Spelling Test

Children will be tested weekly on a Friday on the spellings listed below.

If your child tests from a reduced spelling list, please learn the three year 4 words and the first two of the spelling rule words.

Friday 23rd January 2026 - suffix 'ssion'

expression, permission, discussion, admission, obsession, confession, impression 

February, cycle

Friday 30th January 2026 -  challenge words (if only 5 spellings, learn first 5 this week)

through, though, woman, caught, group, potatoes, surprise, separate, height, particular

Friday 6th February 2026 -  suffix 'ous'

dangerous, enormous, marvellous, poisonous, jealous, precious

expiriment, natural

Friday 13th February 2026 - words where the root word ends in y

happiness, beautiful, silliness, happiness, happily, nastiness, prettiest, merriment

quarter, regular, opposite

 

Weekly Homework Activities

Weekly homework activities for children in Year 4 are:

-frequent and regular reading at home (we recommend at least 3 times per week) recorded in the home school diary by an adult

-regular practise of times tables. For January and February, we recommend playing on the Garage section of Times Tables Rockstars (TTRS) for at least 21 minutes per week and playing on Soundcheck 3 times per week

-practising spelling words taught in class the previous week

In our Friday Weduc post, we will be sharing with you the spellings we have been focusing on in class. The children will be tested on these spellings in their home school diary the following Friday. 

In the table below are the Year 4 National Curriculum statutory words. These will be taught alongside the Year 4 spelling rules.