Every Friday, the children will be introduced to a new spelling pattern and will be given a list of words to learn. Throughout the week, the children will practise strategies to embed their learning.

They will be given a yellow book, to take home on Fridays, containing the spelling list for the week so that they can practise these words at home. Please ensure that this book is returned to school every Friday as they will have an informal test to monitor their learning. The children can also log into Spelling Shed and play online games that are based on their spelling list. 

The list of spellings is also available on the class page.

Common Exception Words

Common exception words (often called 'tricky' words) do not follow the conventional rules for the letter sounds contained within the words.  For example 'the', 'me', 'where', 'because' etc, children are encouraged to learn how to spell these words by remembering the whole word.  For short words this is a relatively simple process but where words are longer, we use strategies at school to help children remember the correct spelling, for example memorable acronyms

big elephants can always understand small elephants - because

oh you lucky duck - to remember the 'ould' spelling in could, would and should

There are a list of words for Year 1 and Year 2 and the children are expected to be able to write these words correctly by the end of the academic year.

These words are incorporated within the Spelling Shed lists but any practise you can do with your child at home would be very helpful.