At Freegrounds Junior School, we adopt a cursive handwriting style following the Twinkl scheme of learning as this is what is taught at Freegrounds Infant School.

Teachers are expected to role model the school’s handwriting style when writing on the board, in books and on displays. Weekly handwriting session teach children to sit with the right posture, hold a pen in the correct position and develop a legible handwriting style. All children are expected to use their neatest handwriting in any piece of writing.

When children have shown they can consistently join their writing using uniform letters, they are awarded their ‘Pen Licence’. Once this has been awarded, they can use a pen in all appropriate subjects. Handwriting interventions help children develop gross and fine motor skills and review how to form individual letters.