Willowdown Primary School Pen Licence Guidance
 

• Children in KS2 can earn a Willowdown Pen Licence.
• They MUST meet the criteria over a minimum period of three weeks, before being awarded the licence.
• A handwriting certificate and a handwriting pen will be awarded in class.
• The pen becomes the property of the pupil and if they lose it, they will have to write in pencil.
• The licence will be reviewed each term (Autumn, Spring and Summer) to ensure that good quality handwriting expectations are maintained.
• The licence can be revoked, if handwriting and presentation becomes untidy and/or scruffy and the original criteria are no longer met.
   

Criteria for earning a Pen Licence:

• Letters are correctly formed, writing is neat and it is consistently joined.
• Letters are the correct size in relation to one another.
• Capital and lower case letters are not confused.
• Writing is correctly placed on the line with clear ascenders and descenders.
• Writing is consistent across all lessons and pieces of work.
• Very few mistakes are made, and if they are, they are crossed through with a ruled line.