Spelling

Spelling – block 1

Three Main Spelling Rules

 Spelling rules:
When adding a suffix, remember these three important spelling rules:

• Double up after a short vowel sound.
• Drop the y and change it to i.
• Drop the e before adding -ing.

 This week’s words:

1. beginning — double up
2. forgetting — double up
3. preferred — double up
4. happily — drop the y
5. happier — drop the y
6. carried — drop the y
7. making — drop the e
8. having — drop the e
9. writing — drop the e
10. believing — drop the e

 Remember

Double up: short vowel + one consonant → double the consonant
run → running

Drop the y for an i: y → i before adding the suffix
happy → happier

Drop the e for ing:drop the final e before adding -ing
write → writing

Can you explain which rule has been used in each word?

11.09.26

Here are the spellings for this week. The children will be tested on these words next Friday 18th September.

• eye
• sure
• said
• were
• play
• made
• read
• she

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.

11.09.26 – spellings

Each week, Year 1 will have spellings to practise at home.

These will often be tricky words that we have been re-visiting and practising at school or words with our new sounds.

Here are this week’s spellings:

out

into

to

no

go

so

my

by

Help at home by practising these with your child. Here is the Sphere Spelling Guide that you can use!

Your child won’t be tested on these spellings but they do appear a lot in their reading and writing learning so when they are able to spell these with ease, it’s great!

Y5/6 spellings

In Year 5 and 6 this year we are teaching spellings in two week blocks. These first ten words will constitute the first two week block and will be tested on Friday 18th September.

Three Main Spelling Rules

Spelling rules:
When adding a suffix, remember these three
important spelling rules:
– Double up after a short vowel sound.
–  Drop the y and change it to i.
–  Drop the e before adding -ing.

This week’s words:

1. beginning — double up
2. occurring — double up
3. committed — double up
4. copied — drop the y
5. happiest — drop the y
6. replied — drop the y
7. achieving — drop the e
8. developing — drop the e
9. improving — drop the e
10. believing — drop the e

Remember
Double up: short vowel + one consonant →
double the consonant
occur → occurring
Drop the y: y → i before adding -ed, -er or -est
copy → copied
Drop the e: drop the final e before adding -ing
achieve → achieving
Can you explain which rule has been used in
each word?

26 June 2026

Here are the spellings for this week. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Friday 03 July.

circle   circus    pencil   cycle    juicy   who   thought   said

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these

19 June 2026

Here are the spellings for this week. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Friday 26 June.

move   improve   busy   pretty   table    bubble   metal   middle  

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these

12 June 2026

Here are the spellings for this week. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Friday 19 June.

donkey   monkey   chimney   berry   trolley    were   here   your

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these

05 June 2026

Here are the spellings for this week. Your child will have a spelling quiz on Friday 12 June.

tries   parties   enjoys   people   friend   laugh   quiet   quite 

Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these

Half term 6 spelling list

HT6

Year 3,4

This half-term, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class:

• alternative graphemes: tion, sion, ssion, cian
• alternative ways to write the ‘igh’ sound
• homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled different)
• writing the s sound with c / ce
• spelling patterns: gu
• alternative ways to write the ‘ul’ sound

Each Friday, you’ll be tested on 8 of the words from the list below.

Help at home by practicing the weekly spellings with your child.

Half term 6 spellings!

This half-term, our spellings are linked to the rules and strategies we’ll be learning in class:

• alternative graphemes: tion, sion, ssion, cian
• alternative graphemes: i, ie, y, i-e
• homophones: he’ll, heel, plain, plane, groan, grown, rain, rein, reign
• alternative graphemes: sc
• spelling patterns: que
• alternative graphemes: u spelled ou