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The Spelling Castle
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This Module consists of four topics each with of four games, each game will have 10 words selected from the “National Literacy Strategy Spelling bank, a total of 16 games with 160 words.

The scene is Bo Bear’s castle with ten different “Hot spots”, each with a character who comes forward to reveal a word. A character presents the word and the child is asked to rewrite the word in another form. Upon correctly writing the new word on-screen, the character looks very pleased and the new word is presented in a sentence to help explain its use in context.
Subjects Covered

KS2. Literacy
Age Range

7-8-9-10-11

Learning Objectives

1. How the spellings of verbs alter when ing is added
2. To investigate and identify basic rules for changing the spelling of nouns when s is added.
3. To investigate and read words with silent letters.
4. To use prefixes to generate new words from root words


Year 4 Curriculum Links

The National Curriculum in England for English (KS2) En3: 4c, 4g, 4i
The Scotland 5-14 Guidelines for English Language Writing: Level C, D
The Northern Ireland Curriculum for English (KS2) Writing:
The National Curriculum in Wales for English (KS2) Writing: 6.1,6.3
Year 5 Curriculum Links

The National Curriculum in England for English (KS2) En3: 4c, 4g, 4i
The Scotland 5-14 Guidelines for English Language Writing: Level C, D
The Northern Ireland Curriculum for English (KS2) Writing:
The National Curriculum in Wales for English (KS2) Writing: 6.1,6.3
Year 6 Curriculum Links

The National Curriculum in England for English (KS2) En3: 4c, 4g, 4i
The Scotland 5-14 Guidelines for English Language Writing: Level C, D
The Northern Ireland Curriculum for English (KS2) Writing:
The National Curriculum in Wales for English (KS2) Writing: 6.1,6.3


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