Year 5 & 6 Spelling

19 Nov 2021

Posted on Friday 19 November 2021 by Mr Mills

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

Posted on Friday 15 October 2021 by Alice Needham

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

Posted on Thursday 07 October 2021 by Alice Needham

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

Posted on Saturday 02 October 2021 by Alice Needham

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

Posted on Friday 24 September 2021 by Jen Wilson

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

Posted on Thursday 16 September 2021 by Mr Lindsay

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

Posted on Friday 09 July 2021 by Mr Mills

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

Posted on Friday 02 July 2021 by Mr Mills

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

Posted on Friday 25 June 2021 by Mr Mills

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

Posted on Friday 18 June 2021 by Mr Mills

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