Writing and Mark Making Area

Content Name

Writing and Mark Making Area

Content Type

CPD

Description

Created by our super Early Years specialist, Sophie David, this CPD snippet will support you in making the most of your writing and mark making area. It has been carefully designed with EYFS teachers and Nursery practitioners in mind, filled with open-ended activities appropriate for each age-related level of development.

Curricula

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  EYFS

  Years:

  Age 0-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-4, Reception

  Subjects:

  • Communication and Language
  • Physical Development
  • Literacy
  • Expressive Arts and Design

  Topics:

  • ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
  • ELG: Speaking
  • ELG: Fine Motor Skills
  • ELG: Writing
  • ELG: Creating with Materials
  • ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive

  Programmes of Study:

  • Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers
  • Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary
  • Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher
  • Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases
  • Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery
  • Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing
  • Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed
  • Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters
  • Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others
  • Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function
  • Share their creations, explaining the process they have used
  • Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher

• Country

  Northern Ireland

  Key Stage:

  Foundation Stage

  Years:

  P1, P2

  Subjects:

  • Language and Literacy

  Topics:

  • Writing

  Programmes of Study:

  • Differentiate between drawing and writing.
  • Discuss the ideas represented in their drawings.
  • Observe particular writing strategies being modelled by the teacher.
  • Realise that writing is a form of communication that can be used for different purposes.
  • See themselves and the teacher as ‘writers’.
  • Share their writing with others.

• Country

  Scotland

  Level:

  Early

  Years:

  Age 0-2, Age 2-3, Age 3-4, P1

  Subjects:

  • Literacy and English

  Topics:

  • Writing

  Programmes of Study:

  • As I play and learn, I enjoy exploring interesting materials for writing and different ways of recording my experiences and feelings, ideas and information
  • I explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together, and I can use what I learn to help me as I read or write.
  • Within real and imaginary situations, I share experiences and feelings, ideas and information in a way that communicates my message.

• Country

  Wales

  Step:

  PS 1

  Years:

  Nursery, Reception

  Subjects:

  • Languages, Literacy and Communication

  Topics:

  • Expressing ourselves through languages is key to communication.

  Programmes of Study:

  • I can write words and phrases by using knowledge of letters and the sounds they represent.

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