Letter Formation

At Irk Valley Community School, we all follow a particular style of writing. In Reception, each letter has a 'hook' at the end of the formation so that when children begin to learn how to join up their letters in KS1 they are already familiar with how to form each letter individually. 

Here is a sheet with the correct formation for each letter of the alphabet as we do it in Reception. The grey dot shows where each letter should begin when writing.

Writing Expectations

Working Towards the Expected Standard children should be able to:

• Hears and says initial sounds in words. 
• Segment sounds in simple words.  
• Use clearly identifiable letters. 
• Write captions, labels and their name. 
• Beginning to write simple sentences. 

Work samples of Working Towards the Expected Standard:

Working At the Expected Standard children should be able to:

• Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed. 
• Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters. 
• Writes simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others. 

Work samples of Working At the Expected Standard: