lower-case letters not mixed within capitalization, bold etc. words. Y1 2014 Expectations: Y2 2014 Expectations: Y3 2014 Expectations: Y4 2014 Expectations: Y5 2014 Expectations: Y6 2014 Expectations: Pupils should be taught to: Form lowercase letters of the Use the diagonal and Use the diagonal and Write legibly, fluently and with Write legibly, fluently and with • • Sit correctly at a table, holding a correct size relative to one another. horizontal strokes that are horizontal strokes that are increasing speed by: increasing speed by: pencil comfortably and correctly. Start using some of the diagonal and needed to join letters and needed to join letters and Choosing which shape of a Choosing which shape of a • • Begin to form lowercase letters in horizontal strokes needed to join understand which letters, when understand which letters, when letter to use when given choices letter to use when given choices the correct direction, starting and letters and understand which letters, adjacent to one another, are best adjacent to one another, are best and deciding whether or not to and deciding whether or not to finishing in the right place. when adjacent to one another, are left unjoined. left unjoined. join specific letters join specific letters Form capital letters. best left unjoined. Increase the legibility, Increase the legibility, Choosing the writing Choosing the writing • • • • Form digits 0-9. Write capital letters and digits of the consistency and quality of their consistency and quality of their implement that is best suited for implement that is best suited for Understand which letters belong to correct size, orientation and which (i.e. relationship to one another and to handwriting [for example, by handwriting [for example, by a task a task. handwriting ‘families’ letters that are formed in similar lower case letters. ensuring that the downstrokes ensuring that the downstrokes ways) and to practise these. Use spacing between words that of letters are parallel and of letters are parallel and reflects the size of the letters. equidistant; that lines of writing equidistant; that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently so that are spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of the ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch letters do not touch
lower-case letters not mixed within words. capitalization, bold etc. Y1 2014 Expectations: Y2 2014 Expectations: Y3 2014 Expectations: Y4 2014 Expectations: Y5 2014 Expectations: Y6 2014 Expectations: Pupils should be taught to: Sit correctly at a table, holding a pencil comfortably and correctly. Begin to form lowercase letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place. Form capital letters. Form digits 0-9. Understand which letters belong to which handwriting ‘families’ (i.e. letters that are formed in similar ways) and to practise these. Form lowercase letters of the correct size relative to one another. Start using some of the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined. Write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower case letters. Use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters. • Use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined. • Increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting [for example, by ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch • Use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined. • Increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting [for example, by ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch Write legibly, fluently and with increasing speed by: • Choosing which shape of a letter to use when given choices and deciding whether or not to join specific letters • Choosing the writing implement that is best suited for a task Write legibly, fluently and with increasing speed by: • Choosing which shape of a letter to use when given choices and deciding whether or not to join specific letters • Choosing the writing implement that is best suited for a task.
Progress-through-the-sublevels-in-writing-Stanley-Grove-Primary-Academy-2014.docx