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Understanding & Using Language
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Document: Related Assessments

Examples of how you could use Kōwhiti Whakapae to enhance your assessments and communication.

Oral Language & Literacy
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Child looking at the camera

Adam’s growing communication

The following planning and assessment exemplar follows three-and-a-half-year-old Adam, as he learns to use a core board.
Understanding & Using Language
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Oral Language & Literacy
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baby drawing

Billie starts to talk

This series of three stories is about Billie who has attended an ECE centre for 20 hours a week from 6 months old.
Understanding & Using Language
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