Write some letters accurately.

Use some of their print and letter knowledge in their early writing. (e.g. writing ‘m’ for mummy.)

Write some or all of their name.

Begin to form lower case letters correctly

Identify and write the initial sounds in words

Begin to spell CVC/ CVCC words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.

Form lower-case letters mostly correctly.

Begin to write short sentences showing an awareness of capital letters and full stops.

Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.