most letters with ascenders reach up to the ascender line

a word that we use in place of a noun to avoid repetition, such as "he," "she," or "it"

a specific name given to a particular person, place, or thing

moving or going in the opposite direction of a clock's hands

Formation of C, G, O and Q

English

In this unit, pupils learn capital letter formation for all 26 letters of the alphabet. 'Numerals 0-10’, pupils build on this by learning the formation of the numerals 0-10.

In 'Lower case letters', pupils learnt the letter formation for all 26 lower case letters. In this unit, pupils  build on this knowledge, learning the formation of all capital letters.

In this unit, pupils learn to form all 26 capital letters accurately. They apply this skill to the writing of proper nouns, practising with the days of the week. Finally, pupils practise matching capital letters with their lowercase equivalents.

Capital letters

the smooth movement made when writing without lifting the pencil from the paper

Formation of M, N, W and V

Formation of B, D, P and R

a straight line that goes from left to right or right to left

Formation of I, E, F, and L

Formation of A, H, K and T

Formation of S, J and U

Formation of X, Y and Z

the names used to identify each day in a week

Practice of capital letters and days of the week

the upper case formation of letters in the alphabet

the smaller version of  letters that we use for most of our writing, appearing in non-initial positions in words.

Capital letters

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These lessons will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.