Page 13 | What age/year at school, would you put my Dc ar?

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 20/01/2025 16:00

SausageRoll2020 · 20/01/2025 15:49

Nursery school or reception if a child that is very young in their year and struggling.

Nursery?! They aren't writing in nursery 😂

Newuser75 · 20/01/2025 15:59

Is it common for young children to use capital letters in place of lower case as I thought capitals weren't taught until later (unless in their names).

mynameiscalypso · 20/01/2025 15:57

Based on the handwriting of my DS and his peers (all summer born Year 1s), I'd say Reception.

RosePosse · 20/01/2025 15:57

InDogweRust · 20/01/2025 15:48

This would not be an "average" reception child in most schools, it would be slightly towards the better end, unless its a high attaining school with a privileged intake. & it would be an exceptional nursery child. My DC was a very able early reader & would not have produced those spellings in nursery. Lots of reception children will still only be reading red level books at this stage.

Yeah I agree. Not nursery unless the child is being taught by their parents (or the words are being spelt out for them to write).

My DC is in a very pushy preschool and they've done CVC words and the occasional "tricky word" like "the", but are only just starting on digraphs since Christmas.

DailyEnergyCrisis · 20/01/2025 15:54

The handwriting and letter formation I think is an age 4-5 child but the spelling/sentence structure is more like 6-7 year old child. I’d say the child who produced it may have SEN (either an older child with dyslexia or a younger child with dyspraxia).

Efillufwa · 20/01/2025 15:54

InDogweRust · 20/01/2025 15:48

This would not be an "average" reception child in most schools, it would be slightly towards the better end, unless its a high attaining school with a privileged intake. & it would be an exceptional nursery child. My DC was a very able early reader & would not have produced those spellings in nursery. Lots of reception children will still only be reading red level books at this stage.

My child produced work like this in nursery and I work as a supply teacher and have seen A LOT of reception age children write like this at this point in the school term and I don’t live somewhere that is outstanding or privileged, quite the opposite.

InDogweRust · 20/01/2025 15:51

Also kids tend to write capitals either when:

they've been taught capitals/letter names at home or from american tv shows like cocomelon, before learning lower case & phonic sounds properly at school
they struggle with fine motor making curved letters

Both mean you can't tell the school year from the letter formation

SpanThatWorld · 20/01/2025 15:50

SausageRoll2020 · 20/01/2025 15:49

Nursery school or reception if a child that is very young in their year and struggling.

Using [ea] is not a struggling Reception child

ByMerryKoala · 20/01/2025 15:50

Those tight curls on the hair of the stick woman would need some decent fine motor co-ordination.

Polkadotbabushka · 20/01/2025 15:49

Erm I’d say 4/5

SoftPillow · 20/01/2025 15:49

Probably around 5yrs old based on my kids. Perhaps closer to my summer born than my autumn born.

Whippetlovely · 20/01/2025 15:49

Probably year 1. Although all kids are different my child is year 2 and has terrible writing, writes letters
backwards ect

SausageRoll2020 · 20/01/2025 15:49

Nursery school or reception if a child that is very young in their year and struggling.

SpanThatWorld · 20/01/2025 15:49

Mine still had handwriting like this in Y4 but sentence structure and vocabulary would have been more complex.

InDogweRust · 20/01/2025 15:48

This would not be an "average" reception child in most schools, it would be slightly towards the better end, unless its a high attaining school with a privileged intake. & it would be an exceptional nursery child. My DC was a very able early reader & would not have produced those spellings in nursery. Lots of reception children will still only be reading red level books at this stage.

Bushmillsbabe · 20/01/2025 15:48

5 years old, so older reception age or younger year 1. Looks similar to my year 1 summer born DD.

NotAPartyPerson · 20/01/2025 15:47

I'd say anywhere from reception to year 2, depending on age and ability. Most likely year 1 or an older/more able reception child (but I'd be impressed by this!)

Toottooot · 20/01/2025 15:47

5 - Primary 1.

2025letsmakeitthebest · 20/01/2025 15:46

I think it depends on if you meant the tidiness of the writing or being able to write and spell it alone.

Mandatoryamanda · 20/01/2025 15:46

Year 1 (left handed)

Hugmorecats · 20/01/2025 15:45

It's similar to my eight year old but he has sen and is behind the rest of his class. It's more advanced than my reception aged child.

Peclet · 20/01/2025 15:45

4-6 if a boy
4/5 if a girl

Overthebow · 20/01/2025 15:44

For comparison my DC is in reception, she’s summer born so one of the youngest in her class. Her letter formation is better than in this example and is beginning to write words and put sentences together but she wouldn’t be able to write this sentence yet. Some of the older children in her class definitely could.

Efillufwa · 20/01/2025 15:44

A bright nursery age child or an average reception age child at this stage in the school year.

InDogweRust · 20/01/2025 15:44

Y1 boy, more able reception girl
Use of "aw" sound wouldn't be a current/jan reception child.