Year 6

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KS2 Statutory Spelling Words

Summer 1

Focus sound: on word endings -ture/-sure

Curriculum words: temperature, signature, leisure, average

Hip Homophones: weary/wary

Super suffixes: -ly, -ally

/s/ coded s secretary sacrifice signature sincere persuade restaurant especially suggest nuisance soldier system symbol stomach sufficient	/s/ coded ss address possible possess pressure aggressive embarrass necessary harass	/s/ coded c cemetery circle cereal centre medicine certain decide bicycle	/s/ coded -se bruise suppose increase purpose pause mouse reverse applause
/s/ coded -ce conscience existence convenience hindrance sentence office convince device	/s/ coded sc muscle science scent scissors discipline fascinate crescent

 

Summer 2

Focus sound: on Double Bubble (double letters within words)

Curriculum words: accommodate, accompany, according, attached, marvellous, suggest, sufficient, exaggerate, community, committee, awkward

Hip Homophones: programme/program

Powerful prefixes: self, ex, co

accommodate accompany according attached marvellous corridor apparent appreciate suggest recommend immediate

excellent sufficient exaggerate community committee programme occupy possess occur grammar pressure

 

 

Spring 1

Focus sound: code ough making the sounds /or/ /u(f)/ /oa/

                        /ee/ coded ei and ie

                        /i/ coded i, y, -y

Curriculum words: thorough, achievement, mischievous, privilege, individual, identity, immediate, critic, determined, bargain, symbol, system, physical, rhythm, dictionary, category, variety, opportunity, yacht

 

 

ough making the /or/ sound fought brought thought nought sought	ough making the /u(f)/ sound enough tough rough roughly toughest	ough making the /oa/ sound though although dough doughnut plough
/ee/ coded ie achieve hygiene relieved achievement mischievous chief thief piece	/ee/ coded ei conceive ceiling receive deceive receipt protein seize perceive
/i/ coded i privilege individual identity immediate critic determined imagine accident	/i/ coded y symbol system physical rhythm cylinder mystery oxygen sympathy	/i/ coded -y dictionary category variety opportunity February library probably naughty

 

Spring 2

Focus sound: /r/ coded r, rr, wr, rh

Curriculum words: recognise, relevant, recommend, restaurant, frequent, hindrance, programme, professional privilege, prejudice, embarrass, rhyme, rhythm, committee

Hip Homophones: past/passed, desert/dessert, guest/guessed

Words with silent letters: /m/ coded mb, mn

Powerful prefixes: co, con

 

 

/r/ coded r recognise relevant recommend restaurant frequent hindrance disastrous reign

 

/r/ coded rr

embarrass

correspond

corrupt

interrupt

arrange

surreal

terrify

quarrel

/r/ coded wr

wren

wrap

wrote

wrongful

wrench

wring

write

wrinkle

/r/ coded rh

rhyme

rhythm

rhinoceros

rhapsody

rhetorical

rhombus

rhubarb

 

 

 

Autumn 1

Focus sound: /sh/ coded sh, ch, ti, si, ssi, ci

 

Curriculum words: shoulder, competition, dictionary, explanation, pronunciation, conscience, ancient, sufficient, appreciate, especially

 

Hip Homophones: stationery/stationary

 

Superb suffixes: ous, cian

 

/sh/ coded sh shoulder shadow shot sharp shrewd shore fashion punish	/sh/ coded ch  niche chef machine brochure quiche parachute chalet	/sh/ coded ti competition dictionary explanation pronunciation connection stationary stationery ambitious infectious cautious	/sh/ coded si collision conclusion expansion explosion extension invasion
/sh/ coded ssi profession mission passion permission impression discussion confession	/sh/ coded ci musician optician conscience conscious social artificial ancient sufficient appreciate especially

 

Autumn 2

Focus sound: /ul/ coded -le, -al, -el, -il, ul

 

Curriculum words: vehicle, muscle, vegetable, available, individual, symbol, prejudice

 

Hip Homophones: complement/compliment, principle/principal, bridle/bridal

 

Powerful prefixes: ultra, mini

 

Superb suffixes: al, -ful

 

/ul/ coded -le vehicle muscle vegetable miracle bridle capable available tolerable tolerable incredible angle principle possible	/ul/ coded -al individual essential official partial special actual hospital eternal artificial confidential physical principal bridal	/ul/ coded -el angel label channel parcel gravel travel squirrel parallel	/ul/ coded -il civil pencil tail snail fail email detail rail
/ul/ coded ul difficult culture adult consult gulp bulk helpful useful careful hopeful forgetful

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