Handwriting
We want all of our children to take pride in their presentation and we advocate a cursive/joined-up handwriting style throughout school. We use Kingston Cursive as the basis of our handwriting policy throughout KS1. Our Handwriting Policy covers all the requirements of the 2014 National Curriculum.
Letter - Joins is a website which supports this scheme.
We aim to make handwriting an automatic process that does not interfere with creative and mental thinking. We promote and teach print in the Foundation Stage, Pre-cursive in Year 1 and cursive, joined-up handwriting in Year 2.
(Please refer to the Handwriting Policy and Whole School Progression Map for more details).
Print (Foundation Stage)
- Curly group (anti-clockwise round)– c, a, d, f, g, q, e, s
- Long group (down and off in another direction) – l, i, t, j, u, y
- One-armed group (down and retrace upwards) – b, h, k, m, n, p, r
- Zig Zag group – v, w, x, z
- Curly group (anti-clockwise round)– c, a, d, f, g, q, e, s
- Long group (down and off in another direction) – l, i, t, j, u, y
- One-armed group (down and retrace upwards) – b, h, k, m, n, p, r
- Zig Zag group – v, w, x, z
Pre-cursive (Year 1)
Cursive (Year 2)
Useful Website: