04 March 2022
The spellings this week are all contracted words. They all have apostrophes in the same place: instead of the o in not.
- don’t
- can’t
- won’t
- didn’t
- haven’t
- hasn’t
- doesn’t
- mustn’t
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 11 March.
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 February 2022
This week’s spellings focus on words we have learnt in phonics this week.
- safety
- some
- mother
- young
- fruit
- soup
- work
- whole
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 18 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.
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.
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’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.
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.
07 January 2022
This week’s spellings focus on graphemes we have been learning in phonics
- whimper
- when
- whale
- white
- whisper
- shoulder
- boulder
- goes
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 14 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.
10 December 2021
This week’s spellings focus on alternative graphemes.
ea and y
- bread
- feather
- ready
- carry
- funny
- happy
- hairy
- Christmas
The children will be tested on these words next Thursday 16 December.
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.
03 December 2021
This week’s spellings focus on silent letters at the beginning of words.
kn- and wr-
Can you spot some homophones?
- knock
- know
- knee
- write
- written
- wrote
- wrong
- wrap
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 10 December.
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.
26 November 2021
This week’s spellings focus on two alternative graphemes we have learned during phonics lessons. The graphemes soft g (making the /j/ phoneme) and soft c (making the /s/ phoneme).
- gentle
- giraffe
- gem
- giant
- city
- mice
- pencil
- circle
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 03 December.
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.
