New Wave Handwriting
Your whole-school handwriting programme.
Improve reading fluency through great handwriting
Give your pupils the practice they need to write legibly, fluently and quickly in order to succeed. By achieving mastery of handwriting through repeated practice, pupils can concentrate on developing their ideas rather than on their effort to write. New Wave Handwriting is a whole-school programme that will give you the support to plan and execute a successful handwriting strategy. Have a closer look and find out how it can help your pupils today!
Engage your pupils’ interest in handwriting
New Wave Handwriting is visually engaging with intuitive prompts to guide your pupils through the correct letter formation.
Strategies to tackle any situation in the classroom
This series includes specialised materials with differentiated tasks for left-handed writers, vision-impaired, or pupils with poor fine motor skills.
A word from our literacy expert: Debbie Hendriks
‘When I began teaching, handwriting was a priority and taught in all classrooms. However, in today’s crowded and demanding curriculum we’ve seen an understandable decline in the teaching of handwriting. Adding reduced handwriting opportunities, due in part to the dependency on technology, means that when pupils are asked to complete writing tasks, they struggle due to the lack of the required handwriting and cognitive skills.
Research has shown that explicit instruction and repetitive practice is essential for pupils to achieve automaticity and legibility; however, finding the time and appropriate resources has proved difficult for teachers.
New Wave Handwriting incorporates a structured, developmentally-sequenced whole-school handwriting programme with cross-curricular activities, developed specifically to meet the needs of pupils and teachers.’
Debbie Hendriks