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Week beginning 28th April 2025

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

Alternative spellings for phonemes-

 

e making the ee sound

Venus    deliver    belong     secret

 

y making the igh sound

why    sky    July    reply  

 

Tricky words- once and please.

Several ways of spelling ar

ar        farmer     snarl      charming

 

al    half      palm    calm     balm  

 

a     rather    can’t     father  

 

ough     drought     plough    ploughing

 

 

 

Week beginning 22nd April 2025

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

Alternative spellings for phonemes-

ch making the c sound

chorus       Chris      Christmas

 

a making the o sound

want      wasp      what     swan

 

Tricky words- any, eyes and friends.

Several ways of spelling ow

ou     found       cloudy      sound    around

 

ough     drought     plough    ploughing

 

 

 

Week beginning 31st March 2025

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

a-e                       

made    fade    cake    snake    escape

e-e

Pete     theme    Steve    complete

 

Tricky words- water, where and who.

Alternative spellings for phonemes-

ow    

clown     frown    town    crown

ou

shout   about   found   cloudy

High frequency words- gone and we’re.

 

Week beginning 24th March 2025

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

i  making the igh sound  

                       

find    behind    mind     child

 

o making the oa sound         

only     don’t     both    open

 

Tricky words- work, mouse and many.

Digraph and trigraph:

ol and oul

 

cold    told     gold      sold

 

mould     shoulder    moulding    boulder

High frequency words- jumped, stopped and pulled.

 

Week beginning 17th March 2025

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

oe                 au             

toe              Paul          

goes            haul       

Joe            launch

toenail        haunt     

 

Tricky words- water, where and who.

o-e

bone   throne     zone    phone    globe

o

go   both    only    don’t     most

 

High frequency words- jumped, stopped and pulled.

 

Week beginning 10th March 2025

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

wh                 ph              ew

which           Phil            flew

when          phonics        blew

where        dolphin        brews

 

Tricky words- oh, their and could.

ow

snow     blown      show     bow

oa

boat      float     moat    cloak

oe

toe      Joe    toenail

High frequency words- jumped, stopped and pulled.

 

Week beginning 20.01.25

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

Recap on sounds that have been taught.

air                   th               er

hair               think           faster

fair               Beth           lighter

flair              that           stronger

 

Tricky words- water, where and who.

 

Alternative pronunciations for graphemes.

ou making the u sound

touch      tough     rough

ou making the oo sound

you      soup     toucan

ea making the ee sound

meat      cleaner     dreaming    season

 

Week beginning 13.01.25

 

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

 

ew                   oe               au

few                toe             launch

nephew          Joe            author

Matthew      toenail         August

 

Tricky words- water, where and who.

 

Alternative pronunciations for graphemes.

e making the ee sound

began      deliver     decide

y making the igh sound

sky      why     reply

y making the ee sound

floppy      hairy     mummy    crunchy

 

Week beginning 07.01.25

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

 

wh                   ph               ew

whizz             Phil             blew

whirl             graph          chew

wheel           dolphin        screw

 

Tricky words- oh, their and could

 

Alternative pronunciations for graphemes.

er making the ur sound

after      herb     bigger

ch making a c sound

chord      chorus     Chris

a making the o sound

wasp      what     want    wander

 

Week beginning 25.11.24

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

 

Polysyllabic words

 

helpful    forget    morning    crashing    sleeping   sandstorm    carpet   chimpanzee

 

u_e (split digraph)

 

 

rude    flute    rule      prune     salute  

cube    fume   mute  

 

Week beginning 18.11.24

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

 

Polysyllabic words

 

sandpit    shampoo     garden   windmill    looking     rabbit   melting   sixteen

 

i_e (split digraph)

o-e (split digraph)

 

 

time    shine     prize     outside

joke     stone      choke     telescope

Week beginning 11.11.24

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

 

CCCVC words

 

string     strap      street     splat     split     scrub   stress     strain

 

e_e (split digraph)

 

 

extreme     Eve     swede       theme

Steve      complete       concrete      athlete     

 

Week beginning 04.11.24

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

 

CCVC words

 

from

green

plan

stop

swim

flop

sleep

grill

bright

 

oe

au

a-e (split digraph)

 

 

goes      Joe     toenail

launch    Paul    August   author

grape   made   snake   amaze 

 

Week beginning 14.10.24

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

 

ur     and       ow

 

fur

burn

turnip

church

burst

now

cow

town

down

brown

 

 

oi and oy

ur and ir

oo and ue

or and aw

 

spoil    point   enjoy    Roy    toy 

slurp   burnt    third   shirt   birthday 

swoop   droop   glue    cruel    untrue 

sport   shorts   draw   jigsaw   squawk

 

 

 

Mrs Grimshaw’s phonics group

Miss Saunder’s phonics group

 

oi     and       ear

 

 

coin

soil

join

point

spoil

hear

fear

tear

spear

clear

 

 

Polysyllabic words. We have been

clapping each syllable.

 

sandpit

animals

crashing

melting

handstand

planting

flashing

softest

drifting

chimpanzee

 

 

Spelling Bee

Don’t forget that the children can access SirLinkAlot too, which will help with spellings. This is used in class and the children do enjoy it!

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