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Maple and Beech Morning Classes Spellings

Weekly Spellings Maple & Beech Morning Class

On this page you will find the spellings that your child will be practising in school each week.  Every child should ensure that they can spell the tricky words listed in the first column as these are used most frequently in their writing.  These tricky spellings are words that can not be segmented (sounded out) easily as they do not follow the usual letter-sound patterns.  

It is very important that your child writes their spellings when practising them at home rather than just saying the letters out loud.   

Your child should also attempt to master the spellings listed in Challenge 1 each week.  If they can do this easily, they should then try to spell the words included in Challenge 2.

w/b 6th May 2024

/oa/ sound family

Focus Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

Monday 

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

weekday

both

open

goat

coast

home

notes

mole

ropes

post

over

cockroach

sailboat

woke

explode

those

stone

w/b 29th April 2024

/igh/ sound family 

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

were

one

says

here

today

what

want

went

time

ripe

slide

tie

tried

lie

slight

tiger

inside

prized

strides

fried

cried

pies

knight

iron

w/b 22nd April 2024

/ee/ sound family

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

where

were

went

how

why

when

what

who

even

valley

eden

honey

leap

eat

we

sheep

evening

monkey

extreme

chimney

eagle

seaside

beware

zookeeper

w/b 15th April 2024

Consolidation of the focus tricky words from last term

 

should would could sure sure pure said were

 

w/b 25th March 2024

ch /sh/ ch /c/ ss c se ce /s/ se /z/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

who

whole

because

eye

people

thought

through

went

chef

echo

chemist

bass

mice

tease

chance

cheese

parachute

stomach

Christmas

glass

laced

lapse

instance

please

w/b 18th March 2024

ear /er/ wr /r/ sc st /s/ & schwa-ing when blending

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

many

any

friend

through

two

your

some

come

early

learn

write

wriggle

scent

listen

collar

sailor

search

rehearsal

wrapping

wrinkle

castle

muscle

colour

flavour

w/b 11th March 2024

a /or/ a /o/ ear ere /air/ & schwa-ing when blending 

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

who

whole

where

because

eye

people

thought

through

ball

small

animal

difficult

swap

watch

bear

tear

wall

always

crocodile

celebrate

squash

salt

swear

there

w/b 4th March 2024

tch /ch/ ture /ch-er/ al /ar/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

once

our

laugh

because

eye

when

went

said

 catch

fetch

patch

picture

nature

feature

calm

calf

 itchy

kitchen

matches

future

adventure

creature

calf

palm

w/b 26th February 2024

or /ur/ ou u /u/ are /air/ oor aw au /or/ 

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

 oh

our

hour

once

their

there

they're

laugh

 worm

work

awful

could

dare

care

door

August

world

worth

playful

should

square

stare

floor

author 

w/b 12th February 2024

Consolidation of the focus tricky words from the half term 

 

any many again who whole were two school call different through thought friend work

 

w/b 5th February 2024

Consolidation of words we've used in Topic lessons

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

days

tail

horns

smooth

scales

rough

wild

scary

fierce

dragon

enormous

terrifying

ugly

vicious

aggressive

gigantic

strong

w/b 29th January 2024

ui ou /oo/ s /z/ y /ee/ y /i/ g /j/ u /yoo/ 

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

water

want

any

many

again

who

were

call

fruit

soup

cosmic

cheeky

fizzy

unicorn

gem

gym

juice

group

visit

busy

puzzle

musical

pyramid

gigantic

 w/b 22nd January 2024

o ou /u/ se /z/ se ce /s/ ey /ee/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

people

your

their

thought

through

friend

work

come

son

touch

cheese

noise

dance

horse

key

valley

brother

young

praise

please

choice

purse

honey

donkey

w/b 15th January 2024

al le /l/ c /s/ ve /v/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

ask

call

different

move

Mr

Mrs

Ms

school

apple

beetle

petal

final

face

mice

gave

live

gentle

bubble

equal

total

space

success

solve

leave

w/b 8th January 2024

y /igh/ ow /oa/ g /j/ ph /f/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

could

would

should

who

whole

where

two

says

fly

dry

grow

yellow

gem

magic

photo

dolphin

reply

why

follow

window

huge

energy

phone

triumph

w/b 1st January 2024

y /ee/ ea /e/ wh /w/ oe o ou o-e /oa/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

 are

our

any

many

again

want

water

was

happy

funny

head

bread

wheel

white

toe

most 

 smelly

hairy

feather

ready

whimper

whale

shoulder

woke

Monday 11th December 2023-

consolidation of tricky words covered this half term

house mouse water want they
pure sure could would should

our some come love your

people their oh Mr Mrs

Ms ask were there little

here today one their when
what here

Monday 4th December 2023-

consolidation of alternative graphemes 

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

when

what

here

today

their

one

there

little

time

fried

open

float

spray

game

being

eating

spine

supplied

opal

gloating

crayons

games

equal

gleam

Monday 27th November 2023-

e-e ie /ee/ ew /oo/yoo/ aw /or/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

could

would

should

our

house

mouse

water

want

even

these

new

chew

field

shield

claw 

draw

athlete

complete

stew

flew

belief

bodies

squawk

crawl

Monday 20th November 2023-

split digraphs a-e /ai/ i-e /ie/ o-e /oa/ u-e /oo//yoo/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

our

could

would

should

ask

Mr

Ms

Mrs

take

same

like

time

home

woke

cute

rude

amaze

games

inside

prize

explode

stones

tube

used

Monday 13th November 2023-

a /ai/ i /igh/ o /oa/ e /ee/ 

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

Mr

Ms

Mrs

ask

your

people

their

oh

both

go

child

kind

basic

acorn

fever

me

opened

most

wildest

spider

baking

chasing

secret

being

Monday 6th November 2023-

ir /ur/ ie /igh/ ue /oo/yoo/ u /yoo/

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

their

people

oh

your

here 

today

one

called

bird

girl

pie

lie

blue

true

human

unit

first

third

fried

tried

rescue

argue

unicorn

music

Monday 16th October 2023-

Review longer words 

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

I

all

of

are

one

here

today

push

farmer

rooftop

bedroom

airport

comic

puppet

panic

forest

cartoon

thicker

powder

liquid

velvet

kitten

jacket

carrot

Monday 9th October 2023-

/ai/ ay /ow/ ou /oi/ oy /ee/ ea

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

said

says

you

do

like

little

pull

full

day

play

out

cloud

boy

joy

read

each

treat

least

annoy

destroy

sound

about

crayon

spray

Monday 2nd October 2023-

Challenge words 1:ccvc, ccvcc, cccvc. Challenge words 2: compound words

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

was

they

come

some

were

there

sure

pure

thrash

frost

thump

thinks

chest

bench

bright

slight

driftwood

starfish

windmill

starlight

midnight

treetop

sunflower

innkeeper

Monday 25th September 2023: encoding words with two or more syllables

Tricky Spellings

Challenge 1 

Challenge 2 

what

when

she

we

be

me

have

love

cobweb

rabbit

popcorn

shower

singer

thicker

magnet

letter

chicken

market

carpet

farmyard

parrot

finger

morning

garden

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