09 July 2021
Here are some words from the Year 5/6 spelling list that the children have learnt throughout the year that are a bit tricky! Re-cap on these spellings and write them in a sentence:
- accommodate
- committee
- competition
- environment
- government
- persuade
- pronunciation
- rhythm
- temperature
- sincerely
02 July 2021
This week, we’ve been learning about words ending in ent/ence and ant/ance. Please learn these spellings ready for a test on Thursday 08 July 2021.
| ent/ence | ant/ance |
| violent/ence
dependent/ence innocent/ence confident/ence convenient/ence |
assistant/ance
tolerant/ance hesitate/ant/ance attend/ant/ance abundant/ance |
25 June 2021
This week, we’ve been learning about apostrophes for contractions and possession. There will not be
a list of words to learn this week but we would like you to write 6 sentences that demonstrate an
apostrophe being used for omission (contractions) and 6 where it is used for possession.
Challenge yourself by including plural possession.
BBC Bitesize website has some great tips and reminders.
18 Jun 2021
Spelling
This week we will focus on tricky words that require us to use a mixture of previously used spelling patterns. We will have a test on Thursday 24 June
- redesign
- structure
- chronology
- assignment
- automatic
- traction
- structurally
- photography
- signalling
- teleportation
11 June 2021
This week, we’ve been creating words with prefixes and suffixes. There’s no set list of words to learn this week but we would like you to create your own list of words using these prefixes and suffixes. Choose five words that you make and write them into a sentence.
| prefix | suffix |
| re | ing |
| un | ed |
| def | es |
| in | ly |
| ist | |
| ise |
14 May 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how to spell words with different spelling rules. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 20 May 2021.
- especially
- immediately
- enough
- numb
- committee
- monarch
- disobeyed
- originally
- marvellous
- language
07 May 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how to spell words with unusual spelling patterns. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 13 May 2021.
- muscle
- privilege
- rhyme
- rhythm
- sacrifice
- soldier
- temperature
- thorough
- vehicle
- yacht
30 April 2021
Spelling
This week, we’ve been learning how to spell words with unusual spelling patterns. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 06 May 2021.
- amateur
- ancient
- conscience
- environment
- foreign
- government
- leisure
- mischievous
- parliament
- prejudice
23 April 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how to spell homophones. Please learn the following words and the meanings for a test on Thursday 29 April 2021.
- weary
- wary
- dissent
- descent
- decent
- draft
- draught
- proceed
- precede
26 March 2021
This week, we have been focusing on words that contain the -tious and -cious letter string. Learn the following words using the strategies which we use in our spelling lessons in preparation for a test on Thursday 01 April.
- conscious
- vicious
- delicious
- ambitious
- infectious
- precious
- malicious
- cautious
- suspicious
- fictitious
- anxious