This is the Grade 1 Afrikaans First Additional Language (FAL) revised Annual Teaching Plan, split into one file per term. It plans weekly themes for learners starting to learn Afrikaans, with daily listening and speaking routines built around greetings, songs, rhymes and theme vocabulary.
Each term is planned over 10 weeks (45 days in Term 1, 51 in Term 2, 52 in Term 3) with a suggested theme every two weeks. Themes and vocabulary are suggestions only, and assessment in the Foundation Phase is continuous, with baseline assessment in the first ten school days.
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What the Afrikaans FAL Grade 1 ATP covers
Term 1
- Orientation and classroom routines
- Themes: This is me, My birthday
- Themes: Going to school, My family
- Themes: Playing outside, Feelings
- Greeting classmates and the teacher
- Songs and action rhymes
- Question of the day
- Theme vocabulary and sight words
Formal assessment: Informal baseline assessment in the first ten days, mainly by observation.
Term 2
- Themes: Friends, Things that grow
- Themes: Animals, Sport and games
- Stories: Three little pigs, Three little mice
- Greetings and asking how someone is
- Songs and action rhymes
- Open question of the day
- Theme vocabulary and sight words
Term 3
- Themes: In and around town, Working together
- Themes: Clothes, Reading is fun
- Theme: Keeping my body healthy and safe
- Greetings and saying goodbye politely
- Songs and action rhymes
- Open question of the day
- Theme vocabulary and sight words
Source: Department of Basic Education, 2023/24 Annual Teaching Plans. DBE Circular S19 of 2025 keeps the 2023/24 ATPs in use, with some exclusions, so check with your school or district for any changes.