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English

Phonics and Spelling

Foundation and Key Stage 1

In foundation/Key Stage 1 we follow the RWI (ReadWriteInc) programme of synthetic phonics.  Phonics is taught as a daily discrete session and embedded across the curriculum.  Children are taught the forty-two letter sounds of English and how to blend them to read and write words.

Key Stage 2 

Children are taught spelling patterns and are provided the opportunities to use an apply these strategies in their own writing.  The teaching of spelling occurs through both discrete lessons and during the warm-up in some daily literacy lessons.

Spellings for Year 1

At the end of year 1, can you spell these words?

Sounds

have

live

give

cats

dogs

spends

rocks

thanks

catches

hunting

hunted

hunter

buzzing

buzzed

buzzer

jumping

jumped

jumper

grander

grandest

fresher

freshest

quicker

quickest

very

happy

funny

party

family

when

where

which

wheel

while

dolphin

alphabet

phonics

elephant

Common Exception Words

the

a

do

to

today

of

said

says

are

were

was

is

his

has

I

you

your

they

be

he

me

she

we

no

go

so

by

my

here

there

where

love

come

some

one

once

ask

friend

school

put

push

pull

full

house

our

Spellings for Year 2

At the end of year 2, can you spell these words?

Regular Spellings

can’t

won’t

didn’t

couldn’t

it’s

I’ll

the girl’s

the boy’s

Katie’s

Ahmed’s

the child’s

the man’s

Common Exception Words

door

floor

poor

because

find

kind

mind

behind

child

children

wild

climb

most

only

both

old

cold

gold

hold

told

every

everybody

even

great

break

steak

pretty

beautiful

after

fast

last

past

father

class

grass

pass

plant

path

bath

hour

move

prove

improve

sure

sugar

eye

could

should

would

who

whole

any

many

clothes

busy

people

water

again

half

money

Mr

Mrs

parents

Christmas

Spellings for Year 3

At the end of year 3, can you spell these words?

Regular Spellings

forgetting

forgotten

beginning 

beginner

prefer

preferred

subdivide

subheading

submarine

submerge 

measure

treasure

pleasure

enclosure

creature

furniture

picture

nature

adventure

vein

weigh

eight

neighbour

they

obey

gardening 

gardener

limiting

limited

limitation

young

touch

double

trouble

country

accept

except

affect

effect

disappoint 

disagree

disobey

misbehave 

mislead

misspell

inactive

incorrect

illegal

illegible

illogical

sadly

completely

usually

finally

comically

happily

angrily

gently

simply

humbly

nobly

basically

frantically

dramatically

ball

bawl

berry

bury

break

brake

fair

fare

great

grate

groan

grown

main

mane

meat

meet

missed

mist

piece

peace

plain

plane

rain

rein

reign

seen

scene

weather

whether

whose

who’s

girl’s

girls’

boy’s

boys’

men’s

babies’

children’s

mice’s

here

hear

heel

heal

he’ll

not

knot

male

mail

Common Exception Words

accidentally

actually

address

answer

appear

arrive

believe

bicycle

breath

breathe

build 

busy/business 

calendar

caught

centre

century

certain

circle

complete

consider

continue

decide

describe

different

difficult

disappear

early

earth

eight/eighth

enough

exercise 

experience

experiment 

extreme

famous

favourite

February

forward(s)

fruit

grammar

group

guard

guide

heard

heart

height

history

imagine

increase

important

interest

island

knowledge 

learn

length

library

material

medicine

mention

minute

Spellings for Year 4

At the end of year 4, can you spell these words?

Regular Spellings

invention

injection

action

hesitation 

completion

expression 

discussion

confession

poisonous 

dangerous

mountainous

famous

various

tremendous

enormous

jealous

interact

intercity

international

interrelated

irregular

irrelevant

irresponsible

scheme

chorus

chemist

echo

character

league

tongue

antique

unique

permission

admission

expansion 

extension

comprehension 

tension

information

adoration

sensation 

preparation

admiration

humorous

glamorous

vigorous

antiseptic

anti-clockwise

antisocial

redo

refresh

return

reappear 

redecorate

serious

obvious

curious

hideous 

spontaneous

courteous

chef

chalet

machine

brochure

musician 

electrician

magician 

politician

mathematician

division

invasion

confusion

decision

collision

television

courageous

outrageous

autobiography

autograph

supermarket

superman 

superstar

myth

gym

Egypt

pyramid

mystery

immatureimmortal,

impossible

impatient

imperfect

science

scene

discipline

fascinate

crescent

Common Exception Words

accidentally

actually

address

answer

appear

arrive

believe

bicycle

breath

breathe

build 

busy/business 

calendar

caught

centre

century

certain

circle

complete

consider

continue

decide

describe

different,

difficult

disappear

early

earth

eight/eighth 

enough

exercise 

experience

experiment

extreme

famous

favourite

February 

forward(s)

fruit

grammar

group

guard

guide

heard

heart

height

history

imagine

increase

important

interest

island

knowledge

learn

length

library

material

medicine

mention

minute

natural

naughty

notice

occasion(ally) 

often

opposite

ordinary

particular

peculiar

perhaps

popular

position 

possess(ion) 

possible

potatoes

pressure

probably

promise

purpose

quarter

question

recent

regular

reign

remember

sentence

separate

special

straight

strange

strength

suppose

surprise

therefore

though/although

thought

through

various

weight

woman/women

Spellings for Years 5 & 6

At the end of year 5 and 6, can you spell these words?

Regular Spellings

ought

bought

thought

nought

brought

fought

rough

tough

enough

cough

though

although

dough

through

thorough

borough

plough

official

special

artificial

partial

 confidential

essential 

observant 

observance

(observation)

 expectant

(expectation) 

hesitant

hesitancy

(hesitation)

tolerant

tolerance

(toleration) 

substance

(substantial) 

referring

referred

referral

preferring

preferred 

transferring

transferred 

changeable

noticeable 

forcible

legible

dependable 

comfortable

understandable 

reasonable

enjoyable

reliable

doubt

island

lamb

solemn

thistle

knight

advice

advise

device

devise

licence

license

practice

practice

prophecy 

prophesy

vicious

precious 

conscious

delicious 

malicious

suspicious 

ambitious

cautious

fictitious

infectious

nutritious

innocent

innocence

decent

decency

frequent

frequency

confident

confidence

(confidential)

assistant 

assistance

obedient 

obedience

independent 

independence

adorable/adorably

(adoration)

applicable/applicably

(application)

considerable/considerably

(consideration)

tolerable/tolerably

(toleration)

reference

referee

preference 

transference

co-ordinate

re-enter

co-operate

co-own

vicious

precious 

conscious

delicious 

malicious

suspicious 

ambitious

cautious

fictitious

infectious

nutritious

farther

further

father 

guessed

guest

heard

herd

led

lead

morning

mourning

past

passed

precede

proceed

principal

principle

profit

prophet

stationary 

stationery

steal

steel

wary

weary

who’s

whose

aisle

isle

aloud

allowed

affect

effect

possible

possibly

horrible

horribly

terrible

terribly

visible

visibly

incredible 

incredibly

sensible

sensibly

deceive

conceive

receive

perceive

ceiling

altar

alter

ascent

assent

bridal

bridle

cereal

serial

compliment 

complement

descent

dissent

desert

dessert

draft

draught

Common Exception Words

accommodate

accompany 

according 

achieve 

aggressive 

amateur

ancient

apparent 

appreciate

attached 

available

average

awkward

bargain

bruise

category

cemetery 

committee

communicate

community

competition

conscience

conscious

controversy

convenience

correspond

criticise

curiosity

definite

desperate

determined

develop

dictionary

disastrous

embarrass

environment

equip (–ped, –ment)

especially

exaggerate

excellent

existence

explanation

familiar

foreign

forty

frequently

government

guarantee

harass

hindrance

identity 

immediate(ly)

individual

interfere

interrupt

language

leisure

lightning

marvellous

mischievous

muscle

necessary

neighbour

nuisance

occupy

occur

opportunity

parliament

persuade

physical

prejudice

privilege

profession

programme

pronunciation

queue

recognise

recommend

relevant

restaurant

rhyme

rhythm

sacrifice

secretary

shoulder

signature

sincere(ly)

soldier

stomach

sufficient

suggest

symbol

system

temperature

thorough

twelfth

variety

vegetable

vehicle

yacht