Handwriting

At Heather Ridge we teach the children cursive handwriting. 

The style taught includes entry strokes which will help the children to join up when they are ready to do so.  

We aim to teach the children to write in a style that enables the letters to be joined up easily. If they find the physical act of scribing achievable and comfortable, they will be likely to develop into confident effective writers.

We introduce joined up writing as soon as possible once children are secure in the movements of each letter. For joined up handwriting practice, we distinguish between the letters that join with a diagonal line, those that join with a horizontal line and those which do not join. We also encourage the use of joined writing for practicing some of the high frequency words, to help reinforce the fact that these words need to be remembered as wholes. 

The following video shows how we start and finish each letter