Phonics / Support for Spelling
Year 1
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Year 2
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Reading
(Word Reading)
Decode words
through blending
Read common
exception words
Read words with
suffixes (–s, -es, -ing, ed, --er, -est)
Read words of more
than one syllable
Read words with
contractions (I’m, I’ll,
we’ll)
Automatic decoding is
embedded & reading
is fluent
Read words of two or
more syllables
Read words containing
common suffixes
Read further common
exception words
Read most words
quickly and accurately
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Writing
(Transcription – Spelling)
Encode words through
segmenting
Spell common exception
words
Spell the days of the week
Use the prefix (un-)
Use the spelling rule for
adding suffixes (-s, -es)
Using suffixes where no
change is needed to the root
word (-ing, -ed, -er, -est)
Encode words through
segmenting, spelling many
correctly
Spell some homophones
Spell common exception
words
Spell more words with
contracted forms
Learn the possessive
apostrophe (singular)
Distinguish between
homophones and nearhomophones
Add suffixes (-ment, -ness, ful, -less, -ly)
English Appendix 1 Spelling
 Revision of
Reception work
 47 statutory
requirements
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Revision of Year
1 work
26 statutory
requirements
Phonics/
Support for Spelling
Phase 6 - p.167Letters
and Sounds
Support for Spelling
Year 2 programme –
p.13
Phase 6 - p.167Letters
and Sounds
Support for Spelling
Year 2 programme –
p.13
Year 3 programme –
p.33
Year 4 programme –
p.53
Key Links to
New Curriculum
P20 – word reading
P22 – Transcription –
spelling
English Appendix 1:
Spelling – p.50
P27 – word reading
P29 – Transcription –
spelling
English Appendix 1:
Spelling – p.55
Year 3
&
Year 4
Reading
(Word Reading)
 Apply growing
knowledge of root
words, prefixes,
suffixes
 Read further
exception words
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Year 5
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Year 6
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Apply growing
knowledge of root
words, prefixes,
suffixes
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Writing
(Transcription – Spelling)
Use further prefixes and
suffixes and understand how
to add them
Spell further homophones
Spell words that are often
misspelt
Use the possessive
apostrophe accurately in
words with regular and
irregular plurals
Use the first 2 or 3 letters of
a word to check its spelling
in a dictionary
Use further prefixes and
suffixes and understand how
to add them
Spell some words with silent
letters
Distinguish between
homophones & other words
which are confused
Use knowledge of etymology
and morphology in spelling
Use dictionaries to check the
spelling & meaning of words
Use the first 3 or 4 letters of
a word to check spelling,
meaning or both in a
dictionary
Use a thesaurus
English Appendix 1 Spelling
•
Revision of Year
2 work
•
18 statutory
requirements
Revision of Year 3 &4
work
•
10 statutory
requirements
Phonics/
Support for Spelling
Year 3 programme –
p.33
Year 4 programme –
p.53
Year 5 programme –
p.71
Key Links to
New Curriculum
P35 – word reading
P37 – Transcription –
spelling
Year 5 programme –
p.71
Year 6 programme –
p.89
P43 – word reading
P46 – Transcription –
spelling
English Appendix 1:
Spelling – p.59
English Appendix 1:
Spelling – p.66