Gatehouse
Primary Academy

Handwriting

At Gatehouse Primary Academy we teach the children to take pride in their work through their presentation and handwriting.

Progression in Handwriting skills:

Foundation Stage

• To sit correctly at a table and use a comfortable and efficient pencil grip.
• To write from left to right.
• To write letters with the correct sequence of movements.
• To begin to form letters of regular size and shape.

KS1

• To put regular spaces between letters and words.
• To form lower case letters of the correct size relative to one another.
• To practise writing on lines with descenders and ascenders correctly placed.
• To form capital letters correctly.
• To form digits 0-9 correctly.
• To understand which letters belong to which handwriting ‘families’ (i.e. letters that are formed in similar ways) and to practise these.
• To develop a pre-cursive handwriting style.

KS2

• To develop a cursive handwriting style.
• To build up handwriting speed, fluency and legibility through practice.
• To transfer writing skills from pencil to pen (if pen licence is earnt). 
• To write legibly and fluently in a sustained piece of writing.