For Grade 1 teachers planning the week of Monday 26 to Friday 30 October 2026 (Term 4 Week 4).
This week we will be finishing the Weeks 3 and 4 Maths block (number 17, bonds to 8, ordinal numbers, money, data and 2D shapes), starting the Life Skills topic Homes, and continuing the English FAL theme We grow and change with seasons and clothes words and the -x sound.
Remember to complete the Maths SBA task for Weeks 3 and 4, bring pictures of different types of homes for Life Skills, and have real clothes such as a jacket and a jersey ready for the English FAL vocabulary. Check workbook page numbers against the edition your class uses.
Where this week fits
- Term 4 runs from 6 October to 9 December 2026, so this is the fourth week of the term. There are no public holidays this week.
- Mathematics: this is the second week of the Weeks 3 and 4 block in the ATP, so finish the block and its SBA task this week.
- Life Skills: Weeks 1 to 3 of Term 4 were set aside to catch up on Term 3 work. Week 4 starts the topic Homes, which runs over Weeks 4 and 5.
- English FAL: follow the Week 4 column of the Term 4 ATP.
Grade 1 Mathematics
Number 17, bonds to 8, ordinal numbers to tenth, sharing and grouping with remainders, money, add and subtract to 16, calendars, data and 2D shapes.
Grade 1 Life Skills
Topic: Homes. The home I live in, types of homes and materials for our weather, painting the body in action, a class performance and rope walking in PE.
Grade 1 English FAL
Theme: We grow and change. Seasons and clothes vocabulary, sight words does, not, too and small, the -x sound, and the writing frame “I used to wear my … Now it …”.
Pacing note
If your class is behind, do not skip ahead to keep up with these plans. Finish the current topic, carry unfinished work into next week and use the daily mental maths and oral sessions to keep revising. If you are ahead, use the extension activities in each plan.
Other Foundation Phase grades this week: Grade R, Grade 2, Grade 3
Useful links
- DBE 2023/2024 Foundation Phase ATPs
- DBE 2026 workbooks for Terms 3 and 4
- DBE 2026 school calendar (PDF)
- Grade 1 ATPs 2023 to 2024 on caps123
- How to use the Foundation Phase annual teaching plans
- Foundation Phase CAPS assessment made simple
- More Foundation Phase English FAL lesson plans
caps123.co.za is not an official DBE page. These plans are based on DBE documents. Always check the official DBE documents and your school and provincial assessment programme.