SPELLINGS ARE NOW WRITTEN BY THE CHILDREN INTO THEIR READING RECORDS
Spring 6
Spelling Focus - Words ending in -ant, -ance and –ancy
Observant, observance, expectant, expectancy, hesitant, hesitancy, tolerant, tolerance, relevant, relevancy
Spring 5
Spelling Focus - Homophones & near homophones
Alter, altar, ascent, assent, bridal, bridle, cereal, serial, compliment, complement
Spring 4
Spelling Focus - Homophones & near homophones
Stationary, stationery, steal, steel, wary, weary, who’s, whose, fate, fete
Spring 3
Spelling Focus - Nouns using -ship suffix
Membership, ownership, partnership, dictatorship, championship, craftsmanship, fellowship, apprenticeship, citizenship, sponsorship
Spring 2
Spelling Focus - Nouns using -ness suffix
Happiness, hardness, madness, nastiness, silliness, tidiness, childishness, willingness, carelessness, foolishness
Spring 1
Spelling Focus - Nouns using -ity suffix
Community, curiosity, ability, visibility, captivity, activity, eternity, flexibility, possibility, sensitivity
Autumn 10
Spelling Focus - Statutory spelling words
Attached, average, bargain, bruise, dictionary, familiar, foreign, forty, identity, muscle
Autumn 9
Spelling Focus - Adverbs of possibility and frequency
Certainly, definitely, possibly, perhaps, probably, often, occasionally, rarely, always, frequently
Autumn 8
Spelling Focus - Modal verbs
Could, should, would, maybe, ought, shall, shan’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t, wont
Autumn 7
Spelling Focus - words with ‘silent’ letters.
Doubt, lamb, debt, thumb, solemn, autumn, column, knight, knuckle, knot
Autumn 6
Spelling Focus - ending –tial
initial, torrential, potential, essential, confidential, substantial, partial, residential
Autumn 5
Spelling Focus - ending –cial
special, official, beneficial, crucial, racial, financial, social, facial
Autumn 4
Spelling Focus - ending –tious
ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious, contentious, superstitious, pretentious
Autumn 3
Spelling Focus - Ending –cious
vicious, gracious, spacious, malicious, precious, conscious, delicious, suspicious
Autumn 2
Spelling Focus - Suffix –ist
list, twist, mist, waist, moist, insist, artist, tourist, consist, persist
Autumn 1
Spelling Focus - Suffix-ive
Creative, co-operative, appreciative, expressive, offensive, assertive, abusive, addictive, exhaustive, attractive