Spellings 03.10.25

fought
ought
wrought
slough
trough
dough
(break)through
plough

Spellings 26.09.25

Letter string -ough

bought
thought
enough
rough
tough
cough
although
though
through
drought

Spelling 12.09.25

Adding –ed, –ing, –er, –est, –en to words with more than one syllable

acquit

allot

begin

control

forget/forgot

gallop

incur

omit

regret

transmit

Spelling patterns 24.02.20

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words, e.g. definite, literate, desperate, familiar

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. programme, telegram, hologram, diagram

Spelling patterns 10.02.20

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ify e.g. simplify, crucify, solidify, signify

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. signature, assign, design, designate, significant

Spelling patterns 03.02.20

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ise e.g. criticise, advertise, capitalise, finalise

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. accommodate, accompany, access, accuse, accost, acrue

Spelling Patterns 27.01.20

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ate e.g. pollinate, captivate, activate, motivate, communicate

Year 6: Words with a ‘soft c’ spelt /ce/ e.g. cemetery, certificate, necessary, sacrifice, nuisance

Spelling patterns 20.01.20

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Words with an /or/ sound spelt ‘au’ e.g. pause, cause, sauce, fraud, applaud

Year 6: Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a consonant letter e.g. partial, confidential, essential, substantial, torrential

Spelling patterns 13.01.20

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: Words with an /or/ sound spelt ‘or’ e.g. forty, absorb, decorate, enormous, scorch

Year 6: Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a vowel letter e.g. social, official, special, artificial, racial

Spelling patterns 09.12.19

The spelling patterns we are learning this week in Class 5 are:

Year 5: More homophones and near homophones e.g. alter/alter, bridal/bridle, serial/cereal

Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning e.g. suggest/digest/congestion/gesture/gestation