Transcript Writing - Holmes Chapel Primary School

End of year expectations
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Early Learning Goals
 Children use their phonic knowledge to
write words in ways which match their
spoken sounds
 They also write some irregular common
words
 They write simple sentences that can be
read by themselves and others
 Some words are spelt correctly and
others are phonetically plausible
How do we prepare to
write?
 Mark making
 Dough disco
 Funky fingers
 Writing opportunities in continuous
provision
 Child-initiated writing
How do we teach and
practise writing?
 Phonics
 Word of the week
 Weekly writing activity
 My News writing
 Handwriting
Handwriting
 Pencil grip
 Correct letter formation
 Capital and lower case letters
 Cursive writing style
How you can help at
home
 Opportunities for mark making
 Reinforce correct pencil grip
 Practise writing name
 Encourage correct spelling of high
frequency words
 Correct use of capital letters and
lower case letters