22 April 2022
The -t sound is usually spelt as -tch in the spoken word. Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel sound is unclear. There are some exceptions.
Y1: catch, fetch, kitchen, much, which
Adding -ed and -ing to words of one syllable ending in a single constant letter after a single vowel letter. The last constant letter of the root word is doubled to keep the short vowel sound. Exception: the letter ‘x’ is never doubled
Y2: pat, patted, patting hum, hummed, humming drop, dropped, dropping mix, mixed, mixing
25 March 2022
Please practise your spellings for another week.
Y1: off, well, miss, buzz, back
Challenge: Can you think of any other words that end in ff, ll, ss, zz, ck? Bring them in to share.
Y2: enjoyment, amazement, sadness, kindness, careful, playful, hopeless, plainness, badly, loudly
Challenge: Can you think of any other words that end in ment, ness, ful, less, ness or ly? Bring them in to share.
18 March 2022
The /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ sounds are usually spelt as ff, ll, ss, zz, ck if they come straight after a single vowel letter in short words. This week’s spellings for year 1 follow this rule.
Y1: off, well, miss, buzz, back
This week’s spellings for year 2 will focus on suffixes. A suffix is a letter or group of letters that goes on the end of a word. Adding suffixes changes their meaning.
Y2: enjoyment, amazement, sadness, kindness, careful, playful, hopeless, plainness, badly, loudly
11 March 2022
Y1: was, we, were, where, you, your
This week, Year 2 have been looking at plurals by adding s and es to words and -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y. The y is changed to i before -es is added.
Y2: thanks, spends, catches, rocks, flies, tries, replies, copies, babies, carries.
4 March 2022
Y1: there, their, they, to, do
This week, the Year 2 children have some contractions words for their spellings. We talked about how it is the process of shortening a word or a group of words. E.g. cannot becomes can’t.
Y2: children, Christmas, class, climb, can’t, didn’t, hasn’t, couldn’t, it’s, i’ll
09.02.2022
This week, we are revisiting some spellings from this half term:
Year 1: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Year 2: after, again, any, bath, because, beautiful, behind, both, break, busy
04 February 2022
Here are the next set of spellings. Can you challenge yourself by playing the speed write game.
Year 1: who, what, when, why, which, how
Year 2: move, Mr, Mrs, old, only, parents, past, pass, path, pole
Please practise your spellings ready for the spelling test on a Friday.
28 January 2022
This is the new list of spellings. Write them in your best handwriting. Remember that ascenders go to the top of the line and descenders go under the line. If you’re in Year 2, try to join your letters.
Year 1: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Year 2: half, hold, hour, improve, kind, last, many, mind, money, most
21 January 2022
We have a new list of spellings this week from the common exception words list. Try putting them into a pyramid.
Here is an example 
Year 1: was we were where you your
Year 2: every everybody eye fast father find floor gold grass great
14 January 2022
This week’s spellings are from the common exception words list
Year 1: there, their, they, to, today
Year 2: child, children, Christmas, class, climb, clothes, cold, could, door, even