24 November 2017
This week, all the words end with -st.
Children should practise the following words and find one or two of their own.
| just |
| nest |
| best |
| lost |
| gust |
| fast |
17 November 2017
This week’s spellings all contain the ch sound.
chip
chair
chain
cheese
chicken
There are five spellings but children should find an extra word or two that contains the ch sound.
Challenge: can you find a word which ends with a ch sound?
21 October 2016
It’s half-term, so there’s no homework. Enjoy the holiday instead: hunt down a collection of chestnuts on a walk at Roundhay Park, enjoy a cinema trip on a damp day, go further afield and visit somewhere new…
Whatever you do, have a good break.
Have a happy and healthy holiday
It’s the summer holidays at last, so there are no homework or spelling activities. Enjoy the holidays instead!
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15 July 2016
These are the last spellings of the year! They focus on certain rules we have learnt: -ed, -ing, -er, -s and -es endings.
All children in Year 1 have the same spellings.
look
looked
looking
looks
box
boxes
sing
singer
08 July 2016
01 July 2016
As you know, we have had to close school on Friday 01 July – Shadwell Lane had its water turned off. For that reason, and because two classes are out of school today, there hasn’t been chance to set homework or spellings for this week.
Even though there is no set homework or spellings, please remember there are lots of things that the children can be doing to reflect on their learning from this week.
Again, I would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused by the school closure.
24 June 2016
17 June 2016
Red and yellow group:
are
come
here
said
some
there
were
where
These are more words where phonics doesn’t help a whole lot to spell them. Please help your child to hear and understand the difference between where and were.
Green group:
I will ask you any ten spellings of the days of the week and the months of the year.
10 June 2016
Yellow and Red group: I have chosen eight ‘common exception words’ as your spellings this week. These are words which don’t follow the usual rules of phonics.
friend
one
once
our
school
house
your
love
Green group: I will be asking you any ten words from the following list of ‘common exception words’.
