Year Five Spring Term Learn Its
Spelling
Spring 1: the ee sound
spelt ei
1. Ei follows a soft s
sound (mostly
after c) to make
an ee sound
Examples: ceiling,
deceit, conceive,
seize, receive,
receipt, perceive
Spring 1: adjectives that
end in ‘ant’
1. Some adjectives
end in ‘ant’
rather than ‘ent’.
One clue is if
there is a word in
the same word
family that could
end in ‘ation’
These can be
turned to adverbs
using ‘ly’
Examples: observant
(observation)
hesitant (hesitation)
reliant, defiant,
elegant, relevant,
defiantly, elegantly
Spring 1: abstract nouns
ending in ‘ance’
1. ‘ant’ can change
to ‘ance’ at the
end of a word to
form an abstract
nouns
Examples: distance,
tolerance, relevance
Words from the Y5/6 list:
Spring 1:
cemetery
committee
community
competition
conscience*
conscious*
Grammar Learn Maths Learn Its
Its
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Cohesion
across
paragraphs
(eg adverbials)
Use of
parenthesis
for added
detail within a
sentence
(commas,
brackets and
dashes)
Investigating
changing the
order of
clauses and
phrases within
a sentence
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Know x table facts up to 12 x 12
Able to use known number facts
Conversions of measurement e.g. cm
into m, ml into l.
Developing mental methods to add and
subtract larger numbers.
Able to tell the time in both analogue
and digital.
Recognise fraction, decimal and
percentage equivalents e.g. 25% = ¼ =
0.25
controversy
Spring 2: shus spelt cious
1. If the root has a
‘c’ or ‘s’ making a
soft ‘s’ sound, it
makes an
adjective using
‘cious’
Examples: spacious
(space), gracious
(grace), ferocious
(ferocity), malicious
(malice), suspicious
(suspect) precious
Spring 2: shus spelt tious
1. ‘tious’ is more
common in ‘shus’
adjectives than
‘cious’
Examples: ambitious,
cautious, nutritious,
infectious,
superstitious
Spring 2:
disastrous
embarrass
environment
equipped/ment
exaggerate
excellent