Programme of Study for Writing: Stage 1
Name:
Autumn 1
O
G
Handwriting
Purpose and
organisation
Vocab
Grammar
Begin to form recognisable lower-case letters
Can form these letters correctly: l i t u j y
Can form these letters correctly: r n m h b k p
Can form these letters correctly: c a d o s g q e f
Can form these letters correctly: z v w x
Write ascenders of the correct size
Write descenders of the correct size
Form capital letters
Form digits 0-9
Always leaves spaces between words
Can write text types been taught with appropriate features
(SEE TEXT TYPES DOCUMENT)
Compose a sentence orally before writing it.
Sequence sentences to form short narratives x 3
Can use appropriate vocabulary
Use adjectives to describe
Join words and join clauses using ‘and’
Join words and join clauses using ‘because’
Punctuation
Spelling
Use time openers correctly- First, Next, Then, After that,
Finally
Use different sentence openers
Re-read what they have written to check that it makes
sense.
Most sentences punctuated using a full stop
Most sentences punctuated using a capital letter
Begin to use question marks correctly
Begin to use exclamation marks
Use a capital letter for names of people, places, the days
of the week and the personal pronoun ‘I’.
Can make phonetically plausible attempts at spelling
consonant clusters eg. sand
Can spell most common words correctly (most R/Y1 HFW
and the words on the Year 1 list in the NC)
Autumn 2
O
G
Spring 1
O
G
Spring 2
Summer 1
O
G
O
G
Summer 2
O
G
Summ
ary
Can make recognisable attempts at spelling words not
known (almost all decodable without the child’s help). (If all
are spelt correctly, tick the criteria so as not to penalise
the child)
Can make recognisable attempts at spelling words with
correct diagraphs.
Add prefixes and suffixes:
- Add –s or –es
- un- -ing –ed and –est
SCORE
BEGINNING/DEVELOPING/SECURING
B
SKILLS
B+
D
Segment words into syllables
Read their writing aloud clearly enough to be heard by
their peers and the teacher
D+
S
S+