Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School
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Spellings
Please see below for weekly spellings
Children learn in different ways and not every strategy to learn spellings will suit all.
Please click on the image below for a variety of strategies to try when supporting the learning of spellings. Scroll down for the weekly spelling homelearning.
Term 5 Week 2 (spellings to be tested on Friday 26th)
Term 5 Week 1 (spellings to be tested on 19th April)
Term 4 Week 6
This week there will not be spellings set for each group to be tested as usual.
Instead we will be sending home individual spelling lists on Monday containing words that they have spelt incorrectly during the term.
We would like them to learn them carefully and the testis are likely to be immediately after the Easter break.
We appreciate your continued support!
Term 4 Week 5 (spellings to be tested on Friday 22nd March)
Term 4 Week 4 (spellings to be tested Friday 15th March)
Term 4 Week 3 (spellings to be tested on Friday 8th March
Term 4 Week 2 (to be tested on Friday 1st March)
Term 4 week 1
They don't have any spellings this week as we are recapping on the tricky spellings that they should know from KS1 and the Year 3 spellings.
Keep practising!
Term 3 Week 6 (to be tested Friday 9th February)
Term 3 Week 5 (to be tested Friday 31st January)
Term 3 Week 4 (spellings to be tested on Friday 26th)
Term 3 Week 2 (to be tested on Friday 19th January)
Term 3 Week 1 (to be tested on Friday 12th January)
Term 2 Week 7 (spellings to be tested Friday 15th December)
Term 2 Week 6 Spellings to be tested Friday 8th December
Term 2 Week 5
Spellings to be tested on Friday 1st Dec
Term 2 Week 4
Term 2
Week 3 (To be tested on Friday 17th November)
Term 2
Week 2 (spellings to be tested on Friday 10th November)
Week 7
Spellings to be learnt by Friday 20th October
Week 6
Spellings to be learnt by Friday 13th October
Week 5 spellings to be learnt for Friday, week beginning 2nd October.
Spellings to be learnt for the test on Friday
Week 4 Monday 25th September
Monday 18th September
Your child should be aware which spelling group they are in as we have already grouped them in some spelling lessons this week. Please speak to your child's teacher if they aren't sure. You will see that two groups have the same words, this is not a mistake but we might change this over the next few weeks.
Week beginning 15th September
Spelling lessons will begin next week after assessments have been completed and we will let your child know which group they are in.
During this week, it would be helpful if you reinforced the year 2 common exception word spellings as below:
There are some good websites to help with spelling these words that you can try.
Spellings week beginning: Friday 14th July
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| pretty | disappear | disappear | disappear |
| after | height | height | height |
| fast | mention | mention | mention |
| last | caught | caught | caught |
| past | eighth | eighth | |
| enough | enough | ||
| weight | weight | ||
| heard | heard | ||
| business | |||
| experiment |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 7th July
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| everybody | build | build | build |
| even | circle | circle | circle |
| great | early | early | early |
| break | history | history | history |
| favourite | favourite | ||
| describe | describe | ||
| often | often | ||
| straight | straight | ||
| heart | |||
| sentence |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 30th June
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| cold | division | division | division |
| gold | invasion | invasion | invasion |
| hold | action | action | action |
| told | reaction | reaction | reaction |
| every | multiplication | multiplication | |
| condition | condition | ||
| occasion | occasion | ||
| nation | nation | ||
| station | |||
| decision |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 23rd June
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| crying | gardening | gardening | gardening |
| cried | forgetful | forgetful | forgetful |
| smiled | improving | improving | improving |
| popped | required | required | |
| replied | sunnier | sunnier | |
| multiplying | multiplying | ||
| committed | committed | ||
| beginning | beginning | ||
| preferred | |||
| limiting |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 16th June
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| most | sure | pressure | pressure |
| both | picture | sure | sure |
| old | measure | picture | picture |
| only | measure | measure | |
| nature | nature | ||
| treasure | treasure | ||
| leisure | leisure | ||
| agriculture | agriculture | ||
| capture | |||
| feature |
Spellings week beginning: Monday 9th June
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| fishes | woman | woman | woman |
| berries | women | women | women |
| babies | child | child | child |
| fairies | children | children | children |
| person | person | person | |
| people | people | people | |
| sheep | sheep | sheep | |
| mouse | mouse | mouse | |
| mice | mice | mice | |
| match | match | match | |
| matches | matches | matches | |
| baby | baby | baby | |
| babies | babies | babies | |
| foot | foot | foot | |
| feet | feet | feet | |
| tooth | tooth | tooth | |
| teeth | teeth | teeth | |
| deer | deer | deer | |
| man | man | man | |
| men | men | men |
Spellings week beginning: Monday 5th June
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| child | piece | piece | piece |
| children | peace | peace | peace |
| wild | who's | who's | who's |
| climb | whose | whose | whose |
| meet | meet | meet | |
| meat | meat | meat | |
| weather | weather | ||
| whether | whether | ||
| main | main | ||
| mane | mane | ||
| except | |||
| accept |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 19th May
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| bear | heel | heel | heel |
| bare | heal | heal | heal |
| flower | plain | he'll | he'll |
| flour | plane | plain | plain |
| great | groan | plane | plane |
| grate | grown | groan | groan |
| grown | grown | ||
| rain | rain | ||
| rein | rein | ||
| reign | reign |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 12th May
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| find | subway | subway | subway |
| mind | telephone | telephone | telephone |
| kind | television | television | television |
| behind | submerge | submerge | |
| submarine | submarine | ||
| telescope | telescope | ||
| telephoto | telephoto | ||
| subtract | subtract | ||
| telegraph | |||
| substitute |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 5th May
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| stopped | stopped | stopped | stopped |
| running | swimming | skipped | skipped |
| saddest | running | swimming | swimming |
| fastest | forgotten | forgotten | |
| begged | begged | ||
| running | running | ||
| saddest | saddest | ||
| runny | runny | ||
| dropped | |||
| patted |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 28th April
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| because | gym | gym | gym |
| beautiful | myth | myth | myth |
| half | half | pyramid | pyramid |
| money | money | mystery | mystery |
| build | woman | ||
| system | system | ||
| typical | typical | ||
| hymn | hymn | ||
| build | |||
| pretty | |||
| women |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 21st April
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| joyful | happily | happily | happily |
| sadness | careful | careful | careful |
| hopeless | illness | illness | illness |
| enjoyment | payment | payment | payment |
| cordless | cordless | ||
| challenging | challenging | ||
| thoughtless | thoughtless | ||
| thickness | thickness | ||
| probably | |||
| accidentally |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 14th April
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| door | gently | gently | gently |
| floor | simply | simply | simply |
| poor | frantically | frantically | frantically |
| magically | magically | magically | |
| basically | dramatically | dramatically | |
| humbly | humbly | ||
| sparkly | sparkly | ||
| basically | basically | ||
| crumbly | |||
| publically |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 24th March
These spellings are the same as week beginning Friday 24th February due to the children finding these quite challenging.
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| foxes | roughly | carelessly | carelessly |
| snakes | speechless | roughly | roughly |
| fishes | careless | accidentally | accidentally |
| glasses | actually | actually | |
| probably | occasionally | ||
| thoughtless | probably | ||
| flavourless | thoughtless | ||
| speechless | merciless | ||
| flavourless | |||
| speechless |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 17th March
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| where | young | enough | enough |
| come | touch | young | young |
| some | because | touch | touch |
| friend | find | trouble | double |
| school | kind | country | trouble |
| courage | country | ||
| rough | courage | ||
| cousin | rough | ||
| tough | |||
| cousin |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 10th March
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| school | ache | ache | ache |
| check | school | Christmas | anchor |
| brick | echo | school | Christmas |
| back | choir | school | |
| echo | choir | ||
| stomach | echo | ||
| chorus | stomach | ||
| character | chorus | ||
| archeology | |||
| character |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 3rd March
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| unkind | automatic | antisocial | antisocial |
| unhappy | superhero | antiseptic | antiseptic |
| unhelpful | door | anticlockwise | anticlockwise |
| unzip | floor | autograph | antifreeze |
| poor | automatic | autograph | |
| autobiography | automatic | ||
| superhero | autobiography | ||
| supermarket | superhero | ||
| supernatural | |||
| supernova |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 24th February
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| skipped | roughly | carelessly | carelessly |
| hopping | speechless | roughly | roughly |
| churches | careless | accidentally | accidentally |
| birds | actually | actually | |
| probably | occasionally | ||
| thoughtless | probably | ||
| flavourless | thoughtless | ||
| speechless | merciless | ||
| flavourless | |||
| speechless |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 17th February
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| where | tissue | division | division |
| come | sugar | mission | mission |
| some | division | possession | possession |
| friend | pressure | pressure | |
| tissue | passion | ||
| insurance | measure | ||
| sure | reassure | ||
| sugar | suspension | ||
| insurance | |||
Spellings week beginning: Friday 3rd February
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| sheep | chef | chef | chef |
| she | machine | chalet | chalet |
| shape | parachute | machine | machine |
| shook | brochure | brochure | |
| parachute | crochet | ||
| moustache | ricochet | ||
| champagne | parachute | ||
| moustache | |||
| champagne | |||
| chute |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 27th January
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| undo | miscount | telescope | telescope |
| unzip | unable | television | television |
| unhappy | disown | telephone | subordinate |
| unwell | mistake | submarine | telegraph |
| submerge | telephone | ||
| teleport | subway | ||
| subheading | submarine | ||
| submarine | |||
| teleport | |||
| subheading |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 20th January
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| churches | forgetful | hopeful | hopeful |
| cats | beautiful | forgetful | forgetful |
| jumped | kindness | beautiful | beautiful |
| faster | fitness | successful | successful |
| raining | happiness | nastiness | |
| fairness | happiness | ||
| kindness | fairness | ||
| fitness | kindness | ||
| fitness | |||
Spellings week beginning: Friday 13th January
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| said | beautiful | Egyptian | Egyptian |
| was | great | pharaoh | pharaoh |
| here | eye | length | length |
| there | could | increase | increase |
| should | learn | learn | |
| build | build | ||
| fruit | fruit | ||
| favourite | |||
| bicycle | |||
| caught |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 6th January
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| love | blue | leek | seller |
| full | blew | leak | cellar |
| house | one | missed | sealing |
| our | won | mist | ceiling |
| has | bare | slay | missed |
| bear | sleigh | mist | |
| right | slay | ||
| write | sleigh | ||
| fowl | |||
| male | foul | ||
| haul | |||
| hall |
Spellings week beginning: Tuesday 3rd January
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| queen | unique | unique | unique |
| queue | antique | antique | antique |
| quest | mosque | mosque | mosque |
| quit | cheque | cheque | |
| technique | technique | ||
| plaque | plaque | ||
| opaque | opaque | ||
| boutique | |||
| picturesque | |||
| physique |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 9th December
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| come | door | accidentally | accidentally |
| some | floor | actually | actually |
| one | poor | address | address |
| ask | mind | answer | answer |
| push | child | appear | appear |
| arrive | arrive | ||
| believe | believe | ||
| bicycle | bicycle | ||
| breath | breath | ||
| breathe | breathe |
Spellings week beginning Friday 2nd December
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| black | because | fatigue | fatigue |
| track | beautiful | catalogue | catalogue |
| smack | find | rogue | rogue |
| crack | kind | league | league |
| sock | behind | tongue | tongue |
| intrigue | intrigue | ||
| vague | vague | ||
| plague | colleague | ||
| plague | |||
| meringue |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 25th November
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| there | there | there | there |
| here | their | their | their |
| she | they're | they're | they're |
| we | gym | gym | gym |
| he | myth | cygnet | |
| pyramid | myth | ||
| mystery | pyramid | ||
| Egypt | mystery | ||
| Egypt | |||
| crypt |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 18th November
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| are | write | wrong | wrong |
| be | wrote | wrist | wrist |
| by | written | write | wrestle |
| me | wrap | wrote | write |
| my | wrong | wriggle | wrote |
| written | wriggle | ||
| wrap | written | ||
| wreck | wrap | ||
| wreck | |||
| wren |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 11th November
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| jumper | nicer | rider | rider |
| jumped | later | writer | writer |
| jumping | badly | bravest | bravest |
| looking | harmless | hopeful | hopeful |
| looked | kindness | careless | careful |
| movement | movement | careless | |
| happiness | movement | ||
| statement | happiness | ||
| foolishness | |||
| statement |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 4th November
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| you | knee | pencil | silence |
| today | knock | space | icicle |
| says | know | since | bicycle |
| of | city | knee | city |
| was | pencil | knock | knee |
| know | knock | ||
| knife | know | ||
| gnome | knife | ||
| gnaw | gnome | ||
| gnaw |
Spellings week beginning: Monday 31st October
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| see | eight | brake | brake |
| sea | ate | break | break |
| bear | here | eight | grate |
| bare | hear | ate | great |
| blue | son | weight | eight |
| blew | sun | wait | ate |
| son | weight | ||
| sun | wait | ||
| son | |||
| sun |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 14th October
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| once | age | edge | village |
| were | badge | dodge | fudge |
| pull | change | change | bridge |
| push | huge | huge | huge |
| said | village | village | change |
| bridge | age | ||
| bulge | bulge | ||
| charge | charge | ||
| hedge | |||
| lodge |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 7th October
| 3N | 3R |
| Colosseum | Taj Mahal |
| Rome | temple |
| Italian | New Delhi |
| pizza | Indian |
| pasta | Hinduism |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 30th September
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| crayon | away | weigh | weigh |
| gate | make | eight | eight |
| cake | eight | Wednesday | Wednesday |
| rain | again | vein | vein |
| pray | prey | again | sale |
| sale | sleigh | ||
| straight | grey | ||
| grey | straight | ||
| again | |||
| obey |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 23rd September
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| school | isn't | doesn't | doesn't |
| friend | I'm | can't | can't |
| your | I've | won't | won't |
| they | he's | don't | don't |
| where | she's | isn't | isn't |
| she's | she's | ||
| it's | it's | ||
| there's | there's | ||
| couldn't | |||
| I'd |
Spellings week beginning: Friday 16th September
| Orangutans | Chimpanzees | Gorillas | Baboons |
| dogs | chatting | smiling | smiling |
| churches | dislike | skipped | skipped |
| unhappy | beautiful | reaches | unhappy |
| jumped | hotter | floater | unseen |
| jumping | careless | disagree | dislike |
| happiness | dishonest | disagree | |
| disappoint | dishonest | ||
| unhappy | misplace | ||
| misbehave | |||
| mistrust |