Pathways to Spell is an innovative and engaging spelling programme to fascinate pupils about words. Research-based lessons follow a ‘Review, Explain, Practise, Apply and Reflect’ cycle.

Pathways to Spell is designed to support the teaching of the national curriculum spelling objectives. It has been developed to run alongside the school’s chosen SSP (systematic synthetic phonics) programme for the spring and summer terms in year 1.

Pathways to Spell is a progressive spelling programme which covers all national curriculum objectives for year 1 – 6  as well as reviewing the previously taught phonics and spelling patterns.

The whole-school programme provides clear detailed lesson plans and resources, as well as PowerPoint ensuring engaging and purposeful spelling lessons. The plans include four 20-minute spelling lessons per week. Each plan covers review objectives to ensure gaps in learning are constantly revisited as well the year group objectives for the previous year.

Included in the package:

• Methodology document to support implementation
• Overview of review and mastery spelling objectives
• Weekly spelling plans
• Fully resourced sessions including teaching PowerPoints
• Games and activities handbook giving a bank of spelling games
• Grapheme charts to support pupils’ independent spelling
• Display materials to support pupils to ‘Have a go’
• Progressive word lists for differentiating spelling lessons