Notice and Recognise

Progress examples to help you notice & recognise a child’s progress.

Use the phases of progress (outlined below) to help you notice and recognise a child’s progress.

With support, children attune to different cultural and social literacy forms and how they are used by those around them.
Children are curious about stories of their own and other cultures shared by familiar people, expressing their preferences such as initiating and ending storytelling. They enjoy engaging with short stories shared in a range of modes (oral, visual, gestural, textural, spatial).
Children are curious and express preferences about literacy forms and modes of expression around them, connecting with those that reflect familiar people, places, and things.

Children connect a range of cultural and social literacy forms with their functions, exploring their understandings about these texts in their play and interactions with people, places, and things.
Children enjoy and connect with a range of stories of their own and other cultures, such as identifying familiar objects or characters and joining in familiar phrases. They increasingly participate in retelling stories with others using a range of modes (oral, visual, gestural, textural, spatial) including exploring key events and actions.
Children explore and connect with literacy forms that align with their interests, identity, language, and culture, and begin to attach meanings to familiar pictures or cultural symbols. They express preferences and points of view in response to the various literacy forms and modes of expression.

Children expand their exploration of a variety of cultural and social literacy forms for a range of purposes including creativity, expression, and discovery. They engage with these literacy forms in ways that align with their identity, language, and culture.
Children are familiar with and enjoy an increasing range of stories of their own and other cultures. They re-tell and adapt familiar stories and create new ones independently and alongside others using a range of modes (oral, visual, gestural, textural, spatial). This may include exploring elements such as central characters, plot, or feelings in their stories.
Children take an interest in the meanings within a range of literacy forms and actively compare these with their experiences and understandings. They notice and respond to different views expressed in a variety of literacy forms.

Children are innovative in their use of a variety of cultural and social literacy forms for a wide range of purposes, including investigating interests, creativity and expression of their identity, language, and culture. They use prior knowledge to purposefully select and adapt the literacy forms they use for particular purposes.
Children know and enjoy a wide range of stories of their own and other cultures. They are confident and innovative as they re-tell, adapt, and create new stories using a range of modes (oral, visual, gestural, textural, spatial). This may include incorporating their own cultural heroes and values, popular culture (e.g., movie characters), recent or imagined events.
Children are increasingly inquisitive about the literacy forms they engage with including expressing opinions, questioning, adapting, and comparing them with their own experiences and understandings. Children can participate in discussions, question, and communicate their own thoughts about different messages and perspectives they encounter in a range of literacy forms including issues of social justice, fairness, and equity.