04 February 2022
This week’s spellings focus on words we have learnt in phonics this week.
- success
- cosmic
- horse
- puzzle
- fence
- belief
- fever
- secret
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 11 February.
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.
Friday 4th February
This week’s spellings are tricky words we have been learning in phonics lessons this week.
house
mouse
water
want
what
These spellings will be tested on Friday 11th February
28 January 2022
This week’s spellings are focussed on the prefixes ‘dis’ and ‘un’. A prefix is a group of letters added to the start of a word and can change its meaning. For example, the prefix ‘un’ can change the word reliable to unreliable.
Practise spelling the following words ready for a test on Friday 4th February.
uncertain, disadvantage, dispossess, unavoidable, disobey, unaware, unnatural, undecided
28 January 2022
This week’s spellings focus on words we have learnt in phonics this week. We have learnt the ‘o’, ‘se’ and ‘ce’ graphemes. Two of the tricky words we have focussed on this week are through and thought. They are tricky to spell so require a lot of practise.
- son
- brother
- cheese
- noise
- horse
- dance
- thought
- through
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 04 February.
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.
21 January 2022
This week, we’d like you to practise spelling these contractions.
A contraction is two words that have been contracted into one word. A contraction is a less formal way of writing. For example, you are would become you’re.
The words for you to practise are:
shouldn’t (should not), couldn’t (could not), won’t (will not), they’ll (they will), you’ll (you will), I’d (I had), you’re (you are), they’re (they are)
These words will be tested on Friday 28th January. Good luck!
Friday 21st January
This week’s spellings are words from the Year 1 common exception words list.
said
saw
were
where
you
These spellings will be tested on Friday 28th January.
21 January 2022
This week’s spellings focus on graphemes we have been learning in phonics this week. We have learnt the ‘ve’, ‘al’ and ‘le’ digraphs. Explore the word endings together and discuss the silent letters.
- live
- leave
- solve
- pedal
- equal
- bubble
- puddle
- apple
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 28 January.
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.
Friday 14th January
This week’s spellings are tricky words we have been working on in phonics this week.
their
people
here
oh
your
These spellings will be tested on Friday 21st January.
14 January 2022
This week’s spellings are the alternative graphemes for the ‘oa’ and ‘ue’ phonemes:
smoke, throw, floating, through, peculiar, refuse, loosest, barbecue
Practise spelling these words in short, purposeful chunks ready for a test on Friday 21st January.
Good luck!
14 January 2022
This week’s spellings focus on graphemes we have been learning in phonics this week:
- magic
- energy
- giant
- phone
- alphabet
- triumph
- yellow
- snow
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 21 January.
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.