Spelling

At Moulsecoomb Primary spelling is taught through CUSP. The CUSP spelling curriculum is organised into 2-week blocks, with each block covering a particular set of key concepts, including spelling patterns, etymology and morphology and reasoning about spelling. These blocks are made up of three lessons per week: 2 x 15 minute discrete Spelling lessons and 1 x Spelling starter for the final Writing lesson of each week.

Systematic revisiting and incremental progression is written into the long-term sequence, both within and across year groups. Years 2-6 have 16 x 2-week blocks, leaving a small number of weeks for flexible content. This could include revisiting, assessment or enrichment. Year 1 has 6 blocks, which can be delivered during the Summer term to begin to build on pupils’ strong grasp of phonics at this point.

As well as spelling, pupils throughout KS1 still receive high-quality Phonics instruction. This ensures that they have a deep understanding of sound, spelling correspondences beyond the most common graphemes and phonemes.