Key Stage 2

New Teach Handwriting Website Design

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new-site-design

On Friday 19th October 2018, after 4 pm (UK time), we will be changing over to our new website design.

You will still have free access (non-commercial use only) to all the information, tips, advice and free animations and worksheets that you currently have.

In the new design:

Navigation is by button click-through, instead of our drop-down menus, to make it easier for tablet and mobile phone users.

There are specific Teacher and Parent sections to make it more specific to our visitor’s needs.

More information is available directly from the pages so that you don’t have to download games instructions etc.

The new Teachers section has been split into three district Key Stages:

  • Foundation Stage (4 – 5 year olds)
  • Key Stage 1 (5 – 7 year olds)
  • Key Stage 2 (7 – 11 year olds).

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The information and free resources within them are Key Stage specific, designed to support teachers with the teaching of handwriting and to aid identifying and supporting any handwriting difficulties.

parent-page

The new Parent section has been created to help and support parents and careers who wish, or need, to support their children’s handwriting at home. The information and free resources have been organised in to age groups to help parent/careers understand whether their child’s handwriting is of the expected standard for their age and how to support them if they need extra help.

Children need Joined Handwriting to Pass the Key Stage 2 Writing Assessments

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Primary schools preparing their children for this year’s Key Stage 2 writing assessments have to take into account new government changes made to the “Teacher assessment frameworks at the end of key stage 2 For use in the 2017 to 2018”.

Helen Ward’s TES article (05/02/18) “Sats: Most teachers say writing assessment will not produce accurate results” highlights some of the concerns and confusion teacher have following the changes.

For instance,

“The changes mean that some of the elements of writing that children had to show last year are no longer necessary to meet the expected standard.

But, while children could meet the expected standard without neat handwriting last year, now they must “maintain legibility in joined handwriting when writing at speed”.”  H. Ward (05/02/18)

Bibliography

Helen Ward: TES article (05/02/18) “Sats: Most teachers say writing assessment will not produce accurate results”: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/sats-most-teachers-say-writing-assessment-will-not-produce-accurate

Standard & Testing Agency 2017 “Teacher assessment frameworks at the end of key stage 2 For use in the 2017 to 2018”: Electronic version product code: STA/17/7957/e ISBN: 978-1-78644-414-1: download at www.gov.uk/government/publications.