Spellings often need to be learnt in different ways.
Use magnetic letters on the fridge.
Use different things to write in- even use a bucket of water and an old paint brush outside.
If you have tried a different way let us know!
Little and often is the key!
Week beginning Monday 6th July 2020
Week beginning Monday 29th June 2020
Year 1
Year 2
Week beginning Monday 22nd June 2020
Year 1
Geraldine the Giraffe learns /ay/
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Year 2
This week it is the suffix -less.
Monday 15th June 2020
Year 1
This week it is the ph sound.
Geraldine the Giraffe learns /ph/
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Year 2
This week it is the suffix ful.
Monday 1st June 2020
Year 1
This week it is the air sound.
Mr Thorne Does Phonics - Episode AIR
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Monday 18th May 2020
Year 1
This week it is the or sound.
Mr Thorne Does Phonics - Episode OR
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Year 2
This week it is words ending in el.
Monday 11th May 2020
Year 1
This week it is the ou sound.
ou for the /ow/ sound - Mr Thorne Does Phonics
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Geraldine the Giraffe learns /ou/ in pound
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Year 2
This week it is words ending with le.
Year 1
This week it is trigraph ear.
The /ear/ - Mr Thorne Does Phonics
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Geraldine the Giraffe learns /ear/ sound
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Year 2
This week is our second week with the suffix ness. This time with a new spelling rule.
Monday 27th April.
Year 1
This week it is digraph ar.
Mr Thorne Does Phonics - Episode AR
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Geraldine the Giraffe learns the /ar/
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Year 2
This week we are adding the suffix ness to a root word for the first time.
Monday 20th April
Year 1
This week the sound is split digraph u-e.
u-e split digraph - Mr Thorne Does Phonics
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Geraldine the Giraffe learns /u-e/
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Year 2
This week it is the ee sound spelt ey.
Monday 30th March 2020
Year 1
This week it is the split digraph i-e.
i-e split digraph - Mr Thorne Does Phonics
Geraldine the Giraffe learns /i-e/
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Year 1 spellings, week beginning 30th March
Year 2 spellings, week beginning 30th March.
Year 1
Last week it was words with the split digraph o-e.
o-e split digraph - Mr Thorne Does Phonics
Watch UK school teacher Mr Thorne and Youtube sensation Geraldine the Giraffe take you on a learning journey through the world of phonics, grammar, spelling ...
Geraldine the Giraffe learns /o-e/
Watch UK school teacher Mr Thorne and Youtube sensation Geraldine the Giraffe take you on a learning journey through the world of phonics, grammar, spelling ...
Year 2 -
Spelling rule adding er or est.
