Cain

Cain’s Learning
Journal

Semi Circle Group
Pre-school Year

I’m Back !!! 30 August 2021
Cain has settled back
into class fine. He has
been meeting new
friends and old in
Bubble 1. He has been
trying lots of delicious
and different food at
lunch time.

PLP September 2021

For Cain’s personal learning
targets he will be given lots of
opportunities playing with friends
and help and share with them, he
will be given opportunities to
demonstrate his kind nature and
show empathy to others. I will
encourage Cain to use the writing
resources and give him
opportunities to develop his
drawings with more detail . I am will
give him lots of experience to
develop and consolidate his
understanding of estimating
numbers and measurements. For
his own target he wanted to learn
how to make okay dough and go on
skates.

Personal Plan

For my own learning I wanted
to learn to make dough and
learn how to go on skates.

Bundle 2 Health and Wellbeing

Date 16/09/21
I am aware of others and I am
able to show empathy.

Cain gives his friends a hug to make
them feel happy. He was a terrific
help to Miss Macnamara when her
apron fell off her shoulders.



I was the star helper. I chose
the day, the weather and
counted all my friends in the
semi circle group.

Star Helper

Bundle 13 Literacy
Date 23/09/21
I can draw faces, sometimes with legs Cain was drawing his daddy and
and arms coming from them telling me he was sad. He then
drew this fabulous picture of
himself, Joshua and daddy at
the traffic lights. 28/09/21

Bundle 13 Literacy

Date 03/11/21 Cain was drawing the
car park and parking
I can draw faces, sometimes with legs and spaces. He drew himself
parking his car.
arms coming from them

Numeracy
Bundle 1
Date 07/10/21
I can estimate in contexts of
numbers and measurements
and use the appropriate
language

Cain had to choose the
correct length of
ribbon to go around
each object.

Cain was making strips of play dough that
were longer and shorter than each other.

Numeracy

It’s at an angle.
That one is too big
That’s not round
That’s round so it will roll

You need to balance it. Bundle 1
Is it balanced ? It’s down at that Date 10/11/21
side now. They are all at that side. I can estimate in contexts of numbers
You need some more the other and measurements and use the
side, one there, one there, one appropriate language
there , one there there you go
balanced !

Happy
Halloween

Christmas Time

PLP Evaluation December 2021

Cain has enjoyed all aspects of drawing and
mark making. He comes to the writing table
daily and draws fantastic roads and bus stop
pictures. He is beginning to copy his name
more confidently. He has enjoyed using the
building blocks and built some super dens with
sheets and blocks. Cain has achieved all his
targets this term
Cain joined in with lots of phonological games
and is understanding rhyming, syllables and
initial sounds. He enjoys all the creative
experiences and is often the first boy at the
art table. He has a good grasp of
mathematical language and understands full,
empty, more and less when at the water play.

PLP January 2022

For Cain personal learning targets he
will be given lots of opportunities and
experiences to develop his learning .
In his health and well-being outcome
he will be given lots of opportunities
to dress independently and practice
his zips and putting shoes on. He will
be given lots of experiences to
practice copying and writing his name
in lots of situations. For his numeracy
outcomes he will have lots of
experiences to build on his knowledge
and understanding of numbers to 10.
For his own personal learning he
wanted to build a swimming pool.

Personal Plan

For my personal plan I said
I wanted to make a Cain
swimming pool

Bundle 11 Health and Wellbeing
Date 08/03/22

I can manages shoes, jackets and fastenings

independently.

Snow days

Cain had great fun
when we had snow
at the nursery.

Cain
enjoyed
making
pancakes
with his
friends and
then ate
then for
snack.
Delicious.

Cain went to
water the plants
and planted some
sunflower seeds.

Cain enjoyed a visit from the primary 1
children who came to read them stories for
world Book Day.



Bundle 14

LiteracyDate 23/02/22

I can copy some letters from my name.

Cain has devolped
this skill and is
writing his own name
with no prompts and
from memory.

Bundle 2 Numeracy
Date 08/03/22
I can identify and use numbers to 10 during okay
experiences.

PLP Evaluation March 2022

Cain has achieved all his targets this term.
He has developed great independence
putting on his shoes, coats and outdoor
clothing. He is now wringing his own name
with no visual prompt and signs all his
wonderful drawings to take home. He is
recognising an d using numbers to 10
during his play experiences in class.
Cain certainly enjoyed our snowy weather
and loves being outside. He is a super
helper to the janitor who comes in daily to
tops up our soap and paper towels. Cain
has been enjoying using the new blocks and
is becoming familiar with 3D names and the
properties of shapes, I.e edges, corners,
straight and curved lines.

PLP April 2022

For Cains’s targets this term
he will be given opportunities
to carry out more advanced
routine independently. For his
literacy targets he will be given
opportunities to draw more
detailed figures with more
features. During his numeracy
targets he will count starting
and stopping at given points eg
2-8. For his own personal plan
he wanted to chalk outside.

Personal Plan

For my own personal learning plan I said I
wanted to chalk outside. I could make a park
car park for the McDonald’s

H/WB 0.21a Health and Wellbeing
Date 26/04/22
Sequential thinking.

I counted my friends and chose
the day. Then I said cloudy and

seen who was here today. 

Cain was the star
helper, he had to follow
a complex routine.

It was my birthday on the 23rd
of April. When I came back to
nursery my friends sang Happy
Birthday and I got a cake, a card
and 2 gifts.

Health and Wellbeing

H/WB 0.21a
Date 30/05/22
Sequential thinking.

You need your jacket, your You put your chair under and
wellies and my trousers. I put your food in the food bin. 

can do it myself. 

Spring fun in the Woods.



Jubilee shorts and shades party.

Bundle 13 Literacy
Date 10/05/22

I can draw a detailed person with head trunk, arms, legs and

features.



Numeracy You just say 3,4,5,6,7 8 and
stop. 
Bundle 2
Date 10//05/22
I can count starting and stopping at a
given point, I.e. 2-8

PLP Evaluation June 2022

Cain achieved all his targets this term.
During his Health and WellBeing challenges
could follow more complex routines
independently. He follows lunch time
routine , outdoor routines and star helper
routines. During his literacy challenge he has
developed fantastic pencil control and is
drawing more detailed figures and pictures
and chats confidently about their meaning.
For his numeracy challenges he was
demonstrating a deeper understanding of
number order and can count starting and
stopping at given points quickly and
confidently. He has enjoyed visiting Primary
1 and meeting his teacher.

Adam I hope you have the best time in Primary 1. I am so
proud of all your achievements this year and can’t wait to see

you after the summer in you new uniform.