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Neroche Spelling LTP (Year 1 – 6) Based on the word lists from Shakespeare and More Spelling Scheme,

adapted for Neroche Primary School following RWI phonics

Overview of rules/sounds taught An overview of the spelling rules/sounds taught for each wordlist

Year One (wordlists 1 – 6)

Autumn Term Week/Date RWI

phonemes/graphemes Spelling word list

given out Spelling test taken in

class (from previous week’s

spelling rule) Week 1

Week Beginning 7th September 2020

Recap Set 1 and 2 sounds No spellings sent out

in the first week

No test in the first week

Week 2 Week Beginning 14th September

2020

ea – cup of tea oi – spoil the boy

List 1 oi the, a

No test

Week 3 Week Beginning 21st September

2020

a-e – make a cake i-e – nice smile

List 1 a-e do, to

List 1 oi the, a

Week 4 Week Beginning 28th September

2020

o-e – phone home u-e – huge brute

List 5 u-e today, of

List 1 a-e do, to

Week 5 Week Beginning 5th October 202

aw – yawn at dawn are – care and share

List 4 aw said, says

List 5 u-e today, of


ur – nurse with a purse er – a better letter

List 3 ur are, were

List 4 aw said, says


ow – brown cow ai – snail in the rain

List 5 ai was, is

List 3 ur are, were

Half Term

Week/Date RWI phonemes/graphemes

Spelling word list given out

Spelling test taken in class

(from previous week’s spelling rule)

Week 8 Week Beginning 2nd November

2020

oa – goat in a boat ew – chew the stew

List 2 oa his, has

List 5 ai was, is

Week 9 Week Beginning 9th November

2020

ire – fire fire ear – hear with your ear

List 4 ear I, you

List 2 oa his, has


2020

ure- sure it’s pure tion – pay attention it’s a

celebration

List 3 ew your, they

List 4 ear I, you

Week 11 Week Beginning 23rd November

2020

tious/cious – scrumptious delicious

List 4 are be, he

List 3 ew your, they


2020 Revise digraphs

List 5 o-e me, she

List 4 are be, he

Week 13 Week Beginning 7th December

2020 Revise all trigraphs

List 5 i-e we, no

List 5 o-e me, she

Week 14 Week Beginning 14th December

2020

Last week before Christmas – recap only (KS1 school

performances and off timetable)

List 1 ay go, so

List 5 i-e me, she

Spring Term Week/Date RWI

phonemes/graphemes Spelling word list

given out Spelling test taken in

class (from previous week’s

spelling rule) Week 15

Week beginning 4th January 2021

Revise all Set 2 and 3 Speed Sounds

List 1 oy by, my

List 1 ay go, so

Week 16 Week beginning 11th January 2021

e – he, we, she me and be ie – stop the thief

list 1 ee here, there

List 1 oy by, my


e-e – delete and complete ie – don’t lie you love pie

List 5 ie where, love

list 1 ee here, there


oe – wiggle your toes ea – eat brown bread

instead

List 2 oe come, some

List 5 ie where, love

Week 19 Week beginning 1st February 2021

ore – read more before you snore

ue- Sue’s blue glue

List 4 ore one, once

List 2 oe come, some

Week 20 Week beginning 8th February 2021

ear – bears love pears au – dinosaurs love sauce

List 4 ear ask, friend

List 4 ore one, once

Half Term

Week/Date Spelling word list given out

Spelling test taken in class (from previous week’s spelling rule)

Week 21 Week beginning 22nd February

2021

List 2 oo school, put

List 4 ear ask, friend

Week 22 Week beginning 1st March 2021

List 2 oo push, pull

List 2 oo school, put

Week 23 Week beginning 8th March 2021

List 2 ou full, house

List 2 oo push, pull


List 2 ff/ll/ss/zz/ck our

List 2 ou full, house

Week 25 Week beginning 22nd March 2021

List 2 nk the, a

List 2 ff/ll/ss/zz/ck our


List 3 ar do, to

List 2 nk the, a

Summer Term



Week 27 Week beginning 19th April 2021

List 3 ir today, of

List 3 ar do, to


List 3 ow said, says

List 3 ir today, of

Week 29 Week beginning 3rd May 2021

List 3 ow are, were

List 3 ow said, says

Week 30 Week beginning 10th May 2021

List 3 ue was, is

List 3 ow are, were


List 4 or his, has

List 3 ue was, is


List 4 air I, you

List 4 or his, has

Half Term



Week 33 Week beginning 7th June 2021

List 5 tch your, they

List 4 air I, you


List 5 igh be, he

List 5 tch your, they

Week 35 Week beginning 21st June 2021

List 6 ve me, she

List 5 igh be, he


List 6 y we, no

List 6 ve me, she

Week 37 Week beginning 5th July 2021

List 6 er/ed/est/ing go, so

List 6 y we, no

Week 38 Week beginning 12th July 2021

List 6 ph wh by, my

List 6 er/ed/est/ing go, so

Week 39 Week beginning 19th July 2021 No list

List 6 ph wh by, my

Year Two (wordlists 7 – 12)

Autumn Term Autumn 1 – List 7

Week/Date Spelling Rule Spelling word list given out

Spelling test taken in class (from previous week’s spelling

rule) Week 1 Week Beginning 7th September 2020

The /d_ʒ/ sound spelt as ge and dge at the end of words, and sometimes spelt as g elsewhere in words before e, i and y

badge, edge, bridge, dodge, fudge door, floor


Week 2 Week Beginning 14th September 2020


age, huge, change, charge, bulge, village poor, because

badge, edge, bridge, dodge, fudge, door, floor

+ 3 unknown words following this rule

Week 3 Week Beginning 21st September 2020


gem, giant, magic, giraffe, energy find, kind

age, huge, change, charge, bulge, village, poor, because + 2 unknown words following this rule



jacket, jar, jog, join, adjust mind, behind

gem, giant, magic, giraffe, energy, find, kind + 3 unknown words following this rule


The /s/ sound spelt c before e, i and y

race, ice, cell, city, fancy child, children

jacket, jar, jog, join, adjust, mind, behind + 3 unknown words following this rule


The /n/ sound spelt kn and (less often) gn at the beginning of words

knock, know, knee, gnat, gnaw, because, behind

race, ice, cell, city, fancy, child, children + 3 unknown words following this rule


List 8 begins here The /a_ɪ/ sound spelt –y at the end of words

cry, fly, dry, try, reply, July wild, climb

knock, know, knee, gnat, gnaw, because, behind + 3 unknown words following this rule

Half Term

Autumn 2 – List 8 Week/Date Spelling Rule Spelling

word list given out


rule) Week 8 Week Beginning 2nd November 2020

Adding –es to nouns and verbs ending in –y

flies, tries, replies, copies, babies, carries most, only

cry, fly, dry, try, reply, July, wild, climb + 2 unknown words following this rule

Week 9 Week Beginning 9th November 2020

Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in –y with a consonant before it.

copied, copier, happier, happiest, cried, replied both, old

flies, tries, replies, copies, babies, carries, most, only + 2 unknown words following this rule


Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter

hiking, hiked, hiker, nicer, nicest, shiny cold, gold

copied, copier, happier, happiest, cried, replied, both, old + 2 unknown words following this rule

Week 11 Week Beginning 23rd November 2020

Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in –e with a consonant before it.

patting, patted, humming, hummed, dropping, dropped, sadder, hold

hiking, hiked, hiker, nicer, nicest, shiny, cold, gold + 2 unknown words following this rule


Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in –e with a consonant before it.

saddest, bigger, biggest, runner, runny told, every

patting, patted, humming, hummed, dropping, dropped, sadder, hold + 2 unknown words following this rule

Week 13 Week Beginning 7th December 2020

List 9 begins here

The /ɹ/ sound spelt wr at the beginning of words

write, written, wrote, wrong, wrap, everybody, even

saddest, bigger, biggest, runner, runny, told, every + 3 unknown words following this rule


The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –le at the end of words

table, apple, bottle, little, middle, great, break

write, written, wrote, wrong, wrap, everybody, even + 3 unknown words following this rule

Spring Term Spring 1 – List 9



rule) Week 15 Week beginning 4th January 2021

The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –el at the end of words

camel, tunnel, squirrel, travel, towel, tinsel, steak, pretty

table, apple, bottle, little, middle great, break + 3 unknown words following this rule


The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –al at the end of words

metal, pedal, capital, hospital, animal, class, grass

camel, tunnel, squirrel, travel, towel, tinsel, steak, pretty + 2 unknown words following this rule


Words ending –il

pencil, fossil, nostril, pass, plant, path

metal, pedal, capital, hospital, animal, class, grass + 2 unknown words following this rule


The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll

all, ball, call, walk, talk, always

pencil, fossil, nostril, pass, plant, path + 4 unknown words following this rule


The /ʌ/ sound spelt o

other, mother, brother, nothing, Monday

all, ball, call, walk, talk, always + 2 unknown words following this rule + 2 common exception words


List 10 begins here

The /i:/ sound spelt –ey

key, donkey, monkey, chimney, valley, could, should, would

other, mother, brother, nothing, Monday + 2 unknown words following this rule

Half Term

Spring 2 – List 10 Week/Date Spelling Rule Spelling

word list given out


rule) Week 21

Week beginning 22nd February 2021

The /ɒ/ sound spelt a after w and qu

want, watch, wander, quantity, squash, who, whole

key, donkey, monkey, chimney, valley, could, should, would + 2 unknown words following this rule

Week 22 Week beginning 1st

March 2021

The / ɔ:/ sound spelt a after w

word, work, worm, world, worth, war, warm, towards

want, watch, wander, quantity, squash, who, whole + 3 unknown words following this rule

Week 23 Week beginning 8th

March 2021

The /ʒ/ sound spelt s

television, treasure, usual any, many, clothes, busy, people

word, work, worm, world, worth war, warm, towards + 2 unknown words following this rule


March 2021

Homophones and near-homophones

bare, bear, one, won, sun, son, to, too, two

television, treasure, usual any, many, clothes, busy, people + 2 unknown words following this rule

Week 25 Week beginning 22nd

March 2021


be, bee blue, blew, night, knight

bare, bear, one, won, sun, son, to, too, two *no additional words to be tested this week


March 2021

List 11 starts here

Words ending in –tion

station, fiction, motion, national, section, after, fast

be, bee blue, blew night, knight *no additional words to be tested this week

Summer Term

Summer 1 – Lists 11 and 12



rule)


April 2021


there, their, they’re, here, hear, last, past, father, bath, hour

station, fiction, motion, national, section, after, fast + 3 unknown words following this rule


April 2021


quite, quiet, see, sea, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye

there, their, they’re, here, hear, last, past father, bath, hour *no additional words to be tested this week

Week 29 Week beginning 3rd

May 2021

Common exception words water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas, beautiful, because

quite, quiet, see, sea, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye *no additional words to be tested this week


May 2021

List 12 starts here

Contractions Can’t, won’t, didn’t, couldn’t, it’s, I’ll, door, floor

water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas, beautiful, because *no additional words to be tested this week


May 2021

The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns)

the girl’s, the boy’s, Katie’s, Ahmed’s, the child’s, the man’s, poor, because, find, kind

Can’t, won’t, didn’t, couldn’t, it’s, I’ll door, floor + 2 unknown words following this rule


May 2021

Common exception words mind, behind, child, children wild, climb, most, only, both, old

the girl’s, the boy’s, Katie’s, Ahmed’s, the child’s, the man’s poor, because, find, kind *no additional words to be tested this week

Half Term

Summer 2 – List 12




June 2021

Common exception words cold, gold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, break, steak

mind, behind, child, children, wild, climb, most, only, both, old


June 2021

Common exception words pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, class, grass, pass

cold, gold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, break, steak


June 2021

Common exception words plant, path, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye

pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, class, grass, pass


June 2021

Common exception words could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people

plant, path, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye


July 2021

Common exception words water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas

could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people


July 2021

No new rule No new words water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas


July 2021

No new rule No new words No test

Year Three (wordlists 13 – 18) To support catch-up with spellings, alongside the spelling rule being taught, phonics will be taught for 10-15 minutes daily to recap Set 2 and 3 of the RWI phonics scheme.

Autumn Term Autumn 1 – Lists 13

Possessive apostrophe with singular and plural words Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words




Possessive apostrophe with singular and plural words (list 13)

girl’s, girls’, boy’s, boys’ accidentally, actually



Possessive apostrophe with singular and plural words (list 13)

men’s, babies’, children’s, mice’s address, answer

girl’s, girls’ boy’s, boys’ accidentally, actually + 4 unknown

words following this rule


Homophones and near-homophones (list 13)

here, hear, heel, heal, he’ll, not, knot, male, mail, appear

men’s, babies’, children’s, mice’s address, answer + 4 unknown words

following this rule



accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl, berry, bury, arrive, believe

here, hear, heel, heal, he’ll, not, knot, male, mail, appear + 0 unknown




break, brake, fair, fare great, grate, groan, grown, bicycle, breath

accept, except, affect, effect, ball, bawl, berry, bury, arrive, believe + 0

unknown words following this rule



main, mane, meat, meet, missed, mist piece, peace, breathe, build

break, brake, fair, fare, great, grate groan, grown, bicycle, breath + 0




plain, plane, rain, rein, reign, seen, scene busy/business, calendar

main, mane, meat, meet, missed, mist, piece, peace, breathe, build + 0


Half Term

Autumn 2 – List 14, 15 and 16 Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words The suffix –ly The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou Prefixes



Week 8 Week Beginning 2nd November 2020


weather, whether whose, who’s caught, centre, century, certain,

plain, plane, rain, rein, reign, seen, scene, busy, business, calendar + 0 unknown



The suffix –ly Where ly is added to the end of word with no change (list 15)

sadly, completely, usually finally, circle, complete, consider

weather, whether whose, who’s caught, centre, century, certain + 2

unknown recap homophones from list 13


The suffix –ly Where ally is added to the end of words ending in ‘ic’ (list 15)

comically basically, frantically, dramatically continue, decide

sadly, completely, usually finally, circle, complete, consider + 3



The suffix –ly Where ily is added to the end of words ending in y (list 15)

happily, angrily describe, different, difficult, disappear

comically basically, frantically, dramatically continue, decide + 4 unknown words

following this rule


The suffix –ly Where ly is added to the end of words ending in le (list 15)

gently, simply, humbly, nobly, accidentally, actually, address, answer

happily, angrily describe, different, difficult, disappear + 4 unknown words following

this rule


The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou (list 16)

young, touch, double, trouble, country, enough, exercise, experience,

gently, simply, humbly, nobly, accidentally, actually, address, answer + 2 unknown words following this rule


Prefix dis (list 16)

disappoint, disagree, disobey, experiment, extreme, famous

young, touch, double, trouble, country, enough, exercise, experience + 2 unknown words

following this rule

Spring Term Spring 1 – List 16 and 17

Prefixes Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /t_ʃə/ Words with the /e_ɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey Common exception words



rule) Week 15 Week beginning 4th January 2021

Prefix mis (list 16)

misbehave, mislead, misspell, favourite, February, appear, arrive

disappoint, disagree, disobey, experiment, extreme, famous + 4



Prefix in (list 16)

inactive, incorrect, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath

misbehave, mislead, misspell, favourite, February, appear, arrive +

3 unknown words following this rule


Prefix il (list 16)

illegal, illegible, illiterate, illuminate, illegitimate, breathe, build, busy, business

inactive, incorrect, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath + 3 unknown words following

this rule Week 18 Week beginning 25th January 2021

ure (sure it’s pure) (list 17)

measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure forward(s), fruit, grammar, group

illegal, illegible, illiterate, illuminate, illegitimate, breathe, build, busy, business + 1 unknown word following

this rule


ure (sure it’s pure) (list 17)

creature, furniture, picture, nature, adventure, guard, guide, heard

measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure forward(s), fruit, grammar, group + 2 unknown words

following this rule + 2 common exception words


Words with the /e_ɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey (list 17)

vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, heart, height, history, imagine

creature, furniture, picture, nature, adventure, guard, guide, heard + 2


Half Term

Spring 2 – List 17 and 18 Words with the /e_ɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable More prefixes



rule) Week 21

Week beginning 22nd February 2021

Words with the /e_ɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey (list 17)

they, obey, grey, survey, increase, important, interest

vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, heart, height, history, imagine + 2 unknown



March 2021

Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable (ing, er, ed, ation) (list 17)

gardening, gardener, limiting, limited, limitation, island, knowledge, learn

they, obey, grey, survey, increase, important, interest + 3 unknown



March 2021

Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable (list 18)

forgetting, forgotten, beginning, beginner, prefer, preferred length, library

gardening, gardener, limiting, limited, limitation, island, knowledge, learn + 3 unknown words

following this rule


Prefix sub (list 18)

subdivide, subheading, submarine, submerge, material, medicine, mention, minute

forgetting, forgotten, beginning, beginner, prefer, preferred length, library + 2 unknown words

following this rule


ure (list 18)

measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure creature, furniture, picture, nature, adventure, natural

subdivide, subheading, submarine, submerge, material, medicine, mention, minute + 2 unknown words

following this rule


Words with the /e_ɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey (list 18) (list 19 common exception words)

vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, naughty, notice, occasion(ally), often

measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure creature, furniture, picture, nature, adventure, natural *no additional words to be

tested this week

Summer Term Summer 1 – Lists 18

Summary of Year 3 rules and Year 3 and 4 common exception words



rule) Week 27

Week beginning 19th April 2021

Words with the /e_ɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey (list 18) (list 19 common exception words)

they, obey, grey, survey, opposite, ordinary, particular, peculiar

vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, naughty, notice, occasion(ally), often + 2 unknown words following this rule


The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou (list 18) (list 19 common exception words)

young, touch, double, trouble, country perhaps, popular, position

they, obey, grey, survey, opposite, ordinary, particular, peculiar + 2

unknown words following this rule Week 29

Week beginning 3rd May 2021

Homophones and near-homophones (list 18) (list 19 and 20 common exception words)

accept, except affect, effect possess(ion), possible, potatoes, pressure, probably, promise

young, touch, double, trouble, country, perhaps, popular, position



Prefix dis (list 18) (list 20 common exception words)

disappoint, disagree, disobey, purpose, quarter, question, recent

accept, except, affect, effect possess(ion), possible, potatoes, pressure, probably, promise *no

additional words to be tested this week Week 31

Week beginning 17th May 2021

Prefix mis (list 18) (list 20 common exception words)

misbehave, mislead, misspell, regular, reign, remember, sentence, separate

disappoint, disagree, disobey purpose, quarter, question, recent +



Prefix in (list 18) (list 21 common exception words)

inactive, incorrect special, straight, strange, strength, suppose, surprise

misbehave, mislead, misspell regular, reign, remember, sentence, separate + 2 unknown


Half Term

Summer 2 – List 18 Summary of Year 3 spelling rules and Year 3 and 4 common exception words



rule) Week 33

Week beginning 7th June 2021

Prefix il (list 18) (list 21 common exception words)

illegal, illegible, illiterate, illuminate, illegitimate, therefore, though, although

inactive, incorrect, special, straight, strange, strength, suppose, surprise + 2 unknown words following this rule


The suffix –ly Where ly is added to the end of word with no change (list 18) (list 22 common exception words)

sadly, completely, usually, finally, thought, through, various, weight

illegal, illegible, illiterate, illuminate, illegitimate, therefore, though, although + 2 unknown words following

this rule


The suffix –ly Where ally is added to the end of words ending in ‘ic’ (list 18) (list 22 common exception words)

comically basically, frantically, dramatically, woman, women

sadly, completely, usually, finally, thought, through, various, weight + 2



The suffix –ly Where ily is added to the end of words ending in y (list 18) (year 3 and 4 common exception words)


comically basically, frantically, dramatically, woman, women + 4



July 2021

The suffix –ly Where ly is added to the end of words ending in le (list 18) (year 3 and 4 common exception words)


happily, angrily describe, different, difficult, disappear + 4 unknown words following this rule

Week 38 Week beginning

12th July 2021

No new rule No new words gently, simply, humbly, nobly, accidentally, actually, address, answer + 4 unknown words following

this rule Week 39

Week beginning 19th July 2021


Year Four (wordlists 19 – 24)

Autumn Term Autumn 1 – Lists 19 ad 20

Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, -sion, -ssion and –cian The suffixes –ation and -sion Common exception words




Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion (list 19)

invention, injection, action, hesitation, completion, natural, naughty, notice



Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –sion (list 19)

expansion, extension comprehension, tension, occasion, often, opposite, ordinary

invention, injection, action, hesitation, completion natural, naughty, notice + 2 unknown



Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –ssion (list 19)

expression, discussion, confession permission, admission, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular

expansion, extension comprehension, tension, occasion, often, opposite, ordinary + 2



Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –cian (list 19)

musician, electrician, magician, politician, mathematician, position, possess, possible

expression, discussion, confession permission, admission, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular + 1



The suffix – ation (list 20)

information, adoration, sensation, preparation, admiration, potatoes, pressure

musician, electrician, magician, politician, mathematician, position, possess, possible + 2 unknown words

following this rule


The suffix – sion (list 20)

division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television probably, promise

information, adoration, sensation, preparation, admiration, potatoes, pressure + 2 unknown words following

this rule


Common exception words from list 20

promise, purpose, quarter, question, recent, regular, reign, remember, sentence, separate

division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television probably, promise + 2 unknown words

following this rule

Half Term

Autumn 2 – List 21 The suffix -ous Common exception words



rule) Week 8 Week Beginning 2nd November 2020

The suffix –ous (list 21)

poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, special, straight, strange

promise, purpose, quarter, question, recent, regular, reign, remember, sentence, separate + 0




tremendous, enormous, jealous, ridiculous, miraculous, strength, suppose

poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, special, straight, strange + 2

unknown words following this rule Week 10 Week Beginning 16th November 2020


humorous, glamorous, vigorous, traitorous, tumorous, porous, surprise, therefore

tremendous, enormous, jealous, ridiculous, miraculous, strength, suppose + 3

unknown words following this rule Week 11 Week Beginning 23rd November 2020


courageous, outrageous, gorgeous, nauseous, righteous, though, although

humorous, glamorous, vigorous, traitorous, tumorous, porous, surprise, therefore + 3

unknown words following this rule Week 12 Week Beginning 30th November 2020

Recap –tion spellings and common exception words (list 21)

invention, injection, action, hesitation, completion, expression, discussion, confession, accidentally, actually

courageous, outrageous, gorgeous, nauseous, righteous, though, although + 3 unknown words following

this rule


Recap –ous spellings and common exception words (list 21)

poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, address, answer, appear, arrive, believe

invention, injection, action, hesitation, completion, expression, discussion, confession, accidentally, actually + 0 unknown words following

this rule Week 14 Week Beginning 14th December 2020

Recap –cian spellings (list 21)

musician, electrician, magician, politician, mathematician, bicycle, breath, breathe, build, busy

poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, address, answer, appear, arrive, believe + 0 unknown words following

this rule


Prefixes Common exception words




Prefix inter (list 22)

interact, intercity, international, interrelated, thought, through,

musician, electrician, magician, politician, mathematician, bicycle, breath, breathe, build, busy + 0

unknown words following this rule Week 16 Week beginning 11th January 2021

Prefix anti (list 22)

antiseptic, anti-clockwise, antisocial, various, weight, woman, women

interact, intercity, international, interrelated, thought, through + 4



Prefix auto (list 22)

autobiography, autograph, autocue, automobile, business, calendar, caught, centre

antiseptic, anti-clockwise, antisocial, various, weight, woman, women + 3



Prefix super (list 22)

supermarket, superman, superstar, superhuman, century, certain, circle, complete, consider

autobiography, autograph, autocue, automobile, business, calendar, caught, centre +

2 unknown word following this rule


Recap sion (list 22)

division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television, continue, decide, describe, different

supermarket, superman, superstar, superhuman, century, certain, circle, complete, consider + 1

unknown word following this rule


Recap spellings ous (list 22)

enormous, jealous humorous, glamorous, vigorous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, tremendous

division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television, continue, decide, describe, different


Half Term

Spring 2 – List 23 The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words More prefixes Common exception words




22nd February 2021

Prefix inter (list 23)

interact, intercity, international, interrelated, difficult, disappear, early, earth

enormous, jealous, humorous, glamorous, vigorous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, tremendous + 0 unknown words

following this rule Week 22

Week beginning 1st March 2021

Prefix ir (list 23)

irregular, irrelevant, irresponsible, eight/eighth, enough, exercise, experience

interact, intercity, international, interrelated, difficult, disappear, early, earth + 2 unknown words

following this rule


March 2021

Prefix re (list 23)

redo, refresh, return, reappear, redecorate, experiment, extreme, famous

irregular, irrelevant, irresponsible, eight/eighth, enough, exercise, experience + 2 unknown words following this rule


Prefix im (list 23)

immature, immortal, impossible, impatient, imperfect, favourite, February, forward(s)

immature, immortal, impossible, impatient, imperfect, favourite, February, forward(s) + 2 unknown



The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words (list 23)

myth, gym, Egypt, pyramid, mystery, fruit, grammar, group

subdivide, subheading, submarine, submerge, material, medicine, mention, minute + 2 unknown words

following this rule


Common exception words

grammar, group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase

myth, gym, Egypt, pyramid, mystery, fruit, grammar, group + 2 unknown


Summer Term

Summer 1 – List 24 The suffix –ous Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in origin) Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch (mostly French in origin) Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que (French in origin) Common exception words




Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in origin)

scheme, chorus, chemist, echo, character, important, interest, island

grammar, group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase + 0 unknown words

following this rule


Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que (French in origin)

league, tongue, antique, unique, knowledge, learn, length

scheme, chorus, chemist, echo, character, important, interest, island + 2 unknown words following

this rule


May 2021

The suffix –ous (ious)

serious, obvious, curious, library, material, medicine

league, tongue, antique, unique, knowledge, learn, length + 3

unknown words following this rule Week 30


The suffix –ous (eous) hideous, spontaneous, courteous, gaseous, erroneous, instantaneous, mention, minute, natural, naughty

serious, obvious, curious, library, material, medicine + 4 unknown words following this rule


Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch (mostly French in origin)

chef, chalet, machine, brochure, , notice, occasion(ally), often

hideous, spontaneous, courteous, gaseous, erroneous, instantaneous, mention, minute, natural, naughty +

0 unknown words following this rule Week 32


Sc words that sound like ss science, scene, discipline, fascinate, crescent, opposite, ordinary

chef, chalet, machine, brochure, , notice, occasion(ally), often +3


Half Term

Summer 2 Summary of Year 3 spelling rules and Year 3 and 4 common exception words



rule) Week 33


Prefix il (list 18) (list 21 common exception words)

illegal, illegible, illiterate, illuminate, illegitimate, therefore, though, although

science, scene, discipline, fascinate, crescent, opposite, ordinary + 3 unknown words following

this rule Week 34


The suffix –ly Where ly is added to the end of word with no change (list 18) (list 22 common exception words)

sadly, completely, usually, finally, thought, through, various, weight

illegal, illegible, illiterate, illuminate, illegitimate, therefore, though, although + 2 unknown words following

this rule


The suffix –ly Where ally is added to the end of words ending in ‘ic’ (list 18) (list 22 common exception words)

comically basically, frantically, dramatically, woman, women

sadly, completely, usually, finally, thought, through, various, weight +



The suffix –ly Where ily is added to the end of words ending in y (list 18) (year 3 and 4 common exception words)


comically basically, frantically, dramatically, woman, women + 4



July 2021

The suffix –ly Where ly is added to the end of words ending in le (list 18) (year 3 and 4 common exception words)


happily, angrily, describe, different, difficult, disappear + 4 unknown



12th July 2021

No new rule No new words gently, simply, humbly, nobly, accidentally, actually, address, answer + 4 unknown words following

this rule Week 39



Year Five (wordlists 25 – 30)

Autumn Term Autumn 1 – List 25

Words containing the letter-string ough/t Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or -tious Common exception words




Words containing the letter-string ought

ought, bought, thought, nought, brought, fought, accommodate, accompany



Words containing the letter-string ough

rough, tough, enough, cough, though, although, dough, through, according, achieve

ought, bought, thought, nought, brought, fought, accommodate, accompany + 2 unknown words

following this rule


Words containing the letter-string ough

thorough, borough plough, though, although, dough, through, aggressive, amateur, ancient

rough, tough, enough, cough, though, although, dough, through, according, achieve + 0 unknown



Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or –tious (scrumptious delicious RWI link)

vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious attached, available

thorough, borough, plough, though, although, dough, through, aggressive, amateur, ancient + 0



Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or –tious (scrumptious delicious RWI link)

ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious, average, awkward, bargain

vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious attached, available + 2 unknown




advice, advise, device, devise, licence, license, practice, practise, prophecy, prophesy

ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious, average, awkward, bargain + 2 unknown words

following this rule



bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community, competition, conscience, conscious

advice, advise, device, devise, licence, license, practice, practise, prophecy, prophesy + 0 unknown


Half Term

Autumn 2 – List 26 Endings which sound like /ʃəl/ Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words



Week 8 Week Beginning 2nd November 2020

Endings which sound like /ʃəl/

official, special, artificial, partial, confidential, essential, controversy, convenience

bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community, competition, conscience, conscious



farther, further, father guessed, guest, heard, herd, correspond, criticise, curiosity

official, special, artificial, partial, confidential, essential, controversy, convenience + 2 unknown words

following this rule Week 10 Week Beginning 16th November 2020


led, lead, morning, mourning, past, passed, definite, desperate, determined, develop

farther, further, father, guessed, guest, heard, herd, correspond, criticise, curiosity + 0 unknown words

following this rule


Recap cious vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious dictionary

led, lead, morning, mourning, past, passed, definite, desperate, determined, develop + 0 unknown

words following this rule Week 12 Week Beginning 30th November 2020

Recap tious ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious, disastrous

vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious dictionary + 3 unknown words

following this rule Week 13 Week Beginning 7th December 2020

Recap ought ought, bought, thought, nought, brought, fought, embarrass, environment

ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious, disastrous + 4



Recap ough

rough, tough, enough, cough, though, although, dough through, thorough, borough

ought, bought, thought, nought, brought, fought, embarrass, environment + 2 unknown words

following this rule


Words ending in –ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence and –ency Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words




Words ending in –ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence and –ency

observant, observance, (observation), expectant, expectancy (expectation), equip, equipped, equipment, especially

rough, tough, enough, cough, though, although, dough, through, thorough, borough + 0 unknown




hesitant, hesitancy (hesitation), tolerant, tolerance, substance, (substantial), exaggerate, excellent, existence

observant, observance, (observation), expectant, expectancy, (expectation), equip, equipped, equipment, especially + 0




innocent, innocence, decent, decency, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government

hesitant, hesitancy (hesitation), tolerant, tolerance, substance, (substantial), exaggerate, excellent, existence + 0 unknown words

following this rule



frequent, frequency, confident, confidence guarantee, harass, hindrance, identity, immediate, immediately

innocent, innocence, decent, decency, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government + 0 unknown word

following this rule



farther, further, father guessed, guest, heard, herd, led, lead, morning, mourning

frequent, frequency, confident, confidence guarantee, harass, hindrance, identity, immediate, immediately + 0 unknown word

following this rule Week 20 Week beginning 8th February 2021


advice, advise, device, devise, licence, license practice, practise, prophecy, prophesy

farther, further, father, guessed, guest, heard, herd, led, lead morning, mourning + 0 unknown


Half Term

Spring 2 – List 28 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words




22nd February 2021

Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer

referring, referred, referral, preferring, preferred, especially, exaggerate, excellent

advice, advise, device, devise licence, license, practice, practise prophecy, prophesy + 0 unknown words following this rule


March 2021

ent/ence obedient, obedience, independent, independence existence, explanation,

referring, referred, referral, preferring, preferred, especially, exaggerate, excellent + transferring, transferred (not given to in their list but for them to be tested on as unknown words following the rule)


March 2021

Changing the suffix able Adorable, adorably (adoration), applicable, applicably, (application), familiar, foreign

obedient, obedience, independent, independence, existence, explanation, + 4 unknown words


Week beginning 15th March 2021


steal, steel, wary, weary, who’s, whose, isle, aisle, forty, frequently, government, guarantee

Adorable, adorably, (adoration), applicable, applicably, (application), familiar, foreign + 2 unknown words


Week beginning 22ndMarch 2021


aloud, allowed affect, effect harass, hindrance, identity, immediate(ly)

steal, steel, wary, weary, who’s, whose, isle, aisle, forty, frequently, government, guarantee + 0 unknown



(List 29)

Words ending in –able (no change needed)

changeable, noticeable, dependable, comfortable, understandable, reasonable, persuade, physical

aloud, allowed, affect, effect harass, hindrance, identity, immediate(ly) +

2 previous homophones words following this rule

Summer Term

Summer 1 – List 29 Words ending in –ible and -able Words ending in –ably and –ibly Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words




Words ending in –ible Words ending in –ibly

possible, possibly, horrible, horribly, terrible, terribly, prejudice, privilege

changeable, noticeable, dependable, comfortable, understandable, reasonable, persuade, physical + 2 unknown

words following this rule Week 28

Week beginning 26th April 2021

Words ending in –ible Words ending in –ibly

visible, visibly, incredible, incredibly, sensible, sensibly, profession, programme

possible, possibly, horrible, horribly, terrible, terribly, prejudice, privilege



May 2021

Words ending in –able and ably

Considerable, considerably, tolerable, tolerably, pronunciation, queue

visible, visibly, incredible, incredibly, sensible, sensibly, profession, programme + 2 unknown words



Recap Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer

referring, referred, referral, preferring, preferred, especially, exaggerate, excellent

Considerable, considerably, tolerable, tolerably, pronunciation, queue + 4 unknown words following

this rule Week 31


Recap Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or –tious

vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious attached, available

referring, referred, referral, preferring, preferred, especially, exaggerate, excellent + 2 unknown



Recap EndingEndings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or –tious

ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious average, awkward, bargain

vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious attached, available + 2 unknown


Half Term

Summer 2 – List 30 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c

Hyphenated words Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words




June 2021

Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer

reference, referee, preference, transference, recognise, recommend, relevant

ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious, average, awkward, bargain + 3 unknown words following this rule


Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c

deceive, conceive, receive, perceive, ceiling, restaurant, rhyme, rhythm

reference, referee, preference, transference, recognise, recommend, relevant + 3 unknown


Week beginning 21st June 2021

Hyphenated words co-ordinate, re-enter, co-operate, co-own, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature

deceive, conceive, receive, perceive, ceiling, restaurant, rhyme, rhythm +




altar, alter, ascent, assent, bridal, bridle, cereal, serial, sincere, sincerely

co-ordinate, re-enter, co-operate, co-own, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature + 2 unknown




especially, exaggerate, excellent, existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government

altar, alter, ascent, assent, bridal, bridle, cereal, serial, sincere, sincerely + 0 unknown words following

this rule


12th July 2021

No new rule No new words especially, exaggerate, excellent, existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government


19th July 2021


Year Six (wordlists 31 – 32)

Autumn Term

Autumn 1 – Lists 31 and 32 Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) Homophones and near-homophones Common exception words




Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word)

doubt, island, lamb, solemn, thistle, knight soldier, stomach, sufficient, suggest




compliment, complement, descent, dissent, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety

doubt, island, lamb, solemn, thistle, knight soldier, stomach, sufficient, suggest


Common exception words descent, dissent, desert, dessert, draft, draught vegetable, vehicle, yacht, accommodate

compliment, complement, descent, dissent, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety


List 31 List 31 descent, dissent, desert, dessert, draft, draught vegetable, vehicle, yacht, accommodate

From week 4 onwards in Year 6, list 31 will be used to test children on a range of spelling rules to recap those learnt in Year 5. Each week the children will be tested on 3 common exception words and 7 spellings taken from the Regular Spellings list on list 31. The 7 spellings could be given to the children to revise, or they could be given the spelling rule to revise and some example words that could arise in the test. Where homophones/near-homophones are used the children need to be given specific words to revise for their spelling test.

Spelling Wordlist 32 Regular Spellings ought, bought, thought, nought, brought, fought, rough, tough, enough, cough, though, although, dough through, thorough, borough plough, official, special, artificial, partial, confidential, essential, observant, observance, (observation), expectant (expectation), hesitant, hesitancy (hesitation), tolerant, tolerance (toleration), substance (substantial), referring, referred, referral, preferring, preferred, transferring, transferred, changeable, noticeable, forcible, legible dependable, comfortable, understandable, reasonable, enjoyable, reliable doubt, island, lamb, solemn, thistle, knight

advice, advise, device, devise licence, license, practice, practice, prophecy, prophesy vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious, innocent, innocence, decent, decency, frequent, frequency, confident, confidence (confidential) assistant, assistance, obedient, obedience, independent, independence adorable/adorably (adoration), applicable/applicably (application), considerable/considerably (consideration), tolerable/tolerably (toleration) reference, referee, preference, transference co-ordinate, re-enter, co-operate, co-own

vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious, ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious, farther, further, father, guessed, guest, heard, herd, led, lead, morning, mourning, past, passed, precede, proceed, principal, principle, profit, prophet stationary, stationery, steal, steel, wary, weary, who’s, whose, aisle, isle, aloud, allowed, affect, effect possible, possibly, horrible, horribly, terrible, terribly, visible, visibly, incredible, incredibly, sensible, sensibly deceive, conceive, receive, perceive, ceiling, altar, alter, ascent, assent, bridal, bridle, cereal, serial compliment, complement, descent, dissent, desert, dessert, draft, draught

Common Exception Words accommodate, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, amateur, ancient, apparent, appreciate, attached, available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community, competition, conscience, conscious, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise, curiosity, definite, desperate, determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equip (–ped, –ment), especially, exaggerate, excellent, existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass, hindrance, identity, immediate(ly), individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous, muscle, necessary, neighbour, nuisance, occupy, occur, opportunity, parliament, persuade, physical, prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, recommend, relevant, restaurant, rhyme, rhythm, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature, sincere(ly), soldier, stomach, sufficient, suggest, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety, vegetable, vehicle, yacht

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