Active Spelling

We will be using 'Active spelling' this year for the children to learn words based on spelling patterns.

The Key words for Year 2 are in the back of every child's reading diary and listed below.
Please support your child with these as much as possible. 

Common Exception Words for Year 2

Exception words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way. They are not words for which phonics 'doesn't work', but they may be exceptions to spelling rules, or words which use a particular combination of letters to represent sound patterns in a rare or unique way.

Exception words are also referred to as tricky words or sight words.

Some exception words are used very frequently, which is why children are introduced to them very early on in their phonics learning.

Here is the list of words that the children are expected to be able to spell by end of the Year2: