St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

"LET US DO LITTLE THINGS WELL TODAY"
Our vision is to ensure children grow and develop through the love and teaching of Christ,
becoming responsible citizens able to make a positive contribution in society.

Clairmont Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9BE

01206508445

office@st-teresas.essex.sch.uk

Key Stage 2 Spelling Programme: STEP Up

Phonic knowledge continues to underpin the spelling programme throughout KS2.

Pupils focus more on the morphology (parts that form words: prefixes/suffixes/root words) and etymology (derivation of a word, how it can change in form and meaning) of words.

 

A typical lesson includes:

Introduction: explain what we will be learning, including sound/rule and any relevant vocabulary to aid understand of meaning

Revisit & review: recap the sound that features in the spelling rule of the week

Teach: if necessary, learn how the sound applies to the rule or focus for the week e.g. prefixes, homophones etc

Practise: say the words out loud, look for words that fit the rule, dictionary check, match prefixes/suffixes to root words etc

Apply: using the words in sentences, dictation, spot the mistakes etc.

 

Phonics continues to be assessed throughout Key Stage 2. Where we notice that a child has not met the expected standard in phonics at the end of Key Stage 1, we ensure that they are given targeted and focussed practise. This might include revisiting STEPS 1-6 or completing bespoke intervention activities.

We cannot emphasise enough how important it is to regularly read with your child at home; helping to improve language skills, increasing concentration, developing imagination and creativity and also nurturing a special bond with them.

An example of a typical weekly phonics focus in Year 3, often embedded within an English lesson would be:

Quick read flashback - kind, brave, safe, rude, sweet, strong, secret

New learning - ly suffix

Quick read / Quick spellAdding /ly/ where there is no change to the root word: kindly, safely, bravely, rudely, sweetly, strongly, secretly

Grammar focus - Use present perfect verbs instead of simple past

An example of a typical weekly phonics focus in Year 4, often embedded within an English lesson would be:

Sound/Rule - Words with a /shun/ sound spelt with ‘sion’ if the root word ends in ‘se’, ‘de’ or ‘d’

Quick read / Quick spell - expansion, extension, comprehension, tension, corrosion, supervision, fusion, conclusion, persuasion, suspension

Links to GPS lessons - Spot the mistakes

An example of a typical weekly phonics focus in Year 5, often embedded within an English lesson would be:

Sound/Rule - words with ‘silent’ letters

Quick read / Quick spell - wrestle, wrapper, island, aisle, debris, mortgage, Christmas, yacht, guarantee, guilty

Links to GPS lessons - Sentence Dictation

An example of a typical weekly phonics focus in Year 6, often embedded within an English lesson would be:

Sound/Rule -Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning

Quick read / Quick spell -programme, telegram, hologram, diagram, grammar, grammatical, parallelogram, monogram, programmer, program

Links to GPS lessons - Sentence Dictation