Writing
Early Years focuses on encouraging mark making and early writing, while Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 focuses on the two key areas:
- Transcription (spelling and handwriting)
- Composition (articulating ideas and structuring them in speech and writing)
Teachers make judgements on whether children are working towards the expected standard, working at the expected standard or working at greater depth. This is reported to parents on a termly basis. The following 'I can....' documents, outline the expectation for the majority of pupils who are working on their own year group's aims. The statements detailed in the documents are used by teachers when forming a judgement about how well a child is progressing.
Teachers may feel the need to revisit 'I can...' statements from earlier years to consolidate knowledge and build on pupils’ understanding, or go beyond the 'I can...' statements if they feel it is appropriate for their highest-attaining children.