Spellings 28.04.23
We will be practicing the sion/tion/cian grapheme:
explosion
mission
direction
attention
fraction
magician
optician
Friday 28 April 2023
Next week, we’ll be writing a narrative that will include some sentences using inverted commas – spoken bits.
Practise the following spelling words ready for this piece of writing where we’ll be using synonyms for ‘said’:

28 April
Continue to practise the spellings below, ready for a spelling test on Thursday 04 May.
- catch
- fetch
- kitchen
- much
- which
- such
- because
- why
- who
- when
Spellings 21.04.2023
This week, we are focusing on contractions:
can’t
don’t
won’t
haven’t
shouldn’t
mustn’t
wouldn’t
isn’t
Friday 21 April 2023
This week, our spellings are homophones – words that are spelled differently and have different meanings. Your child will need to know the correct word to use when a sentence is dictated…
knew/new
there/their/they’re
were/where/we’re
witch/which
your/you’re
21 April 2023
Below are the new spellings for the next two weeks, please practise ready for a spelling test on Friday 05 May.
The -t sound is usually spelt as -tch in the spoken word. Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel sound is unclear. There are some exceptions.
- catch
- fetch
- kitchen
- much
- which
- such
- because
- why
- who
- when
Spellings 24.03.23
Next week, we will continue to practice doubling the consonant after the short vowel sound.
address
collect
happen
annoyed
stopping
selling
putting
telling
24.03.23
It’s the last homework of the half term so there will be no new spellings to practise over the Easter holidays.
Please keep practising all the spellings from this half term using the super spelling strategies guide for some fun and engaging ideas.
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
- was
- we
- were
- where
- once
- one
- has
- he
- here
- his
- house
- who
- what
- when
- love
- me
- my
- no
- how
- which
- why
- is
- of
You’ve all worked really hard to learn your spellings which is reflected in your spelling tests. Well done Year 1!
Spellings 24.03.23
It’s our final week of spellings for this half term! We are going to be spelling adverbs. An adverb gives us information about how something is done.
quickly, slowly, carefully, happily, sadly, bravely, cheerfully, safely, loudly, quietly
Friday 17th March 2023
This week, the spellings focus on suffixes – the bit added onto the end of words that changes their meaning. Your child needs to know how to spell all variations ready for our weekly quiz on Friday: