Spelling
Our spelling programme in Key Stage 2 builds firmly on the high-quality phonics programme in EYFS and Key Stage 1. As part of this, in Year 2, there is a clear shift in the focus of the National Curriculum from teaching phonics to teaching spelling and that continues through Key Stage 2 to Year 6. The children are supported to move onto a wider knowledge that they need in spelling – morphology, different strategies for spelling, the autographic nature of words and patterns within words, where words come from and a wider range of Common Exception Words.
The National Curriculum is organised in strands that are then broken down into termly overviews for each year group (APPENDIX 1).Spelling is taught on a daily basis whereby children are given the opportunity to learn the spelling pattern, explore the meaning of words and their history, work in partners to encourage each other with accountability, use dictation to embed words into context, practise the transcription of the words before completing a weekly test.
Pupils’ learning is assessed throughout the teaching sequence. Children are encouraged to use their words in their writing composition to show that they have mastered them. The spelling knowledge and strategies that they learn within the lessons must be applied accurately in their writing. All common exception words and spelling objectives taught in previous year groups are listed on a non-negotiable sheet for each year group to support the children in ensuring that all known words and patterns are spelt accurately.
APPENDIX 1
