1. Writing assessment in Y6

2. Teacher assessments
Writing The overall writing level will be taken from pupils’ ‘recent and relevant’ work. It will be moderated in school, with other schools and possibly by an external moderator.

3. Assessment framework
New English writing frameworks were introduced in 2017/18; they remain unchanged for the 2018/19 academic year.
The three standards in this framework contain a number of ‘pupil can’ statements. To judge that a pupil is working at a standard in English writing, teachers need to have evidence which demonstrates that the pupil meets the standard described overall.
A pupil’s writing should meet all of the statements within the standard at which they are judged.
A pupil’s answers to specific questions in classroom tests may provide additional evidence that they have met certain statements. Although tests might not focus solely on the key aspects in this framework, they may also provide evidence to support the judgement overall.
A pupil’s writing which teachers use to make judgements must be produced independently*.
*link to marking policy

5. They must have evidence of the preceding statements too
They must have evidence of the preceding statements too. Y3/4 spelling list!

6. Consider how punctuation can be used in different ways e. g
Consider how punctuation can be used in different ways e.g. a dash can be used to:
-pause
-interrupt
-add info
-instead of an ellipses
-for parenthesis

8. Exemplification materials
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9. Supporting your child at home
Spelling- see word lists in planners
Real-life opportunities to write (and edit)
Reading a variety of texts (reading feeds into writing)
Encouraging use of reading journal in planners
Discussing and defining new vocabulary
Supporting homework completion via CGP books