| Year 3 weekly spelling rules taught in school | ||
| Week ending | Spelling rule | Examples |
| 10th September | Words with long vowel sound /a/ spelt with ei. | eight eighth eighty weight vein veil beige sleigh freight neighbour |
| 17th September | Words with the long vowel sound /a/ spelt with ey. | hey they obey disobey grey whey prey survey convey purvey |
| 24th October | Words with the long vowel sound /a/ spelt with ai. | straight campaign contain brain faint waist claim praise complaint afraid |
| 1st October | Revision of previous 3 weeks - long vowel sound /a/ spelt with ei, ey or ai. | All of the above |
| 8th October | Words with the /ur/ sound spelt ear. | earth early learn heard earn pearl search unearth earl rehearse |
| 15th October | Homophones and near homophones | hear here heel heal main mane male mail knot not |
| Please practise your half termly spellings - we will test you after half term | ||
| Half Term | ||