11 March 20
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
03 December 2021
This week we have been learning about apostrophes for possession. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 09 December
- cemetery’s
- community’s
- dictionary’s
- environment’s
- individual’s
- neighbour’s
- parliament’s
- soldier’s
- vehicle’s