10 November 2023
Here are your new 40 words for this half-term. Let’s get learning them! How you decide to do this is up to you. You might decide to focus on the trickiest words first. Or, you might decide to learn 8 words a week and really focus on these whilst still practising the others, too. For some of you, you might already feel confident with some of the words so might choose to not practise these at all.If you need some ideas for practical things to do, check out the Super Spelling Strategies Guide on the school website.
08 September 2023
This half-term, instead of learning eight different words each week, we’d like you to learn these 40 words over the whole half-term. Lots of research suggests that learning more spellings over a longer time leads to better remembering how to spell them in the long term.
How you decide to do this is up to you. You might decide to focus on the trickiest words first. Or, you might decide to learn 8 words a week and really focus on these whilst still practising the others, too. For some of you, you might already feel confident with some of the words so might choose to not practise these at all. However you decide to do it, is up to you. The important thing is that you’re learning them and learning how you like to learn them best.
Each week, we’ll choose eight random words to test you on – this will take place every Friday.
If you need some ideas for practical things to do, check out the Super Spelling Strategies Guide on the school website.
| there | their | they’re | inactive | accommodate |
| occur/ing/ed | can’t | won’t | category | busy |
| opportunity | advice | advise | practice | practise |
| naughty | dictionary | witch | which | according |
| irregular | embarrass | determine/ing/ed | century | ordinary |
| curiosity | library | identity | achieve/ed/ing | aggressive |
| disappear | appreciate | device | devise | cemetery |
| queue/ing/ed | unavoidable | immediately | impossible | variety |
14 July 2023
This week, we’ve been learning about words that contain the ant/ance, ent/ence word endings. Please learn the following words for a test on Friday 21st July:
hindrance
apparent
convenience
excellent
existence
frequent
nuisance
sufficient
07 July 2023
This week, we’ve been learning about words that contain the –cial and –tial word endings. Please learn the following words for a test on Friday 14th July:
glacial
social
racial
influential
preferential
confidential
substantial
residential
30 June 2023
This week, we have been looking at words that contain specific spelling patterns. Please learn the words for a test on Friday 7th July.
vicious
delicious
ambitious
infectious
precious
malicious
cautious
nutritious
23 June 2023
This week, we’ve been learning about using apostrophes for contractions – when letters are omitted from words. Learn these words for a test on Friday 30th June.
should’ve
couldn’t
could’ve
doesn’t
I’ll
don’t
can’t
we’re
16 June 2023
This week we have been looking at different root words and how by adding prefixes and suffixes, this changes the meaning. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 23rd June.
redesign
chronology
structure
dictionary
signalling
designation
assignment
geographically
09 June 2023
This week, we’ve been learning about the prefixes un-, re- and in-. Can your child create some words that contain these prefixes? For example, unable.
We also looked at other prefix roots. Use the table below to create your own words.
19 May 2023
This week, we’ve been learning words that allow us to apply a range of spelling rules. Learn these words for a test on Friday 26th May.
neighbour
physical
recognise
recommend
restaurant
signature
sincere
symbol
system
12 May 2023
This week we have been learning words that contain unusual spelling patterns. Learn these words for a test on Friday 19th May.
committee
community
disastrous
language
lightning
marvellous
unnecessary
thorough