Handwriting and Presentation
At Kineton Primary School, we believe that the importance of handwriting should not be underestimated. It is vital that children can write quickly, neatly, comfortably and legibly as it is a skill needed in many curriculum areas and indeed life. Formal handwriting is taught throughout the school through the Penpals scheme. Handwriting is taught explicitly through a weekly 30 minute (or two 15 minute) formal handwriting session and reinforced in many different curriculum areas.
We have introduced several new reward systems focusing on handwriting. You are already familiar with the certificates awarded weekly to one child from each class for the best presentation for the week and for the child who has made the best effort. Certificates are displayed in the classroom and then sent home at the end of the week.
In addition, special handwriting awards will be given as children master key handwriting stages.
Bronze - write in thin pencil and hold a pencil with a three fingered grip
Silver - write in pencil, correctly form all letters of the alphabet when printing letters, both lower case and capital and form letters that are of the correct size and shape. Errors should be crossed out with a ruled pencil line, not a rubber.
Gold - write in blue fibre-tip or gel pen, correctly join all letters where appropriate across a range of writing, form letters that demonstrate consistent size and spacing, including length and direction of ascenders and descenders. Children should also maintain an even pressure on the page when writing, correct their mistakes by putting neat, ruled line through their error and demonstrate good layout of their learning, including DUMTUM with a ruler (date, underline, miss a line, title, underline, miss a line).
Platinum - write in fountain pen in a clear, fluent style, using neat handwriting consistently across all areas of learning including their home learning. Children should be able to adapt their writing to a range of purposes for example CAPITALS or italics.
Please note that Biros and black ink should not be used. If the standard of a child’s work deteriorates they will be asked to go back to pencil until the standard of presentation improves. Underlining of the date and/or title should always be in pencil with a ruler.
Making mistakes is an important part of learning and children will be taught to make corrections by drawing a single line through the error in pencil (even when writing in pen). Rubbers may be used when writing in pencil from Year 2 up. In Year R and 1 children should ask adults to help them use a rubber.
We encourage you as parents to support your child in producing quality work following the handwriting policy as good habits are formed through practice. We expect that pupils take the same care with home-learning as they do in their class books. It is important to correct bad habits so please help your child by noticing and practising with them any letters or joins with which they particularly struggle.
If you have any questions about any aspects of this information please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher or Mrs Mitchell-Hilton at Mitchell-hilton.j@welearn365.com.
At Kineton Primary School, we believe that the importance of handwriting should not be underestimated. It is vital that children can write quickly, neatly, comfortably and legibly as it is a skill needed in many curriculum areas and indeed life. Formal handwriting is taught throughout the school through the Penpals scheme. Handwriting is taught explicitly through a weekly 30 minute (or two 15 minute) formal handwriting session and reinforced in many different curriculum areas.
We have introduced several new reward systems focusing on handwriting. You are already familiar with the certificates awarded weekly to one child from each class for the best presentation for the week and for the child who has made the best effort. Certificates are displayed in the classroom and then sent home at the end of the week.
In addition, special handwriting awards will be given as children master key handwriting stages.
Bronze - write in thin pencil and hold a pencil with a three fingered grip
Silver - write in pencil, correctly form all letters of the alphabet when printing letters, both lower case and capital and form letters that are of the correct size and shape. Errors should be crossed out with a ruled pencil line, not a rubber.
Gold - write in blue fibre-tip or gel pen, correctly join all letters where appropriate across a range of writing, form letters that demonstrate consistent size and spacing, including length and direction of ascenders and descenders. Children should also maintain an even pressure on the page when writing, correct their mistakes by putting neat, ruled line through their error and demonstrate good layout of their learning, including DUMTUM with a ruler (date, underline, miss a line, title, underline, miss a line).
Platinum - write in fountain pen in a clear, fluent style, using neat handwriting consistently across all areas of learning including their home learning. Children should be able to adapt their writing to a range of purposes for example CAPITALS or italics.
Please note that Biros and black ink should not be used. If the standard of a child’s work deteriorates they will be asked to go back to pencil until the standard of presentation improves. Underlining of the date and/or title should always be in pencil with a ruler.
Making mistakes is an important part of learning and children will be taught to make corrections by drawing a single line through the error in pencil (even when writing in pen). Rubbers may be used when writing in pencil from Year 2 up. In Year R and 1 children should ask adults to help them use a rubber.
We encourage you as parents to support your child in producing quality work following the handwriting policy as good habits are formed through practice. We expect that pupils take the same care with home-learning as they do in their class books. It is important to correct bad habits so please help your child by noticing and practising with them any letters or joins with which they particularly struggle.
If you have any questions about any aspects of this information please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher or Mrs Mitchell-Hilton at Mitchell-hilton.j@welearn365.com.
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