Whole school spelling scheme of work overviewFS 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 1Phase 5 plus 2014 curriculum

Year 2

Autumn 1Spelling patterns to teach

Phase 2 wh, ph, and revise double consonant digraphslong Along Elong I and alternative y pronunciation

J spelled g ge and dgeS 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

Autumn 2Spelling patterns to teach

Phase 2 long Olong U and short uOR 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

Spelling list to learn

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 UR and EROW and OYEAR and AIRDividing words into syllables

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

Spelling list to learn

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

Spring 2Spelling patterns to teach

Phase 3 Ways of spelling C, NKWays of spelling S Hard and soft CWays of spelling j Hard and soft GWays 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

Spelling list to learn

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.

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

Spelling list to learn

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

Summer 2Spelling patterns to teach

Consolidating phase 4

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

Ing ed er suffixes to verbsEr est suffixesPrefix unAlternative y pronunciationWords ending y

Possessive apostrophe singular nounsContractions

Spelling list to learn

Revise and consolidate learning of phase 2-4 tricky word spelling.

Oh, their, people, looked, called, asked

Revise and consolidate this year’s words

Whole school spelling scheme of work overviewFS 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

Autumn 1Spelling patterns to teach

J spelled g ge and dgeS 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

Spelling list to learn

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

accidentally, actually, address, answer, appear, arrive, believe bicycle

natural, naughty, notice, occasion(ally), often, opposite, ordinary, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, position, possess(ion), possible

Autumn 2Spelling patterns to teach

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

Spelling list to learn

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

breath, breathe, build, busy/business, calendar caught, centre, century, certain,

potatoes, pressure, probably, promise, purpose, quarter, question, recent, regular, reign, remember, sentence, separate

Spring 1Spelling patterns to teach

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

gue and que in words

Words ending with Ous

Spelling list to learn

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

circle, complete, consider, continue, decide, describe, different, difficult, disappear

special, straight, strange, strength, suppose, surprise, therefore, though/although

Spring 2Spelling patterns to teach

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

“u” spelled ou (young, double)

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

More prefixes: inter, anti, auto, super

Spelling list to learn

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

early, earth, eight/eighth, enough, exercise, experience, experiment, extreme, famous, favourite, February,

thought, through, various, weight, woman/women

Summer 1Spelling patterns to teach

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

Ure, ture (as in measure, creature)

“ay” spelled ei eigh ey

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

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

More prefixes: inter, re, ir, im

Spelling list to learn

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

forward(s), fruit, grammar, group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important, interest, island, knowledge, learn,

Revise and consolidate learning of all year ¾ words

Summer 2Spelling patterns to teach

Possessive apostrophe singular nounsContractions

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

More prefixes: pre, sub

K spelled chS spelled chG spelled gueK spelled que

Spelling list to learn

Revise and consolidate this year’s words length, library,material, medicine, mention, minute

Revise and consolidate learning of all year ¾ words

Whole school spelling scheme of work overviewFS 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

Autumn 1Spelling patterns to teach

Tion, sion, ssion, cian OughCious tious

Homophones:advice, advise device, deviselicence, license practice, practiseprophecy, prophesy

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

Homophones;compliment, complement,descent, dissent

Spelling list to learn

natural, naughty, notice, occasion(ally), often, opposite, ordinary, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, position, possess(ion), possible

accommodate, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, amateur, ancient apparent, appreciate, attached, available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery,

soldier, stomach, sufficient, suggest, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety, vegetable, vehicle, yacht

Autumn 2Spelling patterns to teach

Ation, sion

Homophones:where, wearwhere, wereweight, waiteight, ate

Tial and cial endings

i before e rule

Homophones:farther, further, fatherguessed, guestheard, herdled, leadmorning, mourningpast, passed

Homophones:

desert,dessert, draft, draught

Spelling list to learn

potatoes, pressure, probably, promise, purpose, quarter, question, recent, regular, reign, remember, sentence, separate

committee, communicate, community, competition, conscience, conscious, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise, curiosity, definite, desperate, determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment,

Revise and consolidate learning of all year 5/6 words

Spring 1Spelling patterns to teach

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

Homophones:precede, proceedprincipal, principleprofit, prophetstationary, stationery

Revision and consolidation

Spelling list to learn

special, straight, strange, strength, suppose, surprise, therefore, though/although

equip (–ped, –ment), especially, exaggerate, excellent, existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass, hindrance, identity, immediate(ly)

Revise and consolidate learning of all year 5/6 words

Spring 2Spelling patterns to teach

More prefixes: inter, anti, auto, super

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

Homophones:steal, steel wary, wearywho’s, whose aisle, islealoud, allowed affect, effect

Revision and consolidation

Spelling list to learn

thought, through, various, weight, woman/women

individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous, muscle, necessary, neighbour, nuisance,

Revise and consolidate learning of all year 5/6 words

Summer 1Spelling patterns to teach

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-

Revision and consolidation

Spelling list to learn

Revise and consolidate learning of all year ¾ words

occupy, occur, opportunity, parliament, persuade, physical, prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue

Revise and consolidate learning of all year 5/6 words

Summer 2Spelling patterns to teach

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

Revision and consolidation

Spelling list to learn

Revise and consolidate learning of all year ¾ words

recognise, recommend, relevant, restaurant, rhyme, rhythm, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature, sincere(ly),

Revise and consolidate learning of all year 5/6 words