Understanding the World

Measures of children’s proficiency in making sense of the social and material world around them.

Sub-domains and proficiencies

Definitions for each of the skills listed above can be found here.

Past and Present -

Children’s proficiency in engaging with and understanding ideas about the order of events and the passage of time.

  • Understanding of sequence
  • Chronological understanding
  • Chronological vocabulary
  • Comparison skills
  • Observation skills
The Natural World -

Children’s proficiency in engaging with and understanding ideas about living things and the material environment.

  • Comparison skills
  • Observation skills
  • Natural process knowledge
People, Culture and Communities -

Children’s proficiency in engaging with, understanding and appreciating the social world.