19 Nov 2021
This week we would like you to learn these spellings that use the suffixes:
-ful, -ness, -less and -ly. We will be having a test on Thursday 25 November.
thoughtful
meaningless
successful
thankless
careful
aggressively
consciousness
hungrily
loneliness
happily
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about adding prefixes.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 22nd October.
il/legal
il/logical
dis/appear
un/avoidable
im/mature
ir/responsible
ir/rational
im/possible
in/accurate
in/active
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about adding suffixes.
Please learn these spellings for a spelling test on Friday 15th October.
achieve/ed/ing
develop/ed/ing
embarrass/ed/ing
guarantee/ed/ing
occur/ed/ing
brave/er/est
crazy/er/est
hairy/er/est
lovely/er/est
sad/er/est
Spellings
This week, we have been learning about apostrophes for contraction.
Please learn the following spellings for a spelling test on Friday 8th October.
haven’t
couldn’t
I’ve
you’ll
can’t
they’re
aren’t
don’t
she’ll
he’ll
24 September 2021
This week, we have been learning about dropping the y for an i. Please learn the following spellings for a spelling test on Friday 01 October.
- opportunity
- secretary
- variety
- happy/er/est
- category
- community
- curiosity
- identity
- reply/ing/ed
- funny/er/est
17 September 2021
This week, we have been learning about doubling up for a short vowel sound. Please learn the following spellings for a spelling test on Thursday 23 September.
– accompany
– appreciate
– attached
– exaggerate
– immediately
– opportunity
– happen/ing/ed
– stop/(p)ing/ed
– pass/ing/ed
– tap/(p)ing/ed
09 July 2021
Here are some words from the Year 5/6 spelling list that the children have learnt throughout the year that are a bit tricky! Re-cap on these spellings and write them in a sentence:
- accommodate
- committee
- competition
- environment
- government
- persuade
- pronunciation
- rhythm
- temperature
- sincerely
02 July 2021
This week, we’ve been learning about words ending in ent/ence and ant/ance. Please learn these spellings ready for a test on Thursday 08 July 2021.
ent/ence | ant/ance |
violent/ence
dependent/ence innocent/ence confident/ence convenient/ence |
assistant/ance
tolerant/ance hesitate/ant/ance attend/ant/ance abundant/ance |
25 June 2021
This week, we’ve been learning about apostrophes for contractions and possession. There will not be
a list of words to learn this week but we would like you to write 6 sentences that demonstrate an
apostrophe being used for omission (contractions) and 6 where it is used for possession.
Challenge yourself by including plural possession.
BBC Bitesize website has some great tips and reminders.
18 Jun 2021
Spelling
This week we will focus on tricky words that require us to use a mixture of previously used spelling patterns. We will have a test on Thursday 24 June
- redesign
- structure
- chronology
- assignment
- automatic
- traction
- structurally
- photography
- signalling
- teleportation