Pupil outcome: I can decide when to use cursive handwriting and can complete written tasks in cursive handwriting correctly. Key learning points: - Print and cursive are the two most common handwriting styles. - Tasks that require speed...

Pupil outcome: I can write sections of a journalistic report, using the correct punctuation, in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Journalistic reports use formal language, are usually written in the third person and...

Pupil outcome: I can write quickly and legibly using cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Writing at speed is a valuable skill to develop. - Writing at speed can decrease the legibility and accuracy of your writing. - Your hand...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly copy out a poem in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - A haiku is a short poem of just three lines. - Each line of the poem starts on a new line and with a capital letter. - After forming a capital...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly copy a poem in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - The title of the poem has a capital letter. - Each verse of the poem starts on a new line and with a capital letter. - After forming a capital...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly copy out a poem in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - A kenning poem is a poem constructed using a series of kennings to describe a person, object, or concept. - Each line of the poem starts on a...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly copy out famous quotations in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - The quotation is demarcated with inverted commas. - The quotation starts with a capital letter. - After forming a capital...

Pupil outcome: I can write sections of a non-chronological report in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Information in a non-chronological report is organised using a title, subheadings and paragraphs. - The subheadings...

Pupil outcome: I can write a sentence in cursive handwriting, using the four joins correctly. Key learning points: - There are four joins used to connect letters together in cursive handwriting. - The join used depends on which letter is...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly copy out famous quotations in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - A famous quotation is a well-known phrase, statement, or passage attributed to a particular person, work, or source. - The quotation...

Pupil outcome: I can write correctly punctuated dialogue in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Direct speech is signalled to the reader in text by inverted commas. - Direct speech can be written in a speech first...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly copy out famous quotations in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - A famous quotation is a well-known phrase, statement, or passage attributed to a particular person, work, or source. - The quotation...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly use the four joins in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Cursive handwriting involves joining letters together without lifting your pencil. - There are four cursive letter joins. - Which join is...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly write homophones in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings are called homophones. - The words start with a lead in and...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly use capital letters and cursive handwriting when writing proper nouns. Key learning points: - Proper nouns name specific people, places and things. - After forming a capital letter, you lift your pencil and...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly write common exception words in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Common exception words do not follow regular spelling or phonics rules. - Letters in the common exception words will be joined...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly write common exception words in cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Common exception words do not follow regular spelling or phonics rules. - Letters in the common exception words will be joined...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly form words using the suffixes -er and -est. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - The words start with a lead in and finish with...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly form words ending in -sure and -ture. Key learning points: - -sure and -ture are common spellings for the endings of words. - The words start with a lead in and finish with a lead out. - The pencil does not...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly form words using the suffixes -ful and -less. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - The words start with a lead in and finish...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly form words using the suffixes -y and -ly. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - The words start with a lead in and finish with a...

Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the suffix -ent. Key learning points: - Words that end with suffixes -ant and -ent can sound like ‘unt’ when we speak. - The -ent spelling may be found after a ‘soft c’, ‘soft ‘g’ or ‘qu’. - Words...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly form the fourth join. Key learning points: - The letters all have a lead in and a lead out. - The third join starts at the x-height line and dips below the x-height line and back up to join the next letter....

Pupil outcome: I can spell words using hard c. Key learning points: - Soft c and hard c refer to two different sounds that the letter c can represent, depending on what follows it. - If the vowel letters ‘a’, ‘o’ or ‘u’ or a consonant...