National Handwriting Association

Charity promoting good practice in handwriting

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The National Handwriting Association is a charity whose aims are to raise awareness of the importance of handwriting as a vital component of literacy, to promote good practice in the teaching of handwriting and to support those who work with children with handwriting difficulties.

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Annual Journal

The NHA’s annual journal Handwriting Today is available in both digital and printed versions, and is free for members. View the latest edition

NHA Online Short Courses

Take our online courses hosted with Communicate-Ed starting on dates to suit you. Five courses are available now. View our taster videos.

Recent Publication

Our latest edition of Developing a handwriting policy: A practical guide for schools – is now available as a printed booklet or digital download, at a discount for members. Learn more

Free Downloads

Download our Good Practice for Handwriting Toolkit free of charge. The pack includes a poster and two of our popular Tips for Teaching. Learn more

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About Handwriting

Handwriting is a means of expressing language, just like speech, and it also leaves a lasting trace. It is a complex skill to master, one which involves linguistic, cognitive, perceptual and motor components. Some people, young and old, find handwriting difficult and need help to perfect the skill. Even in the computer age, handwriting is important. Read more

How Can We Help You?

Teachers & Support Staff

Do you want to know the requirements for handwriting in the Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum for English? Learn more

Students

Are you in teacher training and want to know more about handwriting literacy? Start here

Parents

Are you concerned about your child’s handwriting? Here’s what to do

Therapists

Do you work with children who have handwriting difficulties? See how we help therapists

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- National Handwriting Association - Passionate about promoting handwriting practice. Tweets by @EmmaJSumner

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24 Aug 1297953472554455041

Very interesting read here about the difference in note taking mode in school children.

Handwriting more effective for learning than typing, study confirms

The pen is certainly mightier than the keyboard when it comes to children's learning.

edtechnology.co.uk

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Emily A Williams @DrEmWilliams·

14 Jul 1283032911747461121

It was a pleasure to discuss our experiences delivering the #HelpingHandwritingShine intervention (2018-19) at the @NHA_news meeting yesterday! So excited to find out the results very soon 🤞📝 https://twitter.com/NHA_news/status/1282634927490715650

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Jo and @DrEmWilliams shared this blog that they produced for @EducEndowFoundn which covers tips for researchers working with schools on RCTs: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/top-7-tips-for-researchers-working-with-schools/

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13 Jul 1282647626744238081

It was great to hear from Angela Webb and Simon from Nexus about ‘Pegs to Paper’. Lots of interest around this and we hope they can look to evaluating this product soon 😊

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13 Jul 1282635301962289153

Results pending for the @EducEndowFoundn ‘Helping Handwriting Shine’ intervention - we’ll keep checking here in anticipation:

Helping Handwriting Shine | Projects

Project: Helping Handwriting Shine, Testing a way to improve children’s writing composition by improving handwriting

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

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Nat HandwritingAssoc @NHA_news·

13 Jul 1282634927490715650

Jo and @DrEmWilliams shared this blog that they produced for @EducEndowFoundn which covers tips for researchers working with schools on RCTs:

Guest Blog: Top 7 Tips for Researchers Working with Schools | News

Dr Emily Williams and Jo Atkinson – Research Fellows at the University of Leeds – lead the intervention delivery arm of the EEF-funded randomised ...

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

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13 Jul 1282616986787368960

A different kind of AGM for us today, moving online. Nevertheless we’re very much looking forward to hearing from Jo Atkinson and Emily Williams today #handwriting

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