Spelling

This list is from the National Curriculum and the expectation is that all children will be able to read, understand and spell these words, using them correctly in their written work. Some of these words are decodable and others will be 'tricky' words which cannot be sounded out and just need to be learnt.

Year 3 & 4 Statutory word list:

accident	century	experiment	interest	particular	remember
accidentally	certain	extreme	island	peculiar	sentence
actual	circle	famous	knowledge	perhaps	separate
actually	complete	favourite	learn	popular	special
address	consider	February	length	position	straight
answer	continue	forward(s)	library	possess	strange
appear	decide	fruit	material	possession	strength
arrive	describe	grammar	medicine	possible	suppose
believe	different	group	mention	potatoes	surprise
bicycle	difficult	guard	minute	pressure	therefore
breath	disappear	guide	natural	probably	though
breathe	early	heard	naughty	promise	although
build	earth	heart	notice	purpose	thought
busy	eight	height	occasion	quarter	through
business	eighth	history	occasionally	question	various
calendar	enough	imagine	often	recent	weight
caught	exercise	increase	opposite	regular	woman
centre	experience	important	ordinary	reign	women

Additionally, each cycle will include words that contain specific phonemes, prefixes and suffixes. Lists will be sent home in students' Blue Spelling books, with a view to learning them well before they are tested on the Friday. Spellings can also be practised on Spelling Shed, using the student's login.