School List for Spelling Practice
Bishop Ian Ramsey - Durham
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| Name | Description | Group |
|---|---|---|
| au | as in 'or' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| aw | as in 'or' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| ay | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| a_e | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| c as in 's' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| CCVC words | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| CVCC words | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| ea | as in 'ee'. | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| ea as in 'e' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| ew | as in 'oo' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| ey | as in 'ee' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| e_e | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| g as in 'j' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| High frequency words part 1 | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| High frequency words part 2 | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| High frequency words part 3 | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| High frequency words part 4 | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| High frequency words part 5 | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| i as in 'ie' and o as in 'oa' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| ie | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| ie as in 'ee' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| ir | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| i_e | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| oe | as in 'oa' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| ou | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| ow as in 'oa' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| oy | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| o_e | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| ph | as in 'f' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| u as in 'ue' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| ue | as in 'oo' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| ue | as in 'you' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| u_e | as in 'oo' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| u_e | as in 'you' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| wh | year 1 Mrs Blackburn | |
| wh | as in 'h' | year 1 Mrs Blackburn |
| -ee- | words that contain 'ee' sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| -oo- | words containing long 'oo' sound. | year 2 Miss Milner |
| -ke | words that end in ke | year 2 Miss Milner |
| -oo- | words containing short 'oo' (u) sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| a_e | split digraph | year 2 Miss Milner |
| a_e | more spellings with split digraph | year 2 Miss Milner |
| colours | year 2 Miss Milner | |
| ing words | short vowel verbs that need consonant doubling up before adding ing | year 2 Miss Milner |
| i_e | more words with i_e split digraph | year 2 Miss Milner |
| i_e | words with i_e split diagraph | year 2 Miss Milner |
| Numbers ending in zero | year 2 Miss Milner | |
| numbers to 20 | year 2 Miss Milner | |
| oi/oy | words that have sound 'oi' or 'oy' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| plural 's' 1 | adding 's' to make plural to words with short vowel sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| plural _es | adding 'es' with rule of if word ends in 'ch', 'sh' 'ss' 'x' or 'zz' then add 'es' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| plural _s 2 | adding plural 's'to words with long vowel sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| School address | year 2 Miss Milner | |
| test 1 | general spellings following rules learnt this year | year 2 Miss Milner |
| test 2 | general spellings following spelling rules learnt this term | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ai_ | words with ai sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ay | words that end in ay | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ck | words that end in ck | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ea | more words with ea sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ea_ | words containing ea sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ed | past tense verbs where vowel sound is short so you just add 'ed' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ed | more words ending in 'ed' with short vowel | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _er | suffix _er. Rule: just add 'er'. | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _er | suffixes _er. Rule: drop 'e' and add 'er' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _er | suffix _er. Rule: double up the consonant. | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _er | suffix _er. Rule: change 'y' into 'i' then add 'er'. | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _est | suffix _est. Rule: just add 'est'. | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _est | suffix _est. Rule: drop 'e' and add 'est' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _est | suffix _est. Rule: double up the consonant. | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _est | suffix _est. Rule: change 'y' to 'i' and then add 'est'. | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ing | verbs with long vowel sound and either 1 or 2 consonants but you just add 'ing' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ing | verbs where it has a short vowel and 2 consonants already so you just add 'ing' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ing | verbs with split digraphs. drop 'e' and add 'ing'. | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _mp | words ending in 'mp' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _nd | words ending in'nd' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ng | words ending in 'ng' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _nk | words ending in _nk | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _nt | words ending in 'nt' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _oa_ | words with oa sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _ow | words ending in ow | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _s/_es | year 2 Miss Milner | |
| _se | words that end in 'se' | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _sh | words that contain the 'sh' sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _st_ | words that have 'st' (s) sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _th | words that contain 'th' sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _y | words with 'y' (ie) sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| _y | words with 'y' (ee) sound | year 2 Miss Milner |
| 'able' and 'ible' | Words ending in'able' or 'ible' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| 'ble' | Words ending in 'ble' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| 'ckle' and 'cle' | Words ending in 'ckle' and 'cle' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| 'dle' | Words ending in 'dle' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| 'ple' | Words ending in 'ple' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| add 'er' and 'est' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| compound words | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| Double letter 'le' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ir | year 3 Miss Bell |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings silent letters | year 3 Miss Bell |
| high frequency compound words | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| ing | just add 'ing' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| ing | Words containing short vowel sound. | year 3 Miss Bell |
| ing | remove 'e' and 'ing' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| other prefixes | words beginning with - 'non', 'anti','mis', 'im', 'il', 'in' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| plurals change 'y' to an 'i' and add 'es' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| plurals mixed | A mixture of plural words. Some ending in 's' others in 'es' | year 3 Miss Bell |
| prefix 'co' and 'anti' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| prefix 'de' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| prefix 'dis' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| prefix 'ex' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| prefix 'mis' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| prefix 'non' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| prefix 'pre' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| prefix 're' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| prefix 'un' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| short vowel ending in 'y' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| short vowel words adding 'er' and 'est' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| shortened forms | e.g. can't | year 3 Miss Bell |
| silent 'b' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| silent 'h' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| silent 'l' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| silent 'w' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| silent letters 'gn' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| silent letters 'kn' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| suffix 'able' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| suffix 'er' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| suffix 'ful' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| suffixes | words ending in ary ic | year 3 Miss Bell |
| suffixes | ive ending | year 3 Miss Bell |
| suffixes 'ly' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| trickier compound words | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| words ending in 'e' adding 'y' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| words ending in 'e' with 'er' and 'est' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| words ending in 'y' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| words ending in 'y' adding 'er' and 'est' | year 3 Miss Bell | |
| adding s | what happens to words ending in f when suffixes are added | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| adding s 2 | what happens to words ending in f when suffixes are added | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| adding s 3 | what happens to words ending in f when suffixes are added | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| common endings | letter strings igh tion | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| common endings 2 | letter strings ious ial | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| common endings 3 | letter strings ough | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| common letter strings | changing sounds | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| common letter strings 2 au ice | changing sounds | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| compound words | two words into one | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| days and months | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| diminutives | words meaning small suffixes ette ling prefixes mini micro | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| double consonants | two syllable words containing double consonants | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| double consonants | two syllable words with double letters | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| extending and compounding words | build up words from a root word | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| extending and compounding words 3 | building up words from a root word | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| extending and compunding words 2 | build up word from root word | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ch | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings sh | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings th | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ee | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings oo | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings a-e | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings a-e (2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings i-e | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings i-e (2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings o-e | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings u-e | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings cvc cvcv | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings cvc cvcv(2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings cvc cvcv (3) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ck | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ke | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ay | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ld nd nt | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ai | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ea | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ea(2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings oa | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings oa(2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ow (as in oa) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings oi/oy | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings er est | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings plurals add s | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings plurals add es | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings s and es | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings ing | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings -d -n | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 3 words | weekly spellings -ed | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings gh | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings s blends and thr | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings double letters | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings double letters and le | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings le | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ou | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ow sounds like ou | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings aw | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ew | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings er | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ar | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings or | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ur | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings al de (prefixes) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings re non prefixes | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings dis prefix | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings un prefix | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings mis anti prefixes | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings -y | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ly | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ful suffix | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings less suffix | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ness suffix | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings er | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | irregular words | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings s es | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings ing suffix | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 4 words | weekly spellings d ed | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings tch | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings wh | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings wa | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings qu | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings more silent letters | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings c (soft sound) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings soft c (2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings oi/oy | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings au | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings ea (long vowel sound) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings ea (short vowel sound) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings ai | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings compound words | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings words ending in f when adding s | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings o+s | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings ys | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings y-ies | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings er | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings er(2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings est | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings ier | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings iest | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings ying | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings e/-ing | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings y/-ing(2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings doubling +ing | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings ied | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings ies | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings d/ed | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| group 5 words | weekly spellings double +ed | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| high frequency words 1 | words which should be written correctly at all times! | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| high frequency words(2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| high frequency words(3) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| high frequency words(4) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| high frequency words(5) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| high frequency words(6) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| homophones | to distinguish between common words | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| homophones | more common words which have the same sound but different spellings and meanings | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| k | use of the letter k | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| k | more uses of letter k | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| medium frequency words for year 4(5) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| medium frequency words for year 4(6) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| medium frequency words for year 4 | common words which should be spelt correctly | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| medium frequency words for year 4 (2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| medium frequency words for year 4(3) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| medium frequency words for year 4(4) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| numbers | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| prefixes | word beginnings | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| prefixes 2 | more word beginnings | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| prefixes 3 | even more word beginnings | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| revision test 1 | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| revision test 2 | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| revision test 3 | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| ss | when do we use this letter combination | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| suffixes | word endings ary and ic | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| suffixes | al endings | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| suffixes | word endings ness ment | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| suffixes | changing nouns to adjectives using ate ify etc | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| suffixes | changing words using tion ity ness | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| suffixes | able ible endings | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| suffixes | tion sion | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| useful words | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| v | use of the letter v | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| verb endings | adding s ed ing | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| verb endings | adding s ed ing short vowels | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| verb endings | adding s ed ing words ending in e | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| verb endings | adding s ed ing words ending in consonant+y | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| verb endings | adding s ed ing words ending in hissing/buzzing sounds | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| verbs | irregular tense changes | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| verbs | irregular tense changes (2) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| verbs | irregular tense changes (3) | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| wa | listen to the sound carefully | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| wo | words containing wo again sound changes | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse |
| words with common roots | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| words with common roots 2 | year 4/5 Mrs Stonehouse | |
| Level 6 Words | ch words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | g words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | dge words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ph words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | gh words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ex words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ear words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | or words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | our words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ure words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | tion words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | tion words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | sion words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ssion words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ie words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | cei and sc words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | c words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ous words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ous words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ous words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | ious words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | -ly endings | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | -ily endings | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart | |
| Level 6 Words | -ing endings | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Level 6 Words | -ed words | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Plurals | adding s, es, ies | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
| Plurals | changing f to ves & irregular plurals | year 5/6 Mr Ewart |
