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Learning and Development
Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of Learning and

Development are equally important and inter-connected.
Learning and Development is split into seven areas (3 Prime areas and 4 specific areas)

Prime Areas:

Communication and Language

• Listening, Attention and Understanding
• Speaking

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• Self-regulation
• Managing self
• Building relationships
Physical Development
• Gross Motor Skills
• Fine Motor Skills

Specific Areas:

Literacy

• Comprehension
• Word Reading

• Writing
Mathematics
• Numbers
• Numerical Patterns
Understanding of the world
• Past and Present
• People, Culture and Communities
• The Natural World
Expressive Arts and Design
• Creating with materials
• Being imaginative and Expressive