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Spelling

Year 6 · Writing

Use the sentence’s meaning and grammar to select the right spelling.

Choose a game

Take your time, try a game and collect stars.

Activities to try together away from the screen

Take it beyond the game

Use one example in a real piece of reading, writing or discussion.

  1. Choose a useful message or short task, and plan what you want a reader to understand.
  2. Try an original example on paper and reread it for meaning and accuracy.
  3. Agree on one useful improvement and try the example again.

Helping your child with spelling

The Year 6 focus

Year 6 spelling includes distinguishing words that can be confused because their pronunciations or forms are related. Homophone editor uses sentence contexts to separate advice and advise, device and devise, practice and practise, and affect and effect. The examples follow British-English noun and verb spelling conventions where relevant. Choosing a form should depend on meaning and grammar, rather than on which spelling looks more familiar.

Work through an example

Compare Daily practice helps with We practise daily. In these British-English examples, the noun uses c and the verb uses s. Read the complete sentence and explain the job of the missing word before selecting it. Later, write an original example for each form, cover the model and check the spelling from memory in a meaningful context.

Use the skill beyond the screen

Say the whole word and use it in a sentence before looking closely at its spelling. After a short game, cover the model, write one useful example and compare it carefully with the original. Discuss the part that changed rather than copying a whole list without noticing a pattern. Follow the school’s sequence when choosing new spellings; this game offers selected practice.

Curriculum connection

Reading and writing use the shared Years 5–6 programme of study. These Year 6 practice choices provide one possible progression; schools can sequence the shared content differently. This collection offers selected practice rather than the complete programme. Read the official English programme of study.

Questions families ask

What does the game check?

It checks the prepared examples in this collection. Use real books and writing to explore the skill more widely.

Is this a separate statutory Year 6 programme?

The National Curriculum groups reading and writing in Years 5 and 6. These Year 6 examples provide a practice progression within that shared programme; schools can sequence the content differently. Spoken-language requirements apply across Years 1–6.