Spelling

[Laura-sakura]

Can anyone help? What kind of words do British school children learn to spell between the ages of 8 and 10 ? I remember doing spelling tests a lot at that age but can't remember any examples.

[lissyl78]

My son has just started middle school (age 8) and the words he brought home last week included history, package, manage, advantage, property, silence, absent and parent.

Hope this helps! x

[Laura-sakura]

Thanks Lissy, I'll try those out.

[emmay35]

My daughter aged 9 (yr 5) has got necessary, unnecessary, excess, excessive, express, expression, success, successfully, procession and abscess for her spellings this week.

My 8 yr old son has got whispered, miniature, massive, shouted and answered.

Hope it helps

[mimififi]

British School children learn to spell????? (Only joking, sorry, couldn't resist!)

I think if you pop to the library, or to WHSmiths, you'll find a book full of spelling lists organised by key stage or chronological level.  I have one for my kids and I think it is called: "Schonnell's essential spelling lists age 5-11", there are others aswellorganised for one age group at a time:  "WHSmith spelling lists for nine year olds"

eg, words for ten year olds:  stain, already, harvest, manage, beneath, beautiful, carefully etc etc etc.

Sorry about the quip at the beginning, you just hear such stories in the press re school.  It must a mine field for parents with kids in school.  It must be tough trying to make sure they are up on everything they should be... Good luck with the spellings. I remember doing spelling tests too, and times table tests.  It's good to hear there are still schools that do them.