Year 6 Spelling

24 February 2012

This week, we’re learning to spell superlatives, which are adjectives at their ‘most’ extreme:

• biggest
• nastiest
• happiest
• smelliest
• heaviest
• naughtiest
• thinnest
• angriest

Learn all the spellings and find three more superlatives of your own.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 02 March.

It’s the holidays…

…so there are no spellings or homework activities.

Instead, enjoy a winter walk, the marvellous Muppets movie, some cool culture at a gallery or museum… Enjoy the half-term break.

03 February 2012

Spellings this week are all words with a double letter in them.

They will be tested on Friday 10 February 2012.

27 January 2012

Spellings this week are to tie in with our Arctic Habitat learning, which is part of the Snowbound Big Topic. Choose ten words from the list to learn and be tested on next week.  Spellings will be tested Friday 03 February.

• omnivore
• herbivore
• carnivore
• predator
• consumer
• producer
• organism
• mammal
• amphibian
• reptile
• environment
• habitat
• Arctic
• Antarctic

25 January 2012

Spellings this week are the following rule: drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’

Learn all the spellings from the list and find six more that fit the rule.  Learn the six you found too.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 27 January.

13 January 2012

Spellings this week are again based on the Wow Words we are trying to use in our writing. Children will also be tested on their understanding of the words.  They will be tested on Friday 20 January 2012.

• apparition
• sodden
• languish
• confined
• grimace
• congenial
• silhouette
• formidable
• endeavour
• longevity

06 January 2012

Spellings this week are all wow words we are using in class in our writing.

They will be tested on Friday 13 January.

All groups have the same spellings this week.

• gesticulate
• pilfer
• melancholy
• anxiety
• mundane
• pensive
• chivalrous
• dilapidated
• vigorous
• mediocre
• heinous

25 November 2011

Spellings are again connectives. Using connectives effectively will help the children write their newspaper reports this week.

The children have been asked to choose twelve spelling from the list below that will challenge their spelling and improve their newspaper reports.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 02 December.

It’s the holiday…

…so there are no homework or spellings.

However, there are lots of ways you can support you child’s learning, first and foremost by visiting our Help Your Child section.

There are lots of things to do in or near Leeds, from geo-caching on Monday to a spooky Halloween walk on Sunday.  Here are a few other ideas to fill the October half-term holiday with activities…

• take your child for an autumnal walk in Roundhay Park to collect chestnuts for a game of conkers or autumn leaves for an autumn collage;
• on a cold, autumn day, stay indoors and spend time baking (What unit of measurement will we use to weigh? If we want to make twice as much, how much will we need? When will the food be ready?);
• take a trip to Leeds Art Gallery – the Damien Hirst exhibition should prove a great opportunity for lots of discussion, description and possibly disagreement!
• and, as always, enjoy some relaxing reading (why not read some Tintin stories from a local library in preparation for the forthcoming film?)

School re-opens on Tuesday 01 November 2011 (following a training day on Monday 31 October 2011).

30 September 2011

Spellings this week are the following rule: drop the ‘e’ when adding ‘ing’.

Learn all the spellings from the list and find six more that fit the rule. Learn the six you found too.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 07 October.