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Nursery - mark making is where it starts in September!
Y1 The focus is on "holding" and then writing a sentence. We focus on the "magic 5" - making sense, capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and spellings.
Here, Elizabeth has demonstrated that she can experiment with new, spoken vocabulary.
Y2 Here, Ethan has shown increasing self-awareness as a writer. Vocabulary and punctuation choice, alongside more complex (self-corrected) spellings are evidence of the independence which develops in Y2.
Y3 pupils build on Y2's skills and can now start to write more extended sections of a narrative. Adverbial starters, expanded phrases and more complex punctuation (particularly speech) are skills which Y3 pupils begin to master.
Here, Chloe and Willow have demonstrated a great deal of ambition and skill in their writing.
At the start of Y4, sentences are becoming much more detailed and many children can show a fine control of punctuation. Writing stamina is up: Ivy did her work in 1 hour. Roshni's piece is an example of a skills-practice session.
Y5 begin to write in a mixture of styles and for different purposes/audiences.
Have a look at the level of punctuation, the quality of description and the control of spelling.
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In the early part of Y6, children are encouraged to match author's composition, syntax and tone. Here, Ethan and Adaline have shown secure control of punctuation, vocabulary and pacing. It's really good, isn't it? It could be straight from Mortal Engines, by Phillip Reeve.
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