Ready-to-use teacher dictation for Y1 and Y2 rules. Sentences are kept short and at an appropriate reading level. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Parent guide to UK primary spelling by year group — what your child learns in each year from Reception to Year 6 and how to support them at home. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Parent guide to spaced repetition — why revisiting words at intervals beats cramming, and how to use it to help your child practise spelling at home. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Parent guide to English spelling logic — why spelling isn’t random, how phonics, morphology and etymology make sense of tricky words for primary children. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Pairs of pretests (Monday) and retests (Friday) for the Y3/4 statutory word list. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Ready-to-use teacher dictation. Read sentences aloud. Pupils write from memory. Mark together and discuss. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Pretest/retest pairs for Y2 common exception words and spelling rules. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Printable word sort activities for Y5/6 spelling patterns. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Printable word sort activities. Print, cut, sort into columns. Evidence base: Dymock & Nicholson (2017) — word sorts build pattern recognition that transfers to new words; direct instruction with lists does not. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Printable word sort activities for Y2 spelling patterns. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Printable word sort activities for Y1 spelling patterns. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to Latin and Greek roots for KS2 — common roots (scribe, port, rupt, aud, vis), word families, meanings, and morpheme-based practice. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the suffixes -tion and -sion — choosing the right form, word list with definitions, etymology, and morpheme-based practice activities. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the suffix -ous — forming adjectives, spelling variants (-ious, -eous), KS2 word list with definitions, and morpheme-based practice. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful and -less — meanings, word lists with definitions, and morpheme-based practice for KS1 and KS2. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the suffix -ly — forming adverbs, spelling changes (y→i, -le→-ly), KS2 word list with definitions, and morpheme-based practice. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the suffix -ation — how it nominalises verbs, KS2 word list with definitions, etymology, and morpheme-based practice activities. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the suffixes -able and -ible — rules for choosing the right form, KS2 word list with definitions, and morpheme-based practice. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the prefix un- for KS1 and KS2 — meaning ‘not’ or ‘reversal’, word list with definitions, and morpheme-based practice activities. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the prefix in-/il-/im-/ir- — meaning ‘not’, assimilation rules, word list with definitions, and morpheme-based practice activities. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).

Guide to the prefix dis- for KS2 — meaning ‘not’ or ‘reversal’, etymology, word list with definitions, and morpheme-based practice. Free to download and use — from SpellCast, free UK primary spelling resources (spellcast.academy).