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Ball Green Primary School Presentation Policy 2016

Ball Green Primary School Presentation Policy 2016 Aims  To establish high expectations and pride in everything we do – both of ourselves and of the children.  To create a clear and consistent set of guidelines for the presentation of children’s learning.  To ensure that all work is presented to the highest possible standard at all times. Objectives  To motivate each individual to present their work in the best possible way.  To enable all children to recognise work that is presented to a high standard.  To ensure every child knows the standard of presentation that is expected of them.  To share this information with parents on a regular basis. For Teachers  To create consistency in standards of presentation across the school.  To provide a baseline for judging acceptable standards of presentation. Expectations for Teaching Staff.  Remember – you are the most important role model for presentation and high expectations!  Use resources available to you e.g letter join, lines, grids to model good practice.  All handwriting which is on display for the children – on IWB, books, flip charts and displays should be joined, legible, consistently formed and neat in accordance with Letter Join.  All children’s work must be marked using the agreed marking policy.  When sticking Learning objectives, challenges, labels and headings into the books ensure they are straight and neatly cut to size.  If a child is absent then please note this in their books with a short date and absent written in the margin.  Displays will be changed as necessary to support learning in classrooms and a current working wall for Literacy and Maths will be used in each classroom.  A PE display using photographs of skills will be visible for one half term.  Any sheets used within books will be neatly trimmed. Expectations for Handwriting.  Continuous cursive handwriting is the agreed expectation for handwriting in Key Stage One and Two.  Cursive handwriting will begin to be taught in Year 1.  In Early Years good letter formation must be taught according to RWI principals.  Cursive style font is the preferred style for all hand outs and worksheets.  Handwriting is taught as an integral part of spelling and phonic lessons and as a discrete lesson when necessary. 1

Ball Green Primary School Presentation Policy 2016  Capital letters are not to be cursive.  Teacher ’ s handwriting during modelling and marking must be cursive and neat so that children see and appreciate the importance of a fluent, legible style.  Handwriting support resources are available including pencil grips.  The correct pincer grip is taught from Nursery and corrected when missing.  Resources are available to support children’s motor control and programmes such as “ Dough Disco ” and “ Squiggle while you Wiggle ” will be utilised in Early Years to begin and develop early fine motor skills. Expectations for Handwriting – Pen Licence’s  When children are fluently cursive they can be awarded a pen licence allowing them to use school only handwriting pens in lessons. Mrs Campbell is the person who can award pen licences and all books must be check first to make sure there is consistency before a pen is awarded.  Pen licences are awarded during success assembly. Each child receives a certificate and a sticker to go into their books.  Pen licences should be displayed and celebrated as part of the English area in a classroom.  If for any reason a child can not maintain cursive handwriting then a pen licence can be removed. Expectations for Layout  The date is written at the top and must be underlined using a ruler  Success criteria are to be printed and stuck at the top of each piece of work using a challenge sticker.  Miss a line under the LO and start writing close to the margin.  Leave one line between each paragraph  At the start of a new piece of work, miss a line under the last piece of work, rule off and start on a new line. Do not leave a blank page.  If a child makes a mistake, they should draw one neat line through the mistake and start again .  Children must be taught write on the line using worksheets and whiteboards which are also lined. . Layout in Mathematics  The short date should be underlined.  Success criteria/ challenge sticker are to be printed and stuck at the top of each piece of work.  All figures must be written neatly and clearly with one figure to each square.  Each calculation must be clearly numbered with the number in the margin  There should be at least one clear square between each calculation, both horizontally and vertically.  When using vertical layout, the answer should have ruler lines above and below the answer with the operation sign to the left or right in a separate column. 2

Ball Green Primary School Presentation Policy 2016  Calculations which involve “carrying” should see the relevant digit written smaller than usual beneath the bottom line. Classroom Organisation and Resources  All tables should have containers with the appropriate equipment: rulers, pens, pencils, colouring pencils, glue etc.  Each room has “wipe - boards” available for all the children with lines. Outcomes of Presentation Policy  Children of all abilities are able to present their work to the highest possible standard increasing their confidence and self-esteem.  There is consistency across the school in terms of the standard of presentation expected.  Progression in presenting work between each class is evident and understood by all children and adults. Monitoring of Presentation Policy The Senior Leadership Team and Subject Leaders will collect examples of children’s work on a termly basis to ensure that the policy is being implemented consistently. This ensures that the policy leads to good practice in facilitating effective feedback, teaching and learning. Exercise Book Usage  New exercise books are more durable and have more pages. This is to encourage the children to take a real pride about their work and to show continued development of work.  There will be an English book, Basic Skills book, Mathematics, RE , Topic, and Science book, to be used across the school. Children will also have a homework book.  All books must be treated with respect and a plastic cover will be used to further protect English and Maths books. Policy Written: September 2016 November 16 Staff team Date: To be reviewed: Date: September 2017 3