Year 5 & 6 Spelling

18 March 2022

Posted on Friday 18 March 2022 by Mr Mills

This week we have been learning about the -tial and -cial spelling pattern.

Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 24 March

  • controversial
  • official
  • commercial
  • special
  • artificial
  • glacial
  • social
  • influential
  • confidential

11 March 20

Posted on Friday 11 March 2022 by Mr Mills

This week, we have been learning about the suffix –fer. Please learn the following spellings for a test on Thursday 17th March.

  • refer
  • referring
  • referral
  • prefer
  • preferring
  • preferred
  • transfer
  • transferred
  • offering

04 March 2022

Posted on Friday 04 March 2022 by Mr Mills

This week’s focus is on the -sion, -tion and -cian endings to words. Please learn these words for a test on Thursday 10th March.

  • profession
  • accommodation
  • communication
  • suggestion
  • competition
  • definition
  • interruption
  • persuasion
  • musician

11 February 2022

Posted on Friday 11 February 2022 by Mr Mills

This week we have been learning about silent letters. Use the strategies we use in class to learn them for a test on Thursday 17th February.

  • thistle
  • whistled
  • gnat
  • gnawing
  • know
  • knock
  • island
  • aisle
  • doubt

04 February 2022

Posted on Friday 04 February 2022 by Mr Mills

Our spelling focus this week has been on using apostrophes for possession and omission.

This week for homework, we would like you to write six sentences that demonstrate how to use an apostrophe for omission (can’t).

We would then like you to write six sentences that demonstrate how to use an apostrophe for possession (sister’s / sisters’).

28 January 2022

Posted on Friday 28 January 2022 by Mr Mills

Spellings this week again focus on specific prefixes. The focus this time is on un- and ir- . Please learn the words for a test on Thursday 03 February.

  • unavailable
  • unfamiliar
  • unnecessary
  • impractical
  • impossible
  • immature
  • illegible
  • irregular
  • irreplaceable

21 January 2022

Posted on Friday 21 January 2022 by Mr Mills

This week’s spellings are words which all use the co- and re- prefix.

  • Please learn them for a test on Thursday 27th January.
  • co-operate
  • co-own
  • co-ordinate
  • co-exist
  • co-pilot
  • re-enter
  • re-emerge
  • re-invent
  • re-tell
  • re-ignite

14 January 2022

Posted on Friday 14 January 2022 by Mr Mills

This week’s spellings are all focussed on the ending –a/ent and –e/ance. Remember that some are abstract nouns and some are verbs.

Please learn them for a test on Thursday 20 January

  • confident
  • confidence
  • silent
  • silence
  • assistant
  • assistance
  • tolerant
  • tolerance
  • hesitant
  • hesitance

07 January 2022

Posted on Friday 07 January 2022 by Mr Mills

This week’s spelling are all homophones but are quite advanced and use different strings of letters. Learn them using the  strategies we have practised in class for a test on Thursday 13 January.

desert
dessert
stationary
stationery
complement
compliment
principle
principal
prophet
profit

10 December 2021

Posted on Friday 10 December 2021 by Mr Mills

This week we have been studying homophones. Learn the following words for a test on Thursday 17th December.

  • isle
  • aisle
  • aloud
  • allowed
  • herd
  • heard
  • affect
  • effect
  • past
  • passed