08 December 2023
This week the children need to revise some of the words used in their phonic learning.
- pie
- most
- bird
- nine
- spider
- shake
Test will be on Friday 15th December 2023.
01 December 2023
This week the spellings are words that link to our phonic learning.
- ay – day
- ou – cloud
- ie – pie
- ea – sea
- oy – boy
- ir – girl
- ue – clue
The children need to say the sound and word and then spell the word correctly. Our test will be on Friday 8th December 2023.
Take a look at the school website for some ideas of how to support your child with their spelling. https://www.stjameswetherby.leeds.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Spelling-Guide.pdf
24.11.23
The first four words are tricky words. The others contain the split digraph a_e.
What is a split digraph
A split digraph also contains two letters (a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e) but they are split between a consonant. The split digraph works by using an ‘e’ after the initial vowel to change the sound of the vowel. With a split digraph, mad becomes made. Note the change in the sound of the first vowel from a hard sound to a longer softer sound, this is because of the ‘e’.
- called
- looked
- asked
- could
- made
- came
Below is an extra activity to try at home in homework books. Children write the word correctly and then put it into a sentence.
snake The snake is green.
17.11.23
This week, please revise these tricky words ready for a test on Thursday 23rd November 2023 (a day early due to trip).
For those children learning 2 or 3 words, please practise the red words.
- your
- people
- oh
- their
- Mr
- what
Help at home
Try a little practice every day: 10 minutes at a time should be enough. You might want to focus on one word at a time.
It’s a good idea to play games to make the learning of phonics more fun for your child: how about bingo or matching up games? You could also use the words as part of a treasure hunt: hide five tricky words around the house and ask your child to find them from a list, ticking them off as they search.
Display the tricky words at home, such as on the wall or on the fridge. This can help your child to understand that the words are important.
10.11.23
This week, please revise these tricky words.
For those children learning 2 or 3 words, please practise the red words.
- me
- be
- was
- my
- you
- her
Learning to spell words can be fun! Check out our useful guide on the school website. https://www.stjameswetherby.leeds.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Spelling-Guide.pdf
20.10.23
For the last spelling list of this half term, the children need to revise the tricky words that they have been given previously.
This does look like a very long list but the class have been learning all of the tricky words across the half term.
Rather than writing these words on paper, can the children learn them in more creative way? Here are some ideas.
They will be tested on eight of these words on Thursday 26th October 2023.
- you
- were
- little
- said
- do
- she
- he
- sure
- pure
- so
- ask
- are
- have
- come
- here
- like
- some
- one
- into
- me
- is
- love
- they
13.10.23
More tricky words ……
you
they
my
are
sure
pure
The children will be tested on these words on Friday 20th October 2023
06.10.23
The children have been given 6 more tricky words to learn.
Help at home ideas
Write out each of your spelling words using fancy writing. Your letters could be curly or dotty.
Draw a big flower. Write each of your spelling words on one of the petals.
- like
- some
- were
- here
- one
- little
The class will be tested on these words on Friday 13th October 2023.
29.09.23
Lots of Year 1 have been learning their spellings and we’ve had some great test scores.
This week’s spellings are ‘common exception’ words – words that don’t follow a usual spelling rule or pattern.
- come
- into
- said
- have
- like
- do
For ideas to support your child with their spellings, check out some super spelling strategies on our school website. https://www.stjameswetherby.leeds.sch.uk/wp content/uploads/2018/01/Spelling-Guide.pdf
The children will be tested on these words on Friday 6th October 2023.
22 September 2023
This week’s spellings are ‘common exception’ words – words that don’t follow the usual spelling rule or pattern.
Children need to read and spell these words. They will be tested on Friday 29th September 2023.
- by
- me
- my
- some
- the