Handwriting
We have had a few parents asking if they can help with their children's handwriting. We use 'cursive' writing from Year 2 onwards and because this has 'in' and 'out' strokes to each letter it is helpful for children when they start joining up their writing in Key Stage Two.
We introduce the 'out' stroke from EYFS and the 'in' stroke from Year 2, with an expectation that children begin to join up their letters from Year 2. The children learn to form letters with dittie taught through the Little Wandle synthetic phonics scheme. Children are taught to write lower case, and separately, capital letters. These links show the ditties the children learn to help them form the letters correctly.
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If you would like to practice handwriting with your child it is most useful to use lined paper and for the child to sit comfortably at a table with the paper on a slight diagonal to the left (for right handers) or to the right (for left handers). The attached sheet should be helpful in seeing how each letter is formed. Starting practicing with individual letters can be progressed into joins of two letters or more (for older children). A little and often approach is useful, perhaps five minutes every day rather than a long session occasionally.
Please do let us know if we can be of any further support