Spelling

10 December 2021

Write the word then trace it with your finger or pencil, saying the word. Cover it and write underneath, saying the word again.

Year 1:

of     once     one      our     pull

Year 2:

was     we     were     where    you     your     who     what      when     well

10 December 2021

This week we have been studying homophones. Learn the following words for a test on Thursday 17th December.

• isle
• aisle
• aloud
• allowed
• herd
• heard
• affect
• effect
• past
• passed

03 December 2021

For practising the list of spellings, we’d like you to use rainbow words. You might do each letter in a different colour or just each word in a different colour. If you’re feeling extravagant, have a go at this:

Year 1

• is
• love
• me
• my
• no

Year 2
• school
• she
• so
• some
• their
• there
• they
• to
• today
• the

03 December 2021

Next week, we’ll be recapping common homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings – this is one of the reasons why English spelling is super tricky!

To help consolidate this learning, we’d like you to practise spelling these words at home. Because they’re homophones, it’s most useful to practise these in sentences. You could do this in the car, on a walk or around the table.

where, wear, were,     there, they’re, their

Where are you going? Wear your warm coat. We were cold yesterday.

They’re going to visit their granny. She lives over there.

We’ll test ourselves on Friday 10 December to see how we’ve got on.

For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, visit the Y3,4 spelling page on our website and click here.

03 December 2021

This week we have been learning about apostrophes for possession. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 09 December

• cemetery’s
• community’s
• dictionary’s
• environment’s
• individual’s
• neighbour’s
• parliament’s
• soldier’s
• vehicle’s

26 November 2021

Next week, we’ll be learning about making words plural.

Plural is where there is more than one of something.

To help consolidate this learning, please practise spelling these words at home. We’ll test ourselves on Friday 03 December to see how we’ve got on.

Y3                                                                              Y4

boy             –   boys                             group         –   groups

group         –   groups                          wolf          –   wolves

box             –   boxes                           address      –   addresses

bus             –   buses                          bicycle       –   bicycles

church        –   churches                     church        –   churches

fox             –   foxes                             potato         –   potatoes

jelly             –   jellies                            jelly             –   jellies

lorry             –   lorries                          lorry            –   lorries

For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, click here.

26 November 2021

This week’s spelling list is the next group of words from the common exception words list. Write them in your neatest handwriting. Remember that letters sit on the line. Start each letter with a leading line and, if you’re feeling confident, try to join your letters, too.

Year 1

• has
• he
• here
• his
• house

Year 2
• of
• once
• one
• our
• pull
• push
• put
• said
• saw
• says

26 November 2021

This week our spellings are based on the suffix -ible. Please learn the following words for tea test on Thursday 2nd December.

• horrible 
• terrible 
• possible
• forgivable 
• disposable 
• enjoyable 
• enviable 
• incredible 
• sensible 

19 November 2021

Next week, we’ll be learning about comparative suffixes. We will be practising adding ‘er’ and ‘est’ to root words. Practise spelling the root word, then the root word + the suffixes.

It is really important that your child practises in the way that best suits them. For some tips and tricks on how best to practise your spellings at home, visit the Y3,4 spelling page on our website and click here.

19 November 2021

For this week’s spellings, create word shapes by drawing around them. Try to remember the shapes of each word.

Year 1

• do
• for
• friend
• full
• go

Year 2

• has
• he
• here
• his
• house
• is
• love
• me
• my
• no