Spelling

16 October 2026

This week, we’ll be reviewing all the spelling rules that we’ve learnt this half term:

• double up for a short vowel sound
• drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’
• drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’

Please learn the following ten spellings for a test next Thursday.

Spellings for Friday 06 November

Please help your child to learn their spellings.

Year 1: she, be, we, me, into

Year 2: says, school, she, so, some, the, there, their, they, to

Spellings will be tested in the back of children’s Writing/Reading books on Friday 06 November.

An idea to try at home:

09 October 2026

For the next week, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class:

When adding -ing to a verb, the spelling of the word may change. You may need to double the

final consonant, drop the final e, or make another spelling change.

The children will be sent home a list of ten words that they will need to learn. Please help your child with this as it will have a positive impact in class. If you need any ideas on how to support your child, please see our Spelling Strategies Guide on our school website.

Next Friday, you’ll be tested on the ten words below:

08 October 2026

This is the second block of spellings for this half term. We will practice these spellings for two weeks. They will be tested on Friday 16th October.

Drop the ‘Y’ for an ‘I’

Spelling rule:
When a word ends in y, we often change the y to i before adding a suffix.

This week’s words:

1. happily
2. happier
3. happiest
4. easily
5. easier
6. carried
7. worried
8. copied
9. tried
10. cried

Remember: y → i before adding the suffix 

• happy → happily
• carry → carried
• easy → easily

The children will be sent home a list of ten words that they will need to learn. Please help your child with this as it will have a positive impact in class. If you need any ideas on how to support your child, please see our Spelling Strategies Guide on our school website.

Spellings for Friday 16 October

Please help your child to learn their spellings.

Year 1: had, mad, sad, and, no

Year 2: no, of, once, one, our, pull, push, put, said, saw

Spellings will be tested in the back of children’s Writing/Reading books on Friday 16 October.

01 October 2026

For the next week, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class:

When adding -ing to a verb, the spelling of the word may change. You may need to double the

final consonant, drop the final e, or make another spelling change.

The children will be sent home a list of ten words that they will need to learn. Please help your child with this as it will have a positive impact in class. If you need any ideas on how to support your child, please see our Spelling Strategies Guide on our school website.

Next Friday, you’ll be tested on the ten words below:

18 September 2026

For the next two weeks, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class:

• two syllable words containing double consonants

The children will be sent home a list of ten words that they will need to learn. Please help your child with this as it will have a positive impact in class. If you need any ideas on how to support your child, please see our Spelling Strategies Guide o our school website.

Next Friday, you’ll be tested on the ten words below.

18 September 2026

For the next two weeks, our spellings are all two-Syllable Words Containing Double Consonants.

 Spelling rule:
Some two-syllable words contain double consonants. Look carefully at the middle of the word and listen for the short vowel sound. 

The children will be sent home a list of ten words that they will need to learn. Please help your child with this as it will have a positive impact in class. If you need any ideas on how to support your child, please see our Spelling Strategies Guide in the Learn More section of our school website.

1. address
2. different
3. difficult
4. opposite
5. possible
6. occasion
7. occasionally
8. suppose
9. appear
10. disappear

There will be a spelling test in school on Thursday 01 October.

Spellings for testing on Thursday 01 October

Please help your child to learn their spellings.

Year 1: as, has, his, he, the

Year 2: has, he, here, his, house, I, is, love, me, my

Spellings will be tested in the back of children’s writing books on Thursday 01 October.

A few ideas for you to try at home:

11 September 2026

For the next two weeks, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class:

• ‘double up for a short vowel sound’
• ‘drop the y for an i’
• ‘drop the e for ing’

The children will be sent home a list of ten words that they will need to learn. Please help your child with this as it will have a positive impact in class. If you need any ideas on how to support your child, please see our Spelling Strategies Guide in the Learn More section of our school website.

Next Friday, you’ll be tested on the ten words below.