Spelling Shed

At Hampton, we use Spelling Shed to support the teaching and learning of spelling (Years 2-6). Spelling Shed uses repeated practice, short-term retrieval and small-step goal achievement to support learning.

In Spelling Shed lessons, students will continue to build on the firm foundations built whilst studying Twinkl phonics in their early years education. They will continue to break down spellings into the smallest units of sound and cluster them into syllables in order to read and write words efficiently. Children will become more secure in their knowledge of English orthography based how patterns of letters are used to make certain spoken sounds and they will also learn about morphology which describes how words are structured into subcomponents to give meaning. This will include studying word parts, their meanings and how this affects spelling such as consolidating children’s knowledge of common morphemes such as root formations, prefixes and suffixes. 

Most lessons in the scheme include an etymology element that allows teachers to teach the children about the origin of the words that they are learning about.

Children will be able to see how the English language has, over time, borrowed and integrated words and spellings from a range of source languages.