How old is the child thay wrote this?

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Taking into account handwriting and spelling? The two seem incongruous to me.

I don't think sentence complexity will help as I am pretty sure she rushed this, so was churning out sentences vs. concentrating on sentence structure.

The irony of my typo in the headline 😔

Ahh, so the poster I replied to was wrong

Yes I'm not sure why people think schools don't teach joined handwriting, it's quite a common misconception. I teach it daily!

My sons school taught cursive from inception, so had my DP, and my MIL is a primary head teacher, so I am going to say year 2/3.

i often get my son or DP to write greating cards for me as their hand writing is beautiful - mine is awful especially as I work in tech and everything is online, I barely write a thing with a pen and paper these days!

So funny! You can't possibly let her have a little pride can you?

I'm going to say Y4/5-Y7. They taught 'joined up writing' from y4 or 5 depending on attainment at the primary my DC attended, but the phrasing here is quite advanced.
This is a child with a great vocabulary, beautiful hand control and a strong grasp of phonics. Spelling will catch up eventually. This child has a strong visual, graphic mind and possibly a particular skill in verbal and/or visual communication.

The schools I’ve worked in only teach print (both state schools and private schools!)

I was taught (and still write in cursive) and I’m 28 😊

Reception?! 😆 Don’t be ridiculous, they’re still being taught their basic letters and sounds.

from the spelling I would say 8

Where is this? Joined writing (not normally called cursive within English education) has been a massive part of the Gove curriculum since it was implemented in 2015. It starts in Y2. Fair enough if you're not in England.

8-9

I’m in Wales

I'm sure people just write younger ages for fun! Five? You are having a laugh