Huge congratulations for our certificate winners this week!
Author: Stuart Field
Wrekin Spellings 22nd September 2023 (Week 3)
Year 5
• Key spelling rule: The e at the end of the root word is dropped before adding -ing, -ed e.g. interfering
• Key spelling rule: The y is changed to an i before adding -ed but not -ing e.g. occupied
achieving
appreciating
bruising
determining
exaggerating
interfering
persuading
queuing
recognising
sacrificing
occupying
accompanying
certifying
beautifying
horrifying
justifying
disqualifying
magnifying
qualifying
simplifying
Year 6
• Key spelling rule: Adding -ing. The r is only doubled if the -fer is still stressed when the suffix is added..
conferring
deferring
differing
inferring
preferring
referring
suffering
transferring
#wakeupwednesday What Parents and Carers Need to Know About WhatsApp
WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging platform on the planet, with over two billion users (forecast to become three billion by 2025), across more than 180 countries. The majority of those people (70%) open the app at least once a day – but what exactly are they seeing? Contact from strangers, fake news and convincing scams are all among the service’s well-documented hazards.
According to Ofcom, WhatsApp is used by more than half of 3- to 17-year-olds in the UK (including one in three from the 8–11 bracket), despite its 16+ age restriction. If your child hops onto WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends or family, our updated #WakeUpWednesday guide to the service contains the key details you’ll need to support them in doing it safely.
Certificates!
Look at our certificate winners this week! Well done for your excellent work!
#wakeupwednesday – Setting Boundaries Around Gaming
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This free online safety guide looks at the benefits of setting boundaries around video gaming to help young people learn healthy online habits.
Behind video-sharing platforms (like YouTube) and streaming TV shows and movies, gaming is the third most popular online activity for children in the UK. In fact, according to recent data from Ofcom, an overwhelming 89% of children aged 3 to 17 play video games. Of those, more than one in five (22%) talk to other players online who they don’t know outside the game.
The risk of contact from strangers is just one of the reasons that many parents are concerned about their child’s gaming: increased screen time, inappropriate content and in-game spending also figure among the most frequent fears. Agreeing on some rules around your child’s gaming activities can certainly help, and our guide has some useful tips for establishing these boundaries.
Spellings w/c 11th September
Year 5
Adding -ing, -ed to words of one syllable ending in vowel consonant
shrug, sob, blog, grab, thud, plod, skid, jog, rub
Adding -ing, -ed to words of one syllable ending in vowel consonant (Y2*) including those with more than one syllable and the suffix (Y3/4*)
Key spelling rule: If the last syllable of a word is stressed and ends with one consonant letter which has just one vowel letter before it, the final consonant letter is doubled before -ed or -ing e.g. submitting. The consonant letter is not doubled if the last syllable is unstressed e.g. marketing.
(stress at end)
admitted
allotted
conferred
controlled
occurred
referring
regretting
submitted
transferring
(stress at beginning) lengthen
happening
marketed
picketed
profiting
straightening
strengthened
ticketing
Year 6
Adding -ed, -ing, -er, -est, -en to words with more than one syllable
Key spelling rule: If the last syllable of a multi-syllable word is stressed and ends with one consonant letter which has just one vowel letter before it, the final consonant letter is doubled before -ed or -ing, e.g. beginning. The consonant letter is not doubled if the last syllable is unstressed, e.g. considering.
acquitting
allotting
beginning
controlling
forget/forgotten
incurring
galloping
omitted
regretted
transmitting
benefiting
bickering
considered
disheartened
forfeited
interpreting
opening
profited
travelling
worshipping
Our Stars of the Week
Here are our certificate winners this week!
Spellings – Wrekin 8/9/2023
Words taken from the Y5/6 Spelling List:
- aggressive
- cemetery
- convenience
- criticise
- desperate
- immediately
- necessary
- neighbour
- occupy
- prejudice
- queue
- recognise
- restaurant
- sacrifice
- soldier
- symbol
School Councils – Y1 – Y6 Applications (Homework)
We will be conducting our new School Council elections next week! Therefore we are asking children to complete their applications for School Council posts for their homework this week. There will be one representative per year group on each council from Years 1-6.
The School Councils have slightly changed (we will talk to the children about this in Worship):
- Teaching and Learning
- Environmental Warriors (was Health and Safety and Eco-Council)
- Worship
- Courageous Advocacy (was Fun and Games)
All children should write their School Council application for the one council they wish to represent. On Wednesday and Thursday next week children will read their applications to their peers and then a vote will take place to decide democratically the representative for their year group.
If you have any questions, please see your child’s Class Teacher!
