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

[Nonstoprain]

Looking at this?

How old is the kid?

I'd say pre-school so 3/4.

I would guess Year 1. Writing is messy and large but too advanced for average reception

Formation - would have been year 3 for my DS, always struggled with physical handwriting. Sentence structure - probably younger. No LD and now in set 1 at high school for everything

The child is using phase 5A phonics, so Y1 minimum.

Beyond that is unclear. Writing standard for YR; Y1 phonics. I've worked with high ability 4 year olds like this and low ability Y3/4.

I’d say it looks like an average reception/year 1 child. Though I have taught children with MLD who write like this at 14. So it could be any age!

Haha when did you last teach in a nursery?? Writing and phonics are not taught explicitly in nursery 🤦‍♀️ I'm saying this as a Deputy Head with 32 years experience.

Based on the writing - honestly no clue. Anything from age 4 to age 8. Some kids just don’t have that neat a handwriting and it’s really not worth worrying about they’ll get there.

Based on the very cute fingers - aged 5-6

5

4 years and three months.

What's the prize for closest guess?

As a TA, I find that most children enter reception knowing how to write their own name so I think your DD's class is unusual. Most tend to learn at nursery, if not at home.

Year 2/3

I’d say 5- reception age.

Reception /Y1. There’s a big disconnect between the letter formation and the spelling and content.

The letter formation is definitely more reception but I’d be reasonably ok with the rest for January y1.

That being said, I’m guessing your child is older.

I’d also say 4-5 yr old.

@Nonstoprain well!?? I'm excited to find out if your child is 1 year old and writing so exceptionally!!

4? My son writes like this, he is in Reception.

4-5

Y1, or an advanced Reception child. Those digraphs (ea) and (aw) aren’t learnt until the summer term of Reception at my DCs’ school. My summer born boy’s handwriting was a bit like this early in Y1, but is much better in Y2.

About 5?

Reception

Year 1 probably, especially since it's his/her weekend news ... and I think it's a child who hasn't yet learned how to form letters properly (which may be due to poor teaching, or child just not being interested in writing)

Looks like how my daughter wrote at beginning of reception so 4.5

large letters. Not right spelling but sounding the word

Reception, based on handwriting, sentence structure and spelling.

I'm surprised at those suggesting older.

an able 3/4 year old, maybe partially self-taught, a typical 4-6 year old, or a 7+ year old with some level of learning difficulty.