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Whole school spelling scheme of work overview FS and Y1 combine phonics phases 2-5 and 2014 curriculum, Years 2 – 6 curriculum structure based on www.shakespeareandmore.com/spelling.html. See

National Curriculum spelling appendix for example words which follow the patterns.

Term FS Year 1 Phase 5 plus 2014 curriculum

Year 2

Autumn 1Spelling patterns to teach

Phase 2 13: wh, ph, and revise double consonant digraphs14: long A15: long E16: long I and alternative y pronunciation

J spelled g ge and dge S spelled cN spelled kn and gnMulti syllable words

Spelling list to learn

is, he, she, we, me, be door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children


Phase 2 17: long O 18: long U and short u 19: OR and AR

Long I spelled yEs suffix to words ending yEd ing er est to words ending consonant+y, consonant+e, consonant after single vowel


go, so, by, my, here, there, where

wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, told, every

Spring 1Spelling patterns to teach

Phase 3 20: UR and ER 21: OW and OY22: EAR and AIRDividing words into syllables

WrLe el il and al at end of wordsOr spelled a before l and ll“u” sound spelled O


The to I no go of, said, says, are, were, was, his, has, you, your, they

everybody, even, great, break, steak, pretty, class, grass, pass, plant, path


Phase 3 23: Ways of spelling C, NK24: Ways of spelling S Hard and soft C25: Ways of spelling j Hard and soft G26: Ways of spelling L, N, M, R

Long I spelled ey“o” spelled a after w and qu“or” spelled a after w“zj” spelled s

Suffixes ~ment, ~ness, ~ful, ~less ~ly

Homophones:bare, bear one, wonsun, son to, too, twobe, bee blue, blewnight, knight


The to I no go put, push, pull, full, house, our, do, today, of

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

Summer 1Spelling patterns to teach

Phase 3 and 4plus identifying long and short vowel sounds in spoken words and being able to say them.

27: ch, sh alternative spellingsCh or tch at end of wordsShort vowel alternative spellingsV at end of wordsDividing words into syllablesS and es plurals

tion suffixHomophones:there, their, they’rehere, hearquite, quietsee, sea


He, she, me, we, be, was, my, you, her, they, all, are

love, come, some, one, once, ask, friend, school, Mr, Mrs

after, fast, last, past, father, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye, water, again, half, money, parent, Christmas, beautiful


Consolidating phase 4

Teaching further phonemes in phase 5 for reading to children working above requirements

Ing ed er suffixes to verbs Er est suffixesPrefix unAlternative y pronunciationWords ending y

Possessive apostrophe singular nounsContractions


Revise and consolidate learning of phase 2-4

Oh, their, people, looked, called, asked

Revise and consolidate this year’s words

tricky word spelling.Whole school spelling scheme of work overview

FS and Y1 combine phonics phases 2-5 and 2014 curriculum, Years 2 – 6 curriculum structure based on www.shakespeareandmore.com/spelling.html. See National Curriculum spelling appendix for example words which follow the patterns.

Term Year 2 Year 3 Year 4


J spelled g ge and dge S spelled cN spelled kn and gnMulti syllable words

Possessive apostrophe singular and plural wordsHomophones list 1: here, hearheel, heal, he’llnot, knotmale, mailmedal, meddle

Tion, sion, ssion, cian


door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children

ee spelled u: busy, businesssplit digraphs: arrive, decide, describe, extreme, guide, surprise

tion and sion suffixes: mention, occasion, position, possession, question,


Long I spelled yEs suffix to words ending yEd ing er est to words ending consonant+y, consonant+e, consonant after single vowel

Homophones:accept, except affect, effectball, bawl berry, burybreak, brake fair, faregreat, grate groan, grownmain, mane meat, meetmissed, mist piece, peaceplain, plane seen, scenerain, rein, reign whose, who’sweather, whether

Ation, sion

Homophones:where, wearwhere, wereweight, waiteight, ate


wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, told, every

words with unstressed vowels: different, favourite, February, interest, library, ordinary, separate

s spelled c before e, i and y: bicycle, centre, century, certain, circle, decide, exercise, experience, medicine, notice, recent


WrLe el il and al at end of wordsOr spelled a before l and ll“u” sound spelled o

Ly suffix

Sure and ture word endings (as in measure, creature)

Words ending with Ous


everybody, even, great, break, steak, pretty, class, grass, pass, plant, path

n spelled kn: knowledge, knowledgeable~ly and ~ally suffix: accidentally, actually, occasionally, probably

ous endings: famous, variousother words: answer, build, calendar, complete, consider, continue


Long I spelled ey“o” spelled a after w and qu“or” spelled a after w“zj” spelled sSuffixes ~ment, ~ness, ~ful, ~less ~lyHomophones:bare, bear one, wonsun, son to, too, twobe, bee blue, blewnight, knight

“u” spelled ou (young, double)

Prefixes: un~, dis~, mis~, in~, il~

More prefixes: inter, anti, auto, super


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

words with prefixes: disappear, disbelieve, rebuild, repositionthe same words without prefixes: appear, believe, build, position

early, earth, experiment, group, guard, forward, forwards, fruit, heard, heart, history, imagine, important, increase, island


tion suffixHomophones:there, their, they’rehere, hearquite, quietsee, sea

“ay” spelled ei eigh ey

Suffixes beginning with vowels added to multi syllable words: ~en, ~ing, ~er, ~ed, ~ation

Long I spelled y in initial and medial positions of word.

More prefixes: inter, re, ir, im


after, fast, last, past, father, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye, water, again, half, money, parent, Christmas, beautiful

ay spelled ei: eight, eighth, reign, weightigh spelled ei: height

learn, length, material, minute, natural, often, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, potatoes, promise, purpose


Possessive apostrophe singular nounsContractions

More prefixes: pre sub

K spelled chS spelled chG spelled gueK spelled que


Revise and consolidate this year’s words words with double consonants: address, appear, arrive, different, difficult, disappear, grammar, occasion, opposite,

quarter, regular, remember, sentence, special, straight, strange, strength, surprise, therefore, woman, women

pressure, supposeWhole school spelling scheme of work overview

FS and Y1 combine phonics phases 2-5 and 2014 curriculum, Years 2 – 6 curriculum structure based on www.shakespeareandmore.com/spelling.html. See National Curriculum spelling appendix for example words which follow the patterns.

Term Year 4 Year 5 Year 6


Tion, sion, ssion, cian OughCious tious

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

Words with silent letters: knight, solemn, thistle, doubt, island, lamb

Homophones;compliment, complement, descent, dissent


tion and sion suffixes: mention, occasion, position, possession, question,

ous suffix: disastrous, marvellous, mischievousI spelled le: available, vegetable, vehicle, muscletion suffix: competition, explanation, profession, pronunciation

amateur, average, awkward, bargain, controversy, curiosity, develop, forty, guarantee


Ation, sion

Homophones:where, wearwhere, wereweight, waiteight, ate

Tial and cial endings

i before e rule

Homophones:farther, further, fatherguessed, guestheard, herd led, lead morning, mourning past, passed

Homophones:

desert, dessert, draft, draught


s spelled c before e, i and y: bicycle, centre, century, certain, circle, decide, exercise, experience, medicine, notice, recent

i before ee: achieve, convenience, mischievouss spelled c before e, I and y: cemetery, conscience, conscious, criticise, excellent, existence, hindrance, necessary, prejudice, sacrifice

harass, hindrance, identity, individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning


Words ending with Ous Words ending with: ant, ance, ancy, ent, ence, ency

Homophones: precede, proceed principal, principle profit, prophet stationary, stationery

Revision and consolidation


ous endings: famous, various

other words: answer, build, calendar, complete, consider, continue

ous suffix: disastrous, marvellous, mischievousWords with unstressed vowels: accommodatebruise, category, cemetery, definite, desperate, dictionary, embarrass, environment, exaggerate, marvellous, nuisance, parliament, privilege, secretary, vegetable

muscle, neighbour, persuade, programme, queue, recognise, relevant, restaurant, rhyme, rhythm


More prefixes: inter, anti, auto, super

Suffixes beginning with vowels to words ending fer: referring, referred, referral

Homophones:steal, steel wary, weary who’s, whose aisle, isle aloud, allowed affect, effect



early, earth, experiment, group, guard, forward, forwards, fruit, heard, heart, history, imagine, important, increase, island

Short i spelled y: physical, symbol, systemWords with prefixes and suffixes: according, attached, criticise, determined, equipment, equipped, especially, frequently, immediate, immediately, necessary, unnecessary, sincere, sincerely

shoulder, signature, stomach, temperature, twelfth, vegetable, vehicle, yacht


Long I spelled y in initial and medial positions of word.

More prefixes: inter, re, ir, im

Ible ableAbly ibly

Use of hyphen: co-, re-



learn, length, material, minute, natural, often, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, potatoes, promise, purpose

Words with double consonants: accommodate, accompany, according, aggressive, apparent, appreciate, attached, committee, communicate, correspond, immediate, occupy, occur, opportunity, recommend, suggest

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K spelled chS spelled chG spelled gueK spelled que

Suffixes beginning with vowels to words ending fer: reference, referee

Long ee spelled ei eg perceive

Homophones:altar, alter, ascent, assent, bridal, bridle, cereal, serialcompliment, complement



quarter, regular, remember, sentence, special, straight, strange, strength, surprise, therefore, woman, women

Adjacent ie: soldier, sufficient, variety, ancientNo adjacent ie: foreign

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