This week’s spellings are words containing ‘que’

que words

Did you know?

In Old English the sound ‘qu’ as in ‘queen’ was spelt ‘cw’. queen= cwen, quick= cwic, quiver = cwifer. But, after the Norman Conquest (1066), the conquering French replaced several Old English spellings including, cw to qu.

This week’s word list has been inspired by our study of ancient Greece. The words on our list are Greek words which have been adopted by the English language.

Greek words in the English language.

This week’s spellings are all related to this term’s science focus, which is mixtures:

Science words – mixtures

Click here for more information about mixtures.

This week’s spellings are linked to our mathematics work:

Fraction words

This week’s spellings are taken from the statutory word list.

Statutory word list adding ly

The statutory word lists comprise of words which pupils must be able to spell by the end of years 4 and 6. Please find theses lists below:

Years 3 & 4 statutory spelling list

Years 5 & 6 statutory spelling list

This week’s spellings are related to mathematics.

Maths Words

Our spellings this week are linked to our work in geography:

Geography Words

dis- spellings

This week’s spellings all end with ‘le’.

le endings

For more information about words ending in ‘le’ click here: Spelling Zone