Hello, everyone.

This is Miss Afzal here again to share some more handwriting with you.

I'm so excited to be here.

I hope you're feeling excited too.

We're going to, as always, do our best.

We are, as always, going to have lots of fun.

Are you ready to begin? Let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can correctly form the third join.

Here are our keywords.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Join, lead out, starting point, dips below, x-height line.

Make sure we listen out for these words.

Let's think carefully about them.

They'll be coming up in our lesson.

So today in our lesson, the third join: on, om, ow, and oi with no lead in, we will cover the following: handwriting warmups, third join, on and om, and the third join ow and oi.

Let's begin with the warmups.

Before starting to write, it's important to warm up your hand and your wrist muscles.

Your hands and wrists get stronger when you exercise them.

Warming up your hands before writing will help to improve your handwriting.

Let's have a go at the finger tap warmup.

I'll go first and then it will be your turn.

I love this warmup because it exercises our fingers and because it feels so good doing this on our head, giving ourselves a little massage.

So I'm gonna start by putting my hands on top of my head and I'm gonna tap each of my fingers, starting with my little finger, all the way to the thumb.

And I'm actually gonna tap down the side of my head, so moving each of my fingers, tapping and it feels great on my head.

It's like a lovely gentle massage.

Now I'm going to go back up to the top, and this time, I'm going to tap down the back of my head.

Oh, this is feeling like a lovely way to begin our handwriting session.

Really nice.

And now it's your turn.

Get your hands ready.

Place 'em on top of your head, tapping down the sides of your head.

Doesn't that feel good? I love this exercise because it sounds good, it feels good on our head, and crucially, it's strengthening our fingers, ready for handwriting? Fantastic.

Next, we're going to have a go at the wrist shake.

This is really helpful for our wrists.

So all we're gonna do is just gonna hold our hand down like this, and we're going to shake, shake our hand, so shaking our wrist, shaking our hand, and I'm gonna do the same on the other side.

Just shaking my wrist and my hand.

Now it's your turn.

Are you ready? So choose whichever hand you want to begin with and let's just shake that wrist.

Other side.

Shake your wrist.

Nice gentle shake.

Really fun way to do this is we could also shake upwards.

And this is lovely.

Have a go with me because this is like we're saying bye, just for now, or we can be saying hello.

Hello.

Well done.

Practising writing patterns helps us to prepare for writing and joining letters.

Here are some great patterns we can see on the screen.

Let's have a go at forming some patterns.

I'll do this handwriting pattern in the air with my finger, and then it'll be your turn.

I'm going to loop up, around and down, up, around and down, up, around and down.

I'm gonna go backwards, up, around and down, up, around and down, up, around and down.

It's your turn to have fun looping with your finger in the air.

Let's go.

Make a loop and another loop and another loop.

And one more.

Let's go back the other way.

Loop, loop, loop.

Oh this is fun and loop.

Lovely.

For your task, I'd like you to copy and to continue these patterns using your tripod grip.

Remember, don't lift your pencil when forming the pattern.

Focus on keeping the movement smooth and flowing.

Pause the video while you have a go at this task.

Well done.

Here we are again.

Now I wonder, did you use your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page? Was your movement smooth? I hope so.

And now it's time to look at the third join, on and om.

Print and cursive are the most common forms of handwriting.

Print is when each letter is formed separately.

We can see here the C, A and T are all separate.

They're not joined together at all.

This is called print handwriting.

Cursive, which is also known as joined up handwriting, is quite different.

This involves joining letters in a flowing manner, ao all the letters are connected.

And here's join.

Join is one of our keywords.

So join means to link the letters.

To join means to link, to connect.

And we can see that all the letters in the word cat there are joined together.

We can see some joins here on the screen.

Cursive handwriting involves joining letters together without lifting your pencil.

How the letters are connected together depends on which letter is joining to which letter.

Cursive letter joins refer to how letters connect together and learning the letter joins will improve your cursive handwriting skills, allowing for a smooth flow of handwriting.

The first join we learned is shown below.

Take a look at these joins.

Can you see how the letters are joined together? Here's Aisha to remind us about the first join.

The first join is from the baseline to the x-height line, like so.

Thank you, Aisha.

The second join we learned is shown below.

How are we joining from these letters one to the other.

Let's get a reminder from Jun.

The second join is from the baseline to above the x-height line towards the ascender line like so.

Thank you, Jun.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct second join.

Take a look at these three joins.

Which is the correct one? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the first one.

That has got the join going from the baseline, all the way up to the ascender line.

Now let's look closely at some examples of our third join.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause and tell someone nearby.

Okay, did you spot the N and the M each have a lead out? That's one of our keywords.

So lead out means it's a line that takes us out of the letter.

It leads us out of the letter and in fact, connects us to the next letter.

So it's very helpful for joined up handwriting.

The two letters are joined together and can you see there that the join dips below the x-height line? Ooh, more keywords.

So dips below, dips means it goes down, it goes under.

So it's going under and it's going below underneath the x-height line and then it comes back up again.

And the x-height line is the dotted line we can see there and x-height letters such as the O, N, and M are all set between the baseline and the x-height line.

So what do you notice about how these letters are joined? Did you notice that the last letter has a lead out? The letter O has a starting point on the x-height line.

The third join starts at the x-height line and dips below the x-height line and back up to join the X letter.

You don't lift your pencil when forming the join.

The gap between the letters is big enough that the letters are not touching.

Here's Alex with a reminder.

The third join is from the x-height line to the x-height line, like so.

Thank you, Alex.

I'll have a go at forming the joins O and M in the air and after that, it will be your turn.

Let's begin with on.

I'm gonna start at the x-height line and go anti-clockwise to form my O.

And then to join, I'm gonna go from my lead out, dip below the x-height line, back up, and then I'll form my letter N.

Finish with the lead out.

And it's your turn.

Are you ready? On.

X-height line.

Let's go, anti-clockwise for the O.

And here's our join.

Dip below the x-height line.

Back up and then form the N.

We've left enough room for it, but not too much.

There's the lead out.

And one more.

There's the O.

Here's our join.

Dip below the x-height line.

Back up.

Leave enough room, but not too much.

Here's our N and the lead out.

Fantastic.

All right, I'm gonna show you how to do om now.

I'm starting at the x-height line and I'm going anti-clockwise to form my letter O.

Here's my join, dipping below the x-height line, back up.

Now I'll form my M and finish with the lead out.

All right, are you ready? Let's do this.

Om.

O.

Here's our join.

Dip below the x-height line.

Come back up.

Form the M and lead out.

One more.

O, the join dipping below and back up to the x-height line, M and lead out.

Lovely.

Well done, everybody.

I'm going to show you how to form the third join: on.

I'm sitting comfortably.

The pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm saying to myself, ready, line, go and begin at the x-height line to form the letter O.

And then to join, I'll go from that lead out, dip down below the x-height line, back up.

And then I'll form my letter N with a lead out.

Let's try that again.

Here's the O, anti-clockwise.

To join, I dip below the x-height line, back up, leaving enough room, but not too much of a gap.

And here's the N with a lead out.

One more.

There's the O.

There's the join and here's the N and the lead out.

I'm going to show you how to form the third join: om.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in the tripod grip.

I'll say ready, line, go and begin at the x-height line, going anticlockwise to form my O.

And then to join, I'll go from that lead out, dip down below the x-height line, back up form my letter M and I'll finish with a lead out.

Let's try that again.

Here's the O, beginning at the x-height line.

The join comes from here.

Dip down below the x-height line.

Come back up.

Leave enough room but not too much between the letters to form the letter M.

Lead out at the baseline.

One more.

O.

There's the join.

Here comes the M and there's the lead out.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which of these ons is formed correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the one in the middle.

That has got the join going just below the x-height line and back up and then has a lead out.

Select the correct join between the O and the M.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the first one.

This has got the join going below the x-height line and then back up to the x-height line.

The M finishes with a lead out.

For your task, I'd like you to practise the third join: on.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot and finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

After that, please practise the third join: om.

Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot and then complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause the video while you have a go at this task and I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to be back with you.

How did you get on? Did you start on the x-height line? Did you join from the x-height line to the x-height line? Did you dip below the x-height line when joining? Circle your best join and celebrate.

And now it's time to look at the third join: ow and oi.

Here they are.

Let look closely at these letters.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause and tell someone nearby.

Did you notice the lead outs? The W has a lead out on the x-height line and the I has a lead out at the baseline.

Did you notice these letters are joined together and a join dips below the x-height line.

Then it comes back up.

So let's see, what did you notice about how these letters are joined? The letter O has a starting point on the x-height line.

The join starts at the x-height line and dips below the x-height line and back up to join the next letter.

The letter W has a lead out at the x-height line.

The letter I has a lead out at the baseline.

The gap between letters is big enough that letters are not touching.

The dot for the I is added when the letter string is complete.

So we have a keyword of starting point there that we haven't covered yet.

So starting point means where the letter begins, where it starts.

It starts at the x-height line letter.

Alex says, "The third join is from the x-height line to the x-height line," like so.

Thank you, Alex.

Okay, let's have some fun.

Let's have a go at forming these joins.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Ow.

I am going to begin at the x-height line and I'm going anti-clockwise to form my O.

And then to join, I'm gonna go from my lead out, dip below the x-height line and go back up.

Then I'll form my W and I'll finish with a lead out at the x-height line.

Are you ready to have a go at that? Get your figure in position.

Let's form our O.

Going anti-clockwise.

And now here's the join, dip below the x-height line, come back up, forming the W and lead out at the x-height line.

One more.

O.

There's our join.

Dip below the x-height line and back up, form your W and lead out at the x-height line.

Lovely.

Now it's time for me to have a go at oi.

I will begin same way, at the x-height line, form my O, going anti-clockwise.

And now to join, I'm gonna go from my lead out to below the x-height line and back up.

Then I'll form my I, lead out and dot the I.

Your turn.

Oi, let's begin with the O, anti-clockwise.

Lovely circle.

Here's the join, dip below the x-height line.

Back up, form your I, lead out, dot the I.

One more.

O, join, I, the lead out and a dot.

Job done.

I'm gonna show you how to form the third join: ow.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in the tripod grip.

I'll say ready, line, go and begin at the x-height line by forming the letter O.

To join, I'll dip below the x-height line.

Come back up, leaving enough room, but not too much between letters, forming a letter W, and then there's a lead out at the x-height line.

Let's try again.

Here's the O, anti-clockwise and here's the join, dip below the x-height line, back up, form our letter W.

Finish with the lead out at the x-height line.

One more.

Here's the O.

There's the join, there's the W and the lead out.

I'm going to show you how to form the third join: oi.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in the tripod grip.

I'll say to myself, ready, line, go and begin at the x-height line to form our letter O.

Going anti-clockwise.

And then to join, I'll go from that lead out, dip below the x-height line and back up.

Then I'll form my letter I, lead out, dot the I.

Let's try again.

There's the O, going anti-clockwise.

I'll join, dip down below the x-height line and back up.

Form my letter I, lead out, dot the I.

One more.

O.

Join, I, lead out.

And dot the I.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which ow is formed correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the ow in the middle.

That has got the join going from the x-height line, dipping below, back up to the x-height line and the w has a lead out at the x-height line.

Take a look at these ois and select the correct join.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the first one.

This has got the join going from the x-height line, dipping below the x-height line, back up, and then the I is formed with a lead out at the baseline.

For your task, I'd like you to practise the third join: ow.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot and finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

After that, I'd like you to practise the third join: oi.

Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently, enthusiastically with great focus on your tramlines.

Pause the video here and I'll see you when you're finished.

Okay, it's good to be back with you.

How did you get on? Did you use the correct starting point? Did you join from the x-height line to the x-height line? Did you dip below the x-height line when joining? Circle your best join and celebrate.

You deserve a celebration.

In our lesson, the third join: on, om, ow and oi with no lead in, we covered the following.

Cursive letter joins refer to how the letters connect together.

The first letter O has a starting point on the x-height line.

The third join starts at the x-height line and dips below the x-height line and back up to join the next letter.

You do not lift your pencil when forming the join.

When using the third join, you leave enough space to ensure the letters are not touching without leaving a big gap.

The dot for the letter I is added once the letter string is complete.

All of these letters are x-height letters.

Well done, everyone for joining in with this lesson.

I think you did a great job today.

Hope you're feeling very proud of yourselves and I'll see you next time.

Bye for now.