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[SENco-forum] Handwriting

Gill Gray gill.gray at tiscali.co.uk
Tue Jul 24 18:11:01 BST 2007

Article: [SENco-forum] Handwriting

The simplest way to make writing look better is to write on every other 
line.
Gill Gray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Fawcitt" <sfawcitt at dsl.pipex.com>
To: "'Becta Senco'" <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 5:04 PM
Subject: RE: [SENco-forum] Handwriting


> Does anyone have any suggestions about how to teach/reteach handwriting as
> part of the English curriculum at secondary school.  Our English teachers
> are often asking for ideas as to how they can help improve pupils'
> handwriting.  I can give them the usual type of handwriting scheme, but 
> has
> anyone had any experience of a really successful programme used as part of
> whole class secondary teaching?  Or are there some particularly effective
> techniques they could usefully learn and pass on to pupils - (short of
> suggesting the pupil learns to touch type!)
> Sharon F
>
>
> 



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