DD’s writing and guessing age

[Witchinghour1]

We’ve done our best during lockdown but out of interest, how old would you think dd is? I have noticed that spelling patterns and HFW are tricky for dd2 to remember. She has written about the sorcerer’s apprentice after reading the story with me. Any responses greatly appreciated!

[TennisButterfly]

I'm a primary teacher, I would have put that at top yr 2 bottom yr 3. Based on the current co-hort at our school, in other places it may be higher or lower but I would be very surprised if that was independent year one writing.
What people sometimes don't think about is what a child can produce with 1 -1 parent support about a subject they enjoy can be very different to what they produce independently on a prescribed topic.

[Babyfg]

@tennisbutterfly I was thinking exactly the same. No harm to the child but it's like the parents on parents evening telling me their kids can count to 100 but have no clue when I ask them to get me three pencils!

[KickAssAngel]

Or the parents who are genuinely anxious (and causing emotional damage in their kids) because at the age of 13 they can't yet write a PhD thesis paper.

At least this is one more example of why teachers should be respected - thousands and thousands of writing examples give us good knowledge about what is 'normal' and how to support kids to grow, instead of stressing about spellings. Encourage, encourage, encourage.

[Harrysmum2020]

My sons about to go in to yeAr 2 and is no where near as neat