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

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Nonstoprain · 20/01/2025 15:37

Looking at this?

What age/year at school, would you put my Dc ar?
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Tandora · 20/01/2025 20:24

SuffolkUnicorn · 20/01/2025 19:41

My kids better than your kid
mine wrote like that at 6 months old and gave stick people actual hair styles

seriously what is wrong with some of you

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Shubbypubby · 20/01/2025 20:23

Reception/year 1

Verbena17 · 20/01/2025 20:22

Did someone else draw the stick person on left side? It’s very different to the hand writing and unless an adult did it, I’m thinking the child who wrote this is much older perhaps but really struggles with writing and processing.

Im suggesting 9yrs old

CaptainMyCaptain · 20/01/2025 20:22

Strictlymad · 20/01/2025 20:19

I’m a teacher too, I’ve not met even a very able nursery child to know the ea digraph and use it correctly in beach, even a ch is more of a solid reception child than nursery

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I said I thought it was a Reception child not Nursery. It also depends if it was guided writing with some words spelled for them or totally independent.

Edit: looking back at my post, I agreed with someone else who said Reception rather than saying it myself but I stand by that.

mynameiscalypso · 20/01/2025 20:21

I think demographics make a huge difference. A friend teaches at a primary school nearby and her son is in the same class as DS. What is considered average in our children's school is considered advanced in her school. The only difference is the catchment area.

Sherrystrull · 20/01/2025 20:19

He's clearly in a very capable cohort. He might be middle of the road in terms of his class, but definitely not in terms of Year 1 expectations.

I'm also impressed you know where he falls in the class in terms of writing ability and how good all the other children are. Do you work in the class?

Tandora · 20/01/2025 20:19

SpanThatWorld · 20/01/2025 15:50

Using [ea] is not a struggling Reception child

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Right. Some of these replies are ridiculous 🙄

Strictlymad · 20/01/2025 20:19

CaptainMyCaptain · 20/01/2025 19:55

My assessment is through being a Nursery/Reception teacher for 30 years.

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I’m a teacher too, I’ve not met even a very able nursery child to know the ea digraph and use it correctly in beach, even a ch is more of a solid reception child than nursery

FrodisCapering · 20/01/2025 20:17

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MarigoldSpider · 20/01/2025 20:15

I’m just here for the big reveal

Cupofteaandbiscuits · 20/01/2025 20:15

I’m a teacher and would say Reception/year 1

1AngelicFruitCake · 20/01/2025 20:14

@RosePosse I'm aghast at nursery teaching digraphs! I would like to think nursery at this stage are embedding phase 1 phonics and possibly looking at phase 2 and making cvc words using first sounds (satpin).

1AngelicFruitCake · 20/01/2025 20:09

Reception
Great they can think of a sentence and write it down, remembering finger spaces and it makes sense.

They are getting mixed up between lowercase and uppercase. They need support with some of the letters formed.

If reception and independent that's great they just need to work on their formation .

DonningMyHardHat · 20/01/2025 20:07

I would say my very able yr 1/6year old is only one step above this handwriting-wise, and it took him to the end of reception to stop doing random capitals everywhere. His sentence structure was ahead of this at the beginning of reception though. He’s ASD/ADHD so presentation isn’t really his thing but he finds phonics and structuring writing comes naturally.
Reception-Yr 1 seems about right to me.

valentinka31 · 20/01/2025 20:00

So please tell us the answer

valentinka31 · 20/01/2025 20:00

reception to Year 1, aged generally around 5

CaptainMyCaptain · 20/01/2025 19:55

Tootiredmummyof3 · 20/01/2025 19:36

I'm really surprised so many people are saying reception. I would have thought an older Y1: or possibly even a young Y2.
While it's a bit messy the spelling and sentence structure are too advanced for reception and I don't know any nursery children who can write anything like that well.

My assessment is through being a Nursery/Reception teacher for 30 years.

TrainCoffee · 20/01/2025 19:55

Mandatoryamanda · 20/01/2025 15:46

Year 1 (left handed)

Why left handed?

CaptainMyCaptain · 20/01/2025 19:53

Morello339 · 20/01/2025 15:40

I'd say reception. There is some sound knowledge, but using capitals and lower case incorrectly. Also, letter size and formation seems reception level too.

I agree with this. It is odd to mix in so many capitals though and letter formation needs a lot of work.

Fuzzypinetree · 20/01/2025 19:48

All depends, doesn't it? Our school wouldn't have children below Year 4 use those lines. Letter formation, child not writing in lines and letter size would put it at Reception level for ours. Does the child have issues with fine motor skills?

hopsalong · 20/01/2025 19:47

Year 1 or 2?!
I would think nursery. The children in my sons' inner London primary could write much better than this in reception.

Dragonsandcats · 20/01/2025 19:47

I’d say 5 ish, reception/y1

PrincessOfPreschool · 20/01/2025 19:46

Notaflippinclue · 20/01/2025 19:42

6 months

😂 PERFECT

Moveoverdarlin · 20/01/2025 19:46

Reception Age 5.

Notaflippinclue · 20/01/2025 19:42

6 months

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