In Y6, most children will be able to:
- Use strategies to spell most common words with accuracy
- Use most spelling patterns accurately
- Use dictionaries and thesaurus effectively to support their writing
- Choose which shape of letters to use when given a choice and decide whether or not to join letters
- Use varied sentence structures
- Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity
- Use dashes to mark the boundaries between independent clauses
- Assess the effectiveness of own and other’s writing
- Propose changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to clarify meaning
- Choose appropriately formal language when writing reports