Perfecting writing for the 4+ Assessments

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As our students are currently sitting their 4+ Assessments and have more coming up in the next few months, we are currently perfecting writing for the 4+ Assessments.

There are many ways that we are doing this.

  1. We continue to work consistently on pencil grip. Some students have their own unique ways of holding their pencil and we never make it a problem. We work with how they hold their pencil. We show them how to hold it and if they like it they can have a go. If they don’t, we continue to encourage them to hold their pencil in a way that will make it easier for them to write.

  2. We continue to work on the precision and size of the writing. Some students at this stage either write very big or very small. We model for them how they should write their letters. We do it together. We practise consistently and the results always follow!

  3. We continue to work on writing numbers, their name and letters of the alphabet. All of these could be Assessed so we continue to perfect them.

It is always a joy when I see my students be able to write and to form their letters beautifully. When I see their faces light up, it truly fills me with pride.

Yes we are preparing for the 4+ Assessments but more than that, we are preparing our students for a lifelong love for learning which will stay with them for many years to come after our lessons have completed.

We are also currently perfecting drawing.

Some of the problems that I am currently seeing is a reluctance to put the pencil to paper and draw what they are asked to draw. In the 4+ Assessments your child will be asked to draw independently. We therefore want to really encourage our students to draw independently.

We want to initially model to them how to do it. Show them step by step.

Another problem is that some of my students want to draw their own thing rather than following the instruction given. This will be an issue in the 4+ Assessments because the students will be expected to follow the instructions given to them. The way we get better at this is simply by practising. Lots and lots of practise!

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