Year 2 expected standard writing example

[newmum1976]

DS (6) brought his school books home. Would you think this is the expected standard for writing in Year 2?
Bit worried about the handwriting/lack of punctuation. His friends are doing joined up writing too.

An actual Y2 teacher will be along in a bit to give you a proper answer, but DS2 is Y2 and I don’t think his writing is that different to your example. He’s greater depth according to his report.

I don't think that's too bad, I'm not an expert, I'm sure someone else knows better but it's a lot more legible than my "at expected level" Y3. There is punctuation in there.

I teach Year 2. At the expected standard, children are expected to have "most" sentence punctuation correct. There is no requirement for joined handwriting.

The government has some exemplification materials for each standard https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2018-teacher-assessment-exemplification-ks1-english-writing

They've been typed up but you can see the original handwritten texts at the end.

That example is easily expected standard (assuming all independent, not given sentence starters etc). A few missing punctuation marks is ok, just something to work on. Spelling is accurate and sentence structure uses some things not expected until KS2.

Obviously teachers have to judge several pieces of independent work, not just one.

Thank you, that link is very useful. The handwriting threw me slightly, but I can see the spelling is pretty good compared to the example.

I teach Year 2. He looks ready to join and the majority of letters are well formed and of a good size. He just needs to sort out the letter b, which is formed incorrectly and will affect the ability to join.

I teach Y2 and I was moderated this year. I would definitely say that's the expected standard. It is too hard to judge GD from one piece especially as it's not a narrative piece.

Handwriting doesn't have to be joined to reach the expected standard and his is very neat. His spelling is great and his sentences are coherent. It's hard to see all the punctuation but as a PP said it only has to be 'mostly' correct. Remember it is across a number of pieces too - not just one.

Looks neater than my Y2 DS who also got expected.

As PP have said, his handwriting doesn't have to be joined to be 'expected'. His ideas and spelling is fine. I'd personally be a little concerned about his finger spaces - they're there but they're not as clear as they could be.