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Oxford Handwriting for Victoria

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Develop the building blocks of handwriting with a phonics- aligned approach

Oxford Handwriting for Victoria 3e is a comprehensive and engaging program designed to introduce and develop the fundamental skills of handwriting. Written for the Victorian curriculum, the program develops the building blocks of handwriting, while providing tips on correct posture, grip models, joining techniques, and activities to help every student develop a fluent, automatic handwriting style using the Victorian Modern Cursive handwriting font.

This image shows a page from the Oxford Handwriting for Victoria Year 1 student workbook. The page is to learn the letter C. At the top of the page is reminders to check the 3 ps, posture, pencil grip and paper position, as well as a reminder to do warm up exercises, which are shown at the start of the book. Next is some visual guidance on forming the letter c, followed by a section for the student to track, trace and copy the letter c, and below that, words starting with c.

Student Workbooks

The student workbooks are used to support independent letter formation and help students build speed and fluency. For years F–2, the words are fully decodable to support a phonics-aligned approach. Students learn letters in the order of the Letters and Sounds scope and sequence, so they can learn to write letters as they learn to read them. For years 3–6, each year level has an interesting and informative theme to engage the students as they learn cursive writing and improve speed and legibility.

The books include:

  • Information on the 3Ps: posture, pencil grip and paper position
  • Warm-up exercises, including tracing activities and hand stretches
  • Check your progress and self-assessment checkpoints
  • Fun, colourful characters and imagery

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Explicitly model letter formation with the front-of-class digital interactive tool

For adopting schools, the Oxford Handwriting for Victoria interactives on Oxford Owl allows teachers to explicitly model how to form letters, from print to cursive joins.

The F–2 interactive allows you to demonstrate each letter as it is introduced in the phonics order, which provides opportunities to align handwriting with early phonics and spelling instruction. The 3–6 interactive shows cursive letters, then examples of joined cursive words, fluency joins and speed loops.

A decorative image showing two screenshots of resources from the teacher dahsboard. One is a document titled how to use this book and the other is a term planner for handwriting, keyboarding and assessment, showing what to teach in each term of the year.

Online Teacher Dashboards

For adopting schools, Oxford Handwriting for Victoria 3e gives teachers access to a comprehensive online teacher dashboard for each year. Along with the digital interactives for F–2 and 3–6, the dashboards include:

  • scope and sequence
  • curriculum alignment charts
  • term planners
  • lesson plans
  • additional worksheets
  • assessment exercises


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The easiest way to purchase and implement Oxford Handwriting for Victoria is through your Education Consultant. Get in touch to book in a chat so they can take you through the full features and benefits and help you get started.

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