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National curriculum in England: spelling, years 1 and 2
76 requirements · 72 with words
Spelling requirements for years 1 and 2.
Year 1
49 requirements- Revision of reception workRevision of what was taught before, with no spelling of its own.
- ff, ll, ss, zz and ck after a short vowel
- n before k said /ŋ/
- Words split into syllables
- -tch
- /v/ at the end of a word-ve
- Adding -s and -es
- Adding -ing, -ed and -er with no change to the word
- Adding -er and -est with no change to the word
- ai, oi
- ay, oy
- a-e
- e-e
- i-e
- o-e
- u-e
- ar
- ee
- ea (sea)
- ea (head)
- er (her, better)
- ir
- ur
- oo (food)
- oo (book)
- oa
- oe
- ou
- ow (now)
- ow (own)
- ue
- ew
- ie (lie)
- ie (chief)
- igh
- or
- ore
- aw
- au
- air
- ear (dear)
- ear (bear)
- are
- -y at the end, said /i:/
- ph and wh
- k for /k/ before e, i and y
- The prefix un-
- Compound words
- Common exception words
Year 2
27 requirements- Revision of work from year 1Revision of what was taught before, with no spelling of its own.
- /dʒ/ spelt dge, ge and g
- /s/ spelt c before e, i and y
- kn and gn at the start
- wr at the start
- -le at the end
- -el at the end
- -al at the end
- -il at the end
- -y at the end, said /aɪ/
- Adding -es to a word ending in -y
- Adding -ed, -er and -est to a word ending in -y
- Dropping the e before an ending
- Doubling the last letter before an ending
- /ɔ:/ spelt a before l and ll
- /ʌ/ spelt o
- -ey said /i:/
- a after w and qu
- or after w
- ar after w
- /ʒ/ spelt s
- -ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -ly
- Contractions
- The possessive apostropheNo word of the list is a possessive.
- -tion
- HomophonesTold apart by meaning, which a word on its own does not show.
- Common exception words
The wording of each line is ours, shortened. The requirements are those of English Appendix 1: Spelling (Department for Education, 2013), Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The appendix gives them no codes.
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