07 June 2024
This week, the children have been focusing on the digraph or and the alternative spellings for this sound.
or, aw, au
- Paul
- straw
- yawn
- August
- draw
- autumn
Help at home by playing this rainbow spelling game.
There are more ideas of how to support your child with their spellings on our school website.
https://www.stjameswetherby.leeds.sch.uk/learn-more/help-your-child/
10 May 2024
This week, the children have been learning alternative spellings for the sounds ur and ow. (ir, ou)
- cloud
- sound
- proud
- first
- third
Try and put the words into sentences. Can you put 2 words into one sentence?
I came first in the race and my friend came third.
03 May 2024
This week, the children need to rehearse some tricky words that have been taught in phonics sessions.
today
people
their
your
any
many
Encourage your child to put the words in sentences and refer to the school website for more ideas on how to help your child learn their spellings.
26 April 2024
This week’s spellings are words that have been learnt in our phonic sessions. The sound is igh but can also be spelt using the digraph ie and the split digraph i_e.
- cried
- fried
- tried
- slide
- time
- like
Help at home by asking your child to read these sentences. Can they spot the igh sound spelt as ie or i_e?
Tie a ribbon on the tree with pink blossoms.
What time is best to pick ripe plums from the trees?
Open the box and look inside!
“I woke up in fear after I hear the ship explode!” she cried.
Now, write your own sentence using this week’s spellings.
The spelling test will be Friday 3rd May 2024.
19 April 2024
This week, the children need to revise the tricky words that have been taught in our phonic lessons.
- eye
- sure
- pure
- said
- were
- people
Help at home by getting creative. Use colour to brighten things up!
The children will be tested on these words on Friday 26th April 2024.
21 March 2024
Please support your child to practise and reinforce the phonemes and graphemes we are learning in school. Here are this week’s spellings.
tch /ch/
- match
- kitchen
- catch
ture /ch/
- adventure
- creature
- nature
Help at home
There are lots of ideas to help your child to learn these words on our school website.
https://www.stjameswetherby.leeds.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Spelling-Guide.pdf
15 March 2024
This week, the children have been learning to write and spell numbers as words. Please continue to help your child to learn these.
- seven
- eight
- nine
- ten
- eleven
- twelve
- tricky word – once
08.03.24
This week, the children have been given numbers as words for their spelling.
Help at home by sharing this fun song with your child.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=SzfFzJGwwZQ
- one
- two
- three
- four
- five
- six
01 March 2024
| ‘Tricky words’ are words that cannot easily be decoded (‘sounded out’ and read). This is because some of the sounds in the words are spelled in an unusual way. It is important for children to be able to read these words as they are among the most common words in English.
eye – The trigraph ‘eye’ makes the sound igh. because – The digraph ‘au’ makes the sound o. laugh – The word ‘laugh’ has two tricky parts: the digraph ‘au’ makes the sound ar* and the digraph ‘gh’ makes the sound f once – The ‘o’ makes the sounds w-u. work – The digraph ‘or’ makes the sound ur friend – The digraph ‘ie’ makes the sound e. Help at home by making the activity fun. Below are a few ideas.
The children will be tested on these words on Friday 8th March 2024. |
23 February 2024
This week, the spellings are linked to the current phonics teaching.
- awful
- playful
- could
- work
- world
- worse
- New tricky word – once
Help at home by ensuring your child knows the definition for each word and then put them into silly sentences.
A worm’s work is never done.
The playful cat is an awful baker. 