Weekly spellings

What weekly spellings are

Each class can have a this week's words list — typically the 10–15 spellings the teacher wants the class to focus on over the coming week. Once set, pupils in that class will see those words surface during their normal practice, via the adaptive engine's "weekly" source alongside statutory curriculum words and any teacher-assigned lists.

Children in a class that has words set can also pick Weekly spellings as a session type directly from the play app, in which case they're drilled purely on that list — useful the night before a test. (Home-only children without a class don't see this option.)

Setting this week's words

1. Sign in at manage.spello.uk as a teacher or school admin.
2. Open Classes and pick the class you're setting words for.
3. Open the Weekly words tab for that class.
4. Paste or type the words into the box. Separators don't matter — commas, semicolons, new lines, or just spaces all work. Spello de-duplicates and lower-cases as it reads them.
5. Press Add. You'll see a summary of how many were new, how many were already on the list, and — occasionally — how many are being prepared in the background (see below).

Removing words

Use the × next to any word to remove it from this week's list — the word itself stays in Spello's library and children's history; you're just un-flagging it for this class this week. Clear all wipes the week's list in one click, typically at the end of the week or the start of the next.

There's nothing magic about "week" — Spello doesn't auto-clear on a Monday or Sunday. The list stays as you left it until you change it.

Printing spelling sheets

From the same Weekly words page, Download spelling sheets gives you a printable PDF of take-home practice sheets — one half-page per child in the class, two per A4, with a dashed cut line down the middle.

Each sheet carries:

• The child's first name and surname initial, in a name tag top-right.
• The class name and the week commencing date (e.g. "w/c 14 April").
• This week's words laid out for the child to copy or practise.
• If the child has recently been finding specific words tricky, an "also tricky" section listing those words — a per-child prompt so the sheet doubles as personalised extra practice.

The PDF opens inline in your browser; print as normal.

How weekly words interact with normal practice

In a standard Practice session, weekly words are one of three sources the adaptive engine blends — alongside statutory curriculum words and any teacher-assigned lists. Each source gets its own per-session budget so no single one dominates a session. If a child masters this week's words early, they'll still get a healthy mix of other material.

A child whose class has weekly words set can also deliberately drill just this week's words via the Weekly spellings session type on the play app.