For teachers

Spelling sheets that reach home

Make this week’s spelling sheet, or a whole year of them at once. Each sheet carries a QR code: a parent scans it and the words load straight into Spelling Nest, ready to practise. Free, and nothing you type leaves your computer.

About the sheets

Class or year group

Practice columns

Every box is at least 13mm tall with handwriting lines, so children have room to write. Four or five columns print landscape, up to 8 words a page; three columns print portrait, up to 13 words a page. Longer lists carry on to a second page.

Spelling Nest sheet
Kit the owl and the Spelling Nest name at the top. Your school and Spelling Nest
Your school’s name and logo at the top; Spelling Nest only beside the QR code.

This week

Week

Test day (optional)

Focus or spelling rule (optional)

Spellings (up to 20, one per line or separated by commas)

How it works at home

From your sheet to their practice in one scan

1. You send the sheet home

Print it, stick it in reading records, or email the PDF. Children practise Look, cover, write, check on paper, as they always have.

2. A parent scans the code

The week’s words and test day load into Spelling Nest. Nothing is added until the parent confirms which child the words are for.

3. They practise your words

Ten minutes a day on the exact list you set, four different ways, with a countdown to your test day.

For your data protection lead

Nothing to sign up for, nothing stored

What happens to what I type?

Nothing leaves your computer. The PDF is made by this page inside your own browser. The words, the school name and the logo are not sent to Spelling Nest or anyone else, and there is no account to create.

What is in the QR code?

A web link with that sheet’s words, its title and the test date written into it. No pupil names, no school details and nothing that identifies a child. You can check by scanning one yourself.

Do parents have to pay?

The sheet and the code are free for schools and work without the app. Spelling Nest itself is a paid app for families, with fourteen days free; a card is taken at the start and nothing is charged if they cancel within the fourteen days. Parents who would rather not use it simply practise on the paper sheet.

Can we use our own spelling scheme?

Yes. The sheets use whatever words you type or paste. If your lists come from a published scheme, check that your licence lets you print them on your own sheets, as you would for any worksheet.

More on the method behind the sheets

How to do look, cover, write, check properly at home, which is the method the sheet is laid out for.

Why the same ten words are asked four different ways once a family scans the code.

Questions parents ask about Spelling Nest, worth a look before you point families at it.