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
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