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
11 Jun 2021
This week, we’ve been creating words with prefixes and suffixes. There’s no set list of words to learn this week but we would like you to create your own list of words using these prefixes and suffixes. Choose five words that you make and write them into a sentence.
| prefix | suffix |
| re | ing |
| un | ed |
| def | es |
| in | ly |
| ist | |
| ise |
14 May 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how to spell words with different spelling rules. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 20 May 2021.
- especially
- immediately
- enough
- numb
- committee
- monarch
- disobeyed
- originally
- marvellous
- language
30 April 2021
Spelling
This week, we’ve been learning how to spell words with unusual spelling patterns. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 06 May 2021.
- amateur
- ancient
- conscience
- environment
- foreign
- government
- leisure
- mischievous
- parliament
- prejudice
23 April 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how to spell homophones. Please learn the following words and the meanings for a test on Thursday 29 April 2021.
- weary
- wary
- dissent
- descent
- decent
- draft
- draught
- proceed
- precede
26 March 2021
This week, we have been focusing on words that contain the -tious and -cious letter string. Learn the following words using the strategies which we use in our spelling lessons in preparation for a test on Thursday 01 April.
- conscious
- vicious
- delicious
- ambitious
- infectious
- precious
- malicious
- cautious
- suspicious
- fictitious
- anxious
19 March 2021
This week, we have been focusing on words that contain the -cial and -tial letter string. Learn the following words using the strategies which we use in our spelling lessons in preparation for a test on Thursday 25 March.
confidential
substantial
residential
essential
torrential
financial
social
racial
partial
influential
controversial
official
commercial
special
artificial
12 March 2021
This week, we’ve been learning how to add suffixes to words ending in -fer. Please learn the following words for a test on Thursday 18 March 2021.
- inference
- preferred
- offered
- reference
- referring
- preference
- referral
- inferred
Friday 08 March
This week, we have been focusing on words that contain the ‘shun’ sound by using the endings -tion, -sion and -cian. Learn the following words using the strategies which we use in our spelling lessons in preparation for a test on Friday 12 March.
appreciation
communication
desperation
determination
exaggeration
explanation
interruption
occupation
persuasion
explosion
suggestion
optician
electrician