KG1 (FS2) Expectations on Entry Date:
• In UAE, a child may join FS2 if he/she is 4years by 31st August.
• KG1 is equivalent to FS2 in a school that runs the English National Curriculum.
• Therefore, expectations for entry are in line with FS2 expectations in UK.
• A child would need to attend FS1 or nursery prior to joining FS2, in order to have basic foundation literacy, social &
numeracy skills.
A child should be able to achieve at least expected or exceeding level in age band of 3-4years
Literacy Numeracy Communication Personal social and Emotional
development
• I can join in with my favourite • I show interest in number • I listen to the stories and I can • I like to play in group with my
stories and rhymes. games like putting my farm talk about them. friends.
• I know that stories have animals in 2 fields, then in 3 • I can understand the use of • I can ask my friends to play
beginning, middle and end. fields. objects like what do we use for with me.
• I can recognise and copy my • I can count claps and jumps as cutting. • I would like to help you when
name. well as things like apple and • I can speak longer sentences needed like cleaning up the
• I can hold the pencil correctly buses and dinosaurs. using because. class room.
and form recognisable letters. • I can recognise and count • I can ask questions and answer • I can always wait for my turn.
• I can write the initial sounds of numbers till 10. your question. • I can share toys with my
the words. • I know how many objects in a • I am able to tell about my friends.
• I hold the books right way up set of 10. needs.
and turn the pages carefully
when I look at it on my own.
Example of Age-appropriate Work:
A child can write his/her name &
copy key words. He/she can write the
initial sounds of words.
KG2 (Year 1) Expectations on Entry Date:
• In UAE, a child may join Year1 when he/she turns 5 years of age by 31st August.
• KG2 is equivalent to Year 1 in a school that runs the English National Curriculum.
• Therefore, expectations for KG2 entry are in line with Year 1 expectations in UK.
• A child should be able to achieve at expected level of Early Learning Goals, when the child turns 5 years.
Literacy Numeracy Communication Personal social and Emotional
development
• I can read short sentences • I can use numbers from 1 to 20 in • I can tell you what has • I can play with my friends and
like “ I can go “ the right order when I am counting happened and what might also listen to their ideas.
• I can tell about the things or singing rhymes. happen next as you share a • I can talk to my friends about
characters in the story. • I can add groups of things together. story with me. feeling happy, excited, sad,
• I can say the sounds I hear • I can take away things from a group • I can make up my own stories. cross or worried.
in the word like “bag”. to tell how many I am left with. • I can use words like “I went” or • I know what I should do about
• I can write words like • I can make patterns and tell you I am going instead of “I go”. sharing toys and keeping safe.
“the” and “was” about it. • I can tell the order of the
• I can use words like “big”, “small”, events.
“heavy”, “light”, “in”…
Example of Age-appropriate Work:
Can write number names and
able to write audible sounds in
Can add numbers independently words
Can write short
sentences using
phonics knowledge
