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Cognition and learning

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Employment

  • Child understands and talks about different careers and education options. This is so that they are able to make choices about what they will do next.
  • Child has begun to develop a profile of interests and aspirations. This demonstrates individual strengths and skills.

Independence

  • Child understands the concept of money. Demonstrating awareness that different objects are of different monetary values. They are beginning to use money to pay for items such as snacks in school.
  • Child has begun to understand concepts related to travel and transport. They are aware of the role of the below in facilitating independent travel.:
    • paying for a ticket/pass
    • timetables
    • road signs
  • Child understands the concept of recipes relating to preparation of food. They can follow the recipe with adult support to make simple foods. For example, cupcakes or sandwiches.

Community inclusion

  • Child understands the importance of being safe within the local community, including online. They have begun to understand potential areas of risk and ways to take steps to avoid these. For example, strangers, online hazards and bullying.
  • Child is familiar with the local area, including particular places and routes of travel. This enables hem to begin to understand where they are going and how to get there.

Health

  • Child understands the purpose of vaccinations and cooperates to ensure good medical health.
  • Child understands changes to their body associated with puberty. They are aware of self-care routines required to maintain good physical health.
  • Child understands minor health needs that they may have and the strategies/resources to manage these. For example, asthma, eczema and difficulties with vision and/or hearing.
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