07 October 2022
This week, we’re adding suffixes. Add –ing and –ed to change the tense of words. Learn these words at home – maybe write some silly sentences or speed write them as many times as you can.
according
achieved
criticising
determined
embarrassing
developing
guaranteed
queued
These will be tested next Friday! Good luck!
30 September 2022
This week, we’re looking at apostrophes in contracted words. The apostrophe marks the spot where the letter or letters have been removed. Use the following words to create your own sentences.
haven’t (have not)
couldn’t (could not)
don’t (do not)
they’ve (they have)
we’re (we are)
won’t (will not – this is a tricky one)
aren’t (are not)
you’re (you are)
23 September 2022
This week, we’d like you to practise the rule ‘drop the y for an i’.
Learn the following words for a test on Friday 30th September.
copies
happier
replied
curiosities
cemeteries
funniest
worried
dictionaries
varieties
16 September 2022
This week, we’ve been learning about words that contain a double consonant following a short vowel sound.
We call this rule: ‘double up for a short vowel sound’ or ‘dufasvs’.
Learn the following words for a test on Friday 23rd September:
accommodate, accompany, aggressive, apparent, appreciate, attached, correspond, embarrass, exaggerate, immediately
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about adding prefixes.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 22nd October.
il/legal
il/logical
dis/appear
un/avoidable
im/mature
ir/responsible
ir/rational
im/possible
in/accurate
in/active
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about adding suffixes.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 15th October.
achieve/ed/ing
develop/ed/ing
embarrass/ed/ing
guarantee/ed/ing
occur/ed/ing
brave/er/est
crazy/er/est
hairy/er/est
lovely/er/est
sad/er/est
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about apostrophes for contraction.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 8th October.
haven’t
couldn’t
I’ve
you’ll
can’t
they’re
aren’t
don’t
she’ll
he’ll
24 September 2021
This week, we have been learning about dropping the y for an i. Please learn the following spellings for a spelling test on Friday 01 October.
- opportunity
- secretary
- variety
- happy/er/est
- category
- community
- curiosity
- identity
- reply/ing/ed
- funny/er/est
17 September 2017
This week, we have been learning about doubling up for a short vowel sound. Please learn the following spellings for a spelling test on Thursday 23 September.
– accompany
– appreciate
– attached
– exaggerate
– immediately
– opportunity
– happen/ing/ed
– stop/(p)ing/ed
– pass/ing/ed
– tap/(p)ing/ed
05 January 2021
Happy new year, everyone!
This week’s spellings are all homophones. Challenge yourself to define what a homophone is to someone else!
Make sure you’re confident with what each version of the spelling means – they’re completely different!
Check back onto the home learning section of the website to find out your task for today.
- desert
- dessert
- stationary
- stationery
- complement
- compliment
- principle
- principal
- prophet
- profit