SPELLING

Each week, we will have a different spelling focus. We will learn our spellings in class on a Monday, looking at different spelling rules, letter strings, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, root words and so on. We will frequently explore two further common exception words per week on Sir Linkalot. These may sometimes be linked to our spelling learning that week.

Children should practise their 10 spellings at home throughout the week ready for a check on Friday.

Week beginning 10th July 2023

This week, we are learning words with the suffix '-ous', where the root word changes in a number of ways (take of the e - unless it ends '-age', remove the u, replace the y with an i).

• mysterious
• various
• furious
• glamorous
• odorous
• famous
• carnivorous
• nervous
• outrageous
• courageous

Week beginning 29th June 2023

This week, we are learning words with the suffix '-ous', where the root word does not change, or there is no definitive root word.

• dangerous
• poisonous
• perilous
• enormous
• serious
• hideous
• anxious
• curious
• obvious
• fabulous

Week beginning 19th June 2023

This week, we are learning words with the prefix 'auto-', meaning 'self' or 'own' and 'non-' meaning 'not'.

• nonsense
• non-fiction
• non-stick
• non-stop
• automatic
• autocorrect
• autobiography
• autocue
• autograph
• automobile

Week beginning 15t May 2023

This week, we are learning challenge words from the statutory spelling list that do not fit with any of our spelling pattern learning this year.

• knowledge (Bicycle Bernard Shaw bundle)
• therefore
• suppose
• separate (Diarrhoea Dickens bundle)
• difficult
• different (Weird Wordsworth bundle)
• history
• purpose
• length and strength (Orange Orwell bundle)

Week beginning 9th May 2023

This week, we are learning words with the prefix 'anti-', meaning 'against' or 'the opposite of'.

• antivenom
• antigravity
• antiperspirant
• antisocial
• anti-ageing
• antifreeze
• anticlockwise
• antibiotics

Week beginning24th April 2023

This week, we are learning words with the prefix 'ex-', meaning out or 'inter-' meaning between or amongst.

• exit
• exterior
• extend
• explode
• exclaim
• internet
• international
• intergalactic
• interrupt
• interfere

Week beginning 17th April 2023

This week, we are learning words from the 'phone', 'real' and ‘sign’ word families.

• phone
• telephone
• microphone
• real
• unreal
• reality
• realistic
• sign
• signal
• design

Week beginning 27th March 2023

This week, we are learning words which contain the soft 'c' sound using the letter string 'ci'.

• circle (Blue Blyton)
• decide
• medicine
• exercise (Bicycle Bernard Shaw)
• special
• cinema
• decimal
• accident (Anxious Austen)
• city (Orange Orwell)
• citizen

Week beginning 20th March 2023

This week, we are learning words which contain the soft 'c' sound using the letter string 'ce'.

• recent
• century
• experience
• sentence
• notice
• ceremony
• certificate
• certain (Weird Wordsworth)
• celebrate (Weird Wordsworth) 
• centre (Diamond Dickinson)

Week beginning 13th March 2023

This week, we are learning words which contain the 'sc' letter string that makes the 's' sound.

• Science (Patient Potter)
• scientist
• crescent
• discipline
• fascinate
• scent
• ascent
• descent
• scenery
• scissors (Anxious Austen)

Week beginning 27th February 2023

This week, we are learning words which are nouns that end with the suffix -ation.

• information
• preparation
• education
• exaggeration (exaggerate - Bicycle Bernard Shaw)
• imagination
• organisation
• relegation
• vibration

Our Linkalot words this week come from different bundles on the Sir Linkalot app and end in -ation.

• accommodation (Diarrhoea Dickens)
• hallucination (Medieval Milne)

Week beginning 20th January 2023

This week, we are learning to use plural possessive apostrophes with plural words. 

Check out the videos 'apostrophes in plurals' and 'The Two Boys' Hats' from the Colon Conan Doyle bundle.

• girls'
• boys'
• babies'
• parents' 
• teachers'
• women's (women - Orange Orwell bundle)
• men's
• children's (children - Wild Wilde bundle)
• people's (people - Blue Blyton bundle)
• mice's

This week, pick one word to put into a sentence of your own!

Week beginning 6th February 2023

This week, we are learning homophones or near homophones - these are words which sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.

• aloud
• allowed

From the Discreet Dahl bundle,

• accept
• except
• affect 
• effect

From the Loose Lear bundle,

• weather
• whether
• whose
• who's

Week beginning 30th January 2022

This week, we are continuing to learn homophones or near homophones - these are words which sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.

• cereal
• serial
• check
• cheque
• through (Patient Potter bundle)
• threw
• stares
• stairs

There are no additional Linkalot words this week.

Week beginning 23rd January 2023

This week, we are learning challenge words from the statutory spelling list that do not fit with any of our spelling pattern learning this year.

• interest (Patient Potter bundle)
• experiment
• potatoes
• favourite
• imagine
• material
• promise
• opposite
• minute
• increase

There are no additional Sir Linkalot spellings this week.

Week beginning 16th January 2023

This week, we are learning words that begin with the prefix sub- (meaning below or under) or super- (meaning above). 

Check out the 'sub' video on the Para Pepys bundle.

• submerge
• subheading
• submarine
• subordinate
• subway
• superman
• supervise
• superpower

We have also picked two words from the Diamond Dickinson bundle.

- diamond

- centre

Week beginning 9th January 2022

This week, we are trying to tackle some really tricky words that link to our new topic.

• Egyptians (This is a proper noun so must have a capital letter!)
• pyramid
• mummification
• Tutankhamun

From the Spaghetti Shakespeare bundle,

• ancient

From the Medieval Milne bundle,

• pharaoh
• archaeologist

Week beginning 28th November 2022

This week, we are learning words that contain the letter string 'ough', making a long /o/, /oo/ or /or/ sound.

Check out the 'ways to pronounce 'ough'' video on the Compound Christie bundle.

• though
• although
• dough
• through (Patient Potter bundle)
• breakthrough
• thought (Christmas Carroll bundle)
• bought and brought (Christmas Carroll bundle)
• fought
• ought

Week beginning 21st November 2022 (SPELLINGS WON'T BE TESTED UNTIL MONDAY NEXT WEEK)

This week, we are learning words that end with /shun/ using the letter string -cian where the root words end with -c or -cs. 

Check out the 'words ending in a shn' sound video on the Compound Christie bundle and the 'words ending -cian' on Double Dumas.

• musician
• politician
• electrician
• magician
• mathematician
• statistician
• technician
• beautician

Our Linkalot words this week come from the Bicycle Bernard Shaw bundle on the Sir Linkalot app.

• column
• descend

Week beginning 14th November 2022

This week, we are learning words that end with /shun/ using the letter string -tion where the root words end with -te, -t or has no definite root word. 

Check out the 'words ending in a shn' sound video on the Compound Christie bundle and the 'words ending -tion' on the Humorous Hemingway bundle.

• invention
• injection
• action
• question (Orange Orwell bundle)
• attraction
• translation
• mention
• position

Our Linkalot words this week come from the Christmas Carroll bundle on the Sir Linkalot app.

• said
• Christmas

Week beginning 7th November 2022

This week, we are learning words that end with /shun/ again but this time using the letter string -ssion (where the root words end with -ss or -mit). Check out the 'words ending in a shn' sound video on the Compound Christie bundle.

• discussion
• confession
• permission
• possession (Spaghetti Shakespeare)
• admission
• profession (Determined Duffy bundle)

Our Linkalot words this week come from the Orange Orwell bundle on the Sir Linkalot app.

• should
• would
• could
• enough

Week beginning 1st November 2022

This week, we are learning words that end with /shun/ using the letter string -sion where the root words end with -de or -se. Check out the 'words ending in a shn' sound video on the Compound Christie bundle.

• division
• invasion
• confusion
• decision
• television
• revision
• explosion
• collision

Our Linkalot words this week come from the Weird Wordsworth bundle.

• beautiful
• because

Week beginning 17th October 2022

This week, we are learning about homophones and near homophones. It is super important this week that you know the meaning of each word so that you know which one is which in your check!

• medal
• meddle
• missed
• mist
• scene
• seen
• board
• bored
• which
• witch

There are no additional Sir Linkalot words this week as we have 10 homophone words.

Week beginning 10th October 2022

This week, we are learning words that contain the il- prefix (before a root word beginning with 'l') and the ir- prefix (before a root word beginning with 'r').

• illegal
• illegible
• illiterate
• illogical
• irregular
• irrelevant (relevant is on Graffiti Greene)
• irresponsible
• irresistible

We have no additional spellings this week as we will not be learning them in school until Tuesday.

Week beginning 3rd October 2022

This week, we are learning words that contain the im- prefix (where the root word starting with 'm' or 'p'). 

• immature
• impossible
• immortal
• imperfect
• impatient
• impolite
• important

Our common exception words this week come from the Pear Poe bundle on Sir Linkalot. 

• there
• their
• they’re

Week beginning 26th September 2022

This week, we are learning words that contain the in- prefix (which means 'not'). 

• inactive
• incorrect
• insecure
• incomplete
• infinite
• inedible
• inability
• indecisive

We have 2 further spelling words to support this week’s learning:

• Macmillan
• charity

Week beginning 20th September 2022

This week, we are learning words that contain the /aw/ sounds spelt with the letter strings 'augh' and 'au'. 

• caught
• naughty
• daughter
• autumn (Broccoli Bronte)
• clause
• cause
• astronaut
• author (Patient Potter)

Most weeks, we will also practise two common exception words from Sir Linkalot - this week's words come from the Blue Blyton bundle.

• friend
• people