with others.
1] I enjoy being with familiar others.
2] I respond positively to others' attempt to engage with me. e.g. through body language such as eye contact, facial expressions, vocalizations, etc.
3] I can seek attention in a variety of ways.
4] I can take turns in interactions.
5] I can collaborate to achieve shared goals during play.
6] I seek out others to share experiences.
2] I respond positively to others' attempt to engage with me. e.g. through body language such as eye contact, facial expressions, vocalizations, etc.
3] I can seek attention in a variety of ways.
4] I can take turns in interactions.
5] I can collaborate to achieve shared goals during play.
6] I seek out others to share experiences.
Learning Outcome: 3) Children are socially adept.
Related Achievements: Children who develop empathy, respect and acceptance of different points of view.
1] I respond to the feelings and wishes of others.
2] I am caring and show concern towards others.
3] I start to demonstrate awareness of the rights of others.
4] I am interested in other people and their stories
5] I show a sense of fairness and respect towards others
6] I listen to others' ideas and respect their contributions.
2] I am caring and show concern towards others.
3] I start to demonstrate awareness of the rights of others.
4] I am interested in other people and their stories
5] I show a sense of fairness and respect towards others
6] I listen to others' ideas and respect their contributions.
Learning Outcome: 3) Children are socially adept.
Related Achievements: Children who learn to collaborate with peers and adults with diverse backgrounds and needs.
1] I enjoy listening to multicultural music and stories.
2] I react in positive ways to my peers' ethnic, religious and other differences.
3] I invite all peers to join in my play irrespective of their backgrounds.
2] I react in positive ways to my peers' ethnic, religious and other differences.
3] I invite all peers to join in my play irrespective of their backgrounds.
Learning Outcome: 4) Children who are effective communicators.
Related Achievements: Children who are capable of using different forms of media for communication. (L1 is first language, L2 is second language)
The learning outcomes identified in this section assume that children are experiencing a balanced literacy programme based on the Literacy Strategy For All in Malta and Gozo, (Ministry for Education and Employment, 2014) and A Language Policy for the Early Years in Malta and Gozo (White Paper, Ministry for Education and Employment, 2015)
1] I respond to interactions with a repertoire of communicative acts e.g. gestures, vocalizations and other verbal means.
2] I enjoy listening to and making music.
3] I can explore and engage with digital devices and their communicative functions.
4] I join in rhymes, songs, poems, and jingles.
1] I respond to interactions with a repertoire of communicative acts e.g. gestures, vocalizations and other verbal means.
2] I enjoy listening to and making music.
3] I can explore and engage with digital devices and their communicative functions.
4] I join in rhymes, songs, poems, and jingles.
Learning Outcome: 4) Children who are effective communicators.
Related Achievements: Children who interact and engage with varieties of text and printed material increasing their awareness of purposes/functions.
1] I have discovered the joy of books and other printed material, including popular culture.
2] I show interest in books and print in my environment.
3] I handle books and printed material with care.
4] I ask for stories to be read and read again.
5] I relate to favourite stories and rhymes e.g. repeating actions, words or phrases.
6] I handle books appropriately e.g. holding book right way up, turning pages, pointing and naming some pictures.
2] I show interest in books and print in my environment.
3] I handle books and printed material with care.
4] I ask for stories to be read and read again.
5] I relate to favourite stories and rhymes e.g. repeating actions, words or phrases.
6] I handle books appropriately e.g. holding book right way up, turning pages, pointing and naming some pictures.
Learning Outcome: 4) Children who are effective communicators.
Related Achievements: Children who are familiar with symbols and patterns and their use.
1] I use symbolic gestures with meaning e.g. pointing, wave goodbye, blow a kiss.
2] I make marks with different materials e.g. crayons, finger paint.
3] I recognise my own name on personal belongings.
4] I am aware of symbols/print in the environment around me.
5] I use symbols in play to convey meaning e.g. pretend to write name in a card.
6] I notice and predict the patterns of regular routines and the passing of time e.g. mealtimes, home time.
2] I make marks with different materials e.g. crayons, finger paint.
3] I recognise my own name on personal belongings.
4] I am aware of symbols/print in the environment around me.
5] I use symbols in play to convey meaning e.g. pretend to write name in a card.
6] I notice and predict the patterns of regular routines and the passing of time e.g. mealtimes, home time.
Learning Outcome: 4) Children who are effective communicators.
Related Achievements: Children who are aware of different language systems, notably Maltese and English.
1] I show progressive engagement in nursery rhymes and songs in L1 and L2.
2] I recite nursery rhymes and songs in L1 and sometimes in L2.
3] I listen to and understand simple stories in L1.
4] I hold simple conversations in L1.
5] I listen to and begin to understand simple stories in L2, especially when accompanied by pictures.
2] I recite nursery rhymes and songs in L1 and sometimes in L2.
3] I listen to and understand simple stories in L1.
4] I hold simple conversations in L1.
5] I listen to and begin to understand simple stories in L2, especially when accompanied by pictures.
Learning Outcome: 4) Children who are effective communicators.
Related Achievements: Children who engage with digital literacy as a means of retrieving data as well as representing and communicating ideas.
1] I engage with interactive toys and digital media.
2] I can use technology around me e.g. press buttons, use remote controls etc.
2] I can use technology around me e.g. press buttons, use remote controls etc.
Learning Outcome: 4) Children who are effective communicators.
Related Achievements: Children who are versatile with the use of numbers, data handling, shapes and measurement and print in context as a means of production of knowledge and information as well as meaning making and comprehension.
1] I become aware of number names through action rhymes and songs.
2] I sort objects into simple categories e.g. shape, size or colour.
3] I organise objects by similar characteristics e.g. line up cars, dolls, blocks.
4] I relate to numbers in conversation, rhymes and stories.
5] I explore and use numbers in meaningful activities e.g concept of number, value.
6] I understand simple concepts e.g. shape and size.
2] I sort objects into simple categories e.g. shape, size or colour.
3] I organise objects by similar characteristics e.g. line up cars, dolls, blocks.
4] I relate to numbers in conversation, rhymes and stories.
5] I explore and use numbers in meaningful activities e.g concept of number, value.
6] I understand simple concepts e.g. shape and size.
Learning Outcome: 5) Children who nurture positive attitudes towards learning and become engaged and confident learners.
Related Achievements: Children who develop a range of cognitive skills to include labelling/identifying, recognition, sorting, hypothesising, predicting, comparing, sequencing and grouping.
1] I explore associations and cause-and-effect e.g. cry and get picked up, banging, rattling, and dropping objects.
2] I remember and anticipate simple sequences e.g. Jack in the box that jumps up at the end of the story.
3] I recognise and name common objects.
4] I understand a simple sequence e.g. nest boxes, stacking rings/cups.
5] I can predict the outcome of regularly occurring actions and events e.g. a knock on the door followed by somebody enters.
6] I classify and sort objects by size, shape, texture and function e.g. putting blocks of the same size together.
2] I remember and anticipate simple sequences e.g. Jack in the box that jumps up at the end of the story.
3] I recognise and name common objects.
4] I understand a simple sequence e.g. nest boxes, stacking rings/cups.
5] I can predict the outcome of regularly occurring actions and events e.g. a knock on the door followed by somebody enters.
6] I classify and sort objects by size, shape, texture and function e.g. putting blocks of the same size together.
