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title: "Year 5 Spelling Strategies"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-10-year-5-spelling-strategies"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
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# Year 5 Spelling Strategies

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/d7f36914-3e32-4a4f-85be-154e23875d4d.jpg)   10 October 2024

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Year 5 have been using different strategies to learn their spellings this week, including cheerleader spellings and rainbow writing!

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