Shoot Out
Listen, spell and score
For parents
FIVE MINUTES.
NO ARGUMENTS.
Four short, varied word games that build spelling confidence without making every practice session feel the same.
Play 3 games free£9.99/year after the free games · Up to 4 children
Four ways to learn
VARIETY THAT KEEPS WORDS MOVING
Children listen, build, transform and connect words. Each route strengthens a different skill before they spell from memory.
Build-up Play
Add prefixes and suffixes to build words
Tactical Changes
Spot spelling changes
Pick the Squad
Connect word families
Coaching Points
THE WORDS THAT
CAME HOME IN THE BAG
Type in the spellings from this week's paper list from school and WordGoal turns them into games your child can play straight away.
- 01
Copy the list from school
Search for each spelling and tap to add it, or choose a whole curriculum list or sound family instead of typing.
- 02
Give the set a name
Call it what your child calls it, so it appears on their pitch as a proper challenge with your name on it.
- 03
Choose the game
Those exact words then play through Shoot Out, Build-up Play, Tactical Changes or Pick the Squad.
Plan the week ahead
Set it once, it starts on the right day
Every Coaching Point has a start and finish date, so Monday's list can be set up on Sunday night and Friday's test words can wait until Wednesday.
- Pick the start date and the finish date.
- Set several weeks up in one sitting.
- Scheduled sets stay hidden until their day.
- Nothing to remember on a busy school morning.
Name a set — "Week 4 list", "Homophones" — and re-activate it any time for revision.
Homophones
THERE. THEIR. THEY'RE.
Words that sound identical have to be taught by meaning, not by sound — so WordGoal always shows the confusable spellings side by side.
Taught in pairs and trios
Homophones are never practised alone. The confusable spellings appear together, because choosing between them is the hard part.
Meaning does the work
Each spelling carries a short meaning tag and an example sentence, so children choose by sense rather than guessing.
Revisited until secure
Missed homophones return in targeted practice, and the mastery record shows which of the pair is still slipping.
Inside the game
there
A place
The ball went over there, into the top corner.
their
Belongs to them
Their keeper had no chance.
they're
They are
They're top of the league now.
Covering the Year 2, Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 homophones in the national curriculum — including the ones adults get wrong too, such as practice / practise and licence / license.
THEY PLAY.
YOU SEE THE PROGRESS.
Every word they get right, and every word they keep missing, tracked in one simple view.
Simple start
HOW IT WORKS
- 01
Create your family
- 02
Add your children
- 03
Start playing
Already playing at school? Connect their school profile and keep one learning journey. How to connect.
Pedagogy
WHY IT WORKS
FUN
Short games children choose to repeat.
TARGETED
Tricky words keep coming back until they stick.
PROPER
Built around how spelling is actually learned.