Spelling
Wand Spelling
Access a fully-editable online teaching resource of 185 spelling assessments and 925 spelling activities – aimed at KS1 and KS2. Wand Spelling is designed to save you time. Helping you reduce the time and effort spent on lesson planning, marking and reporting.
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- Assess learning through 185 fully-editable spelling worksheets, aligned to the national curriculum
- Engage students through 925 interactive spelling activities
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Topic: English
Level: KS1 KS2 primary
- Worksheets185
- Assessment Activities925
- Key StageKS1, KS2
- Pupil Progress Reports
- Fully Editable
- Deliver on a whiteboard
- School Subscription Cost£99 (ex VAT)
Wand Spelling is an interactive online resource to help you assess spelling from Y2 to Y6.
Complete with 185 spelling assessments and 925 spelling activities – the resource is fully editable. So you customise the spelling resources to the children’s different levels.
As well as being a standalone resource, it its a perfect accompaniment to No Nonsense Spelling. A guide and resource to implement an effective spelling teaching programme from Babcock LDP.
All spelling activities are matched to the National Curriculum Programme of Study for each year group, making them ideal to supplement any spelling resource. Activities include practising homophones, spelling patterns, prefixes and suffixes, Common Exception words in Year 2, and the Statutory Word Lists at Year 3/4 and Year 5/6.
- Written by the authors of No Nonsense Spelling
- Fully aligned to the National Curriculum and No Nonsense Spelling Years 2-6
- Online platform providing pupil practice in class or for homework
- Comprehensive Assessment to inform teacher of children’s knowledge and understanding
- Automatically generated reports produced at learning objective level
- Fully editable to personalise spelling practice
- Compatible with any device
- Audio included
Wand Spelling is designed for children to use in home learning and independent classroom activities. You can assess the spelling content learnt in lessons using worksheets. Then monitor their progress through built in reporting – so you can provide additional support where needed.
Wand Spelling is written by the Babcock LDP Primary English Team, authors of No Nonsense Spelling: Rebecca Cosgrave, Alison Jones, Rebecca New, Jenny Core. All the activities are linked to the teaching content of No Nonsense Spelling and provide purposeful written activities for independent practice and learning.
- Worksheets185
- Assessment Activities925
- Key StageKS1, KS2
- Pupil Progress Reports
- Fully Editable
- Deliver on a whiteboard
- Deliver as homework
- Works on any device
- School Subscription Cost£99 (ex VAT)
Wand Spelling Year 2 Common exception words (1 lesson)
Wand Spelling Year 2 Suffixes (1 lesson)
Wand Spelling Year 2 Term 1 (7 lessons)
- Y2 T1 B1 – Homophones
- Y2 T1 B1 – Syllables
- Y2 T1 B2
- Y2 T1 B2 – S or C
- Y2 T1 B2 – Spelling homophones
- Y2 T1 B2 – Spelling ‘j’ phoneme
- Y2 T1 B2 – Spelling ‘n’ sound
Wand Spelling Year 2 Term 2 (13 lessons)
- Y2 B3 T2
- Y2 B4 T2 – Homophones
- Y2 T2 B3
- Y2 T2 B3 – Adding endings to verbs
- Y2 T2 B3 – Adding ‘y’
- Y2 T2 B4
- Y2 T2 B4 – Adding ‘es’
- Y2 T2 B4 – Homophones
- Y2 T2 B4 – Homophones 1
- Y2 T2 B4 – Possessive apostrophe
- Y2 T2 B4 – Suffixes
- Y2 T2 – Homophone
- Y2 T2 – Making words
Wand Spelling Year 2 Term 3 (9 lessons)
- Y2 B5 T3 – Word endings
- Y2 T3 B5
- Y2 T3 B5 – Analogy
- Y2 T3 B5 – Misspelt words
- Y2 T3 B5 – Possessive apostrophe
- Y2 T3 B5 – Sound spelt -or after ‘w’
- Y2 T3 B5 – Suffixes
- Y2 T3 B5 – Word endings
- Y2 T3 B6 – Unusual spelling
Wand Spelling Year 3-4 Statutory words (42 lessons)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Fill in the Blanks 1 (a-b)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Fill in the Blanks 2 (c-d)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Fill in the Blanks 3 (e-f)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Fill in the Blanks 4 (g-h)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Fill in the Blanks 5 (i-l)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Fill in the Blanks 6 (m-n)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Fill in the Blanks 7 (o-p)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Fill in the Blanks 8 (q-w)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 1
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 2
- Y3/4 – Statutory Word Memory game 3
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 4
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 5
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 6
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 7
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 8
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 9
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 10
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 11
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 12
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 13
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 14
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 15
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 16
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 17
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 18
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 19
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 20
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 21
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 22
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 23
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Memory game 24
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 1 (a-b)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 2 (c)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 3 (d-e)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 4 (f-g)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 5 (h-k)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 6 (l-m)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 7 (n-o)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 8 (p-q)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 9 (r-s)
- Y3/4 – Statutory Words Wordsearch 10 (t-w)
Wand Spelling Year 3 Proofreading (3 lessons)
Wand Spelling Year 3 Revise apostrophes (1 lesson)
Wand Spelling Year 3 Term 1 (8 lessons)
- Y3 B2 – Suffixes
- Y3 T1 B1 – Homophones
- Y3 T1 B1 – Prefixes
- Y3 T1 B1 – Rarer GPCs
- Y3 T1 B1 – Suffixes
- Y3 T1 B2 – GPCs 1
- Y3 T1 B2 – GPCs 2
- Y3 T1 B2 – Prefixes
Wand Spelling Year 3 Term 2 (6 lessons)
- Y3 B3 – Suffixes
- Y3 B4 – GPCs
- Y3 B4 – Homophones
- Y3 B4 – Prefixes
- Y3 T2 B3 – Rarer GPCs
- Y3 T2 B3 – Suffixes
Wand Spelling Year 3 Term 3 (5 lessons)
Wand Spelling Year 4 Proofreading (4 lessons)
Wand Spelling Year 4 Term 1 (7 lessons)
- Y4 B1 – Apostrophes
- Y4 B1 – GPCs
- Y4 B1 – Homophones
- Y4 B2 – GPCs
- Y4 B2 – GPCs gu/g
- Y4 B2 – Prefixes
- Y4 B2 – Suffixes
Wand Spelling Year 4 Term 2 (6 lessons)
- Y4 B3 – Plural apostrophes
- Y4 B3 – Word endings
- Y4 B4 – Prefixes
- Y4 T2 B3 – Apostrophes
- Y4 T2 B3 – Homophones
- Y4 T2 B4 – Word endings
Wand Spelling Year 4 Term 3 (7 lessons)
- Y4 T3 B5 – GPCs
- Y4 T3 B5 – Homophones
- Y4 T3 B5 – Possessive apostrophes
- Y4 T3 B5 – ‘-sion’ endings
- Y4 T3 B6 – Prefixes
- Y4 T3 B6 – Suffixes
- Y4 T3 B6 – Suffixes -ly
Wand Spelling Year 5/6 Statutory Words (26 lessons)
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 1
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 2
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 3
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 4
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 5
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 6
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 7
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 8
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 9
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 10
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 11
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 12
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 13
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 14
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 15
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 16
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 17
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 18
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 19
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 20
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 21
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 22
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 23
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 24
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 25
- Y5/6 – Statutory words 26
Wand Spelling Year 5 Proofreading (4 lessons)
Wand Spelling Year 5 Term 1 (6 lessons)
- Y5 T1 B1 – GPCs
- Y5 T1 B1 – Homophones
- Y5 T1 B1 – Word endings 1
- Y5 T1 B1 – Word endings 2
- Y5 T1 B2 – Hyphen
- Y5 T1 B2 – Word links
Wand Spelling Year 5 Term 2 (6 lessons)
- Y5 T2 B1 – GPCs
- Y5 T2 B3 – Homophones
- Y5 T2 B3 – Word endings 2
- Y5 T2 B4 – GPCs
- Y5 T2 B4 – Homophones revise
- Y5 T2 B4 – Morphemes
Wand Spelling Year 5 Term 3 (3 lessons)
Wand Spelling Year 6 Proofreading (4 lessons)
Wand Spelling Year 6 Term 1 (3 lessons)
Wand Spelling Year 6 Term 2 (6 lessons)
- Y6 T2 B3 – Letter strings
- Y6 T2 B3 – Prefixes 1
- Y6 T2 B3 – Prefixes 2
- Y6 T2 B3 – Word endings
- Y6 T2 B4 – Homophones
- Y6 T2 B4 – Homophones revis
Wand Spelling Year 6 Term 3 (4 lessons)
Rebecca Cosgrave
Rebecca Cosgrave is the Lead Primary English Adviser with Babcock LDP, based in the South West. She has extensive experience as an adviser and as a teacher in London and Devon.
The Babcock LDP team support all aspects of school improvement in English, including training and support for subject leaders. Together with the team at Babcock, she has written No Nonsense Grammar, No Nonsense Spelling, No Nonsense Literacy (for Raintree) and recently Wand Spelling.
Alison Jones
Alison Jones is an adviser in the Babcock LDP Primary English Team. Alison is a trained Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, an associate trainer with the Institute of Education, UCL and Edge Hill University.
She regularly works with Teachers and Teaching Assistants, training them to deliver evidence based interventions and supporting them to develop their own subject knowledge and improve their practice in wider roles in school.
The Babcock LDP team support all aspects of school improvement in English, including training and support for subject leaders. Together with the team at Babcock, she has written Wand Spelling and Re-think Reading!.
Part of Babcock LDP Primary English Team, Alison is the author of No Nonsense Spelling, alongside Rebecca Cosgrave, Rebecca New, Jenny Core
Jenny Core
Jenny Core works currently as one of Babcock LDP’s Primary English Advisers. Her role involves providing training for teachers and English subject leaders in all areas of primary English, supporting teachers in the classroom and co-writing teaching publications such as No Nonsense Spelling and No Nonsense Grammar.
Jenny is an experienced primary class teacher, senior leader and English subject leader with experience in schools in the UK and abroad. Her most recent teaching post was in a Devon primary school from 2012 to 2014.
In addition to working for a number of years as an English Adviser, Jenny also worked as a Primary Languages Adviser for Devon between 2005 and 2012.
Rebecca New